Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 20hThis might be weird to say but the fact you can just watch a movie and be told a story anytime you want is kind of amazing at its core. Humans love being told stories that much. 13504116
Georgeous McGeorgeface 🇬🇧🇫🇮🇩🇪🏳️🌈🇪🇸🇮🇨🇳🇴 @georgeous.one · 15hIn the book The Science of Discworld II: The Globe, Terry Pratchett, along with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen suggest that "homo sapiens" is wrong for a species that so rarely exhibits signs of wisdom. Instead: "pan narrans", the storytelling ape, because that is what we're really good at. 3274
Mary!! 🐓❤️ @kobayashimaruu.bsky.social · 20hme happily listening to hours-long lore videos of games I have and haven't played while I draw 050
Jim Wright @jwr1ghtbra1n.bsky.social · 15hI was thinking this the other day. Just think of all the movies, the TV shows, the books. Hell, all of the 3-4 minute songs that earn millions of dollars. We are awash in them. 110
Laruna Softpaw @larunasoftpaw.bsky.social · 13hAnd we still like telling stories around a campfire the old-fashioned way, too. Hanging out around a fire is one of the most ancient human traditions and we still do it. 010
Terra 😼 @lochpossum.bsky.social · 20hI was thinking about that recently! It's wild how some people's job is just to pretend to be a character in a story that someone made up 160
We Need A Meataumatonenomenon @meataumaton.bsky.social · 14hStorytelling is like, the Third Oldest Profession 110
Snailbunny Designs 🐌 @snailbunnydesigns.bsky.social · 15hBoth telling and being told. Humans just thrive on stories. It’s pretty much why I enjoy all the things I enjoy :) 010
Anwen Wilson @anwenwilson.bsky.social · 19hPeople get so excited about new stories they’ll queue outside a bookshop at midnight or camp outside a cinema just to get their new story. They’ll plan all their spare time around watching episodes of their new story at home. Never ceases to amaze me. 120
Clay Tribune @claytribune.bsky.social · 14hThe fact that a single movie can carry an entire story across an hour or two is the purest magic of cinema. 010
Jubbs McCoy @jubbsmccoy.bsky.social · 18hExcellent post, Kasey! In related news, public libraries are everywhere & full of absolutely incredible books & movies & board games & magazines & computers & tons of other absolutely amazing stuff & people are still unhappy 🙃 #libraries 000
