EVERYONE must place themselves at the centre of the universe immediately, it has been confirmed.
Officials have warned that anyone who does not share everything about themselves constantly will face severe penalties, up to and including being thought of as a bit weird.
But the Department of Social Cohesion reassured people that the new rules were merely a routine upgrade of the current system of inter-connected self-involvement.
A spokesman said: “The ‘mandatory self-absorption line’ will make it as easy possible for everyone to make everything about them all the time.
“This innovation will bring connecting and sharing closer to its ultimate goal of a perfect world where no-one is interested in anything that is not them.”
The spokesman added: “We will soon have a truly modular society where opinions and photographs bounce off the surface of each other’s see-through electric pods without distracting us from ourselves.”
Helen Archer, from Stevenage, said: “I always wanted to launch a full-colour magazine about myself with a big picture of me on the cover every week looking beautiful or quirky or just really ‘me’.
“Unfortunately you have to pay for it to be printed and then you have to stand outside railway stations and hand them to people who for some reason weren’t interested.
“So I want to thank the Department of Social Cohesion for forcing me to have my own never-ending magazine about my amazing, quirky life.”
She added: “Interestingly, a consumer survey I conducted on myself showed there was a huge gap in the market for at least 79% more me.
“Please be quiet while I tell you how I feel about that.”
