Write a controversial opinion

[NaughteeDragon]

I think there ought to be a week long module in high school English classes entitled "Genre is a Lie that is True"

It should use this argument as the prime example and highlight how all genre distinctions are somewhat arbitrary and can always be broken with convenient outliers.

In the end, it's revealed that the actual title was "Genre is a Social Construct" and, oops, we just explained in detail with an engaging example how social constructs are simultaneously real and fake and how to spot when they are being used in a silly way.

That would be brilliant class. Way better than having to read Grapes of Wrath and The Scarlet Letter.

 

[Nightaelf]

Em dashes are basically the written version of someone who keeps interrupting a conversation to say, “Oh, and another thing!” or “You know what’s really important?” They break the rhythm, grab attention, and pretend to add meaning, while actually just killing the flow.

 

[Statius]

That would be brilliant class. Way better than having to read Grapes of Wrath and The Scarlet Letter.

Love both of those books

 

[NaughteeDragon]

Love both of those books

If I went back and re-read them now, I could probably appreciate them a lot more. Asking a 15-16 year old to appreciate the nuance of those stories is asinine.

 

[Statius]

If I went back and re-read them now, I could probably appreciate them a lot more. Asking a 15-16 year old to appreciate the nuance of those stories is asinine.

Probably. But confession I loved Scarlet Letter first time I read it in HS. But yeah I get why most don't

 

[StillStunned]

Em dashes are basically the written version of someone who keeps interrupting a conversation to say, “Oh, and another thing!” or “You know what’s really important?” They break the rhythm, grab attention, and pretend to add meaning, while actually just killing the flow.

Like all tools, sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. The trick is to understand when and how.

 

[crookedletter]

Semicolons are underrated.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Birds are overrated. Especially ducks.

 

[Statius]

Birds are overrated. Especially ducks.

 

[TheLobster]

Semicolons are underrated.

Colons are overrated: they tend to be full of shit.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Birds are overrated. Especially ducks.

Birds aren't real.

 

[SmilingLez]

Birds are overrated. Especially ducks.

I love roasted duck

 

[NuclearFairy]

Birds are overrated. Especially ducks.

Ducks, like most domestic birds, are rapey little bastards.

 

[Statius]

Ducks, like most domestic birds, are rapey little bastards.

Have not heard that before. But then mating season is insane around our neighborhood. The males are definitely aggressive

 

[NuclearFairy]

Have not heard that before. But then mating season is insane around our neighborhood. The males are definitely aggressive

Ducks are the worst about it. Here's a quote from Science Focus;

Ducks' bizarre genitalia is a result of a sexual arms race. Forced mating is common among ducks, so while males' long, flexible penises increase their chances of successfully fertilising a female, the females' anticlockwise vaginas give them a level of control.

"Those complex structures prevent full eversion of the penis of unwanted males, so their sperm ends up closer to the cloacal entrance where the females can get rid of it more easily." That is, Brennan's research found that female ducks can prevent fertilisation from unwanted males.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Ducks, like most domestic birds, are rapey little bastards.

exactly. little bastards.

 

[KittyOfSteele]

@Jackie.Hikaru I am going to send a horde of falcons to your farm and steal all your chickens and eat them while I read Lit stories. Luv u 2 much <3 Peace xoxo!

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

M&Ms are chocolate pills.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

@Jackie.Hikaru I am going to send a horde of falcons to your farm and steal all your chickens and eat them while I read Lit stories. Luv u 2 much <3 Peace xoxo!

me and my anti-bird cat-apults are waiting for your horde of falcons. bring it.

 

[NuclearFairy]

M&Ms are chocolate pills.

You might have a point there.

 

[Statius]

Ducks are the worst about it. Here's a quote from Science Focus;

Damn that's crazy!

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

People should mind their own business and let others live their lives as they want. That has to be controversial, cause no one does that every!

 

[StillStunned]

People should mind their own business and let others live their lives as they want. That has to be controversial, cause no one does that every!

It's not controversial. Most people agree, probably, they just don't think it applies to them.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

It's not controversial. Most people agree, probably, they just don't think it applies to them.

Well, it does, or should!

 

[iwatchus]

Ducks, like most domestic birds, are rapey little bastards.

There was a paper about homosexual necrophilia in ducks that won an ignobel award several years ago. It turned out the building their offices were in had a regular problem for a while of ducks flying into the windows and killing themselves. Male ducks would land near their fallen victims and try to mate with the male dead ones.