Daily Riddle Competition

New riddle is up.

Forgive me if it's not that good, I wrote that one myself, plus I'm in a rush.

(Yes I'm aware that I double posted, but it was necessary.)

you are talking about WATER

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Originally Posted by Nesterus

you are talking about WATER

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Apparently it was too easy, too. Another point for you.

I think you should put them up at a set time each day.

So you know, everyone has a fair shot at answering it if they want to.

And anyone else who gets a valid answer should get a point too.

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Originally Posted by Revoltion

I think you should put them up at a set time each day.

So you know, everyone has a fair shot at answering it if they want to.

And anyone else who gets a valid answer should get a point too.

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Valid alternate answer, yes. I think I will add that to my rules. That way I don't have to end the competition so early.

As for time, I'm thinking 9pm GMT-8, unless otherwise specified.

I was actually planning on imementing a set time, but your other idea is good, so I'll add it in.

Thanks

9pm GMT -8 is 5am GMT 0 :(

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Originally Posted by Arathorn136

I am the reason you are alive, yet I can easily cause your death
Sometimes you can see through me, sometimes I am opaque
I am sometimes soft, sometimes hard, depending on where I'm found
I fill the deepest chasms, yet I float above your head
Can you tell me what I am, the compound that's always around?

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You are light

Without the sun, we would not exist.
Expose yourself to solar radiation without the benefit of an atmosphere protecting you, and you will die
Light fills the air, yet you can see afar.
The sun is opaque, you cannot see through it.
Theatrical lighting has two main kinds. One has soft edges for area lighting, while another (like spotlights) has hard edges.
Turn on a lantern in the deepest chasm, and the area will fill with light.
The sunlight fills the sky above our heads, or a light fixture is in the ceiling.
Light is simply a name for a range of electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the human eye, and electromagnetic radiation is everywhere.


Water is the obvious answer, but light is the best "unexpected" answer I could come up with. Maybe we can twist that last line about radiation into another alternative.

You are radiation.

The sun is a ball of radiation. Without the sun, we would not exist.
There are dangerous kinds of radiation that will kill.
Radiant energies surround us all the time, yet you can see afar.
The radiation inside the sun is opaque, you cannot see through it. The arc of a solar flare is visible.
It would be easy to characterize radiation like basic warmth from a furnace as "soft," while dangerous radiation that would kill you with only a short exposure time could be characterized as "hard."
The reason caves get warmer as you go deeper, is because they are filled with radiant energy from the Earth's core.
There are all sorts of radiations in the air around us, and above our heads.
Radiation of some kind is everywhere.

You left out the part about how light is soft and hard. However, those of us that use image editing software such as Photoshop will know about the "Hard Light" and "Soft Light" options when editing the blend mode of a layer.

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Originally Posted by Rota

You are light

Without the sun, we would not exist.
Expose yourself to solar radiation without the benefit of an atmosphere protecting you, and you will die
Light fills the air, yet you can see afar.
The sun is opaque, you cannot see through it.
Theatrical lighting has two main kinds. One has soft edges for area lighting, while another (like spotlights) has hard edges.
Turn on a lantern in the deepest chasm, and the area will fill with light.
The sunlight fills the sky above our heads, or a light fixture is in the ceiling.
Light is simply a name for a range of electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the human eye, and electromagnetic radiation is everywhere.


Water is the obvious answer, but light is the best "unexpected" answer I could come up with. Maybe we can twist that last line about radiation into another alternative.

You are radiation.

The sun is a ball of radiation. Without the sun, we would not exist.
There are dangerous kinds of radiation that will kill.
Radiant energies surround us all the time, yet you can see afar.
The radiation inside the sun is opaque, you cannot see through it. The arc of a solar flare is visible.
It would be easy to characterize radiation like basic warmth from a furnace as "soft," while dangerous radiation that would kill you with only a short exposure time could be characterized as "hard."
The reason caves get warmer as you go deeper, is because they are filled with radiant energy from the Earth's core.
There are all sorts of radiations in the air around us, and above our heads.
Radiation of some kind is everywhere.

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Light isn't a compound. I was referring to the fact that water is a compound. H2O. :)

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Originally Posted by Arathorn136

I am the reason you are alive, yet I can easily cause your death
Sometimes you can see through me, sometimes I am opaque
I am sometimes soft, sometimes hard, depending on where I'm found
I fill the deepest chasms, yet I float above your head
Can you tell me what I am, the compound that's always around?

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Air~

Duh.
When its completely fogged, you can't see through it.
At high pressure, air feels hard. At little to none, it's soft.
Air is in water, which is at the bottom chasms.
Air has CO2 in it.