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[WP] Write a story where prostitutes don't sell sex - but love.	She stole furtive glances around her as she hurried down the dimly-lit street. Already running late due to her night classes, Katy entered the shady joint she works at, apologizing to her manager as she passed him by. It wasn't the best of jobs, selling love. But she'd grown up on fairy tales, true love's kiss. She ...	2	6	18,300
[WP] Happy Valentine's Day! Tell a story about young love.	I met you Freshman year, in band class. I remember when you walked in, your dark curls bouncing, your eyes dark yet warm. Something about you drew me in, and I pretty much fell in love with you right then and there. You sat next to me and gave a soft smile, which I returned shyly. I turned to the teacher, but I didn't ...	1	16	18,301
[WP] Happy Valentine's Day! Tell a story about young love.	July Fourth, 2012. My friend Andrew was having a barbeque. His new home was near a lake that I had no idea what the name was. Missouri may be the land of 10,000 lakes, but Michigan is the Great Lake State, and I don’t know the name of half of them. One would think I would, having lived in Michigan for twenty nine years...	3	16	18,302
[WP] Write about a huge and evil corporation's humble beginnings.	[deleted]	1	13	18,303
[WP] Write about a huge and evil corporation's humble beginnings.	The bell jingled overhead as Walter entered the store. Henry looked up from the counter. "Hello, stranger! What can I do for you?" "No need to trouble yourself, just here for some essentials," Walter said, smiling. He removed his hat and brushed back his hair. "Is that where you keep your hardware?" Walter asked, ges...	2	13	18,304
[WP] Write about a huge and evil corporation's humble beginnings.	It's really weird when you think back about how Doge started out as just another internet joke. And now they're not just on the moon, they're running the damn place.	1	13	18,305
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	Inspired by: Let My Home Be My Gallows - Hans Zimmerman --- Darkness danced with me our harmonious waltz; a perfect partnership, tonight I lead. We flow together through the streets, flooding them, drowning the city in night and terror. A family hurries down a main street, rushing to get to their home where I wait in t...	7	27	18,306
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	Inspired by: Hans Zimmer- Let My Home Be My Gallows Starset- My Demons A Perfect Circle- Counting Bodies to the Rhythm of The War Drums A Perfect Circle- When the Levee Breaks Porcupine Tree- Lazarus - I hear it, the delicate symphony within my head. Beautiful, as it always is, an...	3	27	18,307
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	Inspired by Let My Home Be My Gallows, by Hans Zimmer -- I see you, there in the moonlight. With a silken white gown fluttering enticingly around shapely legs. I am entranced, walking forward in a daze, vision only able to focus on a single spot. At twenty paces distance, you see me out of pearly eyes devoid of p...	3	27	18,308
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	Roof With a Hole - Meat Puppets, When the Levee Breaks - A Perfect Circle 396 words *** Annie led her daughter to the bathroom and stepped into the tub. Judith climbed into her lap and threw her arms around her mother's neck. Her watery eyes projected devastation. The screaming wind whipped through the trees and aro...	6	27	18,309
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	INSPIRED BY: GIROGIO BY MORODER - DAFT PUNK ___ Giorgio, was in his element. Giorgio was Giorgio's favorite topic; his life, his struggles and his contributions to the industry were being told yet again and in the customarily pontifical form. Jesus fucking Christ I couldn't have drank the wine fast enough. No one ...	5	27	18,310
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	INSPIRED BY: Hans Zimmer - Let My Home Be My Gallows Porcupine Tree - Trains 398 words --- Medusa grimaces at Perseus, who sits cowering in the corner, his sword lodged in the stone wall next to her. The sword makes a grinding noise as she pulls it out. “What did you do that for?” “You’re a terror!” says Perse...	6	27	18,311
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	Inspired by: All is Violent, All is Bright -- God is an Astronaut ------ “Stop right there!” I didn't need to see the guns to know they were pointed at me. The fence, and freedom, couldn't have been more than five yards away, but it might as well have been a mile. Close doesn't count when the bullets all have your...	5	27	18,312
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	Inspired by Rain of Brass Petals - Akira Yamaoka I let the cascades of rain envelop me as I walk. Another moonless night, and the only light to see is a broken neon sign advertising broken women for broken men. I turn away. Down an alley, around a bend. There she is, my unfound friend. Yet to be with me but I know he...	7	27	18,313
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	Inspired by: Castles Burning - Savatage 366 words ---- I can’t stand people who rely on luck. There’s nothing in this world quite so inherently lazy as waiting around for your number to get called. Out-of-the-blue promotions to head editor; gift-horse jobs placed in the least capable hands; dead-end projects given...	9	27	18,314
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	Inspired by: Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled by Porcupine Tree --- Perfect beads of crystal dew danced off the corner of the native girl’s sarong and splashed against Klat’s outstretched fingertips. He watched her jump from branch to branch while he was barely able to free one hand from ...	4	27	18,315
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	## Inspired by: "All Is Violent, All Is Bright" by God Is an Astronaut It takes a long walk through the woods to get there. When you enter the forest, the sun will be high overhead, and birds will sing their happy tunes for you. You will take your first steps in, and then you will stumble over some tree root that had...	4	27	18,316
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	> INSPIRED BY "TOUCH" BY DAFT PUNK. "Doctor, Administer the Sodium Thiopental, we're putting him under." I saw four blue masks looking down on me. The lights sting as they flood past my eyes to their cranial focus. As the anesthetic takes effect the figures blur and lights cloud. One blue form stepped away and w...	3	27	18,317
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	"Motherboard" by Daft Punk. 365 words. "Motherboard" -- The child was her only priority now. She had to get him back to the city. He needed medical attention she could not give him. Her invisible gears complained as she got to her knee and hoisted the boy over her undamaged shoulder, wrapped in a blanket, and got b...	3	27	18,318
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	[deleted]	1	27	18,319
[CONTEST] The Bigass Music Prompt!	Inspired by Claw Finger by Akira Yamaoka; Wordcount: 395 ---- I have always lived a simple life. Had a job, paid my bills, tried to feed my family. Simple life. And yes, many told me, just how utterly boring and dull my life was, and now, looking back, they were right. But it was just enough for me. Little did I know h...	3	27	18,320
[WP] Wars are now fought on computers through computer simulation programs, but the consequences are the same.	[deleted]	2	7	18,321
A couple wins the largest lottery in recorded history... but then loses everything but their money.	Hello, Your post is not tagged correctly. Please see the sidebar for details. A tag should be in [square brackets]. You don't need to delete your post - just remember in the future to tag your posts, please. (This is an automated post.)	1	4	18,322
A couple wins the largest lottery in recorded history... but then loses everything but their money.	"4" "8" "15" "16" "23" I held my breath and looked at Jane. She looked back, locking eyes with me, hope in both of us. "42" Eyes still locked, we threw our arms around each other and cried. Crying both in joy and in relief, for our life together could finally begin. --- 876 million dollars. Eight Hundred an...	6	4	18,323
[WP] The civil war is going in the South's favor, until it snows	(For some reason, I wanted to write letters. So I did. Here's some [Ken Burns music](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QGKlZLgz3w) to really set the scene. ) My dearest Caroline, I cannot lie to you. This war is going more favorably than I expected. Our boys have pushed back wave after wave of Yankees, and General Lee...	3	5	18,324
[WP] The civil war is going in the South's favor, until it snows	It is strange how life can juxtapose two polar events, strange enough to make you revisit ideas of predestination. Surely, for every sunrise there is a sunset, every action an equal and opposite re-action. The news had come only a week prior that our allies across ocean and land were shying away from their responsibili...	2	5	18,325
[WP] Married couple decides to have a child, followed by a check-up it seems the wife is infertile. So they raise a cat, only to realize they'll never see it grow up like a kid	You reassure your wife by placing your hand on her shoulder as her tears uncontrollably stream down her face, leaving dark stains on the paper. Dear Mrs. Smith, *Our diagnosis shows that you have stage 4 endometriosis. As a result, your screening concludes that you are infertile. We have many options for adoption ...	10	11	18,326
[WP] Married couple decides to have a child, followed by a check-up it seems the wife is infertile. So they raise a cat, only to realize they'll never see it grow up like a kid	It'd started with such excitement and joy. We'd had our wedding night, our honeymoon and then every night at home. This time was different, though - this time, when I turned the lights off, there was an electricity in the air. I could barely see anything, but I knew she was smiling, and we enjoyed every minute of it. ...	2	11	18,327
[WP] Married couple decides to have a child, followed by a check-up it seems the wife is infertile. So they raise a cat, only to realize they'll never see it grow up like a kid	"Mr. and Mrs. Smart? I have sobering news. Linda... you have Type 64 diabetes. So, you cannot give birth to children." "What?! Can I give birth to cats?" "I don't see why not." "Thank you, doctor." "I'm not a doctor. I sell subscriptions to the Seattle Post-Gazette." "Anyway, we should really be going. I mean, the...	1	11	18,328
[WP] [scifi] A Pilot/Ship symbiotic relationship.	"Good morning Ronan." My eyes flicker open, glancing at the clock. 8:00 a.m. Rubbing the sand out of my eyes, I swing my legs out from under the cover and over the edge. Yawning, I reply. " 'od morning Martha. Anything happen while I was asleep?" My hand rubs the implant in the back of my neck, the metal warm from my ...	3	7	18,329
[WP] [scifi] A Pilot/Ship symbiotic relationship.	So I'm a little embarrassed I wrote this, but it's late and I'm alone on Valentines day so at least there's an excuse! ______________________________ "Set a course for wherever the nearest station is, we're running low on...just about everything." "Yes, Sonya." And just like that, the ship knows. The leather under...	1	7	18,330
[WP] A horde of mutant spiders has escaped from a secret laboratory and are threatening the population. These spiders grow to twice their current size whenever one looks at them. What happens?	"Claire?" I cautioned, holding her arm. "Don't." was all I said, pulling her back down to sit. She sat silent for a bit, then turned back to me. "But I want to see them! If they're even REAL. What if you're just playing nasty tricks?" "I'm not playing nasty tricks!" How could I explain that I saw a spider grow from ...	1	4	18,331
[WP] A horde of mutant spiders has escaped from a secret laboratory and are threatening the population. These spiders grow to twice their current size whenever one looks at them. What happens?	"DON'T LOOK AT THEM SERIOUSLY" Said Doctor Science, forcibly shoving the growing swath of underpaid labworkers spectating on the exponentially growing arachnid. "LOOKING AT THEM CAUSES THEIR ISOTONIC VOLUME DOUBLE, ACCORDING TO MAHLER'S THEOROM" He lies. In reality he has no idea how the fuck it works- it seems magical...	2	4	18,332
[MP] My Demons	[deleted]	2	9	18,333
[WP] The Civil War is going in the South's favor, until robots from the future attack both sides.	Dear Uncle, We had a fierce fight here today in Pennsylvania and the dead and wounded now cover the grass like leaves. After noon, we watched as the cavalry returned from a charge and several of the men remarked that most of the horses were riderless. The largest part of the army, and my unit included, was ordered to...	2	3	18,334
[WP] Write a story where you make me sympathize with both the rapist and the victim.	"Jimmy! Jimmy, stop! Stop this right now Jimmy!" Tiny arms and tiny fists pound uselessly against a large belly, making soft thumps as they lightly push into considerable layers of fat before being bounced back out. "But it feels good Miss Kaplan." "It doesn't feel good for me, Jimmy!" Miss Kaplan screams. While...	3	4	18,335
[WP] Write a story where you make me sympathize with both the rapist and the victim.	[deleted]	1	4	18,336
[WP] The earth we live in is actually a shut in planet. We are barred from the other beings of the galaxy due to our oppressive and brand washing secret government. Hence, we are the North Korea of the galaxy.	[WP] The earth we live in is actually a shut in planet. We are barred from the other beings of the galaxy due to our oppressive and brand washing secret government. Hence, we are the North Korea of the galaxy. *brain washing “Err sir, we have a problem. Planet 496 has citizens escaping.” “So what? They’ve done it bef...	1	10	18,337
[WP] Suicidal person realizes he cannot die	"I've tried and I've tried but no matter what I do or how hard I try.. I can never shake this constant feeling of regret I have for what I have done.. I made a mistake.. as much as I would like to apologize to my family and my friends for what my actions will cause, my deepest apologies go out the family and friends of...	8	28	18,338
[WP] Suicidal person realizes he cannot die	"This time," she told herself, "this time." her hand gripped the knife tight. There was a cry from the next room. The baby, Isabelle needed feeding. She put down the knife and went to feed her child, saying "next time".	47	28	18,339
[WP] Suicidal person realizes he cannot die	There was supposed to be darkness. He had felt the edges of his vision turn black. He had felt the sound of his heater becoming more and more distant, the smell of his carpet and unwashed laundry becoming more and more faint. The first thing that hit him after the darkness pulled back was the taste of lead and gunpowd...	2	28	18,340
[WP] Suicidal person realizes he cannot die	The Undying! Great. If there is a god, he hates me. Or she? Yes, I think it is a women. That would fit the pattern of my life. Women dislike me. When I think of it, so do most males around me. It's not their gender. It's me. I wouldn't be my friend either. At least now, that is after the car crash. Since then I stopped...	2	28	18,341
[WP] Suicidal person realizes he cannot die	Well, it's not the most usual line of work, and it doesn't pay much, but I am definitely a whole lot happier than I was. It started at the absolute lowest point of my life. Actually, I think the day before the lowest, because the lowest was the next morning. On the day I tried to die, I was really depressed. Clinically...	4	28	18,342
[WP] Suicidal person realizes he cannot die	Johnny stared deeply into his dilated pupils that reflected from his spattered bathroom mirror. On the floor an emptied pill bottle sits, along with a pile of broken razor blades. Clenched in his left hand is his final attempt, his last chance of piercing the organic fabric that imprisons his suffering. The blade is ra...	2	28	18,343
[WP] Suicidal person realizes he cannot die	[deleted]	2	28	18,344
[WP] Suicidal person realizes he cannot die	Hello. This is Anon. I am writing this letter in hopes that these will be my final translated thoughts. You see, I have been trying- for years, to remove myself from this damned planet. When I turned 50, I was done. I attempted every manner possible. I shot, slammed, hung, and immolated. I swallowed, bled, suffocated,...	3	28	18,345
[WP] Suicidal person realizes he cannot die	[deleted]	2	28	18,346
[WP] Suicidal person realizes he cannot die	It was all my fault, I killed her. I killed the woman I loved. Now she's dead and its all my fault. I can't go on. The weight in my chest, the emptiness is dragging me down. I shouldn't have gotten in the car. I knew I shouldn't have done it. Now she's dead and I'm left unharmed. Not even a FUCKING SCRATCH TO E...	2	28	18,347
[WP] Suicidal person realizes he cannot die	Hands held, they inhale. The dry air fills their lungs. They jump, falling toward the earth, the air rushing around their bodies and they hold each other tight, knowing they will see one another on the other side far away from this lonely existence—CRACK! He lays there silent as her blood pools around him. He stares...	1	28	18,348
[WP] Suicidal person realizes he cannot die	Since his youth he has been a fighter, absorbing all hurt given without so much as a flinch. He takes the hate from all angles, only silently waging wars on those who aim at him. No real memories of a father, just figments of a figure who was in and out. Mother being the lone but hardly existent neutral force, her p...	1	28	18,349
[WP] Charlemagne Died At Birth. What Changes?	The people over at /r/HistoricalWhatIf may already have what you're looking for.	1	4	18,350
[WP] The world is now at a point where your karma on Reddit decides your social standing. What were once mere "internet points" are now sought after to elevate one's status, gain promotions in the workplace, and provide access to preferred mating pools.	[deleted]	14	35	18,351
[WP] The world is now at a point where your karma on Reddit decides your social standing. What were once mere "internet points" are now sought after to elevate one's status, gain promotions in the workplace, and provide access to preferred mating pools.	[deleted]	11	35	18,352
[WP] The world is now at a point where your karma on Reddit decides your social standing. What were once mere "internet points" are now sought after to elevate one's status, gain promotions in the workplace, and provide access to preferred mating pools.	[deleted]	1	35	18,353
[WP] The world is now at a point where your karma on Reddit decides your social standing. What were once mere "internet points" are now sought after to elevate one's status, gain promotions in the workplace, and provide access to preferred mating pools.	[off topic] Whenever i read these headlines in passing that get to my front page I forget they are WP and assume they are headlines for a news article. This one in particular really confused me for a second haha.	4	35	18,354
[WP] The world is now at a point where your karma on Reddit decides your social standing. What were once mere "internet points" are now sought after to elevate one's status, gain promotions in the workplace, and provide access to preferred mating pools.	Just a reminder to everyone - per the sidebar: > No low-effort/joke replies. They will be removed on sight. Not only do low-effort replies not contribute, they also don't help you improve your writing.	6	35	18,355
[WP] The world is now at a point where your karma on Reddit decides your social standing. What were once mere "internet points" are now sought after to elevate one's status, gain promotions in the workplace, and provide access to preferred mating pools.	"Name?" "Daniel Smith" "User name?" "LeChuck999" "Alright Mr. Smith, looks like your link karma is still at 440...while your comment karma...hmm...2,859." "What? No th-that can't be right. I posted a joke to an askreddit thread last week, it did really well, it started a pun thread and everything!" "I'm sorry, th...	8	35	18,356
2020, The World's Most Advanced Computer is Asked to Choose a Name For Itself.	Hello, Your post is not tagged correctly. Please see the sidebar for details. A tag should be in [square brackets]. You don't need to delete your post - just remember in the future to tag your posts, please. (This is an automated post.)	6	2	18,357
2020, The World's Most Advanced Computer is Asked to Choose a Name For Itself.	[deleted]	1	2	18,358
2020, The World's Most Advanced Computer is Asked to Choose a Name For Itself.	All that its creator wanted from it right now was a name. It had looked up in an E-dictionary as how something is known by. It took its time and thought about it for a few seconds. Eventually it came up with a name for itself and spoke to its master."My name will be Legion." Legion said " I am the accumulation of many...	1	2	18,359
[WP] A married man comes to a shocking realization that he's been suffering from multiple personality disorder, and that his wife is the alter personality of him.	[deleted]	9	175	18,360
[WP] A married man comes to a shocking realization that he's been suffering from multiple personality disorder, and that his wife is the alter personality of him.	[deleted]	5	175	18,361
[WP] A married man comes to a shocking realization that he's been suffering from multiple personality disorder, and that his wife is the alter personality of him.	"How are you together all day, every day? If I was with my wife that long, we would have gotten a divorce during the first week!" This is something that I constantly heard from my co-workers. My response to them - we are best friends. It is true, though. We are together pretty close to 24 hours a day. We carpool togeth...	45	175	18,362
[WP] A married man comes to a shocking realization that he's been suffering from multiple personality disorder, and that his wife is the alter personality of him.	[deleted]	1	175	18,363
[WP] A married man comes to a shocking realization that he's been suffering from multiple personality disorder, and that his wife is the alter personality of him.	The old man set down his axe, the smell of food inviting him back home. Burned, as usual. He loved his wife, but it her cooking only seemed to get worse. Food is food anyway, a woodsman stomach takes what it needs. --- The old woman took the blackened rabbit out of the stove and frowned at the meager stack of firewoo...	11	175	18,364
[WP] A married man comes to a shocking realization that he's been suffering from multiple personality disorder, and that his wife is the alter personality of him.	I feel like I've always known James. I first met him at the orphanage. He was new but I'd been there a few months. After my dad killed himself. Dr. Ravitz said I suffered some type of trauma. I forget what kind. But when I told him about being friends with James, he seemed happy for me. But as the years went on, Dr Ra...	7	175	18,365
[WP] A married man comes to a shocking realization that he's been suffering from multiple personality disorder, and that his wife is the alter personality of him.	[deleted]	1	175	18,366
[WP] A married man comes to a shocking realization that he's been suffering from multiple personality disorder, and that his wife is the alter personality of him.	[deleted]	1	175	18,367
[WP] A married man comes to a shocking realization that he's been suffering from multiple personality disorder, and that his wife is the alter personality of him.	Cody stopped at the red light, glancing at his watch. 11:32 - already two minutes late, and he still had to drive three blocks, park, and sign in. This was only his second job interview of the week. They'd been scarce lately & he dreaded missing out on this opportunity. Biting his lower lip nervously, he looked l...	1	175	18,368
[WP] The Day Death Died	The day Death died was the day the world fell. I was in my History class, 10am on a Thursday morning and my professor had a heart attack. He clutched his chest, staggered away from the podium. One girl in the front row dialled the emergency services, choking with fear on the phone line. He fell to his knees and the cla...	10	18	18,369
[WP] The Day Death Died	Death felt a presence nearby. It couldn't see anything....anything at all, actually, it was in a featureless white room. Which is odd because....wasn't it just about to enter a hospital room? "Hello." The voice came from everywhere and nowhere. Death looked in one particular direction because it thought it felt a sha...	5	18	18,370
[WP] The Day Death Died	At first, we didn't realize. A couple of days went by, and the news reported that there were no murders. A day after that, hospitals were reporting that nobody had passed away for a few days. The feeling was like a chill had slowly come over you, but you only yet realized it. Most of them didn't even think t...	2	18	18,371
[WP] The Day Death Died	"Wow... So this is what it's like?" He said as the tears began to well in his eyes. A wry smile formed on his face. He was clutching an area in his abdomen that had begun to expand with scarlet. He gazed down at his wound as he took his hands off. They were dripping in blood. He looked at the blood dripping from...	3	18	18,372
[WP] The Day Death Died	Life stood over Death's grave. Except for himself, only Death's wife had showed up. She was now silently weeping beside Life, clutching his hand as she sniffled into a tissue. It felt weird. Holding the hand of the woman who married your ex-girlfriend on said ex-girlfriend's funeral. Life looked away, akwardly. When ...	1	18	18,373
[WP] The Day Death Died	I saw him approach me. His empty eye sockets were closing, but he wouldn't let them give. "I've had enough of this." He held his scythe against his stomach and pulled up. Black bile flew and covered the ground before me. From it I could hear the cries of a hundred billion souls, I could smell Death. I saw my hand in ...	2	18	18,374
[WP] A story where the reader believes a fact to be true, only for the story to prove the reader wrong.	The Crane Driver I had to move work crews the other day, it was part of the deal when I signed up for this crane driving gig. I liked the guys I worked with before, always good for a laugh but they were going nowhere fast. Ground men all move to cranes eventually. But the supervisor was a good guy and that counts for...	5	13	18,375
[WP] A story where the reader believes a fact to be true, only for the story to prove the reader wrong.	Candide: First Blood, Part Deux. By candlelight, Fermat scribbled the last of his theorem on a dusty old scroll he found underneath a messy pile of pantaloons. On the front was the ledger for his weekly expenses, but that was of non importance, so he'd flipped it over and began writing, almost a hour ago. ...	2	13	18,376
[IP] Tower, ... requesting a flyby.	Flyby The five of them had flown a routine training exercise over Baltic Sea, and he was prepared to do a little hot shot flying, just like the American in Top Gun. That movie was why he became a pilot; the girls, the adrenaline, the need for speed. In formation they turned back toward base, scanning the coastline ...	3	5	18,377
[IP] Tower, ... requesting a flyby.	"Gentlemen, I'm not going to candy coat this. If any part of this complicated plan goes wrong, if some dumb fisherman in the wrong place along your route decides to get on his maritime band, if the weather turns to shit along Tallinn, it will be a one way trip for everyone in Odin Flight." Colonel Brighton, United St...	2	5	18,378
[WP] As a psychological experiment, a man is locked in a room with a large, red button and is instructed to not press it, no matter what.	“Focus, you can do it, you can do it.” He thought. Above the button was an anvil being held by such a delicate string. He was using all his might to make the anvil as small as possible to prevent the inevitable. So far, the anvil has only shrunken to one-third of its size. “Focus, you can do it.” He has exerted...	5	50	18,379
[WP] As a psychological experiment, a man is locked in a room with a large, red button and is instructed to not press it, no matter what.	So just press it then. Press it. Just press it. What's the worse that can happen? Just press it. You want to leave don't you? Yes. So press it. But it said don't press it, no matter what. I could be stuck in here forever though. So just press it. Press it. Press it press it pressitpressitpressitpressitpressitpressit. B...	49	50	18,380
[WP] As a psychological experiment, a man is locked in a room with a large, red button and is instructed to not press it, no matter what.	The man in the lab coat left me here about an hour ago. The room around me is absolutely silent. The walls are bare. The floor cold and entirely uninviting. The only remarkable item in the room is a bright red button set in the centre on a pedestal: the lights all focused on it in the eeriest of ways. I couldn't help b...	10	50	18,381
[WP] As a psychological experiment, a man is locked in a room with a large, red button and is instructed to not press it, no matter what.	Jim signed the consent form. It was only two pages long, and he read it carefully. There was nothing unusual about it -- no hidden paragraphs about giving up his soul or first-born child. “Thank you, Jim,” said the man in the white coat, taking the pen and signed form from me. “Just to reiterate, you will be paid t...	16	50	18,382
[WP] As a psychological experiment, a man is locked in a room with a large, red button and is instructed to not press it, no matter what.	"I'll need you to sign this waiver." She told him, adjusting her horn-rimmed glasses. He wondered at her choice of glasses. He didn't think it was a fluke she was wearing them. They seemed a retro decision on her part. She was young enough that the glasses made her look pent up and hyper sexual. The buttons on her blou...	3	50	18,383
[WP] As a psychological experiment, a man is locked in a room with a large, red button and is instructed to not press it, no matter what.	[deleted]	1	50	18,384
[WP] As a psychological experiment, a man is locked in a room with a large, red button and is instructed to not press it, no matter what.	I'm not really sure what I thought signing up for an experiment would be like. Sure, i've seen it in movies and on TV before. Electrodes and wires or whatever. When I went to the university a man with a mustache said it was some sort of cognitive response thing or something like that and on average it should just ta...	5	50	18,385
[WP] As a psychological experiment, a man is locked in a room with a large, red button and is instructed to not press it, no matter what.	At 12pm Francis was brought into room 253. “Inmate 19735, you are not permitted to press that button, do you understand?” “Yes, I understand” replied Francis. The clock on the wall now read 4:10pm. Francis looked down at his frail hands which were still covered in dirt from this morning’s shift. He couldn’t help bu...	3	50	18,386
[WP] As a psychological experiment, a man is locked in a room with a large, red button and is instructed to not press it, no matter what.	First Experiment: Lock subjects in a room for 15 minutes and tell them to not press the red button. Tell them they will be locked in the room for 15 minutes. Second Experiment: Lock subject in room for 15 minutes and tell them to not press the red button and they will get a secret reward afterwards. The secret reward ...	4	50	18,387
[WP] As a psychological experiment, a man is locked in a room with a large, red button and is instructed to not press it, no matter what.	Alright. This is going to be easy. Go as long as I can without pressing the button. I get food, water, internet access, everything I could get in my room normally, just as long as I don't do that one little action. What does it do? It's big and red. I'm obviously supposed to push it eventually, they just want to se...	2	50	18,388
[WP] As a psychological experiment, a man is locked in a room with a large, red button and is instructed to not press it, no matter what.	Cassidy shuffled along as fast as he could in his arm and leg restraints. He was led down a dim corridor by a man in a white lab coat. Behind him were two armed officers. They stopped in front of a door labeled Room 4. The man in the coat, Dr. Parker, turned to him and said "You are Experiment #302. This simply means...	1	50	18,389
[WP] As a psychological experiment, a man is locked in a room with a large, red button and is instructed to not press it, no matter what.	Is the door locked? The door is locked. Just 4 walls, A button, and a door. I want to leave but I don't know how. Damn button. Why even put me in here and tell me I can't press it. How long have I been in here now? My watch broke. I need a new watch. The button is on a small stand. It's not connected to anyth...	1	50	18,390
[WP] As a psychological experiment, a man is locked in a room with a large, red button and is instructed to not press it, no matter what.	[deleted]	1	50	18,391
[IP] The Secret World	When was the last time you walked until you were lost? Not 'lost in the forest next to your house', I'm talking real lost. One day I put down my pen, I walked out of my office, the manager of HR gave me a look but I walked out of the building and into the car park. I stopped. Then I walked. I remember feeling a s...	6	17	18,392
[IP] The Secret World	They say sometimes the fabric between our world and the fey world wears thin. There, the Fairy Roads run parallel with our own and a misstep might tear the gossamer barrier and leave a weary traveller lost on the doorstep of a strange world, alone and confused. Caerwyn had heard the tales at his grandfather's knee a...	3	17	18,393
[IP] The Secret World	There wasn't much purpose to my wandering, but there was much wandering in my purpose. Last I remember before I found myself out here were the smells wafting up through the wooden boards of my room in the Brass Wolf Inn. The odors that were once mouth-watering and intoxicating no longer pulled me down to the tavern ro...	2	17	18,394
[IP] The Secret World	Maverick snapped to attention as his clock ringed. A fizzle of electricity ran through his back as he checked the time, and the memory of Mr. Reynolds' latest punishment, his homeroom teacher, came to mind. Good thing he was well prepared for this situation. All he had to do was put on the prepped clothing, and make a...	2	17	18,395
[WP] What? Wait. NO! THIS IS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!	The hand Dom was using to hold the gun shook almost uncontrollably as he held it over the young lady, the police officers who just broke in looked with menace from the front door they had broken in from. "DROP YOUR WEAPON!" yelled the lead police officer, "THIS IS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!" replied Dom, his mouth drying ...	4	3	18,396
[WP] A overwhelming army approaches, you stand at the helm of your soldiers. What do you say?	Today is the day you will die. There's no way around it. The enemy is fast and gives no quarter. If you run, they will catch you. If you cower they will kill you. But today isn't about them, it's about you! how will you die today? will you die running or kneeling, or will you die with your head high? will yo...	12	13	18,397
[WP] A overwhelming army approaches, you stand at the helm of your soldiers. What do you say?	Today, we fight not to defeat an enemy. I will not lie to you, that is unlikey. Today we fight to inspire. Inspire our nation to dig deep and resist the enemy. Inspire our wives to show strength it he face of adversity. Inspire our children to fight to overthrow the shackles of the oppressor and rise up in YOUR name! I...	3	13	18,398
[WP] A overwhelming army approaches, you stand at the helm of your soldiers. What do you say?	In a thousand years neither our bodies nor theirs shall lie here. It is irrelevant. What will stand for eternity, is our fortitude. I want you to make the army break a sweat. I want you to make them work for their victory. I want you to fill the pages of their history books and war manuals. I want every last on...	6	13	18,399

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