We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental

reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

this is our legacy to you.

This is our time capsule.

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 014. H.G.

O105, certificate number 2914. Add Busters.

Like so many others I had become a slave to the IKEA Nesting Instinct.

Yes, I'd like to order the Erica Picari dust ruffles.

If I saw something clever, it looked like a little coffee table in the shape of a yin yin yang,

I had to have it.

I'd flip through catalogs and wonder what kind of dining set defines me as a person.

Ad-D-Busters!

Who are you going to call?

Are we going to call Adbusters?

Or are you not going to call?

You need to be Adbusters.

You don't call Adbusters, you are.

AdBusters is a state of mind.

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