PRESENTING..........The Alligator River Story

Once upon a time there was a woman named Abigail who was in love with a man named Gregory. Gregory lived on the shore of a river. The river, which separated the two lovers, was teeming with man-eating alligators. Abigail wanted to cross the river to be with Gregory. Unfortunately, the bridge had been washed out. So she went to ask Sinbad, a riverboat captain, to take her across. He said he would be glad to if she would consent to sleep with him preceding the voyage. She promptly refused and went to her mother Elizabeth to explain her plight. Elizabeth did not want to be involved in her daughter's situation at all in the situation and turned her away.

Abigail felt her only alternative was to accept Sinbad's terms. After she slept with him, Sinbad fulfilled his promise to Abigail and delivered her into the arms of Gregory.

When she told Gregory that she had to sleep with Sinbad in order to cross the river and be with him, Gregory cast her aside with disdain. Heartsick and dejected, Abigail turned to Gregory's friend John with her tale of woe. John, feeling compassion for Abigail, sought out Gregory and beat him brutally. Abigail was overjoyed at the sight of Gregory getting his due. As the sun set on the horizon, Abigail laughed at Gregory as her and John ran off together to form a new relationship.

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There are five characters in this story; Abigail, Gregory, Sinbad, Elizabeth, and John. Rank the characters based on their behavior from worst behavior to best behavior. Vote in the poll above for the single worst behaved character.

Justify your 1-5 rankings below. DISCUSS

Igor @ 14/3/2018 20:15

This one is dumb

Stay out

Damn not enough JOHN haters. Dude beat the shit out of his friend just because he dumped his girlfriend for fucking another guy. Had nothing to do with him, v dramatic. Then he ran off with her!

Elizabeth's not winning mother of the year at the very least

Christian @ 14/3/2018 23:09

oh. I missed the part where John and Gregory were friends.

That’s a key element

Elizabeth is bad but worse than some of the others??? Idk about that

“4. Elizabeth - Not getting involved is okay but you gotta try and help your kid if you can. She should have slept with Sinbad to get her daughter there.”

lol’d

Elizabeth taking one for the fam would’ve been great

I can’t decide if the alligators are #1 for causing this whole mess or just #6 for minding their own business

What’s the worst thing that Abigail did? Agreeing to sleep with Sinbad, laughing at Gregory, or running off with John?

Mike @ 15/3/2018 9:11

Anyone else concerned that all these morality based polls are actually psychological tests and that Curtis is gradually building a profile on each of us, to be presented publicly at the end of the week?

Not a coincidence that I haven’t posted my answer for either of these

Mike @ 15/3/2018 9:08

Laughing at Gregory! Shows she has a sadistic side!

Worse than John beating the shit outta him tho?? They were friends! All Gregory did was break it off with her since she fucked another dude and John hardcore overreacted by destroying him

John’s my #1 I think, he’s got more issues than even Abigail by a smidge, but she might be right behind him. Sinbad is a douche tho and might be top two

Gregory and Elizabeth for sure are better than the other three

This would be a p interesting study if genders were reversed. A father turning away his son (or maybe still daughter). A girl making a guy sleep with her to cross. A girl getting beat to shit by her friend all because she dumped her boyfriend, etc

Ahoda @ 15/3/2018 9:46

Curtis @ 15/3/2018 8:32 This would be a p interesting study if genders were reversed. A father turning away his son (or maybe still daughter). A girl making a guy sleep with her to cross. A girl getting beat to shit by her friend all because she dumped her boyfriend, etc Ever see the movie Horrible Bosses?

Nope

You know it’s a good POTD when rape needs to be carefully defined

Lets swap things!


Once upon a time there was a man named Gregory who was in love with a woman named Abigail. Abigail lived on the shore of a river. The river, which separated the two lovers, was teeming with woman-eating alligators. Gregory wanted to cross the river to be with Abigail . Unfortunately, the bridge had been washed out. So he went to ask Elizabeth, a riverboat captain, to take him across. She said she would be glad to if he would consent to sleep with her preceding the voyage. He promptly refused and went to his father Sinbad to explain his plight. Sinbad did not want to be involved in his son's situation at all in the situation and turned him away.

Gregory felt his only alternative was to accept Elizabeth's terms. After he slept with her, Elizabeth fulfilled her promise to Gregory and delivered him into the arms of Abigail.

When he told Abigail that he had to sleep with Elizabeth in order to cross the river and be with her, Abigail cast him aside with disdain. Heartsick and dejected, Gregory turned to Abigail's friend Jane with his tale of woe. Jane, feeling compassion for Gregory, sought out Abigail and beat her brutally. Gregory was overjoyed at the sight of Abigail getting her due. As the sun set on the horizon, Gregory laughed at Abigail as he and Jane ran off together to form a new relationship.

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Genders swapped. Read it again as a refresher and to see how things change. Does your order change at all? What feels more wrong or less wrong? DISCUSS