Write the saddest story you can using only 4 words

Selling Depends, Never Used.

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They said sad. Not hilarious and fitting.

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The doggie says ā€œEdā€¦wardā€.

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Oofā€¦ Hits real close to home for me right now. Youā€™re my personal winner on the thread for saddest.

  • I couldnā€™t say goodbye.
  • Gone before I knew.
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My cancerā€™s back, mom.

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Virgin dead at 112.

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Clinton wins Democratic nomination

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It happens to everyone.
Actually, itā€™s very rare.
And then, she left.
The train pulled away.
My effort was unsuccessful.
We tried very hard.
We were all wrong.
There is a chance.
If only Iā€™d known.
You should sit down.
Thank you, but no.

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Oops, forgotten safe word.

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Banana - I didnā€™t lookā€¦

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She got raped, again.

War. War never changes.

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Science is now illegal.

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NO. Science Is Supreme.

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USA adopts biblical law.

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This never happens, honest!

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Son, hold my beerā€¦

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My sonā€™s a PUA?

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Earl Grey Tea. Cold.

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  • Whistleblower was permanently exiled.
  • Whistleblower also died mysteriously.
  • Iā€™m not your father.
  • Forgotten in solitary confinement.
  • A detail easily overlooked.
  • Constructed using lowest bids.
  • Easily manipulates most people.
  • Lawlessness at the top.
  • Found my secret stash.
  • Drowned trying to emigrate.
  • Raped trying to escape.

((sheesh is this sort of exercise really a good idea in the dark cold of February, at least here in North America? is there a thread somewhere challenging us all to write the nicest, happiest, most interesting, most intriguing, most bizarre story using only 4 words? this here feels like the wrong kind of rabbit hole, possibly in any weather or seasonā€¦))

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