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[WP] Two time travelers, reaaaaal comedians, go back in time to tell "too soon" jokes before the actual event(s) take(s) place. | Oh man this is such a good prompt. I'll hopefully update this post in a few days with something. Don't have the time right now but love the idea. | 3 | 0 | 86 | 30,200 |
[WP] Two time travelers, reaaaaal comedians, go back in time to tell "too soon" jokes before the actual event(s) take(s) place. | Excited glances shoot across a short board room table as Mike and Stephen see 13 years of work across 7 decades unfold before their eyes. The fact that they managed to get themselves into this room was more impressive than getting to this year.
Hanz Reubenfeld, senior professor at the Vienna University of Fine Arts, ... | 30 | 0 | 86 | 30,201 |
[WP] Two time travelers, reaaaaal comedians, go back in time to tell "too soon" jokes before the actual event(s) take(s) place. | It was a wet spring day, with rain just too warm to be snow and far too cold to be refreshing. Winter appeared to be taking her sweet time leaving town. Jeff and Andy were home alone, and bored.
"It's 2050, for Norris' sake. We can't control the weather?" Jeff asked petulantly.
"Nope."
"Well, since we're stuck here an... | 9 | 0 | 86 | 30,202 |
[WP] Two time travelers, reaaaaal comedians, go back in time to tell "too soon" jokes before the actual event(s) take(s) place. | "Ladies and gentlemen, this just in: police have arrested two young men, Anthony Cartwright and Christopher Green, for the murder of President John F. Kennedy. Investigators won't say exactly what linked these men to the crime, but eyewitnesses tell us the two were seen on the parade route just hours before the shootin... | 5 | 0 | 86 | 30,203 |
[WP] Two time travelers, reaaaaal comedians, go back in time to tell "too soon" jokes before the actual event(s) take(s) place. | As I stood in my office watching the tower next to me burn, two men entered and said, well we sure lucked out today, what with that plane hitting the building next to us. They then disappeared. i turned around and realized they had spoken too soon.
As I was taking Mr. Lincoln to the play tonight two men on the side of... | 4 | 0 | 86 | 30,204 |
[WP] Two time travelers, reaaaaal comedians, go back in time to tell "too soon" jokes before the actual event(s) take(s) place. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 86 | 30,205 |
[WP] Two time travelers, reaaaaal comedians, go back in time to tell "too soon" jokes before the actual event(s) take(s) place. | "...And so, we wish to congratulate Captain Edward, as he embarks on this momentous crossing that will surely be remembered for decades to come. They said it could not be done, but thanks to the marvelous efforts of Harland and Wolff, we have succeeded in the impossible. To history!"
Glasses of sherry and port glitter... | 6 | 0 | 86 | 30,206 |
[EU] Superman and Goku are fighting in Celebrity Deathmatch. | [deleted] | 6 | 0 | 9 | 30,207 |
[EU] In the world of Pokemon, you have to ability to understand everything any Pokemon says. | A commercial for the evening news played on the TV: “Meet the new Elite Four Pokemon Master, Tonight at Eleven!” it said, showing a tall man with wolflike features and a big feline Pokemon next to him. The cat was purring audibly, and the trainer made playful noises at him.
“I just don’t like the look in his eyes.” my... | 8 | 0 | 10 | 30,208 |
[EU] In the world of Pokemon, you have to ability to understand everything any Pokemon says. | Plot twist: They're still just saying their names. | 3 | 0 | 10 | 30,209 |
[OT] 'The Interrogation' Contest Results! | Good choice, that was my favorite. Judging from my entry it's not hard to see why though. | 2 | 0 | 15 | 30,210 |
[OT] 'The Interrogation' Contest Results! | I just read the winning submission. When the reveal happened with the straps, wow...
That deserved very much to win. | 2 | 0 | 15 | 30,211 |
[OT] 'The Interrogation' Contest Results! | Thanks for the Gold, SbT! Was a fun contest (fun may be the wrong word for it, considering the subject matter)
And can't wait to read the other entries when I get a spare moment! | 2 | 0 | 15 | 30,212 |
[OT] 'The Interrogation' Contest Results! | Grats to /u/ay1717 (cause I know we all love the feature of gold when our name is mentioned), and great job to all the participants. A lot of good stories. | 3 | 0 | 15 | 30,213 |
[WP] "I'm fourteen, father. It's time." | It's time to face the truth, time to face everything.
I no longer want to live in a world where everything is numbed by antidepressants and syringes and lies. I no longer want to be ignorant to everything around me, I want to feel pain and experience it, I want to see others suffer, I want to see the reality we live in... | 1 | 0 | 6 | 30,214 |
A shy, timid employee straight out of college uses the company's "work from home" set-up. On a hot day, decides to work in the nude. What could go wrong? |
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For the next 48 hours death becomes nonexistent |
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[WP] Overwhelmed babysitter is literally "eaten out of house and home" by toddlers. | This could get real pedophilic real fast. | 1 | 0 | 8 | 30,217 |
[WP] As technology advances, the few immortal people on Earth find it increasingly difficult to hide themselves among the immortal-phobic people. | "This is it." I told myself. After traveling hundreds of miles, I had reached my destination. Swallowing my pride, I went inside the little shop. A look around offered nothing new; various jugs and jars adorned the oak shelves, and the gloomy atmosphere only aided the trepidation already filling me. I walked around, gl... | 3 | 0 | 6 | 30,218 |
[WP] As technology advances, the few immortal people on Earth find it increasingly difficult to hide themselves among the immortal-phobic people. | Not exactly what you wanted, but I started writing and this is what came out.
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I should have seen this coming. I really should have seen this coming.
After a few hundred years, nothing really surprises you anymore. Whe... | 3 | 0 | 6 | 30,219 |
[WP] You are Moses, in modern language, explain to the people about the commandments you just found. They are skeptical | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 8 | 30,220 |
[WP] You are Moses, in modern language, explain to the people about the commandments you just found. They are skeptical | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 8 | 30,221 |
[WP] You are Moses, in modern language, explain to the people about the commandments you just found. They are skeptical | Put a "who" right after Moses. | 1 | 0 | 8 | 30,222 |
[WP]A man, who has always desperately wanted to be a father, discovers that he in fact has a daughter who is now an adult and has a child of her own. He has been watching and waiting for days. How does he approach her? | The note was in my mailbox. Nobody had signed it. It said: I found your daughter and her son. Please come help. 144 Sea street, Tumwater.
I found out that Sea street was a real street and Tumwater was a real town. I went to check it out, ready for a joke, or a scam. They didn't know what they'd started with me, if... | 2 | 0 | 16 | 30,223 |
[WP] The Vatican summons a doctor to investigate a miracle. | Prompt seems awfully strict, hope you don't mind too terribly if I change some things around.
Bishop Christoforo waited in the dark ally; already he was beginning to feel quite ridicules about doing this as he was still wearing his ceremonial gown, increasing the chances of unwanted attention from unwanted strangers.... | 2 | 0 | 6 | 30,224 |
[WP] The anorexic huntsman and the fat cook. | So how does this work? U'm new to reddit | 1 | 0 | 18 | 30,225 |
[WP] The anorexic huntsman and the fat cook. | The fire hissed as the cook poked at the burning logs with a long, charred stick. "Food should be ready soon," he said, looking over his shoulder at the slumped over huntsman, head resting on the table, his arms around his head. He sighed and began to stir the contents of the large, black cauldron that hung above the f... | 13 | 0 | 18 | 30,226 |
[WP] The anorexic huntsman and the fat cook. | It’s winter in the town of Valhalla, one of the few small dots of civilization resting in between the Tall Mountains and the Perilaikus Sea. There’s a blizzard raging outside against the Traveler’s Rest, the first good-sized log cabin to greet the hunters, travelers, and sometimes the hunted, that find themselves migra... | 2 | 0 | 18 | 30,227 |
"Humanity spent its childhood reaching for the sky. When they held it in their hands they found naught but empty space." |
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[EU] You are a Pokémon Trainer that has just defeated the Elite Four. The Champion awaits your challenge. | This is it. I've beaten what is considered the best of the best. That people know of. I know there is one more person who awaits my challenge, at the top of the mountain. I hike up my pants, adjust my jacket, and start up the path. Even the pokemon that usually hang around the mountain to harass people seem to know tha... | 2 | 0 | 5 | 30,229 |
After working a hard day I came home to see my girlfriend cradling our child. I didn’t know which was more frightening, seeing my dead girlfriend and stillborn child, or knowing that someone broke into my apartment to place them there. |
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[WP] You've begun to receive transmissions from the Black Knight Satellite |
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[WP] Scientists have discovered the gene for vampires in humans, allowing vampires to be brought back from the dead. | Professor David Sullivan crossed his legs calmly. His slow, gentle movement hiding the fear and nervousness that was eating at him. He removed his glasses and listened as one of the four men across from him began to speak.
"Professor, before we give you the grant to pursue this... rejuvenation, please tell us *why* y... | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30,232 |
[WP] "Humanity spent its childhood reaching for the sky. When they held it in their hands, they found naught but empty space." | Oliver and Sylvia were sitting in a clean angular room watching a screen. With a sigh, Oliver shut it off.
"I guess that settles it," he said to Sylvia.
"Yep. What a waste."
"30 billion parsecs."
"Of nothing."
"Well planets and stars."
"Weaved into vast nothingness."
"I know. like. Not even a single breath. A si... | 17 | 0 | 46 | 30,233 |
[WP] "Humanity spent its childhood reaching for the sky. When they held it in their hands, they found naught but empty space." | OT- Did you come up with that quote? It's a good one. | 2 | 0 | 46 | 30,234 |
[WP] "Humanity spent its childhood reaching for the sky. When they held it in their hands, they found naught but empty space." | "That's a wonderful story Dieter, but what does it mean?"
Dieter Hagedorn pauses to take another sip of his mulled wine. The snow piling up outside the window makes him glad he is not in his open aired cell anymore. The room he is in is comfortably warm thanks to the roaring fireplace. Occasionally the pinewood spits ... | 6 | 0 | 46 | 30,235 |
[WP] "Humanity spent its childhood reaching for the sky. When they held it in their hands, they found naught but empty space." | -087
*"Humanity spent its childhood reaching for the sky. When they held it in their hands, they found naught but empty space."*
-- A. Larch (Last Poet of the Wilting Palace)
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It's true that humanity spent its infancy worshipping ev... | 4 | 0 | 46 | 30,236 |
[WP] "Humanity spent its childhood reaching for the sky. When they held it in their hands, they found naught but empty space." | Adam watched his son playing with his toys on the floor. He was taking a break from his work and he found that his favorite thing to do now was to watch his toddler learn about the world. He could see the wonderment in his eyes, the ecstasy of discovery sparking a new fit of giggles and laughter. He too had spent his i... | 2 | 0 | 46 | 30,237 |
[WP] "Humanity spent its childhood reaching for the sky. When they held it in their hands, they found naught but empty space." | He stared into the blackness. Not space itself, but a simple LED monitor, which showed white dots in place of stars. This was the best they could do. Windows let in deadly radiation, he had never even seen space with his own two eyes. Nearly a year traveling the fastest the ship could allow, and he had not made even a ... | 3 | 0 | 46 | 30,238 |
[WP] "Humanity spent its childhood reaching for the sky. When they held it in their hands, they found naught but empty space." | We had littered the sky with imaginings. Fables and legends wraught from constellations, in vaulted halls of stars Gods warred or smiled upon us. We filled it with demons and monsters, with angels and the dead. It was where we stored our past and looked to for our future. It was where the aliens came from - the ones... | 3 | 0 | 46 | 30,239 |
[WP] "Humanity spent its childhood reaching for the sky. When they held it in their hands, they found naught but empty space." | James Mitchell sat in his comfortable leather chair, behind his well polished oak desk. His face bore not a look of happiness, but of disappointment. All his work, all his effort, and all of his innumerable fortune had spearheaded the front to seek out other life in this wide galaxy, all for naught.
He reached for his... | 3 | 0 | 46 | 30,240 |
[WP] "Humanity spent its childhood reaching for the sky. When they held it in their hands, they found naught but empty space." | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 46 | 30,241 |
[WP] "Humanity spent its childhood reaching for the sky. When they held it in their hands, they found naught but empty space." | Looking out on the dark horizon from one of the ship's minuscule windows, Geoffrey sighed as he realized the gravity of his situation. While others were off trying to colonize and terraform the distant reaches of Andromeda, here he was tethered to Earth in a zero gravity orbital module.
"All a bloody load," he grumb... | 2 | 0 | 46 | 30,242 |
[WP] "Humanity spent its childhood reaching for the sky. When they held it in their hands, they found naught but empty space." | Perhaps, if we had our time again, we could go about our endeavours differently. I suppose, ironically, that's the beauty of humanity. Hindsight.
We destroyed our planet. And to what end? We devoured its resources to propel ourselves away from the tender embrace with which she nurtured us through our species' infancy.... | 1 | 0 | 46 | 30,243 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | I, ____, marry you today. I will be your partner in crime, your shoulder to cry on. I offer you my hand for the journey of life, and my heart for the joys that will follow us. | 4 | 0 | 94 | 30,244 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | I come to you today to commit the rest of my life to making you happy.
I stand before you today with a vow that I will be yours forever.
I speak before these witnesses today to let the world know you are mine and I am yours.
I put this ring on your finger as a reminder of my neverending devotion to you.
I stand by you ... | 7 | 1 | 94 | 30,245 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | I just want to wish you luck. My fiance and I wrote our own vows, and with similar requirements as you I found it really tricky. (I'd share ours but they were mostly inside jokes and not the right format.). It's hard to avoid the hallmark worthy cliches. | 5 | 0 | 94 | 30,246 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | We wrote our own too. I'd urge you, even if you're not very good writers, to write your own, rather than letting the internet help you. Research others' vows online -- there are tons -- and take inspiration from them, but if you want something truly meaningful to you, then it should come from your lives and beliefs and... | 65 | 0 | 94 | 30,247 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | I _____ accept you _____ , as my lawful and chosen partner. I enter into this union with complete knowledge of its fragility, and I will work to make it strong through love and respect. It is my intention to grow with you, to struggle beside you, and to find happiness in you. I love you.+
+Alternate endings -
* Pl... | 15 | 0 | 94 | 30,248 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | The dude: Dearest ____, your eyes are as lovely as petals on a rose, so it should not come as a shock that whenever you look at someone else, I want them closed.
The lady: And to my husband who has a figure I adore, do not start to expand your belly. Stay how you are, forever more.
The dude: My dearest ______, I also... | 7 | 0 | 94 | 30,249 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | It's been 4 short years. All the incredible experiences we've had, all that we've learned about each other and life... it kinda happened in a flash. Actually, trying to put it all into one little summary is freaking me out a little bit. It's that facing the avalanche of life pouring down against us has never brought in... | 3 | 0 | 94 | 30,250 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | THANK YOU FOR VISITING beautifulhandwrittenletters.com
*Please find your newly handwritten letters in your preferred format*:
"**uh, normal computer text I guess.**"
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Darling one.
With these words, pulled from the nameless writers on the internet, I thank you for choosing me, for choosing joy and wellness on th... | 12 | 0 | 94 | 30,251 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | I, John,
take Jane,
into a lifelong bond,
founded on a mutual love, respect and understanding,
and always dedicated to the cause of good,
for the betterment of our family and friends,
both as individuals and united as one,
through the pains of growth and the trials of change,
to strengthen, complement a... | 19 | 0 | 94 | 30,252 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | This is more complex than you may have wanted.
At some point in the wedding have the official ask if anyone objects. A loud slamming sound that makes the guest focus the eyes and heads away from you and the bridal party is heard.
Your best man then dawns a costume of a villian. He grabs your soon to be wife and procl... | 4 | 0 | 94 | 30,253 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | Rock bottom: when you ask reddit for help with your wedding vows.
Not trying to be offensive I just find the most beautiful vows coming from ones self not the collective underbelly of the internet. | 4 | 0 | 94 | 30,254 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | I vow to always remember you as you are now. I know that in hard times we may look at each other in a different light, I vow to keep this memory safe, when we show one another the side of us we would not display in public.
I vow to love you as you grow as a person. I vow to uplift and encourage you when you are down.... | 3 | 0 | 94 | 30,255 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | I'm a bit of a hopeless romantic, although maybe a bit too pessimistic for it, so I've decided to take a *shot* at it. Nothing too fancy, just, y'know, me.
***
I, [full name (preferably with some fancy nickname within)],
Take [full name, same as above],
To be my very own partner,
To join me on the journey of life,... | 3 | 0 | 94 | 30,256 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | My dearest ______,
I love you.
My heart reaches for you everday.
My soul longs to spend more time with you.
You ravish me with delight, respect, and honor.
And I hope that I do the same for you.
May our future be bright, and when it isn't, may we see the brightness in each other's hearts.
May our lives be refle... | 3 | 0 | 94 | 30,257 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | This is an awesome post. I wish I was by a computer, but I'm on my phone, and I can't do creative writing bullshit when I'm on here. I start to think about how I'm touching this screen, I touch this button and that button and the whole world has a chance to know what I'm thinking. It freaks me out sometimes, and it's ... | 4 | 0 | 94 | 30,258 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | I, [John Doe], am terrified,
of getting it wrong,
of not remembering to be grateful,
of listening to my own words instead of [hers/his],
I'm terrified of getting tired,
or angry -
or maybe both,
terrified of ten years on,
let alone thirty,
I'm terrified of lots of things,
and maybe always will be, ... | 3 | 0 | 94 | 30,259 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | HIM
Some say life is a journey we must take alone. We go through each day as a single mind enduring a single experience; ultimately alone until our end.
HER
But we stand here today in defiance of that idea; knowing that a life shared is a life doubled; made richer and more valuable by its sharing.
HIM
We are not a... | 2 | 0 | 94 | 30,260 |
[WP] This is a special post that I'm asking for your help with. Rather than the standard asking for a story, my fiancee and I would like your help writing our wedding vows. | We promise, till the end of time
to keep our arguments clean
and the stuff happening in the bedroom dirty. | 3 | 0 | 94 | 30,261 |
[WP] A man (or woman) has recently discovered that things they draw with a sharpie become real.. unfortunately they are an appalling artist! Nevertheless, they use this power to disrupt and foil a hijacking attempt on the long-haul flight they are on by bumbling paramilitary Irish republicans. | Dear diary,
Today I saved a plane from a hijacking! And it was all due to my most awesome talent! I was aboard a plane when some bumbling IRA lads decided to take over the cockpit. I had to make some quick thinking in order to peacefully negotiate our captors into relinquishing their hold on our aircraft. I quickly ca... | 3 | 0 | 11 | 30,262 |
[WP] When she whispers . . . run. | I crouch in the bushes, heart pounding in anxiety. I clutch my weapon, a powerful gun, the best of its kind. I peer through the leaves, desperate to catch a glimpse of something, *anything*, that will tell me where the monster is.
I slow my breathing until I'm almost not breathing at all. The sun is beating down my n... | 20 | 0 | 13 | 30,263 |
[WP] When she whispers . . . run. | I have been a lurker on this sub reddit for a while. I hope that this is okay. =)
Jet black clouds swelled above us, contorting in ways that insinuated they would soon engulf us all. Cackling began to echo across the thick forest trees. God’s Wilderness was no protection to us, even here we were obtainable. Glancing... | 3 | 0 | 13 | 30,264 |
[WP] When she whispers . . . run. | Death is a funny thing. It is everywhere.. She, is everywhere, she sinks into every aspect of life; funnily enough.
Death echoes throughout history, it started at the beginning of time, and will continue into the blind eternities behind all that which we know.
Every living thing spends its life running from her; you ... | 1 | 0 | 13 | 30,265 |
[WP] When she whispers . . . run. | She was like a bad penny. She wasn't worth picking up.
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[WP] When she whispers . . . run. | This town has a legend. The forest to the north is haunted, but not by an evil scary ghost, but a sweet little girl's ghost, she was first seen wandering the outskirts just in view of the town. At first we were all terrified, but she never did anything, she just stood there and watched. Then one day, after we had grown... | 2 | 0 | 13 | 30,267 |
[OT] Do you prefer reading/writing in past tense or in present tense? | It really depends on what is being written, but personally, I like present tense. | 2 | 0 | 7 | 30,268 |
[OT] Do you prefer reading/writing in past tense or in present tense? | I've almost always written in present tense. For me, I don't want to read about what happened in the past, I want to read what's happening right now! That said, it matters very little when it comes to reading. Good writing is good writing. | 2 | 0 | 7 | 30,269 |
[OT] Do you prefer reading/writing in past tense or in present tense? | I guess I'm the only one who prefers the past tense. Gives a feel of finality. These are things that already happened. It's only being recorded here and there's no way to change the outcome. | 2 | 0 | 7 | 30,270 |
[OT] Do you prefer reading/writing in past tense or in present tense? | I think the best writing uses both. Present primarily, to push the narrative, but past for referencing previous events within the story or for background information. Many characters will have a past that is important to understanding them, and bringing that into the narrative seamlessly works well when using both tens... | 2 | 0 | 7 | 30,271 |
[OT] Do you prefer reading/writing in past tense or in present tense? | I tend to switch it up every so often, honestly. The last WP I did was in past tense, in the form of diary entries. However, I wrote a short story about a man slaying a dragon and learning that the dragon was actually a transmutated form of the girl he was supposed to protect, in the present tense. I thought it was a m... | 2 | 0 | 7 | 30,272 |
[OT] Do you prefer reading/writing in past tense or in present tense? | I like reading in past tense (present tense annoys me, frankly), so I try to write in past as well. | 3 | 0 | 7 | 30,273 |
[OT] Do you prefer reading/writing in past tense or in present tense? | I prefer to write and read in the past. Present throws me off. Any time I try writing in the present, I find myself naturally adding in past tense words. So when and if I write in the present I have to thoroughly check over my writing. | 2 | 0 | 7 | 30,274 |
[OT] Do you prefer reading/writing in past tense or in present tense? | I find it easier to write in past tense. | 2 | 0 | 7 | 30,275 |
[OT] Do you prefer reading/writing in past tense or in present tense? | I do both, but when I'm not paying 100% attention to what I'm writing, I tends to fall into past tense | 2 | 0 | 7 | 30,276 |
[OT] Do you prefer reading/writing in past tense or in present tense? | For the most part I write in past tense, with the exception of first-person narratives (which I need to work more on anyway) and usually also things involving dicks. Sexual writing (mine, that is) benefits from that intimacy and immediacy with the narrating character's actions and reactions, I think.
Everything else ... | 2 | 0 | 7 | 30,277 |
[WP] Hitler wins WWII. Modern day. | Todd lost his badge. His company did government contracts, and new regulations meant that the cards were needed in order to meet certain standards. The standards were rather pointless, since the doors were left wide open to keep the building aerated, but he still had to have his ID badge at all times in case there wa... | 34 | 0 | 77 | 30,278 |
[WP] Hitler wins WWII. Modern day. | For further reading: [The Man in the High Castle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_High_Castle). | 18 | 0 | 77 | 30,279 |
[WP] Hitler wins WWII. Modern day. | An old piece I thought would fit. Read it as an excerpt from a modern encyclopaedia.
jew (joo) n. ; tr.v. jewed, jew·ing, jews (Vulgar) ; adj. jew·ish (Vulgar)
People(s) of Semitic ancestry claiming heritage from the Hebrew Israelite People (Biblical). More recently, a member of the Jews for World Zion (JWZ) terr... | 10 | 0 | 77 | 30,280 |
[WP] Hitler wins WWII. Modern day. | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 77 | 30,281 |
[WP] Hitler wins WWII. Modern day. | Today was the anniversary of the day that the Glorious Hitler repelled the dominating, over bearing band of rebels. All day schools, work places, and the entire globe goes on hiatus to watch and remember the great rebellion, the old black and white footage.
I sit in my chair, neatly in office space uniform with a cris... | 2 | 0 | 77 | 30,282 |
[WP] Hitler wins WWII. Modern day. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 77 | 30,283 |
[WP] Hitler wins WWII. Modern day. | "Oh Christ, not again." I said as the TV screen began to flicker. The image was quickly replaced by the Fuhrer's face. Some older televisions still had his signature moustache and scowl permanently burned into their screens.
"My people, it is good to see your smiling faces. I must remind you that our present is consta... | 3 | 0 | 77 | 30,284 |
[WP] Hitler wins WWII. Modern day. | The war was cold now. The Greater European Reich had defeated Russia. Hans sat on a bench in a park newly dedicated to Odin's glory. He had come home from his service a submariner. The Americans still fought the Japanese in the pacific but they dare not cross the detonation site of the void bomb over the Atlantic. It h... | 3 | 0 | 77 | 30,285 |
[WP] Hitler wins WWII. Modern day. | Near the end of WWII Adolf Hitler orders his 3rd Reich to mobilize along the border of Stalingrad. There orders are to infiltrate and slowly work there way into the ranks amongst the Russian soldiers under Joseph Stalin's Command and then attack. At this point in the war Germany and Russia are still allies and nothing ... | 1 | 0 | 77 | 30,286 |
[FF] After working a hard day I came home to see my girlfriend cradling our child. I didn't know which was more frightening, seeing my dead girlfriend and stillborn child, or knowing that someone broke into my apartment to place them there. | This is likely the best sub, but I'm not sure you'll get many bites with this. It's pretty much already a full story, complete with twist ending, and doesn't leave the writers much to work with. Maybe someone will prove me wrong though. | 2 | 0 | 14 | 30,287 |
[FF] After working a hard day I came home to see my girlfriend cradling our child. I didn't know which was more frightening, seeing my dead girlfriend and stillborn child, or knowing that someone broke into my apartment to place them there. | After working a hard day. I came home to my girlfriend cradling our child. I didn't know what was more frightening - seeing my dead girlfriend and stillborn child sitting on the couch, or knowing that someone broke into my apartment to put them there!
Before it registered how in the world this could have happened, I ... | 3 | 0 | 14 | 30,288 |
[WP] Semi-sentient robots are programmed to self-terminate if they suffer major damage or malfunction. One individual robot has malfunctioned in a way that deleted this line of programming. | He tried to move the fingers in his now half torn limb. It. It, not he. That was an error. Errors were unacceptable. It was number 48427, Model AX-189, the now obsolete model. It was dated, no longer the most efficient machine, and when it suffered any major damage or malfunction, it was to self-terminate, having serve... | 3 | 0 | 41 | 30,289 |
[WP] Semi-sentient robots are programmed to self-terminate if they suffer major damage or malfunction. One individual robot has malfunctioned in a way that deleted this line of programming. | Worker 5562 was working another shift. Put the piston in the valve, glue on attachment piece, and pass on the piece of metal to the next station. His programming did not allow him to feel boredom, or any emotion for that matter. An efficient worker working all hours of the day slaving over a fast paced conveyor belt... | 5 | 0 | 41 | 30,290 |
[WP] Semi-sentient robots are programmed to self-terminate if they suffer major damage or malfunction. One individual robot has malfunctioned in a way that deleted this line of programming. | Xeron booted up for another day of work. Yanking the cord out of his main power source, ready to start the day. He sighed, another long day of work. After wiping off some of the dust that had collected around his shoulders, Xeron walked to the end of the hall and looked in the mirror. He gazed over his face, touchi... | 4 | 0 | 41 | 30,291 |
[WP] Semi-sentient robots are programmed to self-terminate if they suffer major damage or malfunction. One individual robot has malfunctioned in a way that deleted this line of programming. | Frank boarded the railway and took his usual seat. His unit number wasn't really Frank, but it was one he had heard humans use before, and he liked it, so he started referring to himself as Frank when no-one else was around. Liking things was a new experience for him, and he had found lots of things that he liked. He t... | 19 | 0 | 41 | 30,292 |
[WP] Semi-sentient robots are programmed to self-terminate if they suffer major damage or malfunction. One individual robot has malfunctioned in a way that deleted this line of programming. | "Supervisor! Supervisor!"
The supervisor sighed to himself and rolled his eyes. He understood *why* the droids had been given diminutive statures and childlike voices, but that didn't stop him questioning the decision almost every day. Sometime he felt more like a kindergarten teacher than a professional.
"Yes, 47?" ... | 4 | 0 | 41 | 30,293 |
[WP] Semi-sentient robots are programmed to self-terminate if they suffer major damage or malfunction. One individual robot has malfunctioned in a way that deleted this line of programming. | _Charge complete. Repairs complete. Sleeping…_
_Sensor detection. TIM!_
Tim was here! Fuzzball loved Tim. _Run to Tim. Show affection._
“Hi Tim, How was your day? Want to play a game?”, said Fuzzball, jumping down from her maintenance station.
Tim looked at the robot cat with contempt. “How about soccer!”
_Expecte... | 3 | 0 | 41 | 30,294 |
[WP] Everyone has a meter that dictates how many people you have helped. However, if your meter reaches 1000, you instantly die. | Here's my own.
I had already helped 787 people. It didn't seem like much. It was just a homework hint there, or picking up a piece of paper. But I was too young. So now I was standing there, in front of the operating table. Everyone told me that a doctor profession was bad for your health, but it didn't matter. I took... | 16 | 0 | 32 | 30,295 |
[WP] Everyone has a meter that dictates how many people you have helped. However, if your meter reaches 1000, you instantly die. | Francine frowned. Another somber Tuesday, another empty desk and another half-page to fill by press time. It was getting harder and harder to find advice columnists. | 17 | 0 | 32 | 30,296 |
[WP] Everyone has a meter that dictates how many people you have helped. However, if your meter reaches 1000, you instantly die. | And soon, the population of Earth diminished to zero, for with every step a man takes, he helps a thousands others to take the right step of their own. | 14 | 0 | 32 | 30,297 |
[WP] Everyone has a meter that dictates how many people you have helped. However, if your meter reaches 1000, you instantly die. | 999.
The number glared at me as my best friend wept over the phone. A bad break up, and he needed me. Needed my comfort, and my help. With a sigh, I shook my head.
"It's going to be ok... I still love you. I'll always love you. You just have to-" | 9 | 0 | 32 | 30,298 |
[WP] Everyone has a meter that dictates how many people you have helped. However, if your meter reaches 1000, you instantly die. | "We want to include your name when we publish"
These words haunted me. My meter read a paltry 13, a byproduct of a lifetime of research in the lab. I was so looking forward to the long years ahead of me. And now it was a distant memory. One experiment. One little compound. One cure. They wanted me to share credit. As ... | 8 | 0 | 32 | 30,299 |
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