Look at it this way. The average man (or woman) wakes up, sees his significant other. There are rules to follow. He or she goes to their job. There ar...
You know what would solve all this. A new section (preferably one that includes an Arcade) that has a Guest shoutbox/rudimentary live chat... just to ...
I try to be a forgiving person because you never know when your situation can change and someone else will be at your former helm to dispense mercy or...
I still think this place would benefit greater from an Arcade or word game section (something intellectual, even a daily "guess the word or scenario" ...
Some absolute SAVAGERY going on in the world right now. See when we let the monsters we think we're fighting and detest reproduce within ourselves we ...
We all have base desires. Fears. Etcetera. "Common sense" some tote. A normal person with a normal brain can perhaps indeed be described as "predictab...
This perhaps could be challenged by replacing should with are inclined to, no? Stereotypes, perhaps. But averaging all peoples, men are generally of l...
Amazing. Unless it was submitted by the titled author, in which case he should have done/known better. My original critique may be found below: Just f...
Or does it? How could one have ascertained that which encompasses all being without theoretically placing oneself outside of it... is this not how "ti...
Perhaps it simply goes undercover in times of ignorance, thus preserving itself from those who seek only gain with little to contribute or show after ...
Hard to go wrong with an old classic. Predictable, perhaps. Not much to explore what already hasn't been generations ago. Sits as more of an intro to ...
I like every character here, so to speak. This is a good "mix". I would be entertained if you all were simply sitting around discussing how terrible I...
Hi, this is an ancient form of deceit it took several thousand years of war and science to ascertain. It is called "being wrong". Please use this know...
In a way, such as I admire this place, he was too good for it. Like a PhD in Ocean Liner Production and Operation forced to build wooden kayaks for tr...
This made me sad. Not terribly written or anything, some interesting depths of the human condition explored for sure. Very excited to see more short s...
One should rest confident knowing such a force pays one's bills. Perhaps if the starving children of the world band together in prayer, such burdens w...
I love these threads. It is argued that Godlike omniscience can be "replicated" by knowing the state and position of every atomic particle on Earth. S...
From the title of this post alone, all discovery becomes mute, annulled, voided. Truly a stark testament of the times in which we live where despite e...
Clever and "random without being random", colorful I suppose. A touch of surrealism without making the story into something the reader instinctively d...
It sets a psychological atmosphere in which a greater analysis of the themes present can be explored. Granted, no one likes s**t but as you know, such...
Sorry, I meant from an abstract programming design point of view as to what constitutes "a story". I believe you. I'm suggesting, again from a program...
Stories are generally easy. This does seem to very accurately establish the "premise" and integrate it completely as opposed to just wrapping a cliche...
I don't know, have you seen the damage a wild pig can do to a man's yard? It's awe-inspiring. Mostly considering none of it is really intentional. I r...
Tell it I know what it did last summer. Really that is impressive, but like I said earlier it's just commands. This particular response seems to invol...
It is. I suppose you mean broken down, universalized, and simplified to the point of basic sentence structure. Words are words. Just a few can rival o...
Regrettably, that's not a thing I've had the privilege to fathom this life. Until now that is. I think any individual with such an affinity for pigs i...
Reading TPF Shoutbox is like seeing a rainbow after a sudden afternoon storm or taking that first bite into a steaming loaf of freshly baked bread. It...
I liked it because I didn't know I was reading a story. "The bloody thing tricked me!" It was also somewhat eldritch- as if someone made a thread mock...
Well, come on, have you read a history book? Does Herod's Massacre of the Innocents ring a bell? What about Moses' illegitimate upbringing? You better...
Anyone here into computer programming ie. "coding"? You can learn a lot about how everyday things we use function, and perhaps even a bit more... "As ...
I'll bite. What if slavery was legal. Or some other "one-day-to-be" widely condemned practice or belief that goes on commonplace in society that we ha...
A functional human brain free of disease knows what is moral and immoral long before it is fully developed. It is ingrained and hard coded. A baby cri...
Make one with William Shakespeare. "To be or not to be". Even I can think of one. Or as an interloper in a presidential speech: "Ask not what your cou...
That's one possibility I haven't a way to prove or disprove (as opposed to the "widespread popular culture/everyone's talking about it" way some belie...
Probably, but that's not really relevant if you classify evidence as this grand, incorruptible concept in which any proof of an occurrence that isn't ...
Ah, the universal gateway to higher learning. I don't think any great mind started at another point of origin. Just an observation :) To the point, co...
Indeed. However it is not about the comparison, what one should make note of are the underlying consistent truths present in both examples. You or I m...
Seems to me you are simply choosing to ignore the definition of a well-known word for some arbitrary- perhaps philosophically provocative- reason. Thi...
No. What made you post all this? Curiosity no doubt. What made you curious? The intrinsic nature of your brain? That's kind of a whitewash isn't it? U...
It's been a while since I've considered what "title" or "-isms" I do and do not explicitly exalt as above any other thing or as absolute truth rather....
Someone missed the 2000s. You don't follow for follow, bro? You have to remember entire countries larger than the United States are literally just now...
How would you know? By what non-simulation could you have possibly made a comparison against? From a time in your life you knew little about what went...
Think of it this way, friend. Is the meaning of something you experience it's intent? Whose? What is the meaning of a brick or a piece of ammunition? ...
"God probably exists, unless God doesn't. Life is probably what you're experiencing, unless it's not. Either way be sure to smile for the camera when ...
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