The world could have been...

Started by Gymnotide May 23rd, 2010 8:28 PM
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ITT: Complete the prompt.

What alternate pathways could the world have taken? What do you envision the world to be in a parallel universe? Do you think your vision is better / worse? Feel free to pose multiple hypotheses.

The world could have been a place where magic and magical spells existed. Instead of technology, the world would have developed thaumaturgically. Wars would have been fought with fireballs and lightning bolts instead of ammunition and cities would be erected from stone itself. The place would be really cool to live in, though wresting power in every person's hands is a risky proposition. At the same time, the world would have unlimited potential. idk, it's what I dream about at night.
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"I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away."

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The world could have been ruled by Justin Bieber.

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The world could have been one where gravity works backwards, and therefore, planets would be shaped silly-like.

The world could have been ruled by Justin Bieber.

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lurid/lucid

"I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away."

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The world could have been Sinnoh. D:

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hay i didnt say it was a good thing!! but okay good you're joking

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The world could have been a lush, jungle-filled planet with no traces of civilization on it whatsoever, because humans would not have existed, and no other species developed that was intelligent enough to fill that role.

Though that magic-based world does sound awesome.
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The world could have been more peaceful if no one used violence as a solution. The world could have been a better place if everyone decided to think smartly for once. The world could have been cleaner if us humans discovered the side-effects of using fossil fuels earlier.

However, none of this would ever happened, so there went my blissful wishings.

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A world inhabited by creatures called "Pokemon".

A world in which George W. Bush Jr. never cheated won against Al Gore would probably be a nicer world. As would a world where Thatcher never became PM.

Call me immature I'd like to live in an alternate world where evrything is made of candy!

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The world could have been a big inflatable duck.
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The world could have been flat, with some other basis besides physics. It could have been flooded with an everlasting ocean that spills off the edges of the world into infinity and come back down again in the center.
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"I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away."

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The world could have been full of incest.
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Rich Boy Rob - search up sophont dinosaurs, intelligent dinosaurs, speculative evolution, or "speculative dinosaur project" many poeple have worked on that idea - you might enjoy reading/looking at some of them. ;)



Another alternative reality, I wonder, is of zoos full of people with animals coming in and paying to see humans doing "human" things in an artificial... *ahem* "natural human habitat".

Or a world where pokemon send humans to battle.
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Any world would be better than this one. This world is too full of selfish irgnorant people who can't accept people who are different. In another world I'd like it if people could wear more bright/colourful clothes like in video games, or at least dress and look how you want without being picked on. Current accepted fashion is dull and boring. Magic would also be cool, and sticking with swords instead of ever inventing guns. (I think swords are more honourable and wish I could learn how to sword fight.) Technology should also exist because I love technology, but I reckon if you could be more eheroic in the real world I'd have less need for my video games. I'd also like it if you could have duels to settle disputes.

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Rich Boy Rob - search up sophont dinosaurs, intelligent dinosaurs, speculative evolution, or "speculative dinosaur project" many poeple have worked on that idea - you might enjoy reading/looking at some of them. ;)
Yeah, I got the idea from the 'Stenonychosaurus' which is speculated to have evolved sapience had it not been driven to extinction due to the size of it's brain. And no I don't have a bizarre knowledge of dinosaurs... I read that off Top Trumps card I have :P

After searching for that "speculative dinosaur project" I found a website that has created an entire speculated planet based around the mass-extinction inducing asteroid missing. If that's what you were on about, it's epic. And if it wasn't well then it's awesome anyway.
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The world could have been a place were everyone has the potential to be a sailor soldier of love and justice and protect the earth!
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The world could have been free of shoes.

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The world could have been misinterpreted.