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Ethical Echoes: #5 Jake slammed his hard hat onto the makeshift break table, drawing stares from across the construction site as he launched into his speech. “Listen up, because I’m only saying this once,” he announced, his voice echoing through the steel beams of the half-finished high-rise. “I’ve given support to people who didn’t reciprocate. Read more
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Ethical Echoes: #7 In the cramped confines of his spare bedroom studio, Maxwell “Magnifi-Max” Jenkins hunched over his mixing board, convinced the world was merely days away from recognizing his undiscovered genius. The walls, plastered with unsold promotional posters of himself striking philosophical poses, vibrated as he recorded yet another eight-minute verse about the profound Read more
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Ethical Echoes: #3 In the quiet suburb of Meadowbrook, there lived a peculiar fellow named Arthur who, when asked direct questions about his whereabouts the previous evening, would invariably embark on lengthy, winding narratives about the weather patterns affecting his garden, or perhaps mention his cousin’s friend who once worked at a restaurant that might Read more
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Ethical Echoes: #2 The farmyard knew Squire as the chicken who never quite said what he meant. When foxes prowled nearby, instead of sounding a clear alarm, he’d casually mention how lovely the henhouse looked that evening and perhaps everyone should admire it from inside. During feeding disputes, rather than confronting the greedy rooster, Squire Read more
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Creative reluctance can reveal deeper insecurities. Those who obsessively guard their work against plagiarism concerns might actually be projecting their own relationship with originality. In my opinion, this extreme secrecy often suggests they themselves may be plagiarizing someone else’s work and fear discovery through exposure. Authentic creators typically understand that sharing enables growth, feedback, and Read more
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Ethical Echoes: #1 Gary couldn’t understand why his Facebook friend count kept dwindling despite his constant stream of political memes and lengthy personal rants. “They just can’t handle authentic discourse,” he muttered while crafting another caps-lock tirade about society’s decline, never pausing to consider his posts might be divisive, poorly researched, or simply exhausting to Read more
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“Thoshe peepuh who fink they’re famoush,” Logan mumbled through a mouthful of half-chewed fries, bits of potato flying across the table with each syllable, “buh only haff four frensh.” He continued chewing open-mouthed, a glob of ketchup sliding down his chin unnoticed as he gestured emphatically with another fry clutched between greasy fingers. “What?” Read more
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The notification pinged on Juhnkit’s screen as he scrolled through the comments section of his latest blog post. “Juhnkit, you playing with fire bro,” wrote Ragtime67, the words burning into his retina like a digital brand. Before he could process the first attack, another appeared below it: “How dare you poke around and parodize what Read more
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I’m Johnny Sixx, a rapper from Kentucky. At 42, I’m still not where I want to be. I was born in Louisville, where my mother was 22 and my sperm donor was 38. I miss you, pops—wherever you He’s still“out for cigarettes” after 42 years. At the age of 5, I moved to South Read more
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Brain fog and clarity dance together as I stare at this blank page two hours into waking and already writing ideas swirl like autumn leaves too many to catch too scattered to organize my coffee sits abandoned cooling on the desk while I lose myself in the digital river of tumblr twitter facebook pinterest collecting Read more
