Flexible, a Humpbuckle Tale

in Freewriters2 years ago


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Screenshot_20230609_125138.jpgA 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters writing @daily.prompt, "flexitarian"

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He says he's a flexitarian. His beard topiary bristles with indignation when I call him an omnivore. "It's not the same thing," he whines, spending five minutes mansplaining before sulkily stuffing food into his mouth — an incredibly fragile ego for such a big man. We split the bill and leave.

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All my stories are my own, coming from my imagination. I do not (nor have I ever, nor will I ever) used any AI program to write my stories. I am personally against the use of AI to write (for me the whole point of writing is to use my own brain: that is the joy of writing for me). The screenshot is of a word counter app that I use when writing my stories to check that my Humpbuckle Tales are precisely 50 words long. I am human, #NOTaRobot