Comment on This is a six word story by WordOfChen

Wow thanks for including that lovely definition. I really needed that for clarification, WHEW. I can finally see a clear account of some sort of past event through these six words. /sarcasm

I think that the statement is really interesting, but I just don't think it is quite specific enough to suggest any sort of story. Yes it is hard to be specific when you are limited to only using six words however there are much more successful six word stories that blatantly suggest an event of some sort. For example, Ernest Hemingway's six word story: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn" is slightly general, but it's specific enough to suggest that some kind of event happened for there to be a reason that the baby shoes had never been worn. The six word story on this page however doesn't really suggest any prior event. It's merely a statement about the way that the author thinks about themselves and possibly the way they view society. There are many possible reasons/events that have caused the author to pretend to be profound, but the six word story isn't specific enough to focus the reader's thoughts on a certain type of event or anecdote that could have happened. All it really suggests is that the author just arbitrarily pretends to be profound, and that's just the way they have always been. Therefore it's merely a statement. An interesting one, but not one that suggests a story.