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I Cannot Come to Work Today Because I Must Know What Happened to Lofi Girl

I’m calling in sick because the Lofi Girl is MISSING!!!

Cassie Soliday
Greener Pastures Magazine
4 min readApr 17, 2023

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Image via Lofi Girl on YouTube

Listen, Brenda. I know you’re my boss, but I gotta be real with you. I’m calling in sick because the Lofi Girl is MISSING!

Yes, that’s right! The 24/7 live streaming lo-fi hip hop music channel on YouTube that I constantly run in the background while I’m doing boring soul-sucking work for you. The anime girl who’s always studying at her desk has gone missing! And her little cat, too!

Most fans say this is a cozy mystery, but not me. I’m getting hives just thinking about it. Tell me this doesn’t sound like a murder mystery. It started about a week ago when Lofi Girl finally fell asleep. Sure, that sounds normal. But not for Lofi Girl. She’s been awake studying for years. Since 2017! I checked Wikipedia! Even the cat was shocked! It seems from this new restful energy, she became more aware and noticed a blue blinking light coming from an apartment across town. That’s what happens when you sleep enough, you notice things!

Look, Brenda, I know we have that big presentation to GM today that could boost our company profits by 40%, but hear me out. I’m alternating fever and chills worried something terrible has happened to…

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Cassie Soliday
Greener Pastures Magazine

Comedy writer, cartoonist, and casual existential crisis haver.