/u/ThisIsKryss's posts
[WP] When you experience things, you remember them for 5 minutes, forget them for 15, and after that remember them permanently. Now you’re not quite sure why you’ve been sprinting through the woods in the middle of the night for the last five minutes.
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[WP] You've been promoted to CEO of Apple. The previous CEO cautiously takes you into the back room, fidgeting nervously. He tells you that you will only be a public face and that the true CEO of Apple is Steve Jobs' final creation - the Apple AI.
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[WP] Humanity has created it's first gravitational wave antenna. As soon as it is activated, we catch a trace of a transmission, in perfect English: "Earth number 38234 has achieved Stage 3 Tech, although we did have to help them out with language. Shall we save a few and restart the simulation?"
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[WP] Your friend suddenly goes stiff, standing straight up. He says, in a flat monotone, “Operating system corrupted.” A pause. “Reboot failed. Commencing processor self-destruct in 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1..”
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[WP] You went to sleep in a hammock at a campsite. Attached to the bottom was a bag with some chocolate, a short but sturdy rope, and a pocket knife. When you wake up, you and you're hammock(with the bag on the bottom) are 40 floors above a busy New York City street, slung between two skyscrapers.
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[WP] Scientists always expected the Great Filter to be something practical - thermonuclear war, accidental creation of a black hole, extreme global warming. They never expected it to be a literal giant filter, like an oversized fishing trawler’s net drifting through space.
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[WP] It was all so surreal - the crash, the tumble, but you didn't black out. Now you are hanging upside-down in your wrecked car, waiting for emergency services. You look at several large, bloody gashes in your forearm - but the blood is only on the surface. Underneath is the shiny glint of metal.
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[WP] Something about your cat has felt odd recently. When reviewing security camera footage at 10x speed, you notice her spots are actively morphing. And at night she turns pitch black.
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[WP] Humanity has achieved FTL travel. The only problem is the spaceships leave behind mysterious trails. Matter goes in and never comes out. The countries of Earth have engaged in the first intergalactic lightspeed Tron war, and you are the commander of the fleet.
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[WP] An isolationist is someone who believes that everything is just a figment of their imagination, and there is no true way to convince them otherwise. But that isn't your job. Your job to convince a group of people that they ARE isolationists, and their own conscience makes them invulnerable.
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