/u/LaserRanger_McStebb's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] A millennium ago, only the wealthiest were allowed to board the ship, allowed to escape this dying planet into space. In their absence the world healed and humanity built a new utopia. Now, the ulta-rich have returned and want to reap the benefits of the new world.
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[WP] You are captaining a cutting-edge interstellar spacecraft, far and away the fastest of its kind. Due to the Wait/walk dilemma, you have caught up to a sleeper ship belonging to an ancient generation of humans. You must decide how to proceed.
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[PI] In a world full of magicians, no one expected you to just walk over during the long cast time and punch your opponent in the face.
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[WP] Your schoolyard friends bet you $100 you couldn't sneeze with your eyes open. You spent months practicing, trying to do it with every sneeze. Finally... you pull it off... Eyes wide open... ACHOO!! Wait... What's a "Developer Console"?
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[WP] Humanity finally breaks the light-speed barrier... but not via a spaceship. A technology is developed to beam superluminal messages into space. Today, we just received our first reply.
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[WP] AI poses an existential threat to humanity. A coalition of software engineers are our last hope. Their plan? Use the AI hivemind's learning algorithms as a weapon; feed it garbage until it destroys itself.
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[WP] You wake up in a different timeline, in a house and body you don't recognize. You retain all the memories of your past life. Assuming your friends & loved ones suffered a similar fate, you set out to find them.
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[WP] Your friends bet you you couldn't lick your elbow. You're not one to back down from a wager, so you spent the better part of a month doing complicated stretches and practicing. Finally, your work pays off! You did it! Wait... What's a "Developer Console"?
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