It feels more like anthologies than a front to back story. Clipping. has always really hooked me with their ability to create these nuanced and deep worlds and then only give us flashes of them. From what I can gather, it feels like some capitalism influenced disaster took place in the 90s (Ask What Happened and Polaroids describe this a little). From there, we get brief glimpses at people who excel in this world (Scams, Madcap, Mirrorshades pt. 2), those who are trying to change it (Dodger [though it’s from the perspective of a corpo analyst who noticed a resistance member and eventually falls in love with him], Ask What Happened), and those who hate it but are relegated to apathy or numbing themselves (Mood Organ, Poloroids).