Or are we heading for a cliff, or already over the edge and simply unaware, like Wile E. Coyote in those old Road Runner cartoons?

或者我们正朝悬崖那跑，或者已经过了悬崖边，只是没有觉察，像老掉牙的《跑路者》卡通片里的大笨狼怀尔那样呢？

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Coyote of the "Road Runner" cartoons, who runs off the cliff and finds himself suspended in air before dropping to the valley floor.

Coyote笔下的卡通“公路奔跑者”，直到冲下悬崖才发现自己悬在空中，即将坠落谷底。

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The Road Runner to her Wile Coyote, Flaming Hot Cheetos.

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