what's cash?

bought toilet paper today. does that count?

i'm going to bow out of this convo. these are people you are all talking about. people who are, sadly, used to being bullied, and harassed, and hated on. i really can't stomach opening up this thread one more time and seeing trans folks being talked about like they somehow aren't deeply affected by discussions like this. that you have the right to talk about them as if they aren't... people. so yeah, keep it up and keep telling yourself that it's not bigotry. can't stop y'all from lying to yourselves. aidos.

this has just gotten weird.

Quote by MC1982

So, I wrote my Christmas story. I spent time making it as good as I could. The moderator loved it and gave me my first ever recommended read.... Only then did I realise I had forgotten to click "Competition entry"😨

Oh Come, Let Us Adore Him | Lush Stories

if that happens again, just notify a mod and we'll be happy to fix it for you.

Quote by ElCoco

If there’s any sport where there should be separate categories for men, transgender, and women, boxing is one. Female boxer withdraws from tournament after learning opponent is transgender

i kickbox. not a lot of other women in my gym, so it's mostly against guys and i can hold my own.

Quote by Tantaleyes

Musk is very free speech and makes a big target. I'm not a big spaceship fan, but he's done the world a favor by freeing up who can say what on Twitter.

yep. it's super nice that he encourages bigotry, hate, and racism, all in the name of "free speech".

COOL!

Quote by LadySharon

Looks interesting. I need to find some pics I may use as the cover photo for the story I'm writing.

what did you need pix of? i might be able to help

btw, the reason i've been MIA pretty much lately can be explained in 21 minutes and 11 seconds lol

fyi, i expect everyone in here to write a comp piece for the new one. EVERYone. that means you, too, Scooter.

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https://newrepublic.com/post/176915/tennessee-town-ban-public-homosexuality

not all of us missed it.

can it have goats in it?

fucking hell. no, seriously. lol i am impressed that i even got an HM. that was fun. let's do another one!

Quote by Just_A_Guy_You_Know

Reminds me of an old grunge song: "If you love her, buy her a gun."

Or another one: "Dead men don't ."

The 90s were kinda hardcore.

having trouble disagreeing with the sentiments. speaking of kinda hardcore...

Quote by noll

You're a convicted domestic abuser? 😳

no. i work with victims of domestic violence. occasionally we get an uninvited and unwelcome guest.

Quote by Magical_felix

Yeah well during the meantime lots of convicted domestic abusers have been able to obtain guns. So cool.

no, not cool. but at least this will put a stop to anymore getting them - btw, one of the reasons i now own a handgun.

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Republicans removed a law that disallowed domestic abusers from having firearms. Good luck with that lol

it's being discussed by SCOTUS today. waiting for a ruling. at present, it looks like the law might will be upheld. fingers crossed.

Taylor Swift Era's Tour movie.

Quote by Magical_felix

Chryses the type of dude to be like, slavery was legal back then. Plus it was free agriculture school really

don't forget his stance on how slaves benefitted from being enslaved.

Quote by Ironic

I don't think our country was founded by immigrants entering the country illegally. Why do you say it was?

doesn't really matter what you think. the colonists came over from Europe and systematically invaded north america, eventually pushing the indigenous people out.

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What's obvious is that the vast majority are now entering the country illegally.

our county was founded by immigrants entering the country illegally. i guess slaves, technically, entered legally though? grey area, i guess.

the USofA had always been a destination for immigrants. from it's very inception. some forced, some voluntarily. the only real difference now is it's people who are not of European descent. just thought i'd point out the obvious.

Quote by krystalg

Rumor has it that a certain story mod is ready to go on another nudity strike if it's not resolved. 😎

not a rumor. already started. wait, you are talking about me, right?

Quote by Fanny89

I really wanted to thank whoever came up with this great idea. I love the idea of a micro competition. I hope there will be more like this.

For me as a non native speaker it takes a lot more time and effort to come up with a longer piece and I let some of the competitions pass because of that. So I am really glad I could participate in this one as my first try in a competition.

So again, thank you! Keep it up!

Blame Jen - with a lot of input from our wonderful story mod team. and glad you were able to participate.best of luck.

Quote by krystalg

Masturbating is a competition?! I'm so positive I'd win; I'm so good at it.

distant third at best.

well... that was entertaining...

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I bribed her to make you do it!

bitch.

Quote by KimmiBeGood

Woke up feeling good because I’m NOT the poor soul having to shortlist this competition!

the only reason i enter comps anymore is so Jen can't tag me to shortlist the damn things :)

Quote by Seeker4

Seriously? So I couldn't do a perfectly good standalone story for a comp and then realize after the fact that I want to continue or add to the story? How would you even police that, given that the followup might come weeks or months after the comp ended?

I am assuming that what you mean is that you can't be leaving obvious hooks for adding chapters later or state openly that it is part 1. If you come back to it later with new eyes and add sequels after the fact, that's a different matter. I hope.

Asking because even outside comps, I often write a story that I think is a standalone and then realize after publication that there's more to tell.

as has always been the rule, once the comp is over you are are free to turn your entry into a multi chapter series if you wish.