《Being》 What came first ¡°What came first, the chicken or the egg?¡± ¡°The egg.¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°Birds evolved from reptiles, and reptiles lay eggs.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°I mean ¡®egg¡¯ in the general sense. If you¡¯re making distinctions like ¡®hard-shelled egg¡¯ as opposed to a soft- or rubbery-shelled egg, then I don¡¯t really know enough about the evolution of eggs to give you a good answer. But I image it gets even more complicated as a discussion cause where do you draw the line? Do fish eggs floating in the ocean with a semi-permeable layer of mucus count? Because the answer would still be ¡®egg¡¯.¡± ¡°That¡¯s¡­ not the point of the question.¡± ¡°I know, it¡¯s about the philosophical question of what comes first in a lineage of incrementally changing but reproducing organisms, culture, other¡­ things.¡± ¡°Ok, so if you knew what I was asking, then why did you answer wrong?¡± ¡°Because the answer you want is boring.¡± ¡°Okay¡­-¡± ¡°What came first, the chicken of the egg? One person says egg, the other person talks about how it could also be chicken because of x, y, or z reason, and then both shake hands talking about how smart and philosophical they are.¡± If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. ¡° ¡± ¡°It¡¯s the basic pop philosophy question and answer everyone is used to ¨C but you know what¡¯s actually interesting is what literally came first, the chicken or the egg.¡± ¡°¡­ The point of the question is to see how the other person answers the question.¡± ¡°And what did my answer tell you.¡± ¡° ¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡° ¡± ¡°Are you annoyed?¡± ¡°No.¡± ¡°I can tell you¡¯re annoyed. Why are you annoyed?¡± ¡°I wasn¡¯t annoyed but now you asking me if I¡¯m annoyed is making me annoyed.¡± ¡°Oh. Okay, I¡¯m sorry.¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine.¡± ¡°Okay. Sorry¡± ¡° ¡± ¡° What came first?¡± ¡° ¡­What?¡± ¡°What came first, the chicken or the egg?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know, the chicken.¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°Because it laid the egg, okay, I don¡¯t know.¡± ¡°Ok, but like, you asked the question and I answered-¡± ¡°I know!¡± ¡°-so why are you mad?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know, okay!?¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡° ¡± ¡°Okay.¡± ¡° ¡± ¡°I¡¯m going to go shower.¡± ¡°Okay. Have a good shower.¡± ¡° ¡± ¡° ¡± Walking up in the dark
real attainable infront of him. I wonder what the last version of him would have thought of the first version of him. What he lost, what he took for granted. I don''t know if I''m happy. I don''t feel this happiness in me, bubbling up easily, ready and willing to play like a dog going for a walk. Happiness is not easy. It is not available at all times. It has a 9-5 and a baby at home, too busy to hang out on a whim like the old days. [Whose old days?] [- no, 10,] ways in which my life needs to be different. But then, when will I ever have the capacity to be happy except for now. And now. Now. Now. Now. Now. Now. Now. Now. Now. Now. Now. Now. Now. [Gods.] "Push this boulder" they say "up the hill [or mountain]. It is your punishment." [Family Guy] moment where he says "When are the going to install an elevator in this thing, right?" and the mortal guy looks confused because he''s Greek or Roman or something and has never seen Family Guy, but also, would it not be weird to see some bronze muscly dude pushing a rock up the side of the mountain for no reason? So he rushes off, looking back in confusion a couple times, and Sisyphus shrugs and keeps pushing his boulder, until he gets to the top. [- gods -] show up like ''Haha, sike'' and poke the boulder over the edge of the mountain/hill. [or god-smacked ha], then he goes back down and starts pushing. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. [Herd Guy] rushes off, and it''s just Sisyphus and the boulder. But now Sisyphus is thinking about horses, and proms, and horse shoes, and the guy who makes good horse shoes in the town at the bottom of the other side of the mountain, and Sisyphus hadn''t even noticed that there was a town there, he was too wrapped up in the G[g]ods and the boulder and his punishment.