[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
It wasn’t. They were smarter back then.[/quote]
Abortion was widely accepted?
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That’s the point- it frames out the very basic point of the “plot” and lets the reader fill in every detail of the story. That’s why it’s genius.[/quote]
It makes me kind of sick to think that this “story” could be considered genius by anyone.
[quote]Ronsauce wrote:
FightinIrish26 wrote:
It wasn’t. They were smarter back then.
Abortion was widely accepted?
[/quote]
I think there was more important shit to worry about
I don’t care.
[quote]Ronsauce wrote:
\It makes me kind of sick to think that this “story” could be considered genius by anyone.
[/quote]
Sick? Really? That’s a bit extreme.
The story always made me think - miscarriage. Tragic.
[quote]Loose Tool wrote:
Ronsauce wrote:
\It makes me kind of sick to think that this “story” could be considered genius by anyone.
Sick? Really? That’s a bit extreme.
The story always made me think - miscarriage. Tragic.
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[quote]Loose Tool wrote:Sick? Really? That’s a bit extreme.
The story always made me think - miscarriage. Tragic.[/quote]
It’s no more extreme than referring to this as genius. It’s the kind of stuff I expect a bunch of pretentious beatniks to snap wildly to in a dank poetry house.
So if I’m following this correctly, they were smarter back then because they had more important shit to worry about(more important than the decision to bring life into the world)? So people today aren’t as smart because we don’t have more important shit to worry about?
Right…
[quote]Ronsauce wrote:
Loose Tool wrote:Sick? Really? That’s a bit extreme.
The story always made me think - miscarriage. Tragic.
It’s no more extreme than referring to this as genius. It’s the kind of stuff I expect a bunch of pretentious beatniks to snap wildly to in a dank poetry house. [/quote]
The power of poetry strikes again.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
So Picasso scrawls some marks on a cafe napkin, and some loony art fans call it a masterpiece.
So Hemingway posts a bill, or places an ad, or tapes a sign in his window with those six words, and some loony admirers call it a story.
Nice.[/quote]
Spoken like someone that knows the game.
It is brilliant. Look at all the discussion it has caused or inspired (at least in this thread). Naturally it was something that could only really be done once.
Ok, here’s my 6-word story.
“Hey.”
Pause
“No, she’s not here.”
One of the most common:
“I didn’t pull out in time.”
Is anyone in here hetero?
[quote]rudilerm wrote:
Is anyone in here hetero?[/quote]
Has anyone in here read New Zealand literature?
I feel he is describing somebody who has never had a childhood.
[quote]rudilerm wrote:
Is anyone in here hetero?[/quote]
Too short.
[quote]Otep wrote:
rudilerm wrote:
Is anyone in here hetero?
Too short.[/quote]
Autobiographical maybe?
I think he was just drunk out of his mind.
DB
[quote]Loose Tool wrote:
rudilerm wrote:
Is anyone in here hetero?
Has anyone in here read New Zealand literature?
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LOL good link. New Zealanders always try and claim things as their own in order to boost the “cool rating” of the place. Glad that doesn’t apply to me seeing as I’m South African.