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Brandon Ellrich's avatar

I suggest writing about worms eating poop. Or people eating worm poop. These may sound boring on the surface...

Philip Ogley's avatar

Very clever. (reported)

Polly Walker Blakemore's avatar

Your enKounter with Mario Kart reminds me of a story I read about a theme park attraction that simulates being inside a video game. Why the hell would anyone want to do that?

Philip Ogley's avatar

Soon we might all be in it. It's called AI

Smillew's avatar

I love writing prompts. Thank you.

Philip Ogley's avatar

DO you like writing articles

Smillew's avatar

No. I do it for the money.

Philip Ogley's avatar

Strange how many people deny that fact. I hate when people say I write because I like it. Why?

Smillew's avatar

They think it will increase the number of paid subscribers.

Philip Ogley's avatar

I reallly like writing

Tom Parish's avatar

You made me laugh this morning.

Loved your post! I feel lighter.

I guess it's because I've had so many similar experiences writing on Medium and Substack.

Onward

Philip Ogley's avatar

Thanks. I’ve written a lot on Medium yes! Too much.

Tom Parish's avatar

Sometimes I question why I bother posting on Medium ...

Robert Gowty's avatar

I’m questioning my relationship with sliced ham now.

Lizzie Lizard Brain's avatar

Dammit. I'm working on a piece about my pet robot that wears platform shoes, drives a train, and keeps ham cold. But he makes me sick so I have to take drugs. It might be boring.

Philip Ogley's avatar

Ham and drugs are a good mix! Motörhead lived off them

Lizzie Lizard Brain's avatar

I refuse to reveal that my daughter is a Motormouth ham on drugs.

Thomas's avatar

You have to get ham without nitrites! You'll thank me later! A divorce over a ham sandwich—I would have loved to read that story! That said, I'd rather know that you're in love and with your wife. And one thing's for sure: whatever topic you tackle, it's always delicious and hilarious to read! 😁

Philip Ogley's avatar

Je t’assure, j’achète du jambon sans nitrates. Ne t’inquiète pas.

Thomas's avatar

Me voilà rassuré ! 🤭

Philip Ogley's avatar

Ce soir, je mange des spaghetti, du bœuf local, des tomates du jardin, du persil, des épinards, avec un Côtes de Bourg. Allez!

Thomas's avatar

C'est un repas qui a l'air bon ça ! Et pour le fromage et le dessert, tu as choisi quoi ?

Philip Ogley's avatar

Cheddar cheese 🤩

Vince Mao's avatar

Maybe write about all ten at once...like taking public transport around town with a cooler full of ham sandwiches while dressed in the latest gaudy outfit. Don't forget your Nintendo Switch loaded up with Mario Kart 8 if you have to take the subway...oh and your MTWTF box of pills that you put on the backpack with your dog so that you're allowed into public vehicles. Maybe stop by Walmart and check their gardening section as a stop.

Philip Ogley's avatar

That's the ticket. Mix it up, why not. Buy a flight to nowhere. See what happens. Thanks.

Maryan Pelland Pen2Profit's avatar

Nailed it. I am so tired of reading everything on this list simply because an algorithm (most likely on Medium) determined that these topics drew paid subscriptions at one time. It's over, unless a writer has something scintillating to add to these OLD OLD conversations. Thanks for this, then.

Philip Ogley's avatar

I forgot the BIG One: Writing about writing. Ha! Thanks

Polly Walker Blakemore's avatar

It should be quite a ride, especially as AI increasingly hallucinates. I have an essay about AI having dementia - forgetting its words, hallucinating. It's lost its mind. So have we. I have not posted this essay yet. Still fine-tuning.

Philip Ogley's avatar

That's a great idea. Yes, AI loses its mind. Could be a good book!

Maria T.C.'s avatar

lol @ pets. The truth is no one finds your cat/dog/hermit crab as interesting as you do, but that’s okay.

Philip Ogley's avatar

crabs are interesting

Debdutta Pal's avatar

I'll write a story combining all of the above. Send readers into a coma.

Philip Ogley's avatar

To cure insomnia

Polly Walker Blakemore's avatar

AI's hallucinations result from its cannibalizing itself, kind of like mad cow disease, another man-made phenomenon.

Philip Ogley's avatar

How about foot and mouth?

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Philip Ogley's avatar

Oh yeh, I think I left out a few