gooder

I like this place already. It is a pleasure to read people views and thoughts. I like a good story about just about anything. A story can be really short and say a whole lot and true ones are the best. When I was growing up in a story telling household it was often said that "truth is stranger than fiction" and it is a whole lot of other things as well. I miss that glorification of truth that went on then too as the adults wanted so much for us to be good people. There was a lot of secrecy in those days, kind of goes along with it I guess, if you cannot tell the truth, don't tell a lie just keep it secret. Well now we the doors are open to telling a lot of the secrets and doggone we don't glorify the truth anymore.

The_Jazz

Hi gooder. I'm interested to see what your version of the truth is.

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gooder

That is what one runs smack into now isn't it? What version. Somewhere along the road there is truth and it is true, not some version or other. I may be an organic thinking machine subject to error and sometimes odd convolutions of memory, but there are events that take place and yup they are real,not the chosen version of the day, not some allowable distortion, i.e. fiction, simply what the hell really happened.
I enjoy fiction as a kind of chosen waking dream state, but it is not a replacement for fact.

Jetée

A Welcome Greeting to: gooder.

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Originally Posted by gooder INDEED. THE WORLD IS REAL. I AM HUMAN. IMPERECT. FINITE. THIS WORLD, AND ITS INHABBITANTS: HUMANS, IS BASED ON FACT; BUT ALSO, THERE IS FICTION. I AM PARTIAL TO FICTION AS A MEANS OF VIRTUAL TRANSPORT. IT ALLOWS FOR SIMULATIONS, [* -] WHICH I REGARD AS DIVERSIONARY. THOUGH, [because I am a robot .#? "error-identifer_/reload status"] I STILL ENJOY THE NON-CORRUPTION OF THE NATURAL ORDER PERTAINING TO ALL TANGIBLE KNOWLEDGE, MORE STILL.

AND I WAS JUST...

*(battery source waning ... )

LEARNING TO...

(draining ... )

LOO-ve.

(... depleted.)

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The above is a recontextualized original story. I hope you did not mind it, gooder (for it is based on your latest reply herewithin).
I recently skimmed an archive article on what, exactly, this type of written piece is known as, (* -) but I lost it (like I do everything) to the ether.

Welcome aboard.

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gooder

It is exactly what I said and how the heck did you do that? I like it.

You sound like you could craft my story idea of the Family Doctor which is a computer/testing station diagnostician, record keeper. Escape the idea of a central intelligence bureau that has all our everything and own your own doctor. A Family Doctor that can upgrade for generations keeping the knowledge private. Include drama as the characters battle to protect their DNA information some kind of theme. There is a ripe story field out there for this and maybe it would have a grassroots effect as well towards keeping our individuality and promoting the same kind economic engine we already have.

dlish

welcome to the board gooder! im sure you'll fit right in.

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