Wraith
@WraithUpNorth
Metal Bassist & Aspiring Storyteller
I expect Pierre will be taking more of these kinds of stances in the coming weeks, partly for the upcoming byelection and partly for next year's leadership review. He knows the base is pissed and needs to win them back, but come next election, he'll pivot back to the centre.
“Michael Taube: Poilievre's right — Canada needs a hard cap on immigration” nationalpost.com/opinion/poilie…
I think I finally understand what 'Woke Right' means.
Unpopular take: I actually envy the Chinese. They have a culturally and ethnically homogeneous society. They dont have to deal with the woke cult. Their society celebrates itself instead of promoting self loathing. I'd gladly trade our "civil liberties" for these things.
"At last the curse is broken. How does it feel?" "Like all my life I've been on the verge of drowning. But now I can finally breathe."
Nothing like working in retail to make one ambivalent about having children.
The reason I hate marketing and promotion so much is because, to me at least, it would feel like I'm insisting upon myself.
A key component of this, I believe, is to add a complication near or within the climax that really throws the hero's chances of victory into question. There may be a proper name for it out there, but I affectionately refer to this as the "Oh Shit Moment".
If your stakes boil down to “Will they succeed?” you’ve already lost. Make it, “What will they *lose* in order to succeed?” Now you have a story.
Ambushed by a foe unknown Wounded by dreadful scorn Embittered, I retreat alone To fulfill an oath I’ve sworn Through the night I tinker and toil Restless until the dawn Now I have the perfect foil Yet my foe is long gone
New short story available! "Powerlifter" tells the tale of a village whose only weapon against a superior foe is sheer muscle! WARNING: satire open.substack.com/pub/rgarron/p/…
Anarcho-tyranny: when the state crushes the law-abiding and shields the lawless. In honour of @LichTamara & @ChrisBarber1975 - facing 7 & 9 years prison for peaceful protest against mandatory experimental injections that have now proven so deadly. You’re taxed, tracked,…
"Like so many before him, he sought the Philosopher's Stone," said Vladimir. "That it might bring him the Elixir of Life." "The secret to immortality and a cure for all ills," said Jonathan. "But could it really be so?" "No alchemist ever discovered it. But I suspect not."
Today's #Microfiction theme is #ELIXIR. Is there a universal cure to humanity's terrible habits? Quote this tweet with your own microfiction related to the theme of the day, then reply to this post with a link to your story. @PhntmWhsprs Max: 250 characters.
I think of it more like shouting into the void, but this works too.
post ur shit boy
I'm willing to bet people who believe this have never lived with an alcoholic.
Alcohol is really important for the social health of the West and young people need to drink MORE
I'm thinking about it a lot lately.
Would you leave Canada if it was a viable option? I know some that already have & they don’t regret the decision.
Probably the fastest way to get on my bad side (barring any actual aggression of course) is to suggest I should cut my hair. Make of this information what you will.
This flame, I yearn to see it burn Yet how it lights, I cannot learn Matches and kindling I think I’ve found Naught is real but the cold, hard ground Others afar like beacons glow Whisp’ring secrets I cannot know Ere too long I'll be grey and old 'Til then, I dwell in the cold
Never forget. Never forgive.
Fantastic comment on a substack: “A lot of people are getting upset having their conduct during covid compared to Germans supporting the rise of Nazism. Let's recapitulate. A fifth of the population was legally classified as unclean. They were barred from most public spaces,…