/u/willyolio's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] "Why's it called a ghost town if it has a population of 12,000?" "It's because the buildings are intangible and it occasionally moves to another location."
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[WP] No matter how hard you try, nobody ever notices or acknowledges you. So you decide to take a stroll into a top secret military base.
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[WP] The great evil has been vanquished and the world is saved! The hero has now returned to your town and people want to know why you refused to offer a discount on your wares even as the world was in peril.
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[WP] When it was discovered that the immortal dark wizard could never truly be killed, a new holiday, "National Hunt The Zombie King Day" was introduced instead.
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[WP] Aliens arrive on Earth on massive, complex, faster-than-light ships. They're friendly. Scientists ask them for the mathematics and physics behind their FTL technology. "What is mathematics?" they respond.
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[WP] A modern day soldier was somehow thrown back in time 3,000 years. You just finished translating 3,000 year old texts describing him.
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[WP] The Gods reigned over what humans didn't understand. God of the sun, god of the seas, god of thunder, god of farming, they all lost power and fell as humans learned, understood, and took control. Some gods, however, remain untouched and infinite. Like the God of Stupidity.
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[WP] It had been known that ghosts continue to linger on the earth because they have unfinished business. At this point, 90% of the fortune 500 companies have ghosts as their CEOs.
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[WP] 90% of the world is actually telepathic, they've just all telepathically agreed with each other to keep it a secret from the 10% who aren't.
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