Jamal

Bad boy, go to your bed.

:rofl: Good point!

Yeah it's the "twat" that makes Michael the prime suspect.

Well, here's my take. The Marco story should never have been included, being under 500 words and just a moderators' in-joke entry anyway. But it was i...

I think you should decide. :razz:

Marco

I'm sure he's enjoying the attention.

Most folks around here have no idea who Marco is. Only one or two of the non-staff members ever took an interest in the Marco thing.

I don't want to be an annoying fucking twat, but I feel I should point out that "The Ballad of Marco" is not even a short story, as normally understoo...

Well I finally read this one in full. Maybe it's a trivial objection but I was put off by the formatting, the lack of line breaks. Now that I've read ...

Yeah. Another thing I noticed is that my story was probably somewhat influenced by my knowledge of the intended audience. I don't think it would have ...

It's interesting that the author's identity seems quite important when I'm reading the stories. I mean, I'm always wondering who it is. It's a differe...

Anna Karenina? Yeah, total flop. :wink:

This story loses a point for the fact that I now have the song "Dancing Queen" playing repeatedly in my head.

I'll say more about this one. I can easily recognize this author. I like their style and I think the story is basically really good, so I hope these c...

My prediction for 2022: Gibraltar will continue to be a shit hole.

Yeah, I don't know why I didn't join in last time.

Very nice. This author has an enviable skill in conveying an image, feeling, or situation with economy, originality, and truth. These metaphors, simil...

Welcome John27, it's good to have you here.

I think it makes sense, yes, but it’s in that imposed balance that I see an instinctive conservatism, whether or not, in-universe, such a balance does...

But isn’t that imposed from above by an aristocracy of gods? Those who know best?

I think I know 6 or 7 of them :zip:

Yeah, I didn't read top to bottom either.

Absolutely :grin:

I see what you mean, but I think in this case the choice of a female character just shows, if it shows anything, that the sole representative of human...

I think that might be unfair. At least, I don't think that was intended. I'm not sure. The conservatism I see is the notion of "the equilibrium of the...

This reminds me of my favourite joke, which I attribute to my Dad, although as far as I know it might have been invented long before. He says somethin...

You’re probably both right, but I confess that the competitive element is a big motivation for me. Not sure why.

Reminds me of a certain kind of radium age science fiction, like Olaf Stapledon and some H. G. Wells and (early?) Arthur C. Clarke. Not exactly to my ...

Yeah, it does seem too soon doesn’t it. Feels like it should’ve been put up after a week or so. For me though, it doesn’t really affect my enjoyment o...

Agreed.

Agreed. But if it does funnel into one or two stories, one of them better be mine :wink:

Yeah, now I’m regretting speaking out in favour of the poll.

I didn’t take to this story at first, but when I got past the first couple of paragraphs it really pulled me in and I found it very compelling. Such a...

I did read it, but I’m slow on the uptake.

:grin: :pray:

I might have to disagree with you here. I admire your dedication and skill in commenting on these stories so constructively. I find I can’t do it very...

I really enjoyed the playfulness. Some of my favourite bits: :clap:

This is great.

Although it’s a kind of joke entry, the writing is very good and it would be nice to see a longer story from this author next time.

Alas, it’s true. But I blame the immersive and mesmerising prose.

I must be an idiot. I have no idea how I managed to read this twice before I realised what it was about. :lol: Many of the readers won’t be aware of t...

Maybe give it a couple of weeks?

I say leave a lot of comments like last time. They were appreciated.

Had pizza for Christmas dinner today

Merry Christmas you lovely people.

Thanks

:cool:

Can you stop doing that with the ugly pictures for the love of christ

He kind of confirmed it already a couple of pages ago: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/633452