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!

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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...

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You're a convicted domestic abuser? 😳

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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 :)

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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.

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On micros being 100 words long. I noticed a 1,700 word micro on the front page.. might be worth maybe recategorising it? https://www.lushstories.com/stories/microfiction/first-online-meeting-chapter-one

we never claimed to be perfect. thanks for the heads up. it'll get fixed.

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Hi! I'm a new member. Still figuring my way round this website, so sorry in advance for this silly question but ...

How do you vote for a story that you like? I can see the like, favourite, and share buttons but that's pretty much it

Hi Rama! Welcome to Lush. Voting for a story. That would be the Like button with the little heart next to it. Likes are considered votes. And, also, any other questions, post them or hit up one of the mod - i'm one of them, btw. we'll be happy to try to steer you right

ps - there are no silly questions.

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Fair enough. Maybe it should have been clearer in the rules then.

In that case does the word have to be pumpkin or can it be any other member of the Cucurbitaceae family?

Or since pumpkin carving came from Europe and they didn’t have pumpkins there and carved jack o’lanterns from turnips or swedes can turnip be used instead? Or turnips even.. or neeps?

has to be pumpkin(s).

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Noticed a few with ‘pumpkins’ too.

Are they disqualified since they can’t read the rule or does that go by the way too?

Just thought it better to get this clarified now since the debacle with the Debauched competition where some stories were sent back to be rewritten as they didn't have a wish while others were allowed without a wish and it created all kinds of bad feeling so rules were going to be clearer in future I think was the decision from Nicola at the time.

the plural is fine.

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I actually asked Jen upthread if we could use plural and there was no answer so far. I used singular anyhow. I think using the plural should be allowed at this point if they have been allowing this far in but clarification from Jen would be nice.

the plural is fine.

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Lol, the competition is announced. Three days later Annie submits, and its touch and go whether she will be one of the first 50 entries. I shall get on with reading others, once mine is actually published. Hope you all are having a great weekend.

just read your story and am now depressed by my own entry. thanks. not.

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Yeesh, who is moderating this week? Must be hitting the backstage liquor cabinet too hard or something.😉

Mine should come this weekend, maybe even today. It's set up as a draft, has a cover, and I think I like it as it stands. Just going to let the pot simmer a bit longer in case something hits me when I read it again.😎

my bad. i laced the brownies at the last mod meeting. oops. btw, i have mine in. first story i've written in... forever. it was fun. probably not going to win any awards, though lol

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Morning, Rumpies!

Fuzzy Lion, I freakin’ love your new avatar!

And Sweet Jesus, there’s like thirty entries already in comp. I’ll never read them all!

It’s Football-watching couch potato day for me! Enjoy today!

they're all 100 word or less. you'll manage. lol

mine was 100 words in word (on my comp) and says 101 words when i submitted it. fuck you, lush word counter. i ain't removing nothing.

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Yes, Rach, I'm sure that your incestuous non-consensual scat pumpkin story will go over well. Go for it. 😳

your mind is a horrible place. jesus. i was just thinking i didn't have to capitalize proper nouns.

reading the announcement... only two rules. hmm... so... none of the normal rules apply? did i get that right?

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I've mellowed on them and finally have some. Still have no idea what I'm going to do with them, but I have them.

i'm saving up for a castle with mine. a lego castle. always wanted one.