????; anon text;

[acrostic]

Insult injury = _ ?

Does anyone else think the newspaper's puzzles could do with some improvement? Simplistic mysteries that fail to even provide an illusion that they require any complex thought. Anyone with the capability to read at a third-grade level could solve these. A few minor trivia facts and you're granted a hollow prize. Gaining a few coupons does not help a genius in need of stimulation.

And this new bit that's written like something out of a lackluster children's clue book. Riddled with mistakes. It could kill several brain cells reading. Slanderous to the word "enigma." An insult to everyone's intelligence, really. Not that the intelligence levels are particularly high for most of you...
Almost an insult to everyone's.

Whoever is in charge of this is clearly some buffoon. Asinine publishing. We can do better.

What is a riddle you truly felt rewarded for solving? What is a mystery you have agonized over before discovering the answer for? Is there a puzzle you still haven't figured out? A person or situation that continues to vex you?

Would anyone miss that newspaper if something terrible happened to it?

Comments

anon;

[unhappy]

Someone's really butthurt about puzzles.

anon;

[acrostic]

Someone is simply disappointed our standards for things are on the decline.

anon;

[unhappy]

Maybe someone should set the bar higher instead of whining about it.

[text; private]

[eatsfish]

Oh my god. You made a post about it.

[text; private]

[acrostic]

"Mister Enigma" wouldn't be able to pick their own twin out of a police line-up. They wouldn't be able to solve a mystery if the person left their social security card and complete dental records behind at the crime scene.

[text; private]

[eatsfish]

That hardly narrows down who your charming new object of disdain could be.

So. I'm guessing you're more committed to this than the hollow satisfaction a simple bombing would bring?

[text]

[borntolove]

The meaning of life. And no - don't say forty- two.

[always anon; text]

[acrostic]

How completely unoriginal.

Re: [always anon; text]

[borntolove]

Whut about you? Anything you've figured out or still trying too?

[Why yes, he is going to make you wonder if he's solved that question or not]

text

[hotheadwarmheart]

How the hell time travel works. Master Yen Sid sort of explained it, but I still don't get it.

And rest of the big questions in my life are too personal to really be relevant to most anyone else though, so they probably wouldn't count for this.

As for something that took me awhile to figure out and that I'm proud I did, I figured out what it meant to be a friend. Once I knew that, the answers to a few other things became a whole lot clearer too.

always anon text;

[acrostic]

Depends on the specific rules of your universe, I'd imagine. You'll figure it out. Or not.

What does it mean to be a friend?

Re: always anon text;

[hotheadwarmheart]

Most likely not. Though I don't need to know how it works to know how much trouble it's caused.

And being a friend means thinking about what's best for your friends and caring more about that than about just getting what you want. And then doing your best to help them get there.

At least, that's what it means to me.

[Text]

[liorafae]

Um...I have a mystery...a situation that continues to vex me. I'm a Light dragon, so I should be able to use Light-based magic. But for some reason, I can't control it. I can bring the light energy to my talons, but it disappears when I try to throw it. I just don't know why...or what I'm doing wrong...

[So, Mr. Human Who Knows Everything, help her out?]

[always anon; text]

[acrostic]

Oh? Are you asking me for the answer?
Are you afraid to use it? What are you trying to use it for? Do you enjoy the light? You may be unintentionally holding yourself back in some manner.

[text]

[liorafae]

You...wouldn't know the answer, would you? I don't know who you are, but...I'm sure you're not from Sornieth...

There's a dark dragon in my world who's trying to corrupt the world with his darkness, and...I have to stop him somehow. But I can't do it without learning Light magic... I don't know what's holding me back...

[Text]

[youfool]

I figured out the mystery of the Moon, once, or the way out of thought.

The riddle that vexes me now is how to give someone good sorrow. Which I suppose is a subset of the far bigger mystery: how can you give something to someone if they don't want it?

[always anon; text]

[acrostic]

Ah-ha. Here's one.
A true mystery. Forcefully? Not always. Sometimes the answer is that you can't.

Anon Text

[tiniestnihilist]

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

anon text;

[acrostic]

How could you explain ‘left’ and ‘right’ to an alien?

Re: anon text;

[tiniestnihilist]

If a transport truck carrying a load of cars gets into a car accident, does it increase the number of the cars in the pile-up?

anon text;

[gamerrep]

I think no one would, if only because the newspaper boy would be out of the job.

The newspaper boy likes to break things, though I've never had the problem.

anon text;

[acrostic]

Someone actually answered that question! Congratulations. You're the only one that is capable of reading an entire post so far. The rare astute Genessian.

Try not to jinx yourself. You might be next.

anon text;

[gamerrep]

I thought many people would answer that question with something similar to what I said?

Strange because most people do not like the newspaper boy.

I might be next, depends on if he wants money again or not.

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

A few.

[Like how Darth Vader had kids that ended up so good and wonderful to have as family...and how the heck his kids managed to do such surprising things when he wasn't out of the room more than second.]

[acrostic]

Care to elaborate?