1) "the Whiteboard had turned into a blackboard -- with white chalk to write with, instead of black marker"
Who is marked and who gets to "make their mark" indeed (and colour-coded spaces too). Interesting where your brain was going with this. Complicated but meaningful in a pointed way. Very you, I think. :-)
2) Am I allowed to express how much I hope his life insurance refuses to pay out on a technicality?
3) I used to know a very repetitive Breton lullably about shearing, washing, carding, spinning, weaving, etc that we might have discussed before.
4) I like the idea of fiction as a teaching tool for discernment beyond the "moral of this story" and into more subtle frameworks (and metafictions).
"So (in general) at what age do kids learn the distinction between manipulative lies and playful stories?"
Never, because there isn't a clear boundary, and humans are tricksy.
5) I'm Ms in all circumstances and always have been. I notice when an official piece of paper chooses to "Mrs" me - it's unlikely to be a computer error that changes stored data.
(We are having weather. I want a bath but I don't want to be plunged into darkness when I'm wet. Please excuse me if you reply and I'm offline for a while.)
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Who is marked and who gets to "make their mark" indeed (and colour-coded spaces too). Interesting where your brain was going with this. Complicated but meaningful in a pointed way. Very you, I think. :-)
2) Am I allowed to express how much I hope his life insurance refuses to pay out on a technicality?
3) I used to know a very repetitive Breton lullably about shearing, washing, carding, spinning, weaving, etc that we might have discussed before.
4) I like the idea of fiction as a teaching tool for discernment beyond the "moral of this story" and into more subtle frameworks (and metafictions).
"So (in general) at what age do kids learn the distinction between manipulative lies and playful stories?"
Never, because there isn't a clear boundary, and humans are tricksy.
5) I'm Ms in all circumstances and always have been. I notice when an official piece of paper chooses to "Mrs" me - it's unlikely to be a computer error that changes stored data.
(We are having weather. I want a bath but I don't want to be plunged into darkness when I'm wet. Please excuse me if you reply and I'm offline for a while.)