
Aaron Bitman |

I've long since given up on trying to be original. Even if I never heard of a character idea / plotline / concept before, that doesn't mean it's never been done.
Seriously, I spent years in the 1990s working on a science fiction novel. It was pretty awful, but I prided myself on one particular scene, which I thought brought out a semi-original spin on an idea.
Imagine how I felt, years later, when I found out that Robert Heinlein wrote the same thing.
In 1941.
Since then, I figured that you can never be completely sure of getting an original idea. So instead of bothering to try, I would deliberately steal ideas heavily. I'll just take the characters from this story, put them through the plot of that story, throw them into the setting of the other story...

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OK, you want the worst thing ever? Having high blood pressure and being on a low-sodium diet; *one strip* of bacon is 10-15% of your sodium limit for the day.
It doesn't matter if you're out of bacon or not, because you can't have any.

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Andrew Turner wrote:Based on the thread title, completely not what I expected.i was reading "over heard at paizo" when i was watching Riddick and thumping threw PC notes(which makes me sound like a have ADD or OCD)
i thought this was going to turn in to a list of first world problems
Well ... honestly ... if one of the worst things is having your favorite Mexican restaurant closing, I would classify it as a first world problem ... it's not like I'll starve without it ...
In the nerd rage vein though (and first world problems) ... still 30 days to the next season of the Walking Dead!!!

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Kyras Ausks wrote:Andrew Turner wrote:Based on the thread title, completely not what I expected.i was reading "over heard at paizo" when i was watching Riddick and thumping threw PC notes(which makes me sound like a have ADD or OCD)
i thought this was going to turn in to a list of first world problems
Well ... honestly ... if one of the worst things is having your favorite Mexican restaurant closing, I would classify it as a first world problem ... it's not like I'll starve without it ...
You probably would if you were the owner of said restaurant :3

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zylphryx wrote:You probably would if you were the owner of said restaurant :3Kyras Ausks wrote:Andrew Turner wrote:Based on the thread title, completely not what I expected.i was reading "over heard at paizo" when i was watching Riddick and thumping threw PC notes(which makes me sound like a have ADD or OCD)
i thought this was going to turn in to a list of first world problems
Well ... honestly ... if one of the worst things is having your favorite Mexican restaurant closing, I would classify it as a first world problem ... it's not like I'll starve without it ...
Probably not ... they do have another restaurant ... but it's about 20 miles from my house instead of 2.
First world problem ... having to close one of your regional/local chain locations. :(