So! You’re stuck in a Stephen King story! What items do you want to survive it? What tactics would you choose to survive?
List em here.
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 06:48 (three years ago) link
Love of Rock 'n' Roll music.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 09:53 (three years ago) link
my trusty blue chambray workshirt
― Number None, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 11:19 (three years ago) link
Friends with a dog.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 11:51 (three years ago) link
Listen closely for any inner voices that seem to conveniently tell you just what to do, especially if you can't quite explain it but it just feels right somehow. If there are any emblems, signs, or symbols relating to turtles around, you're golden.
― I honk along darkened Bobo-doors (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 12:24 (three years ago) link
Cut a wide berth around any Ralph Florentines or Roger Federsons or Richie Farrs you might encounter.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 12:29 (three years ago) link
Given the opportunity, move as far away as possible from New England. At a minimum, leave Maine for Vermont or Connecticut - just avoid any weary old mill towns.
― I honk along darkened Bobo-doors (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 12:42 (three years ago) link
Be a bitch. Sometimes it's the only thing a woman has to hold onto.
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:05 (three years ago) link
Don't open/unlock/enter the thing.
Don't live alone in a remote or isolated place.
Befriend a magical black person.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:20 (three years ago) link
Check out of the hotel.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:38 (three years ago) link
Don't keep pets.Don't drive or own a car.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:47 (three years ago) link
However, do not BE the magical Black person.
― Karl Havoc (DJP), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:48 (three years ago) link
Well, yeah. That magic only works one way in Kingland.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:48 (three years ago) link
Don't have parents.
― jmm, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:54 (three years ago) link
Be suspicious of strangers.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:56 (three years ago) link
Reflect wistfully on a beloved childhood possession, the point of making it a powerful totem in your mind. If there's a particular rock and roll song that changed your life when you were fifteen, consider having its hook stuck in your head all the time, like a mantra.
― I honk along darkened Bobo-doors (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
Anywhere named for a town in northern ireland, you dont need to be there
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 14:13 (three years ago) link
If you hear disembodied voices calling to you - from a trashcan, from a sewer, in your head - be wary.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 14:44 (three years ago) link
Never, ever believe this happy crappy.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 14:58 (three years ago) link
Be a writer, iirc? You might have to go through some shit, but you will have a better chance of surviving the ordeal.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
A writer who struggles with substance abuse?
Probably gonna be ok, possibly you're the actual problem
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link
If you get stranded in the snow, call AAA or use your OnStar - don't accept help from house nearby.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
Implore your local zoning board to reject all out-of-towners who want to open an antique shop in your town.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 15:36 (three years ago) link
Wait to be rescued, don't eat your foot
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 5 August 2021 12:20 (three years ago) link
stay the fuck out of the cornfield
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
― I honk along darkened Bobo-doors (Doctor Casino)
Ha, this was going to be my suggestion. DON'T LIVE IN MAINE.
― emil.y, Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
Don't drink the bad beer
― Brad C., Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:18 (three years ago) link
Don't bully the quiet nerd
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:22 (three years ago) link
I was going to recommend developing psychic abilities but they seem to be both a blessing and a curse in roughly equal measure.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:26 (three years ago) link
Group sex in a sewer works iirc
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:29 (three years ago) link
only works for kids iirc
― Karl Havoc (DJP), Friday, 6 August 2021 13:34 (three years ago) link