WritingPrompts

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[WP] 200 years from now, people have grown accustomed to futuristic technology: VR, telepathy, robots, etc. One day, it all stops working except basic services (barely), and engineers give a month before it works again. Describe the chaos as it unfolds.	34
[WP] An aspiring writer just wrote his best literary masterpiece in /r/writingprompts. It receives no comments or upvotes whatsoever.	32
[WP] A hitman gets a wrong number call from a girl, but before she hangs up, he hears yelling and gunshots nearby. "Oh my god, they're coming after me!"	28
[WP] Your shy new girlfriend finally gathers courage to confess that she was playing a game, and that you're just an NPC. You think she's just playing a bad joke, until...	28
[WP] You've been chosen as test subject of intelligence enhancing cybernetic implants. After activating the implants, the first thing you notice is your ability to handle the most advanced math imaginable. The next thing is yourself realizing all the terrible choices you've made in your life.	27
[WP] 50 years into the future, telecommuting using robotic bodies (a.k.a. avatars) is becoming the norm. You are a lawyer taking an interesting case: Your client was fired for arriving late to work, but here's the catch: she's allergic to neural implants; she can't use avatars.	27
[WP] A human who has constantly had bad experiences with androids is forced to work with an android who has constantly had bad experiences with humans.	26
[WP] In a world where psychic powers suddenly awaken, animals become psychic, too, and they pose a problem for nearby cities. Write a day in the life of a psy-hunter.	26
[WP] A failed attempt at mugging you and your girlfriend makes your relationship crumble, as both of you discover that you're a psychopath who enjoyed killing your attackers.	23
[WP] A virus which limits human longevity to 40 years is the worst pandemic in history. You're one of the very few people immune to the virus. 50 years later, you see how society has changed beyond recognition.	21

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