Category: Fairy Tales — 56
Our man
Once, while walking through the slums of Cairo, my wife and I were slightly…We got lost. The thing is, we were walking and navigating (there was no GPS or mobile…
System bug
Translation of the post: https://pastebin.com/dKN54qH5 — I think I’ve come up with a way to fit our multiverse simulation into our tight budget.— I’m all ears.— First, it’s necessary to…
I feel sorry for the little bird.
Every Sunday, he would go to the market, buy a bouquet of flowers, and spend a long time choosing a chicken or a rooster from the market vendors. Sometimes he…
If I become a dictator
If I become a dictator, I will pay a lot of attention to culture. Symphonic music, art exhibitions, poetry. I will introduce many cultural festivals in my country. I will…
Kirilov
In the North of Russia, there is the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. A massive kremlin that had to fend off sieges seriously. It’s a beautiful place. This monastery is located in the…
Amway.
A friend of mine has a buddy who’s really into Amway and constantly bugs her about it. But they have a close relationship; she likes him and puts up with…
Gender-age
I’m taking the elevator down on Saturday morning. The elevator arrives, and two girls tumble out. That’s right. Just calling them “girls” doesn’t quite capture it. They’re dressed festively, but…
Crows
He had a pet crow. She lived a long time, and they loved each other. She didn’t live in a cage; she could fly in all four directions, but she…
Where is the justice?
Emotionally indiscriminate people often perceive feelings of envy as a sense of injustice. For them, it seems “fair” to commit wrongful acts simply because someone else got away with it…
Causes and consequences
Our perspective on the flow of time often hinders us from understanding that causal relationships are merely an illusion of perception. Many things become easier to grasp if we suddenly…
What is spirituality?
We are all discussing the phenomenon of spirituality here, trying to make jokes about the “screws,” but in reality, Russian spirituality has a rather formal description that sounds like: “the…
True believers
How can we tell if a person is acting according to their conscience or just because they are being watched? Will they behave well if there are no consequences for…
With a predatory smile ©
The Carboniferous period, a time when vegetation actively removed carbon from the atmosphere and generated oxygen, is full of intriguing stories. For instance, the story of insects. It was a…
Even scarier.
— “There is no quarantine,” Alice read. “You’ve been deceived. The planet has been conquered by space pirates. Don’t believe them. Report to the Galactic Center. Destroy this note.” K.…
How to salt food?
Anarchism: Everyone takes a salt shaker for themselves and adds as much salt as they want. Democracy: Everyone votes for the right amount of salt, and they all season it…
Striped Cat
Spring has arrived, and the owners have started letting their cats out. The cats roam the yards, yowling and marking everything around. There’s a terrible stench. Our front lawn has…
Ethics Commission
Do you know why three hundred years ago one scientist could manage to discover a dozen laws of physics and simultaneously push mathematics forward by centuries? In fact, even at…
Firecracker
Setting A typical courtyard in a small town, situated between two parallel five-story buildings made of silicate brick from the 1970s. A slide shaped like a rocket, a wall made…
Fairy Tales · Leadership · Motivation
When you want to stop wanting to want something.
A crisis is when you don’t want anything, and then you start wanting to want something. That’s fine, but when you don’t even want to want something, that’s a crisis.…
Biological or chemical weapons
For some time, we lived in an old house that was built in the early 20th century. It used to be a printing house before being converted into a residential…