/u/DoesntUnderstands's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] The production of food is strictly prohibited under penalty of death. Food is used by the ruling totalitarian government to keep the proletariat in line. While cleaning out an abandoned old basement, you come across a small bag of seeds.
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[WP] Aliens on earth reveal themselves and take credit for every technological advancement humanity has done. They are subsequently sued in a class action lawsuit by every company and estate of the humans that have been credited with the inventions.
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[WP] The Mirror of Erised is a magical mirror capable of showing your deepest most desperate desire. After searching for it most of your adult life, you finally find yourself standing in front of it. However, all you see is a normal reflection.
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[WP] In a dystopian utopia. All humans are born in pairs. One normal and one "serf". The serf is genetically modified with the instinct to protect, serve, and provide happiness to the normal one in life long servitude. Your serf has come of age and is asking questions about their role and rights.
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[WP] Your grandpa passed away so you're packing up his stuff. In an unlabeled box, you come across an archaic piece of technology called A SSD. You take it in for analysis and they tell you its a defunct copy of windows 13 with a few pictures and a single text file containing a url of the oldweb.
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[WP] After suffering brain damage. You keep to your daily schedule by following the notifications from your cell phone, no matter what it tells you to do.
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[WP] You're thrown a couple millennia into the past. Using your common knowledge, you help people. Your "miracles" get blown way out of proportion and you suddenly have followers that won't leave. One night, a group of armed men knock down your door and yell "You there! Jesus of Nazareth!"
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[WP] Genetic enhancements have become the social standard. A couple declined the enhancements on their newborn baby. That couple is now being charged with child abuse and neglect and you are their public defender.
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[WP] With the breakthrough of mind reading technology. The movie industry has been reduced to recording one person thinking of all the scenes. Today you start your new job as an "imagintarian".
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