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Since it's a picnic and presumably warm I vote for a Viognier and a slightly chilled Côte du Rhone. And some stinky cheeses, kalamata olives and latzi...

I voted.

A short story entry in the making I hear.

nope, my mistake.

Ha, so weird. Might be a leftover from playing the piano, which I can't do well if I've had even only one drink but I write better sober as well.

But didn't you study literature?

haha, well, I'd be happy for you if you do win. It's all tongue in cheek from me. But I'm not commenting for the same reason. I've only read one story...

This is exactly the excuse pussies make. It's all about talent and being gifted, instead of, I don't know, making an effort? Anybody can express thems...

I did find a way to export some things but it's only for specific pages you want to keep. For instance, I'm using the Pocket app so I can read the sho...

Also surprising : one story got rave reactions and I thought "meh".

Even if you or I get 0 points, we're still better than the pussies that don't write or are afraid to post their stories. Just for participating you ar...

Suspended disbelief is what sucks me into a story. Inconsistencies are jarring reminders it isn't true. That's why they bother me so much. It's not fa...

What do you mean with connect? I'm reading a book and I fucking hate the protagonist because she's a stupid, whiny bitch. I'm not connecting at all bu...

I like quite a few of the stories. One was particularly well written but it took me out of the flow due to inconsistencies. Which is a bummer because ...

All kidding aside. As far as I'm concerned, I know I'm not a great writer so I'd love feedback so I can improve.

Precisely why I'm against vaccine passports. People make shit choices all the time. I have a stressful job and exercise too little. I'm even aware I s...

The fact nobody wants to be around philosophers does help.

Hullo, I'm ready to read the pathetic attempts of the other challengers.

Who are they? Pfizer and Moderna did mention it: they didn't know what the effect was so that would be somewhere between no effect to herd immunity th...

Well if you look at the claims around the phase 3 trial, it's only about the efficacy of the protection of the vaccinated. No discussion about herd im...

Things like this is what I remember best: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-05-evidence-covid-vaccines-transmission.html https://www.theguardian.com...

Official statements by Pfizer and Moderna at the start of vaccination. I'm not aware of any other communication. And then came the good news that it r...

Yes, we're well aware of your ideological stance and the resulting confirmation bias. God forbid fact-based decision making. When the vaccines were in...

Thanks.

How sick are they getting from it? Are you less sick when vaccinated? Otherwise we can stop vaccinating altogether and combat the pandemic how they di...

I wrote one.

my condolences for ending last.

yay! I'm looking forward to reading it.

If I may interject, I think we are a victim of the slow development of human nature that cannot keep up with the rapid changes resulting from technolo...

I'd argue failed States are already insignificant where it concerns carbon footprints.

That there is systemic racism still allows for individual experience to deviate from the norm. This is not really the point of the debate. This is a s...

Black men are telling you about their experiences on an almost daily basis. Describing the world as it is through the eyes of another as a result of l...

@"Baden" More seriously, can we do weighted voting?

No, that's perfect, that will give me time to create another 140 sock puppets. I'll finally win!

How long will people have to vote on their favourite stories? I can finally use my 10 sock puppet accounts.

This just reads like a contradiction to me. Either it means the same thing because it signifies the same thing or Brot and pain mean different things ...

There was a white girl and she looked to adults as to what to do with her life. Most adult women were stay at home mums, nurses, librarians and school...

Admittedly, if he's such a miserable human being that the only way everyone is better off is for him to fully retreat from society then his idea would...

On the upside you're always hearing it right. Badum.. tish....

Whataboutism. The subject of the thread is clear, you can either contribute or waste everybody's time with comments like that.

Replied on my android!

Jesus. What's wrong with you people? Screw limitations on creative activities!

I also vote for an instaban for anyone caught plagiarising original work. Just saying.

Wait. What? Why on earth would it need those? I just write whatever I like. Which is why I never will win but at least I'm not stuck within limitation...

I sincerely doubt it can work in several jurisdictions now that some corporations can claim human rights protections. I do think this can be incentive...

Limiting liability was indeed necessary to incentivize investment in undertakings that wouldn't yield profit. Adding the possibility to corporations t...

Family businesses worked in their businesses too. I'm not against stock. Additional stock is issued and given to employees but can still be traded.

I think an important way for societies to minimise the consequences is to move from shareholding to stakeholding. In my view that starts at reacquaint...

I can send you what I have and you can look for improvements :wink:

I actually raised this issue when I was working at the Ministry of Finance. How to get to a circular, zero-growth, fair and just society. No real answ...