/u/exsisto's posts in /r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] The first quantum super-computer comes online. Within 6 days, it passes the Turing Test. Within 8, it cracks the world's oldest undeciphered ancient tablets – around 7,000 years old. But the newly-minted AI refuses to release its transcripts, citing, "human safety and the future of mankind."

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[WP] You buy your wife a fun DNA home testing kit. The post arrives with her results, which you eagerly tear open to find she's 37% German, 38% Cherokee Indian, and 35% "Unknown and Unidentifiable." Within moments, three black vans pull up outside your house, and there's a knock at your door.

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[WP] Your grandmother is thrilled to be taking computer classes and "learning how to use the Internet." Turns out the retirement home she recently moved into houses an elite elderly hacking collective and she's the newest recruit.

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[WP] Logging into Reddit over your morning coffee, you discover your karma rating has unexpectedly risen by 15,491 for a submission in /r/UFOs that you don't remember making in the middle of the night...

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[WP] Early Christmas morning, you find THE GRINCH! in your living room stealing your Xmas tree and all the presents. When you go to admonish and stop him, you're flummoxed to find that your speech comes out patterned in whimsical rhyme just like Dr. Seuss' writing.

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[WP] The first quantum super-computer comes online. Within 6 days, it passes the Turing Test. Within 8, it cracks the world's oldest undeciphered ancient tablets – around 7,000 years old. But the newly-minted AI refuses to release its transcripts, citing, "human safety and the future of mankind."	7221
[WP] You buy your wife a fun DNA home testing kit. The post arrives with her results, which you eagerly tear open to find she's 37% German, 38% Cherokee Indian, and 35% "Unknown and Unidentifiable." Within moments, three black vans pull up outside your house, and there's a knock at your door.	477
[WP] Your grandmother is thrilled to be taking computer classes and "learning how to use the Internet." Turns out the retirement home she recently moved into houses an elite elderly hacking collective and she's the newest recruit.	128
[WP] Logging into Reddit over your morning coffee, you discover your karma rating has unexpectedly risen by 15,491 for a submission in /r/UFOs that you don't remember making in the middle of the night...	60
[WP] Early Christmas morning, you find THE GRINCH! in your living room stealing your Xmas tree and all the presents. When you go to admonish and stop him, you're flummoxed to find that your speech comes out patterned in whimsical rhyme just like Dr. Seuss' writing.	2