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This is a link post You Were On Your Way Home When You Died
A mind-blowing piece of writing currently doing the rounds on 4chan, reddit and more

I'd like to see an actor deliver this monologue
 (I helped save b3ta! applehead herp derp, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 22:27, Reply)
This is a normal post That's wonderful

*saves*
 (I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 22:35, Reply)
This is a normal post it's ok....
I suppose.
 (hieronymus bosch pcmechanic 4ver in ar harts, goodnite sweet angle, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 22:46, Reply)
This is a normal post It's a nice idea for a short story
Well written
 (I helped save b3ta! LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 23:07, Reply)
This is a normal post Nice
About as mind blowing as a lot of short form sci-fi though. Which isn't to belittle either. And as with most good ideas someone like Arthur C Clarke will already have done it better.
 (I helped save b3ta! Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Mon 5 Jul 2010, 23:13, Reply)
This is a normal post I'd like to read some ACC
Care to recommend something of his?
 (I helped save b3ta! applehead herp derp, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 23:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Oo yes
Dig out any short story collection that has The 9 Billion Names of God in it.
 (I helped save b3ta! Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Mon 5 Jul 2010, 23:26, Reply)
This is a normal post At the risk of hyperbole
the 9 billion names of god is one of the most perfectg pieces of short science fiction ever.
 (I helped save b3ta! BlueHaze Chutney. All good., Tue 6 Jul 2010, 20:22, Reply)
This is a normal post And if you want full length books,
The Firstborn trilogy (co written with Stephen Baxter) is a good 'un, Mr Baxter's books aren't too shabby either :)
 (I helped save b3ta! loonybean giving as good as he gets since, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 23:52, Reply)
This is a normal post I'd say Iain M Banks' Player of games.
That's a fucking awesome book.
 (mrmonkfish yolo420weedwizard, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 14:13, Reply)
This is a normal post That's awesome
because it's exactly the theory of reincarnation I put forward if someone asks me what I hope the afterlife is like.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fishcat Difficult difficult lemon difficult., Tue 6 Jul 2010, 0:16, Reply)
This is a normal post It's a lovely story...
I liked it. It's a shame that it's a fantastical and idealistic view of what happens.

If you take it less literally, and merely as a morality tale, I love it. If we are nice to each other, the human race can do anything.
 (I helped save b3ta! Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 0:49, Reply)
This is a normal post The whole God thing being a man and only a man (or woman) because that's all that matters.
Who cares what life is like for any other animal. Man is not an animal it's the important one.

I agree with you that the concept of morality can be explained wonderfully using this, but if you think humans are not just another mammal and it's as important to have the Hitlers as it is the Mozarts then it misses the mark.
 (I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 7:00, Reply)
This is a normal post I can't read that

Go as far as
“There was a… a truck and it was skidding…”

I survived
 (I helped save b3ta! Terry Oblong There's nobody here but us chickens on, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 1:45, Reply)
This is a normal post How lazy are you?

(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 13:24, Reply)
This is a normal post *Clicks*
I think Ian McKellen would read it out brilliantly.
 (Stashie is plotting against his blender on, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 8:43, Reply)
This is a normal post
Ian McKellen Brian Blessed
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 12:27, Reply)
This is a normal post That is very good
If you like that, you'll like this:

www.amazon.co.uk/Sum-Forty-Afterlives-David-Eagleman/dp/1847674275/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278417688&sr=8-1
 (I helped save b3ta! underpont making all kinds-a-gains, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 12:51, Reply)
This is a normal post I have that book. It's ace.

(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 13:23, Reply)
This is a normal post reminds me of every decent trip I've ever had on psychedelics

(I helped save b3ta! nocturne72, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 14:29, Reply)
This is a normal post so when you have sex with someone...
you're fucking yourself.. (sometimes up the gary) what a sick story!
 (poochengeez, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 14:47, Reply)