WritingPrompts

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[WP] Cockroaches are obviously the superior life form. Write a convoluted explanation, ignoring all scientific logic, of why they have not yet evolved to our level and completely overtaken the Earth.	17
[CW] A serious philosophical dialogue between two friends about the meaning of life, except one friend only ever responds by quoting action movie one liners.	16
[WP] War is hell, indeed. It's also a regular occurrence on your way to work.	16
[WP] A possession service, in which people who feel like their lives are going horribly wrong voluntarily pay to have a spirit possess their bodies to steer their lives on the right track.	15
[WP] Time machines, once popular, have been outlawed because too many people were abusing them to screw up history. You're an enterprising inventor who's created a paradox-proof time machine, but the headaches you have to go through to get it legalized are staggering.	14
[WP] In a society of dancers, there's one man known far and wide for being the best of them all. But he won't dance with anyone, because no one can match his skills. So the story says. Really, he can't dance, and refuses anyone who asks on the pretense of them being "unworthy" to keep up the act.	14
[WP] Two different detectives are sent to investigate two different crimes. What neither detective knows is that the other committed the crime they're investigating.	13
[WP] Google Maps often tells you to go the wrong way. Since you have common sense and good directional skills, you usually ignore its misinformation and trust your better judgement. Not today.	13
[WP] You retain memories of all your previous lives whenever you die and are reborn. You've been keeping records of all your past lives and storing them in a time capsule. In your latest life, you find that someone else has stolen your records and replaced them with records of their own lives.	12
[WP] A tyrannical dictator makes everything illegal. But because enforcing the law is now illegal, in actual practice, EVERYTHING is legal. The citizens must find some way to cope with this conundrum.	12

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