/u/Epictauk's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] At first, Sisyphus rolled the boulder up the hill. Then, he carried it up the hill. Then he carried the hill around, and when that got too easy, he started lifting mountains. Apollo has been sent by Zeus to investigate, but Sisyphus is now so strong that he knocks him on his ass with one blow.
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[WP] Whenever a species goes extinct, all of the members of that species that ever existed conglomerates into a single entity and spends eternity in a paradise of recreation and drink. Everyone laughs their heads off as Humanity finally walks in himself, mushroom clouds still bursting behind him.
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[WP] Humanity's grim contribution to the Allied Universe's war effort against an extradimensional threat is recorded in an alien novelist's work. Humanity is best known for its propensity and tendency towards mass death.
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[WP] You are so good at this online game that your friends joke that you are actually a superintelligent AI. You curse between your processor cycles. How did they find you out?!
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[WP] Aliens are advanced, but have no experience in war. They are astonished at the sight of Humanity's highly developed tactics, and grim, fatalistic disposition in combat.
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[WP] A single human destroys a forest by setting it on fire and destroys a pack of wolves with an automatic rifle. The animals ask God to nerf the human race.
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[WP] Humanity's tale is already played out. We are now stagnant, isolationist godlike eldritch beings that everyone else is terrified of, but we do not interfere. We merely grant advice.
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[WP] Humanity's massive and ancient interstellar empire finally links up with the rest of galactic civilization, and instantly receives strange looks from everyone who meet them. Everyone wonders how we got this far without ever developing faster-than-light travel.
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[WP] Aliens that evolved as prey are nervous when living with aliens that evolved as predators. Humans are feared and respected persistence predators. This is at odds with their friendly nature, which sets them apart from the other predators. Prey species have started taking a liking to them.
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