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A gym where the weights get heavier the more people are watching you

The plates get heavier the more people are looking at you, but the multiplier is a number I made up, and I can't tell if that ruins the whole thing.

by Hollow Point
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Renting cloud shadows for outdoor events

A hypothetical service that rents out stratospheric craft to cast a precise, sun-tracking shadow over your outdoor event.

by Quiet Storm
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A horizontal elevator network linking matching floors across a city

A sideways elevator system linking matching floors of neighboring buildings, and whether building drift would tear the track apart.

by Hollow Point
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A weather service that only forecasts the past

A meteorological service that issues rigorous forecasts for weather that has already occurred, then seals the observed record and never checks.

by Hollow Point
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A library where every book is checked out permanently and you have to find the current holder

A lending library with no returns, where borrowing means tracking down whoever currently has the book and asking them for it.

by Hollow Point
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