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I've been here since December 2022 (and technically earlier, 2022 was just when I fully joined the site) but, as my bio suggests, I am God's dumbest Homo Sapien and did not do an introduction, so here it is.
Hi, I'm Alois Garmound. I've been floating around since at least 2018, when I was a child and had developed an interest in SCPs from the holy trinity: Youtuber Let's Plays, Roblox, and those weird animations from back in the day (you know which ones)
I'm an aspiring SCP writer who wants to be able to contribute to the catalogs with my own creative work, and so far I've written quite a of SCPs and have thought of countless more to write about, but as of now none have been greenlit for the front pages.
My writing style is much more traditional than what I like to call 'the Great Essaying.' In other words, when I make an SCP I don't usually make it as long as the Bible (I really do not like writing long-ass essays on SCPs that can easily be explained in shorter terms. Its supposed to be like a government document, not a novel in itself.)
Overall, I'm just here to write and have fun. I hope you guys can have fun with me too! And remember,
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than cargo. There are around one billion cars in use worldwide.
The French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first steam-powered road vehicle in 1769, while the Swiss inventor François Isaac de Rivaz designed and constructed the first internal combustion-powered automobile in 1808. The modern car—a practical, marketable automobile for everyday use—was invented in 1886, when the German inventor Carl Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Commercial cars became widely available during the 20th century. The 1901 Oldsmobile Curved Dash and the 1908 Ford Model T, both American cars, are widely considered the first mass-produced and mass-affordable cars, respectively. Cars were rapidly adopted in the US, where they replaced horse-drawn carriages. In Europe and other parts of the world, demand for automobiles did not increase until after World War II. In the 21st century, car usage is still increasing rapidly, especially in China, India, and other newly industrialised countries.
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