An ant on a hill.

A bird in a flock.

A bee in a tree.

A moss on a rock.

First I spoke unaided

And people looked away

So then I used AI

To get the time of day

...

Others followed suit

And slowly none were seen

Who spoke to one another

Without big brother in between

Earth was once 4D.

But the simulation used too much power.

So the simulators added smart phones.

And gradually got humans to stare at those all day long.

Then they switched Earth to 2D.

To save power.

And no one noticed.

"It's more comfortable than it looks."

"And this just v1. By v10 it will be as lightweight as a surgical mask."

"And how long does the gluon encoding last?"

"Thousands of years. Once you've tagged an atom, it's yours for life."

A Redditor gets hit by a truck

He goes to the afterlife.

"I don't care for the heels", she said.

"I'll give you this library," the billionaire said, sweeping his arms up toward the majestic ceiling.

"Or...you can have this scroll," he said, pointing down at a stick of paper on a table, tied with a red ribbon.

A famous celebrity passes away and wakes up on a beach.

"Welcome to the Afterplace", says a man in white.

He extends his hand and helps her to her feet.

"You must be hungry. Let me show you to the Omni Restaurant."

by Breck Yunits

The boy looked up at the tree that was ten times taller than the others.

Then he looked down and saw an old man sitting in a carved out stump next to the tree.

"Excuse me mister, why is that tree so tall?" the boy asked.

Gray Beard explained the tree.

"Do you understand?"

"Yes. I understand," said the boy.

The boy turned around and walked out of the forest back to the city.

by Breck Yunits

Newton, Darwin, and a modern-day scientist go to heaven.

I was walking in the woods and saw a path on my right. I had never seen this path before.

The girl lost the race.

"I want to be fast", she said.

"You are fast", said the man.

"No. I want to be the fastest."