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## Fleep: A man wakes in a strange phone booth surrounded by concrete. Who is he? Where is he? Will he escape before running out of air? No one knows...
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* Author: u/PeridexisErrant *put aside fear for courage, and death for life**
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* URL: http://www.shigabooks.com/fleep.php?page=01
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* Score: 51
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* Created: 2014-08-26T03:05:22
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### Post:
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[Link to content](http://www.shigabooks.com/fleep.php?page=01)
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### Comments:
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> **u/goocy** [+6] (10 hours later)
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> Interesting concept, and smooth execution. It just seems that the protagonist has a bit too much knowledge (e.g., how to calculate coordinates from coriolis deviation) for a typical guy.
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>> **u/Chronophilia** [+7] *sci-fi ≠ futurology* (11 hours later)
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>> The fact that he has weirdly relevant knowledge could be [a clue that ](#s "he's had training for this, but suffered amnesia.")
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>> Either that, or he's just very bright. It's all mathematics, you could figure it out in a phone booth if you had a pen and paper. And imminent death has a wonderful way of focusing the mind.
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>> ... okay, and there's an element of competence porn there too. The story's no fun if he just panics. Part of the point is that the riddle is solvable - for the character, if not for the reader.
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>>> **u/DaystarEld** [+3] *Pokémon Professor* (14 hours later)
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>>> > competence porn
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>>> Ha. First time coming across that phrase. Love it.
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>>>> **u/Chronophilia** [+5] *sci-fi ≠ futurology* (14 hours later)
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>>>> Coined by /u/dysfunctionz [here](http://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/2dn4gq/rt_how_to_succeed_in_evil_series_edwin_windsor/cjr6t8x?context=1). I'm trying to get it to catch on.
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>>>>> **u/BT_Uytya** [+5] *The Laundry* (16 hours later)
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>>>>>
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>>>>> According to UrbanDictionary, it was coined [here](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1yw417/why_do_you_think_weve_gravitated_towards_shows/cfoga9c).
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>>>>>
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>>>>> Anyway, "competence porn" is *awesome*, and I very glad that /u/dysfunctionz used it in this subreddit; I probably wouldn't learned it otherwise.
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>>>>>> **u/Chronophilia** [+1] *sci-fi ≠ futurology* (20 hours later)
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>>>>>> I'll update my RES tags accordingly.
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>>>>> **u/DaystarEld** [+1] *Pokémon Professor* (14 hours later)
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>>>>>
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>>>>> I'll do my part to help :P
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