[OOC] Myriad Reality

[whizzball1]

Tomorrow I'm learning about determinants. This is going to be fun.
That was probably both sarcasm and truth. But in all seriousness, here's hoping I can get a hang of the first lesson on it in a day like all the others so far.

[Etcetera]

Tomorrow I'm learning about determinants. This is going to be fun.
That was probably both sarcasm and truth. But in all seriousness, here's hoping I can get a hang of the first lesson on it in a day like all the others so far.

@whizzball1

Good luck.

[Heroic]

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I said numbers. I would calculate the numbers in binary; I will eventually memorize the hex codes for letters, however.

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Humanity looks up and thinks "How limitless we are"
But then one thinks and realizes, they'll never reach a star.
No matter how conceivable, or industrial the goal
Humans will dream, and fight and kill, 'till they reach of old.
Woe to thee, humanity, and the stories you have told.

@Etcetera

Boom. If you wrote that yourself, then Epic Dual-Poetry Combo Move ftw.

[Etcetera]

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Boom. If you wrote that yourself, then Epic Dual-Poetry Combo Move ftw.

@Heroic

Haha, I did. I enjoy poetry.

[whizzball1]

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Boom. If you wrote that yourself, then Epic Dual-Poetry Combo Move ftw.

@Heroic

David can't think of poetry that fast. Putting words to rhythm takes time. Rhymes? That's easy. Poetry? Not so easy. Take it from a person who's written two sonnets and three songs so far. It's a pain.

[whizzball1]

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Haha, I did. I enjoy poetry.

@Etcetera

ohlelokaythen
Although I'd guess you already thought of it before?

[Heroic]

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Haha, I did. I enjoy poetry.

@Etcetera

I wrote that in 10 minutes earlier today, like at 8:30.

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David can't think of poetry that fast. Putting words to rhythm takes time. Rhymes? That's easy. Poetry? Not so easy. Take it from a person who's written two sonnets and three songs so far. It's a pain.

@whizzball1

It comes easily depending on the topic.

[Etcetera]

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ohlelokaythen
Although I'd guess you already thought of it before?

@whizzball1

No. I would have written it faster, but I'm also taking a test.
@Heroic
It's good. Nice job.

[whizzball1]

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I wrote that in 10 minutes earlier today, like at 8:30.

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It comes easily depending on the topic.

@Heroic

That's a pseudo-poem. It had rhymes but not rhythm. The rhythm is the challenge.

[whizzball1]

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No. I would have written it faster, but I'm also taking a test.
@Heroic
It's good. Nice job.

@Etcetera

How did you even write that poem in 8 minutes? With perfect rhythm? I feel so inadequate now :[
Well, okay, only a little bit inadequate.

[Etcetera]

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That's a pseudo-poem. It had rhymes but not rhythm. The rhythm is the challenge.

@whizzball1

Poetry doesn't have to have consistent rhythm.

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How did you even write that poem in 8 minutes? With perfect rhythm? I feel so inadequate now :[
Well, okay, only a little bit inadequate.

@whizzball1

I spent about three of those deciding whether or not it would be more meaningful to keep or remove the "and" in the last line.

You really underestimate my skills/abilities/intellect.

[whizzball1]

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Poetry doesn't have to have consistent rhythm.

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I spent about three of those deciding whether or not it would be more meaningful to keep or remove the "and" in the last line.

You really underestimate my skills/abilities/intellect.

@Etcetera

I think at that point it's in the middle of poem and prose.

I didn't think it was possible to write such a high-quality poem in 5 minutes. Sue me. Though, on second thought, you need only write a line a minute. I suppose it wouldn't be too much of a challenge to get down rhythm and rhymes once a minute. Darn it, now I want to see how long it takes me to write a five line poem. Wish me luck.

[Etcetera]

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I think at that point it's in the middle of poem and prose.

I didn't think it was possible to write such a high-quality poem in 5 minutes. Sue me. Though, on second thought, you need only write a line a minute. I suppose it wouldn't be too much of a challenge to get down rhythm and rhymes once a minute. Darn it, now I want to see how long it takes me to write a five line poem. Wish me luck.

@whizzball1

Poetry isn't a technical art; you can write it quickly if what you're saying means something. It doesn't have to have perfect meaning, because it's the message that makes true poetry, not the rhymes or rhythms you use. Doing it just to speed-write will result in a shallow poem with no depth or complexity.

[whizzball1]

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Poetry isn't a technical art; you can write it quickly if what you're saying means something. It doesn't have to have perfect meaning, because it's the message that makes true poetry, not the rhymes or rhythms you use. Doing it just to speed-write will result in a shallow poem with no depth or complexity.

@Etcetera

This is what meaningful writing I could get out in 5 minutes.

Lightning crackles through the air and sings
A song too slow for anyone to hear
But soon enough within our ears it rings
The lightning dulled to nothing but a blear.

I considered trying to make another two lines, but couldn't think of anything for after "The facet of the storm that is its king." Alas.

[Heroic]

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That's a pseudo-poem. It had rhymes but not rhythm. The rhythm is the challenge.

@whizzball1

There was certainly rhythm. I had an AP English teacher to attest to that, as well as the fact that I used Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" as a guide to the format of it.

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No. I would have written it faster, but I'm also taking a test.
@Heroic
It's good. Nice job.

@Etcetera

Thanks.

[Heroic]

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There was certainly rhythm. I had an AP English teacher to attest to that, as well as the fact that I used Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" as a guide to the format of it.

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Thanks.

@Heroic

To be specific, it was written in Trochaic Octameter.

[whizzball1]

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There was certainly rhythm. I had an AP English teacher to attest to that, as well as the fact that I used Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" as a guide to the format of it.

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Thanks.

@Heroic

Oh. Huh. I need to read more poetry.

And then suddenly, out of the blue, I come up with the line I wanted. "Never is it any less than mere." Bleh. Ooh, I wrote a poem too then. Triple-poem combo!

[whizzball1]

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To be specific, it was written in Trochaic Octameter.

@Heroic

>trying to say it in trochaic octameter
>finds a sudden nonameter and decameter
I don't know how to say iiiiiit

[Heroic]

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>trying to say it in trochaic octameter
>finds a sudden nonameter and decameter
I don't know how to say iiiiiit

@whizzball1

Wat

[Etcetera]

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This is what meaningful writing I could get out in 5 minutes.

Lightning crackles through the air and sings
A song too slow for anyone to hear
But soon enough within our ears it rings
The lightning dulled to nothing but a blear.

I considered trying to make another two lines, but couldn't think of anything for after "The facet of the storm that is its king." Alas.

@whizzball1

Your rhythm is off and it's not meaningful because you wrote it to write it.

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There was certainly rhythm. I had an AP English teacher to attest to that, as well as the fact that I used Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" as a guide to the format of it.

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Thanks.

@Heroic

AP English is a paradox in itself.