<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:10:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/humansareinsane/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #04670-L286: These Humans Are Crazy]]></title><description><![CDATA[How much will a human do for their friends? They will jump off a high cliff with nothing but a cloth on their back, and the secure rope so everyone else can get down more safely. -- Anon Guest The good]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04670-l286-these-humans-are-crazy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04670-l286-these-humans-are-crazy</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[internutter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:29:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC8WP3HaQevdteGbfyXnwuXYLD32ZcGGEqZXZzNuDfdA98QmigoYpiRkkCwR5dLS22C81zVXbtktjjB1dtqmtr6ZPPiCSSDqze8akvNJXgJx19ztMSC45C?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #04083-K065: The Humans Are Fine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aboard a human-built space station, in fact aboard many, there were usually two different entertainment areas side by side. One for havenworlders or others who could not take rough-and-tumble well, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04083-k065-the-humans-are-fine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04083-k065-the-humans-are-fine</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[internutter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 22:49:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC8WP3HaQevdteGbfyXnwu8UEuqfuPoHsXqfK3SnwtbXDfSNyCSajDTF1URYEnVF8ebpzE1zNBJXWsczFx6mG4ygR72jxyXQQykrHFEsA5MW4Yf2j9AqFL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #03948-J296: Up, Up, and Away]]></title><description><![CDATA[Want an example of human insanity my friend? Think of using the equivalent of a powerful blow-torch to heat up air in a big cloth bag, and riding underneath it on a flammable wicker basket. -- Anon Guest]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03948-j296-up-up-and-away</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03948-j296-up-up-and-away</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[internutter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2023 02:06:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4KZWPQmD4Wq2a3JpR69Z1X1oh552RX9PCLAu3mwqs7JGpZvMn8pBYzdnCiMQjGEXLPWtGY5xKtQHtXFKZNABxzvoedjq4xJ54s1bYf2tK7GoRE69fL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #03877-J225: Progressive Engineering]]></title><description><![CDATA["How did your people study storms such as twisters in your past?" Human - "Oh, we drove big, heavy, vehicles right into the paths of these storms and studied them from the inside."]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03877-j225-progressive-engineering</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03877-j225-progressive-engineering</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[internutter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2023 05:59:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4KZWPQmD4Wq2a3JpR69bfiZiwT8JWzws4437LPYcWP1ZdUZcTzjv9At1gZzLEg1wzgg2srJfoGdTnsbNGCZDYF1KBZih1o8AFm7gYLspizBw2f1QCn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #03782-J129: They Do That For Fun]]></title><description><![CDATA[Humans scare the hell out of the others around them playing a Dungeons and Dragons tabletop game. -- Anon Guest "Fireball. Just fireball. 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I've been studying your world's history, as much as I safely can, why is it so many people seemed so happy to kill each other for a piece of colored cloth?" -- Anon Guest Human Van thought,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03191-h282-this-is-us-us-is-good</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03191-h282-this-is-us-us-is-good</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[internutter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 21:10:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC8WP3HaQevdteGbfyXnwtyg1ec2gm923MgafP77Nnz5iqRE3kLQVFTK8QKCuwUpAFBBf1edXZdb4jq5nQkk3moB2g94zDWJ7FswsJSHrp4L9rxS8N85dg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #02950-H027: For Art's Sake]]></title><description><![CDATA[They were a rough and ready, "come at me" space marine. 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