To balance out the whiny rant, I thought I'd post a story I wrote the other day. At least then, there's some original content. If I hurt your feelings in that other thread, feel free to trash the story. Think of it as a punching bag that represents the people in society who don't understand you and insult things you like. Adam and Eve lay together on a blanket, sipping wine and watching the clouds drift by. All morning, they had been alternating between sipping the wine and chugging the vodka. Every few minutes, one of them would break the silence to mention what a beautiful day it was to kick back and unwind next to the dumpster behind 7/11. It wasn't a beautiful day, but the lid of the dumpster was open and leaned against the building, creating a cozy dumpster hut to shield them from the hail. The only drawback was that with the lid open, the dumpster had been collecting water all morning and the smell of wet garbage began to linger in the air. It made Adam hungry. He pushed the hunger to the back of his mind. He had been warned about eating out of this particular dumpster before by some scary teenager with a 7/11 name tag. Adam didn't think he could bring himself to eat Eve, so he mixed some ants into the vodka. He heard somewhere that ants were high in protein and he was pretty sure that protein is food. Eve smiled. She liked Adam, but didn't completely understand why. All she knew is that she wanted to be around him. She wanted to talk to him, hold his hand, sleep next to him, and wake up to him. She wanted to watch him sleep. She could watch him sleep all day long. Sometimes, she would spike his bottle with NyQuil and do just that. Not in a weird way, though. In a nice way. He wouldn't have minded. At least, she was pretty sure he wouldn't have minded. She hadn't told him. It never really came up organically in a conversation. She kissed Adam on the cheek before affectionately picking an ant off his upper lip and eating it. She laid back down and sighed. This was nice. Adam's mind raced. Eve had just tasted his cheek, he knew that much. Was she hungry enough to do something drastic? He hoped not. Starting to panic, Adam noticed a rat dragging an apple away from the dumpster. As the rat made its way out from under the shelter of the lid, hailstones came raining down on it. The rat jumped back in pain and squeaked, "Fuck it, the kids can find their own food!" before scurrying back to the safety of under the dumpster. Adam grabbed the abandoned apple and desperately offered it to Eve. Eve couldn't believe how sweet this man was. He didn't even want any of the apple for himself. She had to insist that he take a bite. He seemed nervous. It was cute. A teenager in a 7/11 uniform burst out the back door with a fresh bag of trash. He was about to toss it in with the rest of the dumpster sludge when he noticed Adam. "Hey, where did you get that apple? I warned you what would happen if I caught you eating from this dumpster again." Adam tried to explain, but found it difficult. The teenager was furious. "And where are the kids?" he yelled. "You two are supposed to be populating the earth! What are you, 45 now? You haven't even started procreating yet? You disgust me." Adam knew he was right. He didn't understand what he said, but he knew it was right. How foolish he'd been. He was ashamed. The teenager swung the garbage bag over his head and brought it crashing down on Adam's head. "Go forth and multiply somewhere else!" He screamed as he chased them out of the parking lot into the rain and hail. The teenager threw the bag of trash in the dumpster and went back inside. Adam and Eve started a new life together. Their actual lifestyle stayed pretty much the same, but they did technically start a new life by having a baby. The teenager kept tabs on them from a distance. He watched them as the years drifted by, hoping that someday, they would understand how much he loved them.
I'm wondering if it's more important that the content on here is original rather than fun and/or interesting. I mean, I see the value in original posts but when they're just that and not accompanied with something fun or interesting what's the value of this outburst of originality exactly?
Well, someone has got to start uploading more original stuff or people will get bored of the internet and stop using it. I'm just trying to be that guy. I'm trying to save the internet.
interesting is in the eye of the beholder. i find trains, computers, and little furry creatures more interesting then most things to do with humans. but i am interested in ways they can keep from screwing themselves up, along with the rest of their world. i don't expect everyone to be interested in any one thing, whether its a thing that interests me or not. i expect a small percentage to be interested in one or more of them. because that's the way reality is. diversity is its nature. its good that people aren't all interested in the same things. if they were, most of the things they take for granted, simply wouldn't exist nor get done. some things not getting done would be good. some things we value too highly which actually cause more harm then good. but other things we might have a hard time existing without, might not either.
You may want to post in the writers forum. I would delete the last paragraph if I were you. It just serves to torture the metaphor.
i don't think i've read that other thread yet, but i do love to trash things. does it really work that way? legitimate question. it seems to me that the water would shield the smell of garbage, if anything. kind of like how poop smells less vile when it's underwater in the toilet. well that explains it, the stench was coming from between eve's legs, not the dumpster.
