it was originally created by a socialist, Elizabeth Magie to demonstrate the dangers of capitalism. There's more additional "socialist" rules which allow players at any time to vote to transform it into a cooperative game.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Land…

I think the original version had a way of playing that was effectively like that before Charles Darrow stole, renamed, and altered Lizzie Magie's "The Landlord Game". You played once in the regular Monopoly format and then in the other, collaborative play style to highlight the issues with capitalist monopoly strategies.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_La…

.. bzw. nicht nachlassen, es zu tun.

Ist ja nicht so, als ob das erst noch beginnen würde.

Don’t give up. Your stories-in-miniature are brilliant.

👏👏👏👏

Yes. Very yes.

Joy and fun are EVERYTHING.

This is my job, but I am deliberately writing a book that is fun and daft and the good kind of stupid.

“The first time he was elected, in 2016, I resolved to stop writing dark stories, nihilist twists, and pessimists proven right. I tried to write stories that were wholesome, where love and kindness and respect and consent and understanding and tolerance were the theme. I like to think that I helped some, that I added some brightness to people’s day.”

You most certaintly did. Thank you for all you’ve done! Very happy to see how you resolved to be kinder to yourself: indeed it’s a team effort to upturn the tide, and you’ve done a lot already. Whatever you do, thank you.

Some of your stories made me giggle, some touched my heart, some left me in deep thoughts. And some missed my type of brain or were out of my grasp of English. But was I always happy to see one pop up on Twitter and later here.
If you can - keep up your work. You make the world a better place. And if you can't, you made the world a better place, not much more to be asked from a human being.

Thank you!

“”” I’ll tell a stupid joke. I’ll tell a story making an obscure reference that not even a tenth of my readers will get. I will tell a shaggy dog story with an atrocious pun. And if even one person’s day has been made brighter by it, it’s worth doing.”””

YES. Yes please. Your stories made my day many times.

Thanks for the update, so glad to hear from you!

You provide some rare glimmers of hope as distractions from all those problems you mention. I love your stories for their positivity.

Thanks again for not giving up!

Speaking as a total stranger who likes to read stuff you post on the internet, I appreciate your stories and if you need to take a temporary or permanent hiatus for self care or just because, then I encourage you to do it even if I’ll miss your stories randomly coming across my timeline.

If you decide to write shaggy dog stories and plumb new depths of dad-joke festooned puns or whatever, I’ll check it out and give it a try.

In the mean time I’ll be out in the aether vibing supportively.

thank you for all your tales and for all your work

Your stories have helped me lots through the years

"I like to think that I helped some, that I added some brightness to people’s day"

I mostly lurk on the internet these days since IRL hasn't been much better to me either. But these little stories have definitely helped to brighten my day.

I for one am glad you've decided to continue. You are entirely right in that not every story needs to be profound, they can be "just" whimsical. The world is a better place for having more whimsy in it.

As a Pratchett fan, you know that clichés sometimes exist for a reason. "Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something" is one of those, I think. And you are again right that if a story improves the day of one person, it's worth it.

Insert the motto of Galaxy Quest here.

Thank you for persisting, despite the horrors.

I recognise what you say about the thoughts being too big to write them small enough: I have three blog entries in flight and am having trouble finishing any of them. I don't have 1% of your readership of course but there is value in writing, even if very few read the result.

These are hard times to find joy in, and I (we? perhaps.) appreciate the works of those, like you, who help us to do so.

Sometimes you go rooting in the rubbish and find the gem. You're right. Not everything needs to be utterly profound. Sometimes as readers, we're just looking for escapism as much as you are.

We're going to need escapism for the next three and a bit years.

And it's either you, or we're going to have to dig in to the weirder corners of AO3. And I just found the tentacle content.

Do you want to be responsible for that?

DO YOU?

Many sympathies on losing your in-transit writing time. I appreciate mine immensely for portable craft work, and would be very sad to lose it.

Whatever type or amount of writing you find time and energy for, I would be pleased to continue reading your work. Thank you for the many kind and heartening stories you've shared.

2. Am 1. Juni (in der Nacht vom 1. auf den 2. Juni) wird Walter Lübcke ermordet. In den ersten Wochen gibt es wenig bis keine Informationen, aus den Ermittlungsbehörden heißt es, man ermittele in alle Richtungen.

3. Am 15. Juni wird Verdächtiger festgenommen. Am 17. Juni äußert #Seehofer , dass er sich nicht an Spekulationen beteilige. Auch am 17. Juni veröffentlicht antifaschistische Plattform „ExifRecherche“ ein umfangreiches Dossier zum Mörder von Walter Lübcke: exif-recherche.org/?p=6218

Mit diesem Dossier legen sie offen, dass der Mörder von Walter Lübcke jahrzehntelang in der extrem rechten Szene aktiv und eingebunden war. Von #NPD, freien Kamerdschaften, völkischen Strukturen bis hin zu #Combat18.

4. Ebenfalls am 17. Juni veröffentlicht die "Autonome Antifa Freiburg", dass der Mörder von Walter Lübcke Geld an die #AfD spendete - konkret an die Thüringer #Höcke-AfD: autonome-antifa.org/breve7096