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[WP] You drunkenly email the UN telling the countries they are doing a shit job of running the world. A month later an official UN letter arrives, signed by all the world leaders. "Let's see if you do better then"
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[WP] I've run out of apples.. The doctors are closing in on me, my barricade won't hold much longer... Tell my family I love them.
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[WP] Due to our size, weight, and resistance to alien weaponry, Humans are being abducted and deployed as tanks. They haven't even realized we use our own weaponry yet.
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[WP] It was surprisingly easy to deceive the Hero. All it took was for one of your henchman to tell him that the Princess was in another castle. Now he's roaming the countryside, taking out your competition.
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[WP] When sleep-outsourcing was first invented, it seemed so convenient. You simply paid someone else to sleep for you and you'd have limitless energy for as long as you could afford it. But now, the consequences of this invention are coming to light.
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[WP] You are a cabdriver. But you don't drive any cab, you drive The Herocab, a cab that any superhero can call if they need to be somewhere urgently. Today you were called, only to find the hero a bloody mess on the ground and a villain, the hero's phone in hand, standing over them.
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[WP] Humanity has contacted hundreds of alien civilizations. All of them have one legend in common -- the fat guy in a red suit who gives gifts to good little children.
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[WP] There's a few ways to tell if the creature's following you. The best is to look for evidence of an extra person, such as your friends getting a table for 5 instead of 4, or leaving a seat open in the theatre or pouring an extra cup of coffee. Your mind will scream that its normal. Don't listen.
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[WP] People often thought that your ability to raise the dead for a short time was creepy and weird. Now that you run a funeral home, people are ecstatic when they find out they can talk to their lost one, one last time.
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[WP] As a nuclear physicist, nothing ticks you off more than the belief that nuclear radiation creates superpowers. That just kills you. The recipe actually involves a blend of all 7 types. You should know. You just can’t afford to lose your temper over it. The officials are still looking for you.
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