When I was in elementary school, our teacher had us read this short story which traumatized me as a kid, and which pops into my mind every second week at least. Since I couldn't remember who wrote it, let alone the title, I eventually began thinking that I might have dreamt the whole thing.
30 years later, I encountered it again, it was The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster.
@neauoire Oh wow, I read that last year. People were saying it had an uncanny resemblance to pandemic-era internet life