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Story from when i worked at a gas station
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2019-12-11 at 7:36 PM UTC
Originally posted by Sudo I might read this later because star trek says it's well written so I have to believe it gets better but from what I read it was really fake, contrived and hacky but it's good you at least try to write, lil golly
It doesn't get better. But if OP wrote about something interesting it might be worth reading. Not a philosophy debate between a store clerk and a robber. -
2019-12-11 at 7:36 PM UTC
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2019-12-11 at 7:40 PM UTC
Originally posted by Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country It doesn't get better. But if OP wrote about something interesting it might be worth reading. Not a philosophy debate between a store clerk and a robber.
thank you for saving me the time from reading some poorly written pulp fiction hack bullshit from a mexican without life experience of any sort, least of all an understanding of criminology or philosophy or even an interesting perspective on anything. -
2019-12-11 at 7:41 PM UTC
Originally posted by Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country It doesn't get better. But if OP wrote about something interesting it might be worth reading. Not a philosophy debate between a store clerk and a robber.
thank you for saving me the time from reading some poorly written pulp fiction hack bullshit from a mexican without life experience of any sort, least of all an understanding of criminology or philosophy or even an interesting perspective on anything. Do you like James Joyce though? -
2019-12-11 at 7:42 PM UTCquadruple post all more readable than that hacky shit
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2019-12-11 at 8:21 PM UTC
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2019-12-11 at 8:22 PM UTC
Originally posted by Sudo thank you for saving me the time from reading some poorly written pulp fiction hack bullshit from a mexican without life experience of any sort, least of all an understanding of criminology or philosophy or even an interesting perspective on anything.
If I recall you loved the last thing I wrote. Creamed your pants. -
2019-12-12 at 6:23 AM UTChitchhicked into hostage situation.
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2019-12-12 at 6:29 AM UTCi have the second highest IQ on this website :smug:
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2019-12-12 at 6:36 AM UTC
Originally posted by Misguided Russian Holy fuck did you really just type all of this out, or is some copypasta from some gay website you go to?
Reddit : The Barbarian and the 7-11 Clerk
https://amp.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/e5odim/the_barbarian_and_the_711_clerk/
This split personality of §m£ÂgØL will now say that's his personal reddit account yadda,yadda. Only to go MIA & resurface in another form in 2020. Rinse & repeat.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-12-12 at 6:45 AM UTC50 posts for one of you to google it lol.
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2019-12-12 at 6:50 AM UTC
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2019-12-12 at 7:06 AM UTC
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2019-12-12 at 7:07 AM UTC
Originally posted by Vitamin G "The first cigarette of the morning is the best," Wren said. "That's the one that wakes you up. It's the only cigarette that matters."
"Well…" Sudo paused to take a puff. "What about the second and third cigarette? Those are pretty good too. And the last one's not bad either."
"Oh the last one's the worst."
"The worst?" Sudo questioned.
"The worst," he reiterated. "The last cigarette of the day is truly a dreaded thing. It's the tired cap to yet another night on this awful fucking planet. But the first? The first cigarette has hope. You can step outside and think of things like: 'Maybe it'll get better today. Maybe today I'll quit smoking. Maybe today I'll meet the girl of my dreams'. The last cigarette has no maybes. It's cold and dark and depressing, and there's no hope of quitting with it. There's no hope of anything."
"Yeah, okay," Sudo said. His face flickered with orange as Wren struggled to light another cigarette. They had been smoking all night.
"The second is alright though. Third one too. It's just that last one I don't like." Wren stared down at the floor. A cat meowed in the distance. "Hey, can you pass me another beer?"
"Sure."
The two sat for some time, contemplating which cigarette of the night would be their last. Wren hoped to at least get another five in.
"Hey I think it's happening," Sudo said. "Look."
Wren half-sat out of his chair, glancing briefly at the sky beyond the window. "Oh yeah, it's happening alright. Pass me the lighter would you?"
"How long do you think it's going to take?"
"I don't know."
"Really though, how long?" Sudo asked. "An hour, two?" The sky was quickly turning to a vibrant yellow. Wren stood up to close the curtain.
"I think less than that. Maybe just a few more lines of dialogue. I was watching the news this morning and they said it could be a matter of seconds."
"Oh. Okay." The thought of having a beer passed briefly through Sudo's head, but he had already decided that he wouldn't. It was best to stay in Allah's good graces during these final moments.
"So is there anything you want to talk about? Anything at all?" Sudo wiped the sweat from his brow. The room was getting hotter.
"No," Wren said, taking a long pull from his diminishing cigarette. "I think this is it though."
"Is it?"
"Yeah," he said, scratching at his beard. "Well, no. One more. I'll have one more. You have that lighter again?"
"Sure man. Anything." Sudo handed over the lighter, wishing it was a BIC. Why hadn't they gotten a BIC?
Wren cupped his hands over the faithful stick and took a drag, making the room glow orange for the last time, as they drifted slowly, but surely, into the sun. -
2019-12-12 at 7:24 AM UTC
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2019-12-12 at 1:05 PM UTC
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2019-12-12 at 3:19 PM UTC
Originally posted by Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Joyce is s lot of work to read, so not really. I simply don't have the time or energy to deal with all the literary allusions and references he makes.
A portiat of the artist as a young man is like 150 pages. The last half of it is a little high minded but I liked it a lot.
What about Frank McCourt? His books (think theres only 2 most people read) are pretty accessible and on many suburban housewives shelves. I liked Angelas Ashes but realized its pretty much impossible to verify anything he wrote about and he might be another James Fry type but I believe hes not and I genuinely liked his writing and ability to tell a story from a childs perspective -
2019-12-12 at 3:41 PM UTCI've got a few good gas station stories. The first one was the day I was working at a gas station that was at a busy intersection that also had a railroad track running through it. This made for a rather confusing intersection and, on this day, a young woman drove onto the tracks and got her car hung up. Of course, eventually a train came by and dragged her car hundreds of yards down the track. She showed up at the station totally freaked out needing to use the phone to call her dad. She had stayed in her car until the last moment when a stranger, a black man, yanked her out at the last moment. I was pretty busy and didn't have much time to talk with her but I do remember how freaked out she was.
I was managing another gas station during the gas crisis and the state instituted a 8 or 10 gallon minimum purchase to keep people from topping off and decreasing the long lines. If they only needed 5 gallons, I legally got to charge them for the rest and pocket the overage. Actually looked forward to going to work! -
2019-12-12 at 3:50 PM UTC
Originally posted by Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Joyce is s lot of work to read, so not really. I simply don't have the time or energy to deal with all the literary allusions and references he makes.
i said it many times and i'll say it again, because this is important :
READING DILUTES THY SOUL. THE MORE YOU READ, THE LESS YOU ARE YOU AND THE MORE YOU BECOME WHO YOU READ-ED. -
2019-12-12 at 3:59 PM UTC
Originally posted by vindicktive vinny i said it many times and i'll say it again, because this is important :
READING DILUTES THY SOUL. THE MORE YOU READ, THE LESS YOU ARE YOU AND THE MORE YOU BECOME WHO YOU READ-ED.
It doesn't dilute the soul, rather it's like making a stew. Throw in some potatoes, carrots, bit of beef. The right ingredients makes a tasty stew. But if you just throw everything in the kitchen into the pot, you might get something weird and nasty.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
