/u/SurprisedPotato's posts

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[WP] "They call themselves 'human'." / "Oh good, when can we rendezvous with their spacecraft to meet them?" / "They haven't achieved spaceflight yet, sir." / "What? Then where do they test their nuclear devices?" / "On the surface of their own planet, sir."

3798 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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When we say "the electromagnetic interaction is mediated by photons", what's actually happening in terms of the wave function/Schroedinger's equation?

1059 upvotes • r/askscience

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[WP] Your husband tells you, out of the blue, that he's been having an affair and he's leaving you for the other woman. Little did he know, the other woman is also you.

882 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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When an electron and positron annihilate, they give off two gamma rays - is it always exactly two? Might it be more?

801 upvotes • r/askscience

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[WP] A frustrated scientist drunkenly complains to a stranger in a bar, wishing that academics were treated with the same reverence as sports and movie stars. He didn't realise the stranger was a genie. The next day, life on campus is... interesting.

623 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[EU] The M.I.B. and the Ministry of Magic begin to suspect each other's existence.

425 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] as an archeologist, you've long dismissed in your mind that fringe theory: that robots were once programmed by a biological species called humans. One day, however, you make a shocking discovery.

328 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Why are green and red laser pointers so cheap and available, but yellow ones not so much?

249 upvotes • r/askscience

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[WP] Cats have nine lives, which means they have nine souls. This makes nekomancy, well, complicated.

236 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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When my garden soil is too alkaline, I'm told to add sulphur or other somewhat noxious chemicals. Why can't I just pour a bottle of vinegar into the garden bed?

211 upvotes • r/askscience

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
[WP] "They call themselves 'human'." / "Oh good, when can we rendezvous with their spacecraft to meet them?" / "They haven't achieved spaceflight yet, sir." / "What? Then where do they test their nuclear devices?" / "On the surface of their own planet, sir."	3798	WritingPrompts
When we say "the electromagnetic interaction is mediated by photons", what's actually happening in terms of the wave function/Schroedinger's equation?	1059	askscience
[WP] Your husband tells you, out of the blue, that he's been having an affair and he's leaving you for the other woman. Little did he know, the other woman is also you.	882	WritingPrompts
When an electron and positron annihilate, they give off two gamma rays - is it always exactly two? Might it be more?	801	askscience
[WP] A frustrated scientist drunkenly complains to a stranger in a bar, wishing that academics were treated with the same reverence as sports and movie stars. He didn't realise the stranger was a genie. The next day, life on campus is... interesting.	623	WritingPrompts
[EU] The M.I.B. and the Ministry of Magic begin to suspect each other's existence.	425	WritingPrompts
[WP] as an archeologist, you've long dismissed in your mind that fringe theory: that robots were once programmed by a biological species called humans. One day, however, you make a shocking discovery.	328	WritingPrompts
Why are green and red laser pointers so cheap and available, but yellow ones not so much?	249	askscience
[WP] Cats have nine lives, which means they have nine souls. This makes nekomancy, well, complicated.	236	WritingPrompts
When my garden soil is too alkaline, I'm told to add sulphur or other somewhat noxious chemicals. Why can't I just pour a bottle of vinegar into the garden bed?	211	askscience