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They Stood Against the Sky · Original Short Story ·
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#1 · 1
· · >>Pascoite >>Moosetasm
This just in: the artist is a nimrod.

*rimshot*

No seriously, this is great!
#2 ·
· · >>CoffeeMinion
I know the artists like feedback, but I've never bothered commenting on any, since I don't feel like I have anything useful to add. I can say whether I liked it, but I don't have a basis for suggesting how it could be any better.

>>CoffeeMinion
Anyway, in response to this, "nimrod" has come into popular usage as meaning someone stupid, but its original meaning was a master hunter. Nimrod was potentially associated with the tower's construction, which was seen as a foolish endeavor, but until the 1900s, the hunter meaning was prevalent.
#3 · 1
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Ahaha, the alt-text made me laugh. :P

Clever idea, cute jokes! Also, good potential as a story prompt, although the heavy religious associations might make people shy away from it a little... well, and Cold in Gardez also wrote a story about random language switching yonks ago. Was pretty good.
#4 ·
· · >>Moosetasm >>No_Raisin
>>Pascoite
Huh, that's a big 180 on the definition. I wonder how that got turned around...
#5 · 2
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Hilarious.

The sub caption should read: “Not responsible for underestimating the load bearing capacity of fire-baked mud-bricks.”

>>CoffeeMinion
I personally would have used the phrase “meathead.”
>>CoffeeMinion
Some nimrod got ahold of a dictionary printing company.
#6 · 1
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>>CoffeeMinion I blame Green Day.
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I’ve seen this joke before, so I didn’t get a big laugh from it, but it’s a decent approach to the prompt.