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[WP] A strange woman claiming to be a witch foresees the cause of your death. From then on, you avoid similar situations until Death himself appears on your doorstep, seemingly hurt by your attempts to avoid him.
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[WP] A hit new VR game comes out that transfers your consciousness to a virtual world. 5 minutes in real time feels like 80 years in there. Most people barely even stay in it that long. However, one person plays it for two real-world hours before they leave.
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[WP]: You've suffered from sleep paralysis all your life. The figure you see always appears in some specific corner of whatever room you are in, and does not move or disappear before it's over. On your first night at your girlfriend's place, her cat starts chasing it around the room.
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[WP]You and your SO are having dinner. One of you is a Superhero, the other a Supervillain. You are both aware of each other, and know the other knows. Neither of you care. However as an unspoken game, you both try to explain oddities resulting from your jobs as increasingly bizarre mundane events.
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[WP] Almost every person has quit smoking. You and maybe a handful of people in the world smoke. The quit smoking ads start getting personal.
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[WP] "We have magic, psychic powers and more advanced technology than you. How the hell do you keep beating us?" "To put it simply, your strategies are ridiculously primitive. I mean even the Romans would consider it outdated."
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[WP] A human crash lands on an alien world and has to fight off the individuals hunting them. The "hunters" are actually an underfunded wildlife rescue team who are very worried about this human's safety.
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[WP] You're watching the news one day when a report comes on about newly discovered prehistoric cave paintings. One part of it, a seemingly random squiggle, is highlighted as particularly baffling experts as to the meaning. You recognise it immediately: it's your signature.
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