PROMPT: Uninvent

Daily writing prompt
If you could un-invent something, what would it be?

As nuclear weapons may yet be the death of us all, they would be a sound candidate. But I think it’s utter fantasy to think that a possible technology can be anything more than delayed. Besides, once GAI (general artificial intelligence) starts freeballing it’ll inevitably stumble onto a mode of death that makes the H-bomb look like a caveman’s campfire by comparison.

PROMPT: Positive Example

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Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved?

I’m not sure I understand the question. I generally associate the feeling of love with positivity, but the wording suggests a contrast to the negative examples of feeling loved.

Also, not sure whether “where” is meant to refer to a part of the body, a city, a region, a country, a room of the house, etc.

PROMPT: Clutter

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Where can you reduce clutter in your life?

My brain.

PROMPT: Favorite Animal

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What is your favorite animal?

For what purpose? I like elephants but I wouldn’t invite one to a dinner party.

I like pigs as food, but I wouldn’t play basketball with one. I like snakes, but I wouldn’t take one on an all-expenses paid trip to Cozumel. I like crickets, but I wouldn’t ask one to pull a plow.

PROMPT: Communicate Online

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In what ways do you communicate online?

Like everyone, with a great deal less civility.

Also, with the recognition that no one is trapped by societal convention, so one must be concise, or no one will take it in.

Also, I end sentences with prepositions more.

PROMPT: Road Trip

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Think back on your most memorable road trip.

The one I think about most lately was around Cao Bang District (Vietnam) on a scooter, but maybe because it hasn’t been so long ago.

PROMPT: Snack

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What snack would you eat right now?

Fried crickets.

PROMPT: Crazy Business Idea

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Come up with a crazy business idea.

I had a restaurant idea I was going to call “Git It Yo Own Damned Self.” It would extend the Korean Hot Pot / BBQ concept in which one has to do one’s own cooking to include getting your own food from the kitchen and then bussing your own table and washing your own dishes. I realize one couldn’t charge as much, but in the US I think you could still collect 20 – 25% gratuities for the imaginary waitstaff to offset the lesser meal cost.The best thing would be responding to bad reviews with: “Don’t look at me, they did it their own damned selves!”

PROMPT: Attached

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Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?

A rock named Steve. It went back to being a rock with no name.

PROMPT: Mission

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What is your mission?

Shhh! It’s a secret. And the first rule of secret missions is you don’t talk about the secret mission.