META IS LOSING HER MIND AGAIN?

May Needs Madness

Maybe you, too

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Mid-year almost sounds like suddenly waking up in the middle of the class. What did we miss? What did we… do? Trying to complete the non-existent New Year’s resolution we’ve been imagining since Day 1 in 2026? Trying to remember any meaningful things we did for the last five months?

But we find nothing. #sigh.

Who’s with me?

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And despite every chaos that we invented this year, maybe because we have this chaotic gravity that made us a perfect magnet for it, we need some laughs. Something that put a smile on that beautiful face. Yes, I mean you, too. We are all beautiful in our own messy way.

How about playing another game of madness?

Easy, you’ll have no control over this game. That’s what makes this fun.

• First, I want you to write down your birthday date. Done?
• Then, I want you to write down the first letter of your name. Easy, right?
• Last, please be a dear and write the last number of your phone. Finished?

Let the madness begin:

Choose the number below based on the date you wrote down:

1. A painter who broke too many hearts
2. A lion who runs an ice cream cart
3. A spider who is about to be eaten
4. A coconut that insists it’s a nut
5. A pigeon who believes it’s a spy
6. A pirate intern who suffers from seasickness
7. A time traveller who always late
8. A cloud that wants to be taken seriously as a storm
9. A retired superhero who obsesses over fertilizer
10. A remora who just started a LinkedIn account
11. A cactus that loves to hug
12. A poet who only writes about dumplings
13. A panda who has an obsession with sarees
14. A prince who wants to do nothing but quilt
15. A writer who likes to bite a random stranger
16. A chair in a waiting room that knows everyone’s secrets
17. An elephant whose trunk is an intergalactic antenna
18. A monkey who thinks it’s a cat
19. A pineapple that refuses to be put in a pizza
20. A baker who’s in love with an umbrella
21. An umbrella that saves the world
22. A rabbit who digs a hole to alternate dimensions
23. A vampire who likes watermelon more than blood
24. A singer who only wants to sing about foot
25. A cockroach that’s the only survivor after an apocalypse
26. A kid who only speaks backward
27. A tourist who pays everything with a wink
28. A snowman who wants to take a bath
29. A thief with a stomach problem
30. A gecko who hates walls
31. A jar that refuses to be filled with pickle

Now, how about that first letter of your name?

A. is collecting candy wrappers B. is watering plastic plants C. is kissing a random phone booth D. is confessing love to a refrigerator E. is burning all the exam papers F. is having a fit with a cat G. is teaching mathematics to a ghost H. is rehearsing the play with a banana I. is arguing with a chemistry teacher J. is enjoying the best holiday K. is planning a future L. is spending a lifetime stipend M. is fixing the timeline N. is eating all the chocolate O. is stealing an expired shampoo P. is hoarding people’s emotions Q. is running for no reason R. is in love with a stranger S. is helping a new alien neighbour T. is cooking a disaster U. is apologizing to a spoon V. is kicking a bucket of potatoes W. is playing chess with a gargoyle X. is making a promise to a tooth fairy Y. is finding a new friend Z. is looking for a brother

Last, let’s make the last digit of your phone number work for you.

0. inside an empty movie theater
1. in an abandoned park
2. on the hottest day of the Earth
3. in the middle of an English class
4. on a bicycle
5. when the earthquake happens
6. outside the electronics shop
7. in the crowded station
8. on Mars
9. at the police station

Okay, let me do this first.

My birthday date is 15 The first letter of my name is M And the last digit of my phone number is 4

What do you think my results are?!

A writer who likes to bite random strangers is fixing the timeline on a bicycle

Not bad at all.

Let me know what whimsical story prompt you come up with in the comments. And if you dare, write it out! Make the madness live in your writing!

Thanks for playing!

M² ~Chaos Ceased

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This publication needs a proper footnote like any other credible pub. But this is an absurd one. So, whatever.

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