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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Jun 2014

    Creative friends, help! What's a disappoint or setback you could experience and the WORST POSSIBLE reaction you could have to it? (1/2)

    6:02 PM - 10 Jun 2014
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      2. Alex‏ @Avatrix 10 Jun 2014
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame my co-worker fell off her bike last year during a triathlon (just scraped up). She is terrified and hasn't ridden since. :-(

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Jun 2014
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        @Avatrix that's definitely the most common and realistic worst case reaction. I think it happens all the time.

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      4. Alex‏ @Avatrix 10 Jun 2014
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame when I was learning horse back, I had my horse break out galloping on me. I kept riding immediately so I didn't develop a fear.

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      1. Christopher Garrett‏ @czgarrett 13 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame airline loses luggage for a week -> next time, pack luggage with raw fish as retribution

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      1. Julie Loses!‏ @JulieLoses 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame Your Amazon package is delayed // Destroy the internet

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      1. JC Cawley‏ @jccaw 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame Put on a few pounds / eat all the sadness ice cream!

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      1. benj.‏ @Yamahako 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame Stub your toe? Cut it off!

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      1. Liam Curley‏ @liammcurley 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame vending machine eats dollar / try to tip over vending machine

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      1. Ryan Macklin, gritty reboot pollyanna‏ @RyanMacklin 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame Stub your toe/confine yourself to a wheelchair

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      1. AKE‏ @akalious 11 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame ps, I'm not talking abt myself.Just had a wired conversion with a friend, she said she'd do so if her kid fail her, half kidding~

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      1. AKE‏ @akalious 11 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame Raise a child who did nothing but disappoint his parents./ Give up on him and give birth to another one..

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      1. Tiro Labs‏ @TiroLabs 11 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame no response at all to something I wrote and me taking it as a cue to stop writing

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      1. MontseMB‏ @montmobo 11 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame fail an exam & avoid any other test

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      1. Jere Nolan‏ @HalluxHarbinger 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame car runs out of gas. Walk home to begin shale oil exploring in back yard

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      1. SpaceValkyrie‏ @Laiator 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame I found a dead mouse under a sofa once. The impact was so big that I couldn't move fortniture around by my own again.

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      1. Roslyn Metchis‏ @Roslynbooks 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame lost my keys/never lock anything again

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      1. David Acevedo‏ @rebelwarrior 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame true love gets engaged to prince turns to a life of murder, villainy and piracy.

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      1. Trinka‏ @trinkaGrapevine 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame Work not accepted into exhibition/doubt self as artist

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      1. Mildy Vein‏ @Mildy_Vein 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame @natasha_lh pet dies/ joining them in the afterlife.

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      1. Karen Rustad Tölva‏ @whoisaldeka 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame Stub toe / never walk again.

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