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[WP] Aliens come to Earth. They completely ignore all attempts at diplomacy as they're only looking for a single person in particular. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world to c/writingprompts

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[WP] A revolutionary takes work at the McDonald's in the Pentagon as part of their plan to assassinate the president. However, they end up falling in love with one of the officials there. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world to c/writingprompts

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[WP] After winning a long winded court dispute with the devil over your soul, you opened a business helping others navigate their infernal contracts. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world to c/writingprompts

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[WP] You reincarnated into a fantasy world, where you attend a magic school. Though, it turns out your entire class is made of people who reincarnated. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world to c/writingprompts

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[WP] You are the last human left alive, not because everyone else is dead, but because someone needs to maintain the servers they all uploaded themselves to (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world to c/writingprompts

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[WP] Everyone knows not to go near the house on the hill, lest the witch inside curses you. Despite that, you're determined to take her on a date. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world to c/writingprompts

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Consolidation with lemmy.world writing prompts community (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by MaelGuerra@lemmy.world to c/writingprompts

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I have closed the lemmy.world community, and redirected it here.

Should benefit everyone :)

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Immediately after your death, you hear, "focus tester #503, thank you for participating in Earth. Remember: your feedback will likely be incorporated into future updates." (lemmy.myserv.one)

submitted 2 years ago by OwenEverbinde@lemmy.myserv.one to c/writingprompts

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From an AskLemmy question by @SVcross@lemmy.world

Link to Lemmy World Post

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[WP] You have an exceptionally bad student in your class. Unfortunately, reality has invariably bends over backwards to make their wrong answers right. (startrek.website)

submitted 2 years ago by Wooster@startrek.website to c/writingprompts

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[WP] Those who can’t do teach. An atheist leads a religious service and does a better job than the priest—to both their bewilderment. (startrek.website)

submitted 2 years ago by Wooster@startrek.website to c/writingprompts

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[WP] You never got the memo that your tech support company was bought out by Wizard Craft Inc. and continue to dispense advice as usual. (startrek.website)

submitted 2 years ago by Wooster@startrek.website to c/writingprompts

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[WP] You wake up in a strange place not knowing who you are, and unable to remember anything. (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz to c/writingprompts

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It's our world, (and the events can be ordinary and boring), but the narration and main character's internal monologue are in the tone of a cyberpunk dystopia. (lemmy.myserv.one)

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Example:

Darren operated the mouse and keyboard, aware of them only as mundane extensions of himself, told his computer's web browser to establish a connection with the address called "Amazon." As if an online "marketplace" (powered by an ever evolving, manipulative artificial intelligence) bore any resemblance to the wilderness that used to cover the earth.

Especially when said stretch of wilderness was already a fraction of itself, eaten up for strip farming or land speculation by dozens of corporations driven by the same profit-seeking mindset that motivated Amazon itself: infinite growth.

Millions of microscopic lights flashed to show images of "products you might be interested in." Darren, like any other person, had to constantly relearn how to push past and ignore the suggestions. A subtle arms race between humans and the AI built by the rich to control the poor.