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- Write the strongly worded complaint a houseplant would file against its owner after being moved away from the good window.Use this
- A man discovers his smart fridge has been quietly judging his food choices and has started leaving reviews. Write three of them.Use this
- Write the tense negotiation between a person and their own alarm clock at 6 a.m., presented as international diplomacy.Use this
- Describe a support group for GPS voices whose drivers never take the recommended route.Use this
- Write a nature documentary narration for a single office worker attempting to microwave fish in a shared kitchen.Use this
- A wizard has to explain to the tech support line why his magic wand keeps casting the wrong spell after the latest update.Use this
- Write the acceptance speech of a man who has just won an award for finding the one working pen in the entire house.Use this
- Two socks argue about which one of them was responsible for their disappearance in the dryer.Use this
- Write a breakup letter from a person to the gym they signed up for in January and visited exactly once.Use this
- Describe the villain origin story of someone who was told to reply all to a company-wide email of four thousand people.Use this
- A pigeon applies for a management position at the park it already effectively controls. Write its cover letter.Use this
- Write the internal monologue of a Roomba that has become convinced the cat is its arch nemesis.Use this
- Describe a courtroom trial where the defendant is the person who keeps hitting snooze, prosecuted by their own future self.Use this
- Write a five star hotel review left by a raccoon reviewing a suburban trash can.Use this
- A ghost is annoyed that the new family living in his haunted house is simply not scared, and files for a transfer.Use this
- Write the dramatic voiceover for a trailer about a person deciding whether to text back or leave it on read for strategic reasons.Use this
- Describe the last words of the office coffee machine as it finally gives up during a Monday meeting.Use this
- Write a self help book blurb aimed exclusively at dogs who cannot stop chasing their own tails.Use this
- A medieval knight returns his newly forged sword to the blacksmith because it does not have enough features.Use this
- Write the increasingly desperate captions a person adds to a group chat photo that absolutely no one has responded to.Use this
- Describe an intervention held for a man who refuses to admit the leftovers in the back of the fridge have gained sentience.Use this
- Write the diary entry of a Monday, who is deeply hurt by how everyone talks about it.Use this
- A cloud is being reviewed for its performance during a picnic and is not taking the feedback well.Use this
- Write the frantic press conference given by a squirrel who has forgotten where it buried absolutely everything.Use this
- Describe a haunted house so poorly reviewed online that the resident ghost hires a consultant to fix the vibe.Use this
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