List: Well I thought it was funny | Curated by Martin French

Sep 12, 2024
117 stories
Well I thought it was funnyI seriously wrote these things thinking they were humorous
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At a certain point, events will conspire to produce the logical outcome.Take, for instance, the fad of the AI boy- or girlfriend. It was the fad for 6 years. When somebody realized that some found maintaining…
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15h ago
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It’s the strangest world you could visit.Such a strange people: to hear them, they must worship trees. Not that they look like any trees I’ve ever seen, but different planets…
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The machine had processed everything.With the phenomenal computing power the machine possessed, the natural next step would surely be its own sentience. While three…
Sep 4
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Sep 4
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—Fool me once, shame on you.There was no safe way to engage with the Ghanjal of Hissqad. Though none had ever met them, they terrorized the Norma Arm with threats, and…
Aug 13
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Aug 13
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Any idiot can galumph around the galaxy on very little cash.It’s easy really. On any major space station — spaceport if it’s a backwoods system — head to their Navigator’s lounge. Just stroll in…
Aug 4
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Aug 4
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I’m bored explaining how a table became a sentient being. It’s such a tedious story.OK. Remember that early 21st century fad where they put USB ports in everything?
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Jul 1
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I admit the pub may not be the best place for experiments in gravitational physics, but is there a…OK, I admit I may have had one or two before we set up the equipment. However, again, we are looking at real-world experiments, so I think…
Jun 6
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Jun 6
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The alien tore the flesh from the human’s bones.–No, stop. Stop it there.
May 25
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May 25
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A Communications Disruption May Mean Many ThingsAn example of why I probably shouldn’t write the next Star Wars movie.
May 5
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May 5
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Reasons I Wouldn’t Last As A Police Officer or Career CriminalOr, ignorance will be the death of me
Mar 29
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Mar 29
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I remember when I was a liquid.No, since becoming a vapor, I know far better. I properly understand my nature now. I ooze and dissipate; I drag my slower molecules along…
Mar 22
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Mar 22
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–Hey! You’re through to Techheads: if you have a problem, then we have a problem!–Uhm, hardware?
Jan 31
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Jan 31
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The Haven
First EncounterAn Interstellar Arrangement
Jan 24
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Jan 24
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–Will this hurt? I feel like this is going to hurt.–Not much.
Dec 16, 2023
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Dec 16, 2023
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I’m not saying it was the worst idea ever, but I’m having trouble thinking of a stupider one.So, when one of his team finally convinces him that Mars lacks resources for human habitation, he decides to import them.
Dec 12, 2023
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Dec 12, 2023
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Your ancestors were brilliant.You borrow the time device to go back to meet your writer ancestor. You beg her to sign your book, but she’s confused. You try to remind…
Nov 6, 2023
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Nov 6, 2023
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A warning: don’t party on the moons of Trevillon VI.Apparently, because they live approximately 280 of our years, women there only reach what is considered sexual maturity around 60. And it…
Oct 23, 2023
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Oct 23, 2023
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In those last bleak days before the edifice of money collapsed, the superrich indulged their…They could spend thousands on a perfectly cut daisy. Some purchased the right to throw the first snowball of the year in multiple towns…
Oct 14, 2023
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Oct 14, 2023
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Their first contact with the people of the third planet was embarrassing for everyone involved.What they hadn’t counted on was excitable inhabitants. When they met them, they insisted on celebrating them to their utmost, and bringing…
Sep 26, 2023
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Sep 26, 2023
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— Welcome back from Earth, Wing Commander. What do you have to report?— I resumed contact with the dominant species there. They are an interesting people, developing much like us-
Sep 22, 2023
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Sep 22, 2023
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