/r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Aliens had thought humanity's rules of war trivial, as they had always won intergalactic wars utilizing every dirty tactic possible. Military necessity, distinction of civilians, and honor only existed in human warfare. When prompted, one replied, "The rules are meant to keep YOU safe. Not us."
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[WP] To warn far-future humans about radioactive waste dumps, cats were genetically modified to change color in response to radiation. Then we wrote an artificial folktale, made to endure for millennia, whose moral is "If your cat changes color, you must flee." The tale goes like this.
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[WP] As teenagers, a boy and a girl agree to marry if neither have by their 35th birthday. Follow the boy as he attempts to sabotage every relationship the girl has till then.
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[WP] Humans are the only sapient species to naturally evolve. All of the other races had a " Caretaker " race that guided their evolution. Naturally, the aliens are horrified, thinking that our " Caretaker " race abandoned us.
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[WP] You throw a coin in the air. It vanishes. After throwing about 15$ worth of coins into the sky, a message appears. "Expansion Pack successfully purchased."
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[WP] You go to sleep on the night of your 25th birthday, only to wake up on your first day of 1st grade. You use your knowledge of the future to take advantage of the situation, and ball hard. However, when you come back to sleep the night of your 25th birthday, you wake up once again in 1st grade.
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[WP] The year is 2050, backwards time travel has been perfected and declassified because they've discovered that our timeline is immutable; the changes you make don't happen in the universe you return to. Travel and entertainment businesses spring up, but someone has found a better way to profit.
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[WP] You enter a game show created for people to find their soul mate. Contestants are split up into groups of 10, and are faced with 5 trials that bring out your true character. After each trial two people get paired, the game is never wrong. You are at the last trial with someone you can't stand.
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[WP] Your childhood best friend and now spouse is a shapeshifter. The issue is you didn’t know they were the same person until now.
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