Philosophical Writing Prompts

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When someone is killed, the life of the person who struck the killing blow can be sacrificed to bring them back. This is often used to resolve solved murder cases, but upon being revived, you realize that your killer was not the one who was sacrificed…

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A young child found a wish-granting being/artifact one day. They made an innocent childish wish. The rest of the world now has to live with its effects and natural consequences.

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You have been trying to get a breakthrough with your research for years but no matter what you do the results never change and always stumble onto the same problem. You're left with only one hypothesis, your world is not real.

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Many think Death appears as a person you'd be most comfortable to see at the end of the your life. But they actually appear as someone you MOST need to see.

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The gods chose you two decades ago to fight a battle. You’ve trained all your life for a fight against armies, soldiers, but what approaches you is a child.

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A woman gains the ability to detect and change the penis size of any man around her. While initially try to be a robin hood like figure, growing good guys and shrinking jerks, she slowly become a size queen as she begins growing the cock's of every man she meets.

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After being defeated and utterly broken by the villain, the hero turned to villainy themselves. They are much more savage and brutal than the villain ever was, prompting the villain to fight the former hero once more.

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“You killed my father and I wanted to thank you for that…”

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"Humans aren't real." "Are you sure about that?"

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"Inside of your body, there are roughly 100 sins. I'm gonna take 10 of them from you."

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Your girlfriend's sister tests whether you'll cheat by aggressively coming on to you. No man has ever passed her test.

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I can change reality in any way that I want, so long as I state the changes out loud in a decently coherent sentence… what’s the catch? Well, my sentences can only be three words or less, and every word can only be one syllable. Leaves a lot of room for error and unintentional changes

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In order to keep the football players away from troublesome parties, every week the college selects three female students at random to service the team's sexual needs

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The main character is from a very conservative, religious family and has just lost their faith. They ask one of the friends they've met during their de-conversion to introduce them to what it means to be depraved and hedonistic.

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I was just trying to cheat on my exam by opening the source code of the website to view the answers, but I accidentally opened the source code of the universe…? I can edit any attributes of the code and reality will change to match!

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“You know I could lose my job for this?” The Professor complained. The Student responded confidently: “You know I’m worth it.”

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I have always wanted her, she was perfect in almost every way, her lips, her body, but there was only one issue, how could I make her mine for the night when she’s married to my friend…

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You only regret what you didn't do

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