Onggi in 2039: running a kimchi-jar shop in the post-Acceleration economy
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-11-09
A short speculative narrative set in 2039, after "the Acceleration." The author, long fascinated by Korean onggi kimchi jars, set some AIs loose on his hobby Instagram account and a shop — and it snowballed.
His sites became the premier destination for buying onggi, complete with a reported two-day traffic frenzy when Timothée Chalamet allegedly bought one. The piece uses a humble clay jar to capture the absurdity of AI-era one-person businesses: "My job isn't anything my grandparents would recognise."
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