Make Believe Stories Puns

The choosing beggars, the insane parents, the incredibly wacky relationship problems, the empowered women stories..... No, I just don't think most of it is real. The REAL stories go ignored in the new section because they're BORING. The fake stories made by folks with a ton of writing experience are the ones that make it to all. I'm not saying EVERY post. Just most of them.

The ones that make your jaw drop and make you think "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S REAL" are the ones that become popular. Because your gut reaction is right, they AREN'T real. They're posts made by people probably trying to farm karma to sell Reddit accounts.

It's also my opinion that if you read these stories all day, you're just as bad as the person writing them. Go read a book if you want some good fiction.

Is it shown to help improve creativity? Why couldn't we just be honest with children about reality from the start? What would change?

What good is a “prophet” that can’t distinguish myth from history, can’t detect fraud, can’t separate god’s word from racism or sexuality prejudice, can’t prophesy anything, knows less about the history of Mormonism than I do, etc.?

It's not...but goddamn, I wish it were true.

I retired this series like long long ago but after listening to Make Believe more and more and having it grow on me, I managed to twist the lyrics on every song to form a mini story. Let me know what you think of this one. Too wack? Too much of a stretch? Makes sense? I really didn’t think I’d do this album since all the tracks are all over the place, but I kinda managed to stretch it together.

Disclaimer: Nothing I say here is fact, just pure stretch and interpretation. These songs likely have their own separate meanings individually but here I’ll try to fit them into a coherent story via album. Also, long post warning.

The album opens with Beverly Hills, which is about the protagonist dreaming of a better lifestyle. This song is probably the least relevant to the story so just consider it a setting setter. It describes him as sort of a defeatist and pessimistic character. Perhaps this could have some impact on the next song.

Next up is Perfect Situation, which is the protagonist talking about his first relationship experience. This girl is supposedly very close with him, almost like a best friend. He starts having doubts about himself, even inciting guilt into her by saying “tell me there’s a hope for me, I don’t want to be lonely”. In his mind, everything was fine, but he ends up pushing her away by being so negative. His thoughts towards this girl only worsen in the next track.

Then comes This is Such a Pity, which shows the protagonist going through denial about the break up, calling the entire thing a pity. He starts telling her that “we should give our love to each other”. His comments are borderline insulting or annoying to her, resulting in her calling him a “fascist pig” and maybe even calling the police. He’s only begun to hurt their friendship.

Hold Me just shows the protagonist in complete depression after the break up. Multiple lyrics such as saying she is “taller than a mountain, deeper than a sea” could be interpreted as her completely distancing herself from him.

This is probably where it takes a huge tangent and I stop making sense

Peace is actually a centerpiece to this story. The aspect of finding Peace is scattered somewhere in all the previous songs. This peace could be interpreted as thoughts of suicide, finding peace in the afterlife. The entire second verse as well as the second chorus have lines indicating a lack of purpose. Some people interpret the after life as being in a calming

I spent my my 20s suffering from self-esteem issues, depression and social anxiety/avoidance. As a result, I pretty much didn't date, didn't form many meaningful social connections, didn't do many interesting things. I am turning 31 soon and I am really wanting to make it up in my 30s. I want to enjoy the single bachelor life to the fullest: date around, travel, make lots of friends, have lots of interesting experiences. It is discouraging when I see that everyone who talks about their experiences doing these things is referring to their 20s(or teens). I would like to have some encouragement that what I am trying to do is feasible and that I am not alone in this.

I've been thinking recently about whether or not we're actually getting that GLC movie, and was wondering if any GL stories would make a good TV show. What do you think?

I've been dealing with this for my whole life, and I'm pretty wise in my years.

Ndad has a history of getting a partial story and filling in the gaps with his own hopes and dreams. 20+ years ago, Ndad told me that my husband didn't work, drank beer and sat on the couch all day while I worked overtime. When I said it wasn't true, I was told to stop lying because they new the truth. I walked out and didn't talk to them for some time. I really should have never made contact again, but I moved far away and they couldn't hurt me so much.

20+ year later, Ndad is on to his 4th wife, and she is every bit the N that he is. (Actually, I am seeing a pattern with his women, that he manipulates them to do his bidding.) They moved 4 houses down and I was hopeful things would be different, that his last wife was the cause of our problems. Short story is it took 7 months of them living close by before we, my husband and kids, said no way and claimed no contact. It's been 3 years now since NC, though it has been challenging.

Today, Nstepmom walks by with her dogs and sees my husband outside. She yells, "I heard they let you go at ABC Company. You had problems with management." Cackles as she walks away. Funny! My husband quit ABC Company for better opportunities over a year ago! Ndad works for a place where he can dig for info. Obviously, he only got part of the story and filled in the rest with his narcissistic best case scenario. I'm going to let them believe it. :) Part of me wants to call him out in public, but a bigger part of me doesn't want to be part of his s**t show.

Thanks for listening. Have any of you experienced these conjured up lies that make the Ns feel better? I'm in a good place. This community has helped me so much in understanding that I am not the one with the problem. I love you guys!

I’m having a crisis of faith after realizing I believe evolution to be true. I’ve prayed to god to show me how I was wrong, or to give me a word saying he exists. Or to explain how the Bible could say a completely different story about our origins but still be true. He’s asking me to blindly trust him and I can’t. And if he’s real he knows that. The only possible answer I could have gotten from him other than silence is “don’t listen to scientists.” But didn’t he make all the things they’re discovering? Why is it I can’t believe in the science he created? Why is it I’ll never get those answers? I don’t understand

I will concede that I very well could be engaging in the "guilt by association" fallacy. Jimmy Snow recently had a video about Kaitlin Bennett (Gun Girl) and she claimed she used to be an atheist. Now, Gun Girl is a fucking liar who will misrepresent what happens to and around her even tho all her encounters are on camera and we can see what happened. Therefore, I don't believe a goddamn thing said by her specifically.

This is not an uncommon thread from Christians, however. Whenever I encounter a believer who has this backstory, as nicely as possible, I'll ask them how their atheism manifested and what that meant to them. I think that's a reasonable question? I'm just like "what did that term mean to you?" Sadly, more often than not, they'll get mad. I suspect it's because they're not used to follow-up questions about this. Likely because they are used to telling this to believers who won't ask a follow-up question because they had their worldview affirmed. So, no need to continue. Me, on the other hand, I wanna know about people and hear about their experiences. I will then ask questions in a polite way.

I see in comment threads, on FB posts, and have heard irl in Christian testimonies the line about how they used to "mock Christians" before they found Jesus. Now, my perspective is largely colored by my experiences. There certainly are cringe af atheists out there who will mock Christians entirely unprovoked. Don't do that. It isn't cool. It's very reminiscent of the "I'm an atheist, debate me" meme. But, the majority of my social circle skews overwhelmingly secular. They are all kind and wonderful people. Some of the nicest folks I have ever met in my entire life. Yesterday, I went to lunch with some of them and one invited a friend of his to come. This friend was a believer and he felt very welcomed by the table full of secular peeps. Which was wonderful. I have seen stories from Christians who say atheist/secular folks were nicer than the people in their church and hearing that makes me feel good.

Is this something you've heard when people give their testimonies? That they used to "mock" Christians?

It feels like it's from a template, so that's another reason I don't particularly believe Christians who give this testimony. Why is that the template?

I know Kat always claimed to have a Kashmiri father but does anyone actually believe that? I always thought it was obvious that it was the story they spun to make her more 'acceptable to an Indian audience, but no one could call her out because she had the favor of Salman.

Frankly I dont think it ought to matter but they should have come up with a more plausible story .

The story itself is normal Isekai wishfulfilment but the choices Riniru makes and how the monsters and the outside react to it is different from the usual ones.

Humans are not one sided for once, they are not all God fearing, rule abiding and good sheeple and not cartoon evil either. They are mixed, they act based on their benefits. Blumund is the best example, they are slimy little foxes who would destroy Tempest the chance they get but instead supported them because it could reap economic benefits to them. When Farmuis army was destroyed, Gazel and Ellen's father didn't see him as enemy of humans instantly. They got the facts and accepted what he did was the correct decision. Even after it, the humans in the town helped in the clean ups and monsters didn't hate them or blame them individually. Most important of all, they know fighting him is futile and asking for destruction of their kingdom and already submitted to Testarossa and the demons.

Rimiru announcing to the world that he is an otherworldler DL with massive power and an equally strong army under him, usual MC try their level best to hide their powers. He doesn't hide what he can do to others. He's using his power and influence for the betterment of the world (and increase his pocket money). He even lets the other countries spy on him, LoL. This has the added benefit that he can introduce the world to modern conveniences like running water and sitting toilets to the world not just for personal use. And improved the standard of living manifolds in the world.

The part I liked most us that he (Raphael) only gives ideas to his subordinates and they are the ones who do it. I find it cringe that the MC is the one doing all these stuff single handely like in other isekai. Because they are not the experts in the field and the materials are not the same as ours. His subordinates are his pillar to the country, they should learn and grow.

Gazel recognising the country and actually helped in developing it, providing with men and resources, even providing military support to suppress that fish dragon. An older brother figure like Gazel who show him the ropes to run the country, this is the first time I think I saw a character like him in isekai. It's usually one sided help by our MC and acting like they have an iq of single digit was the norm. He has complete trust in Rimiru and knows Rimiru won't become the enemy.

And definitely the best is Rimiru and his people's treatment towards hostility. I

So yeah I’m like really really cool and I do drugs HARDCORE!

One time I went home with this super hot girl and we did drugs together

Then I had this crazy experience with said girl because of said drug