The day everything became nothing, I was standing underneath a
streetlight, wishing I had a cigarette. I can't recall anything
unusual about it. If there was something in the air, if the skies had
clouded over, I wasn't aware, I was too bored to care. No thunder
roared. No lightning cracked. No missiles rained from the sky. This
was no sneak attack. There was just suddenly this awful lack. Things
had changed, that's for sure.
The day everything became nothing, you couldn't put your finger on
what had gone wrong. The alleys were still dirty; the garbage still
smelled; there was no panic in the streets; just a lot of grief - in
people's faces, in their eyes - a mixture of horror and total surprise.
This was no apocalypse. No one heard a voice from the sky, there were
no miracles at the 7-Eleven, no one screamed, no one even asked why.
It was just like everything had somehow, quietly died. So let it die!
I can't recall much of what happened next. I was on my way to visit
this woman I knew. All we had in common was good sex, and now I
couldn't even remember her address. A group of us, just strangers,
got together and we formed a committee to discuss the problem. We
talked about things like assured mutual destruction and emotional
responsibility. I couldn't remember my name, so I called myself Bob.
It's weird being a Bob, but I'll get used to it. I have to.
Originally posted by PinkFloydI'll answer, because no one else has seemed to.
Just how does a thread end? I thought they just went on and on, in perpetuity? But some entries imply some kind of super-secret power to kill a thread. Just what is the procedure for ending something as public domain-ish as this?
A thread ends when people look at it in the postings and decide it is too obscure, boring, controversial, offensive, and/or dumb. They don't post in it, and eventually the thread becomes dead.
Originally posted by PinkFloydWorst possible case scenario... having posted the last post to your own, now,
Just how does a thread end? I thought they just went on and on, in perpetuity? But some entries imply some kind of super-secret power to kill a thread. Just what is the procedure for ending something as public domain-ish as this?
dead on arrival thread. Trust me on this one... I have the credentials. -gb
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Originally posted by PinkFloydTo answer your question of how a thread ends. It seems as if they diverge into different conversations, until an infinitude of different non-relating posts come about. This thread looks quite on it's way. Examining this thread itself would seem to give us the answer! Ironic...
Just how does a thread end? I thought they just went on and on, in perpetuity? But some entries imply some kind of super-secret power to kill a thread. Just what is the procedure for ending something as public domain-ish as this?
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Originally posted by kfennessyWhen it definetly ends usually it ends this way ;
To answer your question of how a thread ends. It seems as if they diverge into different conversations, until an infinitude of different non-relating posts come about. This thread looks quite on it's way. Examining this thread itself would seem to give us the answer! Ironic...
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