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Weekly Contest #358
Nobody believed in me. That was their first mistake. I was always considered the weird one in the family. The one who didn’t understand. Who didn’t do anything right. Everyone would give me pitying glances as I did what was asked of me-the minimum, of course-and inevitably messed it up. I always did, I would clumsily drop something heavy and watch as it fell to the ground with a loud bang. Everyone would wince at the sound, but I wouldn’t, I trained myself not to. You see, everyone thought I was deaf.The story began when I was just three yea...
Weekly Contest #357
There is a constant battle between rock paper and scissors, but how did it all start? What are the sides? The truth is that they are not all fighting against each other, but in teams of two against one. Let’s take a dive into the origins of this battle and how it came to be.Rock was a lonely little pebble when he first came across Paper in the playground one day. He was on the swings by himself because he didn’t have any friends. Everyone would bully him and call him names because of his slightly abnormal shape. It hurt him that he was diffe...
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