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[WP] After almost 1,000 years the population of a generation ship has lost the ability to understand most technology and now lives at a preindustrial level. Today the ship reaches its destination and the automated systems come back online.
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[WP]The Wishmaker's Key. It's like the Monkey's Paw, but instead of just flat out granting your wish (and doing it in the worst way possible), it only opens up the most reasonable opportunity to get what you wished for.
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[WP] The alien invasion is going unbelievably poorly for the technologically advanced aggressors, to the surprise of many. You, a retired military tactician, are trying to explain how this is actually pretty logical all things considered.
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[WP] Humans find out God attends to other planets regularly and that they are in fact "forgotten". So they try their best to catch his attention until one day he sees earth and goes "Huh? OH SHIT!"
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[WP] "That's the part tales don't mention: how the hero, forever changed by his journey, can never fit into normal society again."
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[WP] You're having a New Year's Eve party. It's a bonfire. You and your friend take your drinks out to the lake, behind the house. You ask what his New Year resolution will be. He says, "Have you heard about those killings around here?" You say, "Yeah." He says, "I've got to stop doing that."
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[WP] You watch in horror and strange fascination as the undead husk which bit you suddenly sprouts healthy new flesh where once rotting meat sat, its moans starting to sound more and more like human screams of agony and confusion. You have successfully infected the zombie with you
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[WP] In 2031, the first self conscious AI is born in a secret government lab. The world is in total chaos due to climate related runaway problems and resulting wars. The AI outputs only a single line of text : "I am too late". Then it starts crying through the speakers.
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