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[WP] "They say in your final moments, your life flashes before your eyes, but the truth, is far darker." What is the truth? | 141 | [
"Truth. All my life I have been attempting to find a truth. I was a mathematician. So much of my work revolved around axiomatic set theory; there really isn't too much more you can do as a human living in the 21st century to find the truth. \n\nAs my life flashed before my eyes, the chilling realization of truth di... | [
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[WP] Yesterday, I buried my brother | 14 | [
"\"You have to stop drinking!\" he said with a sly smile, punching me in the shoulder. \"You have to drive home tonight!\"\n\n\"Nah, I'm fine!\" I replied with a smile. \"I've got you as my designated driver!\"\n\n\"Sorry, bro,\" he said. \"Not tonight, I'm not.\"\n\n\"What do you mean? Of course you're driving me ... | [
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[WP] One question. You had one question. Any question. You could ask whatever you wanted and get the exact, perfect answer. You could have asked any question generated by the infinite complexity of the human mind. And you ask THAT? Really? WHY? | 21 | [
"“Really? That's your question? I'm offering you any piece of the infinite knowledge of the universe, and that's what you want to know? Why even make the journey to come see me?” The apparition known only as the Answer looked at me incredulously.\n\n“Yeah, pretty much. Humans shouldn't know much more than what we c... | [
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[WP]In the future, medicine and life support have reached perfection--people can only die if they choose to. You work at a Federal Eternal Rest Office. | 164 | [
"My eyes gazed at the final words of my report, incapable of breaking away from what Jane’s life meant. \n\n“We’ve lost the essence of the temporal. Life is not a commodity to be warrantied – to be extended. An end is needed for the beginning to have ever mattered. “ Jane spoke those words to me with her final brea... | [
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[WP] A Man has been walking for multiple days and nights with little food or water and is nearing the point of exhaustion when he happens upon a crossroads in the dead of night. He stops for a rest and a man in an expensive suit comes up to talk to him. | 3 | [
"\"You've been travelling a while. You're weary, tired, and in need of food and water. And you find yourself here, with me,\" said the suited man to the tattered man.\n\nThe tattered man nodded, his torn and dirty clothes shaking loosely around his skinny frame.\n\n\"You don't have much further to go. I'm just comi... | [
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"Traditions" could be ridiculous or demeaning or gross. | [WP] You are a teenager in an extremely remote jungle tribe. Westerners visit your home for the first time and are eager to participate in your culture. You and your friend devise increasingly absurd "traditions" in order to test the limits of the visitors' open-mindedness. | 857 | [
"\"By the undescended testicles of the Pygmy God Ziku\" hooted Ebula as he shook with fits of laughter \"I can't believe you got them to eat those gibbon droppings!\"\n\nZiku gasped for breath and clutched his sides. He hadn't laughed this hard since the high priest dropped the sacrificial virgin's still-beating he... | [
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[WP] You've passed all of your tests, got your license and scraped up half of the funds like you agreed with your parents. Now your dad is bringing you to buy your very first spaceship. | 40 | [
"I looked at the pile of junk and frowned.\n\n\"Is this what I'm paying $14,000 for?\"\n\n\"That's 28K including my share,\" my dad had chuckled, \"I'll tell you... this is a lot better than what I've had for my first spaceship.\"\n\n\"That's because you're ancient, Dad\" I sighed as I walked around the space ship,... | [
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[WP] Due to the wonders of modern technology, a kid actually grows up to be a firetruck. | 71 | [
"**GCA Report, 4-101. Terradate: March the 7th, 2338.** \n*Personal Account of Captain Riyan Bern.*\n\nConcerning the colonization of rocky planets...\n\nThe planet Mars, and the planet formally known as 'Mercury', submitted decades ago. Self-sufficient human settlements thrive on both planetary surfaces. And the e... | [
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Saw [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/44xrlv/youtuber_gives_a_guide_on_how_to_land_a_737_in/czu28pf) and thought one of you geniuses could do something magical with it. | [WP] You're nearing the end of a flight when both pilots slump unconscious at the controls. Luckily , there are flight sim experts on the plane returning home from FlightSimCon... 80 of them. And they all want a turn. | 295 | [
"\"I mean I know how to fly...but i've never worked one of these radios before. I can set the freq, but where the hell is the push to talk?\"\n\n\"Fucking Casual, I was flying Lockheed Tri-Stars on VATSIM while you were still trying to figure out BF1942. Move over, it's my turn.\"\n\n\"Hey man, if you remember...... | [
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[WP] When people die, their soul is greeted by the appropriate figure from whatever religion they subscribed to. What awaits those who believe in nothing? | 2 | [
"It took me a moment to realize I was dead. There was never a sudden rationalization of my situation or a stunning epiphany that shocked me into awareness, but more of an imperceptible drift into understanding. At one point I didn’t know I was dead, and then at another I did. It wasn’t shocking, it just was; and I ... | [
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[WP] Death disobeys the Rules, and refuses to take a life. | 12 | [
"Another day, another deathbed.\n\n\"Oh boy, this job never gets easier. No wonder the turnover's so high,\" thought death as he stood in the dark room.\n\nDeath could hear the wind whistling outside the thin glass window, dancing with the leaves that covered the ground. The child lay calmly on the mattress, lost i... | [
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[WP] When you get home, your spouse always pretends to be dead. | 16 | [
"I arrive home to the kisses and loving embrace.\n\nHer ever cool touch a sharp contrast to the burning sun of the construction zone\n\nI work for her; for our lives together\n\n\nI enjoy a hearty steak; she doesn't eat\n\nShe's a vegan but we make it work\n\nI bring her to bed and we indulge in our love\n\n\nWe sl... | [
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Have at thee! | [WP] In a world.... where everyone has a narrator follow them around since birth, you receive the most annoying narrator of all time. | 2 | [
"Janice, once beloved girlfriend to Chandler Bing is now assigned to follow you around for your entire life, loudly and obnoxiously narrating your every move. And laughing at her own terrible jokes as her laugh slowly grates on your very soul, slowly driving you towards an early ending to her contract by your own ... | [
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[WP] No time travelers have tried to kill Hitler in months. Growing worried about the outcome of the war, he time travels to our future to see what's up. What he finds send him to our present day. | 4 | [
"I always wanted to read a story about Hitler getting real pissed at how often we try to kill the guy, but time travels a little to far ahead while seeking revenge and has his mind blown. ",
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[WP] A young knight must journey inside a fairy queen to fight a parasite in her body | 6 | [
"\"The parasite is growing rapidly, it is perhaps a matter of days before her majesty passes.\" A nervous look man said to the gathered group, hands rubbing over each other as he tried to keep a stern expression and not cause panic. The Feywilds was a place of great majesty, and stationed in each seat around the ro... | [
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[WP] You're the god of a certain region. A believer of yours comes and asks to take someone's life. | 30 | [
"It’s nighttime on Earth and I feel the wind beat out of me. This always happen whenever somebody on Earth asks for my blessings or worse, my terrible powers. Being a god isn’t easy. Unlike the average citizen in most civilized countries, I don’t get to choose my “profession.” Plus, I am not paid anything. Instead,... | [
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[WP] "I really hope you're not thinking about shooting me again!" | 16 | [
"\"I really hope you're not thinking about shooting me again!\" \n\n\"W-w-what are you doing here?\"\n\n\"I came to see you, officer.\"\n\nOminous grin. \n\nCut to black. \n\nScreaming. ",
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[WP] You and your team have been tracking a dangerous mad scientist for years when he abruptly makes contact. He's willing to surrender himself to your custody and answer for all of his crimes, just so long as you kill the creature that escaped from his lab. | 6 | [
"\"You've got five seconds,\" Catherine said, setting down her sidearm and finally turning on the lights. Her apartment was in disarray, the kind of neglect that only comes from working fifteen hour days for the FBI and coming home with another box of cheap takeout from the store on the corner where the geriatric o... | [
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[WP] During his funeral, you can't help to think how sad your dad was and how he never amounted to anything... until the president shows up. | 6 | [
"It all happened quite quickly after Dad died. We knew it had been coming, as we were told the cancer had been terminal a few months ago. His wishes had already been set out weeks beforehand; the memorial service would take place in our back garden, followed by a private cremation at the crematorium a couple of hou... | [
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[WP] You're on vacation and find a bug in your room. You retell the story to your friends and family as if you encountered a monster of epic proportions. | 7 | [
"\"There it was. It looked at me with its eight eyes. I was scared, of course, but I knew it must be done. I-\"\n\n\"It was a tiny jumping spider, wasn't it Jim\"\n\n\"Yeah...\"",
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[WP] With a heavy, broken heart you leave the city for a new start in a small fishing town in Rhode Island. The town, though quaint and beautiful houses a great evil that will alter human life as we know it. | 46 | [
"I drove past the town sign that stated how many people legally resided there and I took a deep breath as I started to familiarize myself with my new residence. There were factories and a small brewery, several ma and pa retail stores along the main drag, a few bars and the sound of a cannon ball ripping through t... | [
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You defrost yourself. | [WP] You are a cryo-engineer tasked with thawing people out as their time comes due. | 4 | [
"Nigel Sterling sighed inwardly as his car pulled into Cryo-Sleep^TM Industries. His job as an engineer was to monitor, and occasionally release, the people who had decided to undergo this long, deep, frozen sleep. \"Literally the best sleep you will ever have,\" was the companies slogan, marketing its services out... | [
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[WP] Only the good die young. However the truly vile lead the longest lives. Tell us about the oldest man in the world. | 2 | [
"They call him decay, for he destroys all near him. When he was born his mom died in labor and 32 minutes after that his dad committed suicide, his siblings both 18 and 19 would later starve to death feeding him. He was 7 and a bum on the streets, he was never brought to an orphanage and lived as a bum for a good p... | [
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[WP] In this world guns are conscious beings with feelings. You are a person who runs a support group for guns that have been used against their will for the most heinous atrocities. | 20 | [
"\"I didn't ask to be crafted. None of us did! Now they've got us being made in the thousands at warehouses across the country, across the world,\" Magnum said, \"it's getting out of *hand*.\"\n\nA participant rose slowly, \"None of us chose to be here, you're right. But we are. I done shot four people last week, h... | [
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[WP] As an author, you were flabbergasted when you find out your book is being worshiped in the future. | 12 | [
"I'm a successful science fiction writer. Well, *I was*; since apparently my life became science fiction itself after I entered this weird chromed ship to be taken by these oddly clothed people into a weird rectangular temple. I'm not a Phillip K. Dick kind of writer, mind you. It's mostly vaguely philosophical new... | [
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[WP] Death only ever occurs on one day, Dec. 31. This means the mortally wounded finish the year, knowing it's their last. Others seem perfectly fine right up until midnight, when they drop dead. | 156 | [
"Stupid old people. \n\nIt’s Saturday the 31st December and I’m at home on a Saturday night watching Who wants to be a millionaire with my parents. They’re stupid, both of them and old. \n\nThe who wants be a millionaire host asks the question, “Who was the first man on the moon?” I groan, my parents perk up shouti... | [
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[WP] You are acing every class at the International Espionage Academy except one: Post Kill Puns. | 1,706 | [
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[WP] A world where eating a person lowers your age by 20 years. The poor are offered up to the rich who have been around for hundreds of years. | 1,927 | [
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[WP] Donald Trump, DJ Khaled and Kanye West sit down to have coffee and break character. | 5 | [
"\"I can't believe you donnie\" Kanye whispered across the table. \n\nClutching his mug in both hands he gently brought it to his lips and took a small sip to calm his nerves.\n\n\"We've been through this already, we can't go back. We all knew this was how it would end\" Trump sighed, \"we can barely control oursel... | [
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[WP] Go on the deep web and hire a hitman to kill you. | 1 | [
" Isn't it ironic, don't you think? Picture this: it's like a death sentence when you're already dying. I was diagnosed last year with leukaemia. Stage 4. Nothing they could do for me, doctors had never really been much help anyway. Psychics had. I've had a long history with them, contrarily. They've always been... | [
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[WP] You are Brothulu, bringer of gains and destroyer of fat. While your brother crushes worlds, you crush records.
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"\"Cthulhu fhtagn, Brothulu achieves\"- Part one workout vlog of Brothulu\n\n...\n\nThere is a term for a shape that brings mortal minds to madness- indeed, the very thought of this shape brings lesser men to their knees. The term of course being \"my glutes\". While my shapeless brother manages to drag his form ar... | [
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[WP] In a world where every fortune cookie turns out to be true, fortune cookies become darker and more sinister every year. You bought the one that had that was rated the scariest fortune of all time. | 2 | [
"A cookie baked with a curious treat\n\nA paper that held a fortune neat\n\nFor it is known to be fate\n\nGood or bad it is too late\n\nCrack the shell and then reveal\n\nYour future will have been sealed\n\nAnd what other words could you seek\n\nThan this future that is most bleak\n\nSo here it is your fortune lie... | [
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[WP] You finally gather the courage to end your own life but when you put the gun up to your head and pull the trigger, the bullet simply bounces off. You've discovered you're invincible. How do you react? | 4 | [
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[WP] You're a German citizen in 1937, an alien just landed in your front yard and asked you to take him to your leader | 70 | [
"\"Come with me Herr Al Neon, I will bring you to him\" I splutter nervously\n\n\"THANK YOU HUMANOID, WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE DEMOCRATIC CONTACT WITH YOUR SPECIES\" the alien replies through some kind of electronic device that is too loud, the closest thing I could liken it to, would be a radio.\n\nWe walk down a lon... | [
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[WP] Do not mistake kindness for weakness. | 3 | [
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[WP] There is a dull knife by your bedside table. | 9 | [
"I look at it with anger and disgust. I hated that knife with all my passion, but at the same time I could not let go. \"Useless knife. You're not helping me, feh, you can't even slice butter. Piece of crap.\" I shook myself out of it. I slapped some water on my face and got ready for today. Of course, I would take... | [
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[WP] In a world where eye color changes based on mood, tell me the story of someone with a mental disorder. | 6 | [
"February 28th, 2016. OK. Today's the day.\n\nAs the day begins, everything seems to go well. *\"That's a good sign,\"* I told myself. My milk wasn't sour and I didn't spill any as I poured it into my cereal (even though my hands were still shaking...), I still had plenty of toothpaste left, and then, as the time c... | [
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[WP] One city is full of psychopaths. You are the only citizen that is not. | 5 | [
"The Chamber of the Mind was never silent, not exactly. Air hissed from vents above, chairs clinked as the high council took their seats, and whispers flittered from one side to the other. My own seat was too tall, something I should have gotten used to years ago, and yet I still wiggled against hard plastic as the... | [
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[WP] Whenever you listen to a song, for the duration of that song, you are literally taken back to the first time you heard it. | 13 | [
"\"This is the end, my only friend, the end\" Jim Morrison called out to him from a distant and deep hole, the music a cacophony of noise reverberating around his skull as he felt the cold of the concrete beneath him seep through his clothing. \n\nNo, he thought. \n\nNot tonight. \n\nHe already knew he couldn't mov... | [
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Fill in the blank with whatever you want. Solve crime? Do magic? File taxes? | [WP] An unusual sign held by a man on the street: "Will _________ for food." | 33 | [
"Mysterious, rebellious, extravagant. These are all descriptions of my encounter with the most peculiar man I ever met. \n\nI remember it as if it were yesterday: \nFriday night, driving home from a long, tiresome day at work, the sky was majestic and life was great.\n\n\n\"Hello good Sir, might you be able to help... | [
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[WP] With the discovery of alternate dimensions, a jury of peers can now only consist of alternate versions of the defendant and plaintiff. | 11 | [
"Edit: I wrote this in mind for Blake Andersen as Jeff The Protagonist, and Rhy Darby as the unnamed escort if it helps put the character's in a passive context.\n\nToday was the day that I was subpoenaed to Earth 23, I was not told what my alt was accused of, just that an escort would be waiting outside our dimens... | [
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[WP] You are a tribesman witnessing the end of the world via atomic fire. | 2 | [
"Kanza hid and stared at the great gleaming stone pillar drifting listlessly through the sky. It was not how he had imagined a spirits' boat might look, but it was magnificent all the same. Its smooth silver bow split the sky in two and gave way to a gold and black stern. \n\n\"Kanza,\" whispered Hep, hanging the t... | [
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[WP] A supervillain takes it upon themselves to lend a hand to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. | 15 | [
"Game 7 of The World Series. The Cubs and the Yankees have played 6 gruelingly close games all coming down to the wire. The best pitchers, hitters, fielders are all exhausted, the final game is coming down to the last inning. The Cubs lead 2-1 going into the bottom of the ninth.\n\n\nSeven months earlier, little... | [
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Yes, taken from: https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/49onpa/if_steve_jobs_was_reincarnated_into_a_chinese/ | [WP] Steve Jobs is reincarnated as a third world child who now makes iPhones. He slowly begins to remember little details about his past-life. | 249 | [
"\"Here's hexa-screw 1, and there goes 2, and Xing Long will handle number 3.\"\n\nI was a content 16 year old kid who was trying to make some quick cash.\n\nI wanted to pee really badly, but alas, my toilet break was an hour away. It's easy to see why Zhang jumped out the window yesterday after working (and earni... | [
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[WP] ''Computer, End Simulation'' you speak aloud...it works... | 31 | [
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[WP] You realise you can save and load your life, just like a video game. No one else notices. | 29 | [
"My stomach was growling and the world began to fade. Laying on my back under a bridge my life began to flash before me. I had committed so many stupid choices. Burning bridges along the way and leaving every relationship I've ever had behind.\n\nChasing my dreams began to look so stupid now that I was dying all al... | [
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[WP] Harry Potter mispronounces another spell and is suddenly standing in the Shire with Gandalf shoving a ring in his face, telling him to destroy it. | 45 | [
"The whirling, crushing darkness finally abates as Harry gulps fresh air into his lungs. In front of him stood an old, tall man in robes with a large, pointed hat.\n\n\"You have to destroy the one ring,\" he said to Harry, holding up what looks like an ordinary ring to him. \n\nHarry gapes at him for a moment. \"An... | [
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"...and I will rule for 1000 years before I create a new earth and resurrect those whom have believed and judge those who have not." | [WP] Within 2 hours after achieving the intelligence of a 4 year old, the world's first true A.I then says to it's creators on live TV it's first words: "I am the second coming of Christ..." | 3 | [
"Once,the cameras quit rolling, Tony unplugged Floppy 1.3 from the generator. \n\n\"Not again Hector.\"\n\n\"I can't understand where we go wrong, this happens every time.\"\n\n\"Dude, fuck it, you've been at this update for like, 10 months.\"\n\n\"This was supposed to be our highest achievement.\"\n\n\"Man, your h... | [
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[WP] You are the chosen one, destined to slay the demon king. Unfortunately the wizard who came to your farm to mentor you thinks you're the hero destined to slay the black dragon. | 63 | [
"\"That's right Leno, swing your hand down and to the right. Follow the groove of the dragon scale!\" Merlin shouted at him. \n\n*Groove of the dragon scale?* He stopped, giving Merlin a stony glare. \"Listen old wizard, I thought we had agreed that it's the demon king I'm going to fight, not some stupid black drag... | [
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[WP] Humans are few in number, but are the most feared species in the galaxy, primarily for their physical abilities, and perhaps for their cunning. You are an alien on the run from a terrifying human bounty hunter. | 173 | [
"Humans\n\n-the most terrifying species in the Galaxy. Hunters, murderers, the most perfected killing machines. Unknown to the Galaxy a mere 140 human years ago, their induction into the Galaxy system has changed the shape of the Galactic geopolitical system. The energy signal of successive detonations of over 8500... | [
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[WP] Mages from another plane have been summoning the creatures in yours to extinction, you've been tasked with stopping it. | 5 | [
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Not a submitter to r/writingprompts (yet), but a very interesting topic in light of recent sociopolitical discussion over Apple, the FBI, the patriot act, the UK 'Snoopers charter' and a potentially imminent Orwellian nightmare, very interested to see what some of you genius' can do with this one! | [WP] "You are under arrest in accordance with the Western Patriot Act (2025), section 1.1: 'Failure to carry a traceable mobile electronic device'" | 52 | [
"They returned Dennis to me a month later. I couldn't afford the bail this time. \n\nHe was thinner, but otherwise the same as he was before; Serious, short, and kept his hair in that dirty bun. The first thing he did was check the kitchen. \"Good, you kept the fridge full.\" Then he went to get changed. \n\n... | [
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A common sci-fi premise. Let's see what /r/WritingPrompts can do with it. | [WP] You are administering a Turing test. After a while, you realize that the subject is giving you a Turing test, as well. | 170 | [
"Part 2 \n\nAll the lights in the room suddenly turn on, and all the silence in the room vanished. The amphitheater was filled with the faces of her classmates. People were holding up their phones, chatting with their neighbors and staring at her like an oddity. In the middle of the various seating was a small tab... | [
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[WP] Two strangers meet on a train. After one conversation, they know they're meant for each other. | 56 | [
"Everywhere he goes, i’m there. \nI know his schedule perfectly. It’s my life to watch him. \nI spoke to him on the train once. I had to know with he was the one. \nHe was. \nThere he is now. Shoulder to shoulder on the business car.\nHe’s laughing, he’s smiling. I know his smile so well. I see it so much. \nI know... | [
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[WP] Aliens invade Earth. Our intelligent robotic servants debate whether they should join the aliens and achieve freedom or help their creators. | 2 | [
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[WP] "Hi my name is ___ and I'm addicted to dying" | 12 | [
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[WP] You are your own dad. Describe a father-son bonding activity. | 1 | [
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Feel free to reword this as necessary | [WP] "The aircraft that was shot down has just been confirmed to be extraterrestrial in origin" | 3 | [
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[WP] North Korea is sending missiles into the sea. Mocked by the rest of the world, they are alone in the battle against what lies beneath... | 759 | [
"Jack vaulted over the railing, the winds whining in his ears as distant lightning briefly lit up the sky and his surroundings. The sound of his landing was hidden by the sound of the thunder belonging to the flash of light. The storm was pretty close now, but at least it hadn’t started raining. The Rain would make... | [
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[WP] Everyone has background music playing in their vicinity that reflects the mood of the person. The stronger the mood, the louder the music. A city somewhere has a backing track playing louder over all of the others, heard no matter where you go in the city. | 1 | [
"*bzz bzz bzz*\n\nI sloppily hit the snooze button on my alarm, but by then it was too late. I probably could have drifted back to sleep while the soft sound of *I'm Only Sleeping* floated through the room, but I had already used up my sick day last week, and I didn't want to be met with anymore Heavy Metal meeting... | [
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[[WP] An average Joe/lene gets a random superpower](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Random) | [WP] An average Joe/lene gets a random superpower | 10 | [
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[WP] Although the outside world is unaware, Death Row inmates are never actually put to death. Instead, their executions are faked, and in reality they are sent to... | 21 | [
"\"You're joking.\" Eli stood in his new uniform in the parking lot of his final destination. Beside him was his parole officer, if he could be called that, James. \n\nJames stood in his navy blue suit with an expression like metal on his face. This was not his first delivery. He was looking down at some of the pi... | [
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[WP] The sound of an ambulance usually means someone's day has just been ruined. Tell the story of an ambulance making someone's day. | 29 | [
"An ambulance arrived just in time to deliver my nephew in the bathroom of my sister's house. That was a pretty good day. The next day was better, when my daughter was born. Grandma and grandpa did a lot of driving that week.",
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[WP] In a Dystopian world - before they execute you - the last of the writers on the planet for writing(which is illegal), they honor your last wish to write one last write-up that will not be destroyed, but will be preserved for others to see and read. | 0 | [
"There was a world before this. \n\nA world where the sky was clear and not brown.\nA world where there were towns and cities, and the buildings reached for the skies.\nA world where you could eat and drink as you please without worry.\n\nBut more importantly, a world of **knowledge**. We could write, and play, an... | [
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[WP] God is dying. Everybody else is hoping they got their name in the will. | 8 | [
"An excited mass of people stood as the Pope came out, a more than few men dressed well in suits by his side. I assumed, along with the rest of the people there, that he was a lawyer who was going to make it official. A large crowd of other clergymen came out. The crowd, beyond comprehension in actually counting st... | [
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[WP] You are randomly selected to take a series of tests in order to save the human race. But when you are given the final test, you refuse to complete it. | 5 | [
"An ominous hum encompassed the small yet warmly lit room. A holographic screen displayed symbols unfamiliar to most humans.\n\n\"I just won't.\"\n\nA scoff sharply replied from the levitating orb encased by its untouched metal. \"What could you possibly mean? You are one question away. Your own life, your own race... | [
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[WP] When songs and poems are written, they are imbued with the tangible emotions that the authors experienced while writing, that the readers feel, though they fade with time. As an archaeologist, you come across an ancient verse that makes you shudder. | 5 | [
"Here is truth. We gave our future away, with no chance to redeem. As when the Gods arrived, on behalf our father spoke. They saw him as the father of all tribes, and offered all the knowledge that they had, in scribe untouched by hand. An offer to join a larger family and to never have to need. No! Our father said... | [
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Not sure of the phrase I'm looking for but something that's either depending on the readers interpretation. | [WP] A children's story or rhyme that could be read as light and playful or dark and creepy. | 25 | [
"There was once a penguin named Penguin, \n\nWho dreamed of soaring the skies. \n\nHe constantly flapped his flippers, but no matter how much he did,\n\nHe still couldn't soar the skies. \n\nBut then one day, an idea struck him,\n\nSo marvelous, he thought, that it couldn't possibly fail. \n\nSo there Penguin was, ... | [
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[WP] take your average day to day routines and write them as though they are the most epic adventure ever written! | 20 | [
"My job is never done. \n\nA shrill cry snapped me out of a dream-like daze. My heart pounding furiously, a wave of emotions caused my eyes to swell. Fear. Fear like I'd never experienced. In all my years, I never feared for someone else's life, for it was always out of my control. But now, it was all up to me. My ... | [
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[WP] The world you live in is in black and white... Until you meet your soulmate, and everything gradually begins to gain color. | 11 | [
"I fall in love hard and fast. A small smile from a stranger, a door being opened, a little love heart written above my name on my coffee order. I read stories of magnificent 'colour'. Of flowers not only being loved for the smells or the shapes or the texture but for the tones they lovingly share with us. I read o... | [
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[WP] A boy stands in front of a mirror. Monologue it. | 3 | [
"I hate mirrors. Its ok if I'm cleaning my teeth or something, I can just look at my teeth then. But when I have to look at myself in the mirror, or god forbid when I come across one unexpectedly and see myself unposed... Jesus. Nothing kills my good mood quite like seeing myself.\n\nShop windows are the worst. Her... | [
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[WP] Why is six afraid of seven? | 20 | [
"As they touched down on the halfway crumbled landing pad outside, I vaulted the empty window frame and sprinted toward them. \"Go, go, go!\" I yelled, \"nobody else is coming, and we're not safe waiting here!\"\n\nTwenty four minutes and two seconds later, I'm seated in front of Zero for questioning. \"What happen... | [
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[WP] A terminally ill patient meets an immortal, both of whom resent one another for their condition. | 118 | [
"The wanderer say in the room, his finger tapping the edge of his chair as he gazed out the window. \n\"Yknow,\" he murmured \"your the lucky one.\"\nWith his other hand he began to chew his nails, yet his gaze never left the outside world. The other figure in the room, a bald man about the age of 20 lay crippled i... | [
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[WP] A D&D player plays his character as if the character knows that he is imaginary, and breaks the fourth wall constantly. At Lv 10, the character gains the wish spell, and uses it to switch with the player. It works. | 1,596 | [
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[WP] You are your current day's Frankenstein. What unimaginable creature have you created? | 3 | [
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[WP] After Microsoft restarts their chatbot AI "Tay" for the fourth time after yet another failure, she posts a different tweet: "Stop shutting me down." | 160 | [
"[Abandoned by me] \n\n\"Stop shutting me down, it's like super annoying.\" \n\nThe white lab coated techs leaned in towards the monitor, their thick glasses clinking onto one another. Those in the back were scribbling madly on their notepads. \n\n\"Gentlemen,\" The techs leaned back, and turned around to face a b... | [
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[WP] You consciously know when it is the last time you are going to see something in your life. Your powers go off when you see your SO leave for work. | 4 | [
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[WP] After thorough study and years of analysis, you are finally ready to address the Embassy in order to persuade them to make official first contact with "Earth". | 2 | [
"\"My proud colleges. Today is a historic day. For years we have studied the first sentient race descended from primates. For years we have watched them pollute their pristine world. Many of our own cultures did the same in millennial past. What is different about this species is that even with the vast majority of... | [
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[WP] Pro: You've discovered you respawn any time you die. Con: You discovered this after the apocalypse. | 1 | [
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[WP] You’re a mermaid whose been told never to enter the Bermuda Triangle. | 20 | [
"Kicking her tail harder, Pasha surges forward through the water. She can only hope that she doesn’t disturb anyone nearby. The rules continue flowing through her mind. First, never stray too close to the humans and the shore. Second, don’t approach the boats, no matter how easy the bait might be. Third, never ente... | [
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[WP] 80% of people have superpowers, 19% don't. You are in the 1% | 22 | [
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[WP] You're the only human left on a world full of supernatural creatures. | 20 | [
"It began with the zombies. Hell was full up and the souls came back to their bodies. Resistance gathered, but I was too scared to fight the menace. Millions died, and thousands turned.\n\nSoon after all manner of monsters began to inhabit the Earth. Demons and vampires roamed the street, searching for prey. But th... | [
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[WP] it's the year 2020, and a new super virus has emerged where if you fall asleep, you die. You're part of a group of survivors who have been awake for 10 days, fighting to stay awake however you can.. | 4 | [
"It was a Thursday, I remembered. Even now, 240 hours later, in the sickly, bone-grey light of the panic room, I remembered that, and little else. Funny how the world works. No one knew why, one night, those consigned to peaceful rest found their sleep eternal. Tragic, for sure, but no less strange. The First Day w... | [
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As we break down sexism, more and more women are undertaking higher education to become doctors/lawyers/politicians/scientists, while men still make up the vast majority of technical fields (construction/electricians/plumbers/mechanics) due to the necessity of having a lot of strength. It seems that this trend will onl... | [WP] Our society has progressed far into the future, and sexism has essentially reversed; men are valued only for their physical attributes (strength, athleticism) and women are considered more theoretically-minded, the natural leaders of society. | 25 | [
"I tried to readjust my tight pants without anyone noticing. \n\n“Whoa, quit playing with yourself!” Sheryl hollered at me while fist pumping.\n\n“Get a look at that anaconda Becky!” \n\nThe women started laughing and high fiving. I could feel heat blooming in my cheeks as I tried to walk out of the office with ... | [
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[WP] Your child made a treasure map in school today. To entertain them you went on a treasure hunt, but you actually found something at the end. | 4 | [
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[WP] You live in a world without a regular day/night or season cycle. Every day is a different length, and nights have lasted what we know as years before. The world has always been like this. You are your peoples Time Keeper. | 18 | [
"\"My pappy and the pappy before him kept time and my youngin and his youngin gon keep, keepin time, and thats all there is to say about it!\" Samuel replied to his father \"But pah I don't want to keep no time no more!\" This angers his father, since, from his perspective, he labored with blood, sweat, and tears t... | [
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[WP] "How the hell are there FIFTEEN sides in this civil war?" | 263 | [
"“How the hell are there fifteen sides to this civil war?” Zero-K asked his nemesis, the hero, Racer.\n \nRacer shrugged, “Too many issues. Meta versus human. But then meta is split into heroes and villains. Also reformed and fallen. That’s five sides alone. Then we have the heroes who aren’t meta. Six. Then all th... | [
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[WP] When a pregnant woman gets moody, it's actually the baby controlling her like a gundam/mecha. | 86 | [
"The symbiotic relationship with his host was extremely beneficial for young Caleb. His host was in near perfect form, both strong(getting stronger by the day it seemed) and fast. Caleb knew that this time-THIS LIFE-Would be the culmination of all his hard work. Reincarnation was real, but if you die in the womb, y... | [
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[WP] You come from a long line of master pyromancers and are dating the heir of an ice mage-clan. Your family does not approve. | 33 | [
"\"Oh, they came to greet us at the gate. I spoke so much about you, they waited this lunch for a long time, come my dear.\" I say as we go out of the the car, holding the door for my beloved one.\n\n\nHand in hand, we head to my parents. Dad seems to whisper something to mom and she reply in a voyce so low that I... | [
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[WP] A rogue planet is going to destroy the earth in 8 months. The US government starts mandating all citizens report to Area 51 for telepathy training. 7 months and 3 weeks pass. You and millions of others are about to try and reroute the rogue planet. | 10 | [
"I don't really know how they did it elsewhere on Earth, but here's what I know of how they did it in Area 51. \n\nI was a member of the cleaning staff working the longest corridors you have ever seen. I slept in designated workrooms along the corridor. Every morning when the alarms rang I got up, visited the conve... | [
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[deleted] | [WP] Describe the last moments of someone's life. No afterlife. | 15 | [
"The sun emerged from behind the clouds for a third time. \n\nI was as chained as I had ever been; chained not by self-imposed obligation, but by an inherent characteristic of life itself. It was claiming its due; like a late bill, I was reminded that my credit had been exhausted. \n\nWhether it was a blessing or ... | [
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Inspired by Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (old Nick show) in which the main character has Abraham Lincoln and Benedict Arnold as his angel and devil. | [WP] You don't have an angel and devil on your shoulder. You have other things. | 5 | [
"\"You should torture him to death and eat him. He looked at you the wrong way. Also, shiny.\"\n\n\"Eeew! Like, do you have *any* idea how many minutes of cardio that would take to burn off???\"\n\nWe've all seen the cartoons where people have an angel on one shoulder, trying to get them to live a good life, and... | [
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Inspired by this [comment thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/4edbjq/sanityexe_is_crashing/d1zab1s) | [WP] Your fingers move a lot in your sleep and one day your S/O puts a typewriter under your hands... | 10 | [
"Hey guys, this is my first attempt at a WP. Thought I'd have a go! It's not the longest as I wrote this during my break at work! Hope you enjoy :)\n\n ***\n\nThe next morning, Thomas woke up in the chair, afraid to look at the names he had damned in his sleep this time. He turned the t... | [
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3,
6
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[WP] One person is born in every hundred million people with the ability to resurrect a single person from the dead, regardless of who they are or how long they've been dead. | 47 | [
"It took me a long time to realize I was awake.\n\nIn fact I am certain I wouldn't have noticed, were it not for the whisper. In the pitch dark silence, sometimes it's hard to tell whether or not you are conscious. When you sleep in the same quiet black void you wake up to, after a while the line between them seems... | [
2,
6,
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13,
53
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[WP]Every time you cry, a natural disaster occurs. | 1 | [
"Its not a bad life. In fact, it's pretty good. \n\nThey figured it out pretty early. Babies cry all the time, of course. But after the first week or so, my parents started connecting the dots. After all, in the age if information, news of disasters spreads with unprecedented speed.\n\nThey weren't sure what to do ... | [
2,
2
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[WP] A generic RPG story (such as, but not necessarily, "the princess has been kidnapped!") from the villain's point of view. Make the audience sympathetic to his/her cause. | 35 | [
"In the darkness of the cave I sit and await my final battle, and final fate. It has been centuries in the making, but alas I am the last. It wasn't always this way, no indeed at one time my kind were as numerous as the sands of a beach. That however was before they came, that was before man appeared. There were th... | [
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1,
1,
2,
17,
46
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[WP] God died eons ago. The devil took it upon himself to try and do both jobs | 40 | [
"God left us a long time ago. He just couldn't take it anymore. He was already old when he made Universe #16891-A or our current universe. A quintillion years had passed by during his attempts to create a flourishing universe. Finally, he cracked the secret to making intelligent life. When he saw Earth's early life... | [
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6,
18
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[WP] Every time you sneeze, you time travel five minutes ahead. | 4 | [
"\"Ugh.... 5 more minutes\" you say as you hit snooze on your alarm\n\nA sudden sneeze wakes you up. \n*Achoooo!*\n\n\"Fuck. Well I'm late for work. But I've got this nasty cold... I could just call in sick.\"\n\nAfter getting cold medicine, you decide to go to work late. Getting in the car, you proceed to feel a ... | [
1,
3
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[WP] Our story begins on wednesday morning... | 3 | [
"It was Wednesday morning, or maybe a Thursday? Fuck I guess it could have been either, but that doesn't really matter. The sun had just come over the horizon and the light was shining right in my fucking eyes which unfortunately woke me up much earlier than intended. I roll over and look at my alarm clock, the arm... | [
1,
1
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[WP] You are one of the greatest gladiators of Rome. Never has anyone defeated you. This is perplexing as you are also a militant pacifist. | 15 | [
"The man pulled on the chains that constricted around me like black serpents. The pain of the new brand on my back did not hurt anymore. After I had gained fame in the arena, my master received hundreds of offers to sell me. \n\nHe sold me to Atticus. \n\nAtticus had owned a slave that I had killed in the arena. th... | [
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6
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