Episode 210: Adventures In ReTale

[Psammetichus]

These stories are so predictable that someone could construct a Joseph Campell, Hero's Journey-esque narrative structure that the vast majority will follow. To wit:

I. The Hero is minding their own business
II. The Villain, without any real discernible motive or purpose, starts to complain
III. There's a brief back-and-forth
IV. The Villain begins to yell, again for no reason,
V. The Hero delivers their monologue and ends with the lamest bon mot humanly possible
VI. Everyone laughs / applauds
VII. The Villain slinks away in defeat, without another word

With that structure in mind, apply two or more of the following topics: Dr. Who, video games, video game consoles, anime, cosplay, LGBT, racism, or dates memes. Sprinkle with censored curse words and weird circumlocutions.

That being said, I would love to see the NotAwaysRight cutting-room floor. What do they cut? Anything longer than six exchanges, or anything not sufficiently Manichean? I wonder if they've rejected anything for being too unbelievable? The mind boggles.

[Cheapskate]

They have an "unfiltered" feed of unedited stories.

https://notalwaysright.com/category/unfiltered

[eldritchhat]

These stories are so predictable that someone could construct a Joseph Campell, Hero's Journey-esque narrative structure that the vast majority will follow. To wit:

I. The Hero is minding their own business
II. The Villain, without any real discernible motive or purpose, starts to complain
III. There's a brief back-and-forth
IV. The Villain begins to yell, again for no reason,
V. The Hero delivers their monologue and ends with the lamest bon mot humanly possible
VI. Everyone laughs / applauds
VII. The Villain slinks away in defeat, without another word

With that structure in mind, apply two or more of the following topics: Dr. Who, video games, video game consoles, anime, cosplay, LGBT, racism, or dates memes. Sprinkle with censored curse words and weird circumlocutions.

Can we get some sort of machine generated Not Always Right story creator up in here? Maybe we could even add in a mad libs style thing, where you plug in the hero, villain, and the store they work at, and everything else is randomly generated.

[Lemon]

Can anyone explain that fucking "but when in Canberra" line?

[Achilles' Heelies]

I think they were just in Canberra, and there was a gas leak in the store.

[Digital Walnut]

Canberra is an especially gay part of Australia, I guess. Do we have any Aussies here who can confirm/deny?

[Sherman Tank]

Can anyone explain that fucking "but when in Canberra" line?

Best guess, the story happened in Canberra.

[GirlKisser420]

These stories are so predictable that someone could construct a Joseph Campell, Hero's Journey-esque narrative structure that the vast majority will follow. To wit:

I. The Hero is minding their own business
II. The Villain, without any real discernible motive or purpose, starts to complain
III. There's a brief back-and-forth
IV. The Villain begins to yell, again for no reason,
V. The Hero delivers their monologue and ends with the lamest bon mot humanly possible
VI. Everyone laughs / applauds
VII. The Villain slinks away in defeat, without another word

With that structure in mind, apply two or more of the following topics: Dr. Who, video games, video game consoles, anime, cosplay, LGBT, racism, or dates memes. Sprinkle with censored curse words and weird circumlocutions.

It's basically a vaudeville narrative. It's even got a built-in Oh No You Didn't with the cosplay chorus.

[GirlKisser420]

Canberra is an especially gay part of Australia, I guess. Do we have any Aussies here who can confirm/deny?

Nah, Sydney's got the bigger queer community. Canberra's a more boring Washington DC where everyone's probably a spy.

[Digital Walnut]

Canberra is an especially gay part of Australia, I guess. Do we have any Aussies here who can confirm/deny?

Nah, Sydney's got the bigger queer community. Canberra's a more boring Washington DC where everyone's probably a spy.

Looks like achilesheelies is right, then.

[positive stress]

BRB, listening to this episode again while considering the possibility that every story takes place in a store with a gas leak

[Cheapskate]

Canberra is an especially gay part of Australia, I guess. Do we have any Aussies here who can confirm/deny?

Nah, Sydney's got the bigger queer community. Canberra's a more boring Washington DC where everyone's probably a spy.

I know one person from Canberra and she's lesbian.

[positive stress]

Okay, every single story was more believable except the one about the girl feeding the homeless people. I am 99% sure the BAZINGA story did in fact involve a gas leak. #notalwaysoxygen

[Cleretic]

Canberra is an especially gay part of Australia, I guess. Do we have any Aussies here who can confirm/deny?

Nah, Sydney's got the bigger queer community. Canberra's a more boring Washington DC where everyone's probably a spy.

I know one person from Canberra and she's lesbian.

...Come to think of it, the only person I can name who lives in Canberra's a lesbian.

[Blandest]

Canberra is an especially gay part of Australia, I guess. Do we have any Aussies here who can confirm/deny?

Nah, Sydney's got the bigger queer community. Canberra's a more boring Washington DC where everyone's probably a spy.

I know one person from Canberra and she's lesbian.

...Come to think of it, the only person I can name who lives in Canberra's a lesbian.

Penny Wong spends a lot of time there and she's a lesbian. QED