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Coffee - a 100 word story\n\n\n\nIn the beginning there was coffee. It was a good coffee, deep dark hue, rich flavour, highly invigorating. Then came flavoured coffee. It wasn\u2019t the same coffee. It was different. Somehow less coffee, more product. People where buying it though because of the marketing. It was good marketing. Sold a lot of coffee. Then the science of flavouring grew and it was better than coffee. Soon, no one remembered unflavoured coffee. Then they started colouring the coffee. Red coffee, blue coffee, rainbow coloured coffee. Flavouring also changed, evolved. It was an introduction of sorts. Something new. It wasn\u2019t coffee though.\n\n\n\n----------\n\n\n\nHi there and thanks for stopping by. I\u2019m Guy, and you\u2019re listening to my surreal sketchbook of reality.\n\n\n\nWhat is Reality?\n\n\n\nReality. It comes from the word \u201creal\u201d which is three letters removed from the word \u201csurreal\u201d. This podcast Is a semi-philosophical look at reality. I\u2019m not a professional philosopher by any means and my approach can be quite absurd, illogical and not at all that serious, so - you've been warned. Do not take this podcast too seriously. If you tend to take things too seriously, this might not be the podcast for you. Seriously. I mean it. Find another podcast to listen to.\n\n\n\nYou\u2019re still here? Good. Let\u2019s talk about reality for a while. We\u2019ll ignore \u201cI think therefore I am\u201d for now and take reality as something that exists for real outside of ourselves, in spite of our senses being somewhat unreliable in their interpretation of reality. We do seem to live our day to day lives in reality, whatever it may be, though it\u2019s starting to get augmented by other things that are not quite reality, like Pokemons for example, that is if you play Pokemon Go. So, how do we tell what\u2019s real and what\u2019s not real appart if what\u2019s not real is starting to invade what\u2019s real?\n\n\n\nWe might tell things apart by trying to define them, so, we should probably start by defining what reality is. As human beings we like defining the world around us in an attempt to understand our reality. So, how do we define reality itself? Can reality be defined? How real is real really? Is the definition of something as real as that which is being defined? What does \u201cdefine\u201d mean anyway? How do we define \u201cdefine\u201d? Hmm\u2026 Defining things can be complicated. I need a break.\n\n\n\nRent - a 100 word story\n\n\n\nA rift opened and the little green men started pouring out. The message was played over and over again in every known language: \u201cpeople of earth, your attention please. Your rent is overdue. You would be evacuated.\u201d Gravity failed and people started drifting out into space, screaming. Some people tried to hang onto furniture and other odd objects but the little green men zapped them with ray guns until their grip failed. They demolished all the buildings and made sure every trace of humanity was erased forever. When it was all over, the quadropods moved in. They paid in advance.\n\n\n\nWhat is a Definition?\n\n\n\nWelcome back. We are still trying to define reality, I think, or we might actually be trying to define what a definition is in order to use it to define reality. Now I\u2019m confused. Let\u2019s see. A definition is probably akin to putting a label on something in order to recognize what it is. There you go. That makes sense, well, somewhat. Let\u2019s try to define something and see if it works. Let us start smaller than reality by trying to define something simple like, let\u2019s say, a door. Is a door smaller than reality? I think it is\u2026 hmm...\n\n\n\nYou might define a door as a barrier, separating spaces with the intent of regulating movement between said spaces. A door might block the way by being close or allow passage by being open. That sounds just about right. Now, let\u2019s say we get rid of the door altogether and put a robot in its place. The robot would regulate who passes through where the door used to be by punching anyone he doesn\u2019t like in the face. Is that robot now a door? We seem to know what a d