/u/VetProf's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] As online shopping gets more convenient and widely available, physical shops are starting to become obsolete. You're working in one of the last grocery stores in the world, and all the online shopping websites available are suddenly down. And probably won't come back online for a while.
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[WP] When people found out that breads are bad and unhealthy for ducks, they began to stop giving them bread. However, the ducks are starting to act strangely. After all, there's a reason our ancestors gave them bread in the first place.
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[WP] You've invented a device that accurately calculates the probability of success for any action that you do. Usually it never shows extreme results like 100% or 0%. Usually.
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[WP] Some animals don't know others exist. For example, a lion doesn't know that a squid is a thing (and vice versa). Tell me the story of the first encounter between a lion and squid (or basically the first encounter between any two animals that probably never saw each other before).
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[WP] Just like in video games, background music exists in real life. No one knows where the music comes from or how it's made, but accepts it as part of their normal life. One day, it just stops.
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[WP] Much to your disappointment, your immortality does the minimum required effort to keep you alive.
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[WP] One day, while you were having a picnic, you decided to share a bit of your food with some wild animals. Now, every time you try to eat outside, some animals always try (and usually succeed) to steal your food.
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[WP] After thousands of failed attempts to change history and save the world, the time-traveler gives up.
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