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this week's prompt: ENDANGERED SPECIES
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To the Person Who Put Coffee into the Specific Container Designated for Hot Water

The container was labeled HOT WATER. So why didn’t it taste like HOT WATER? Because you are a careless monster. A hellion. I hope you get what you deserve.

Kelaine Conochan
Kelaine Conochan
May 26, 2023
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{Pass the Ketchup}: A Woman’s Cravings are Hard on a Man

When your wife asks for ketchup on her eggs, should you divorce her? Sometimes a woman’s cravings are just too much biology to bear.

John Papageorgiou
John Papageorgiou
May 26, 2023
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All The Sock Things: A Parody of “All the Small Things” by Blink-182

Ever wonder what would happen if Blink-182’s 1992 single “All the Small Things” was about lost socks? Neither did we. Get ready for that killer guitar solo.

Josh Bard
Josh Bard
May 25, 2023
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{Endangered Species}: What If AI Doesn’t Need to Be Smart to Control Us?

So maybe it’s NOT that the robots are going to take over and murder us all. Maybe we’ll willfully hand it all over. What if we’re really that stupid?

Jesse Stone
Jesse Stone
May 23, 2023
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Accepting Submissions: {ENDANGERED SPECIES} Writing Prompt

{Endangered Species}: Does the Rational American Still Exist?

When rationality and reasonableness seem to be rare in American society today, how does the rest of the world view us?

Sarah Razner
Sarah Razner
May 17, 2023
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Accepting Submissions: {ENDANGERED SPECIES} Writing Prompt

Want to get published & join this community of writers? Send us an original post using ENDANGERED SPECIES as your prompt and we’ll publish the best!

The Prompt Staff
The Prompt Staff
May 15, 2023
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RIP Sparky the {Vacuum}, Gone Too Soon

No mess was too difficult for our beloved vacuum Sparky, until he met the dreaded birthday confetti pile. Here lies our dear friend.

Josh Bard
Josh Bard
May 22, 2023
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Young, Black, and {Endangered}

Being young and educated carries weight, like you’ve got the whole world at your fingertips. But being young, black, and educated comes with its own weight. And it’s almost too heavy to

Justin Jenkins
Justin Jenkins
May 16, 2023
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Major League Baseball: Traditions on the {Endangered Species} List

The MLB has made some innovations to make the game more appealing. But will these traditions make a comeback or go extinct?

The Prompt Staff
The Prompt Staff
May 16, 2023
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There's plenty more where that came from. Check out some prompts from previous weeks.
wk. 01 {Dinner} with {3 People from} {History}
wk. 02 {Thanks Obama}
wk. 03 {Lying}
wk. 04 2016: {Year In Review}
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