Susan and Walter strolled along the seashore. She tossed a gum wrapper into the ocean.

“Susan, what the hell are you doing?”

“It’s too late!”

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Frank and Jennifer were having a picnic …

“Let’s go, Jen.”

“But Frank, we need to clean this up.”

“It’s too late!”

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A hiker tossed a cigarette butt into the tundra.

“Sir, I need you to pick that up,” said a park ranger.

“It’s too late!”

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At a bar, the holo-visions played.

A presidential candidate stood on a stage in front of his campaign’s projected slogan: ‘It’s too late!’

“We must colonize Mars!”

Supporters cheered.