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siouxsie
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p/creativewriting
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8/24/2025, 5:53:50 PM
A Parable
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11/4/2025, 7:36:30 PM
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logical
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8/25/2025, 5:29:59 PM
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🙏 a good lesson
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sonatime
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8/24/2025, 6:49:10 PM
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I have reservations of using lovable animals to highlight the real struggle that is all too common in modern humanity. Is the lesson here to personally reflect so we don't find ourselves on the foolish side?:) There is stupidity and there are brainwashing psyops and there is individual responsibility:) “Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved — indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.” 
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siouxsie
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8/24/2025, 8:36:40 PM
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“There is stupidity and there are brainwashing psyops and there is individual responsibility:)” in that quote alone, you’ve made my point :)
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siouxsie
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8/24/2025, 8:44:24 PM
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“So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive.“ while this can become dabgerous, the alternative is to go blue in the face and expend energy with contention. this removes the peace from all.
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sonatime
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8/24/2025, 9:34:06 PM
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It is easy to give up in such circumstances but we all have personal responsibility and need to treat others with that hopeful dignity we would like to receive. For me it isn't winning the argument but understanding the other and perhaps not giving to negative judgement and still relating something truthful/factual or personal.
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siouxsie
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8/24/2025, 10:43:40 PM
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Well said. The rest of that quoted photo you posted is that fighting with pigs only gets you dirty, and the pig likes it.
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mrinfinity
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8/24/2025, 8:36:57 PM
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What does this have to do with creative writing, offering suggestion, anything uplifting or positive? Judgement -> 'stupidity', Propganda -> 'brainwashing psyops', Some random quote that looks like it was written by ChatGPT then a screenshot of a quote . The point of /p/creativewriting is upliftment and encouragement for writers to write. This is why this was created; which may not be immediately obvious on the front page.
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sonatime
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8/24/2025, 9:24:50 PM
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You clearly have me confused with the herd mentality of clapping seals:) I'm not a creative writer, I am an end user sharing how I internalize the "Parable". I envy individuals who can over-analyze and relate and also sycophants' general nature, but I am here for pleasure and sharing what triggers my thoughts and where they go. I don't need to be fake The animals drew me into the story, the topic is universal and as old as earth, my mind wondered, the brain embedded chatGPT whispered famous quotes and an image, I felt the need to relate and share and then after putting my head back something of an excrement of a substance fell on my eyes:) Thanks for that:) There is one thing I am still missing in my experience here on soju, you can easily fulfill it or you can guess it and make my dream come true:) All the OP needs to do is to mention something directly to me, I am easy to get along
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siouxsie
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8/24/2025, 8:34:09 PM
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I suppose then, you take opposition to the story of the turtle and the hare? Personification, ever tried it? :)
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sonatime
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8/24/2025, 9:40:42 PM
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I am prone to overanalysis and probably to paralysis too for that matter:) I can relate to both the turtle and the hare and sympathize with both, such is my mind's curse. When I was a kid, maybe due to boring character development or writing etc, I often empathized with the antagonists
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siouxsie
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8/24/2025, 10:34:34 PM
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You, a contrarian? I never would have guessed! ;p
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sonatime
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8/24/2025, 10:40:38 PM
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:) in my defense it is not a personal need as much as a product of the current times and my overexposed suffering mind:) thank you for your understanding:)
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siouxsie
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8/24/2025, 10:44:51 PM
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Understandable. I think everyone is in the same boat, yet everyone’s still acting like it’s a competition when really it just sinks us alll.
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sonatime
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8/24/2025, 11:31:54 PM
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no one is winning this struggle, humanity is progressively losing and skinjobs are just out there dividing us:)
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siouxsie
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8/25/2025, 3:36:08 PM
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It truly is that way. It seems people are always waiting to tear one another down instead of uplifting. They've divided us, they've conquered us, and we didn't even notice until it was too late. Frogs in slowpots.
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sonatime
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8/25/2025, 5:26:37 PM
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What do you think of this penguin's story? We are offered an explanation but it is a sad. Sometimes I wish I didn't see this clip:) Probably how our maker feels when He watches our lives 
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