According to The Answer Bag . . . "fiction is a made up person , place or thing and non-fiction is history or something that is really true using real people's names real places and real things”(actually, this is according to a user named “preen teen me” -- eek! Should we quote preen teen me? Is that illegal?) Really? What is "real" any way??
The Answer Bag Stableboy says: “Fiction admits to being a bunch of lies!” (and then I think he ran off with preen teen me on a wannabe stallion and they had fictional babies!)
Mister Rogers takes the wimpy way out (surprised?) and quotes WikiPedia (which conveniently uses the term to define the term. “What IS fiction? Why, it’s fiction of course!” “What is nonfiction? Why, it’s truth!” But when is “the truth” never shady . . . ? And isn't fiction just as fabulous - if not more so - at illuminating truths?):
Fictional works – novels, short stories, fables, fairy tales, films, comics, interactive fiction, animation, video games – may include or reference factual occurrences. The term is also often used synonymously with literature and more specifically fictional prose. In this sense, fiction refers only to novels or short stories and is often divided into two categories, popular fiction (e.g., science fiction or mystery fiction) and literary fiction (e.g., Marcel Proust or William Faulkner).
Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. This presentation may be accurate or not; that is, it can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question. However, it is generally assumed that the authors of such accounts believe them to be truthful at the time of their composition. Non-fiction is one of the two main divisions in writing, particularly used in libraries, the other being fiction. However, non-fiction need not be written text necessarily, since pictures and film can also purport to present a factual account of a subject.
. . . So, a false account of the subject in question - even though the writer/storyteller thinks it's truth - is nonfiction? What do you think? The theory of relativity? Don't tell the courts!
Allikatzpop tries to get snarky/political by saying “libertism and conservatism” but misspells things. If we go in order of the question, then it would seem that he is saying that "libertism" is fiction which makes absolute sense seeing as the word is not an actual word.
Frances Romances gives my favorite answer: "About a $10.00 difference. No rubber checks please."
Although I would argue that the difference is only about $2 -- sometimes, $.50.
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/153807
You think THIS is funny? Try asking The Answer Bag “What is truth?” (The answerbag.com is one of those awful, highly unreliable sites upon which anybody can put their two cents in on the answers to pointless questions. Fun stuff. I'm thinking The Answer Bag is secretly calling for poetry . . . )
You think THIS is funny? Try asking The Answer Bag “What is truth?” (The answerbag.com is one of those awful, highly unreliable sites upon which anybody can put their two cents in on the answers to pointless questions. Fun stuff. I'm thinking The Answer Bag is secretly calling for poetry . . . )
(please note: pic up top of "The Answer Bag" was not intended to offend anyone should it remind them of a family member or friend. I simply image-searched "old hag" and this was one of the first pictures that showed up. I imagined The Answer Bag as a character who thinks she knows it all and who would kick your ass if you pissed her off. That is all. I think she's quite beautiful. Peace.)
