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🧠 The Day Everyone Could Hear Each Other’s Thoughts

📌 An Absurdist Tale of Mental Mayhem and Accidental Empathy

By Ahmet Kıvanç DemirkıranPublished 10 months ago • 3 min read
“When minds become audible, chaos unfolds—but so does connection.”

📌 What If Thoughts Were No Longer Private?

Imagine waking up and being able to hear everyone’s inner voice.

Not their spoken words, but their real, uncensored, unfiltered thoughts.

• Your neighbor’s thoughts about your haircut? Audible.

• Your boss’s thoughts about your “potential”? Brutally honest.

• Your date’s real-time monologue about how boring dinner is? Yep, you’re hearing it.

🚀 This story dives into the absurd, chaotic, and unexpectedly touching experience of a world where everyone’s mind becomes an open mic.

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1️⃣ It Started with a Headache

At first, it felt like a migraine.

A low hum. A tickle. A static buzz behind the eyes.

Then suddenly—

“Did I leave the stove on?”

“Why do pigeons always look so smug?”

“If I fake a phone call, can I avoid this meeting?”

It was as if the city itself started whispering.

Across the globe, people were stunned:

• Everyone could hear everyone else’s thoughts.

• Not just loud ones—the quiet insecurities, the weird musings, the half-formed judgments.

And no one knew how to turn it off.

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2️⃣ The Collapse of Society as We Knew It

Within hours, civilization started to spiral.

🔊 At the Workplace:

• Office meetings became unbearable.

“This could’ve been an email.”

“I hope nobody notices I don’t understand this chart.”

“Am I the only one who’s completely faking this job?”

🏠 At Home:

• Families imploded under the weight of unspoken truths.

“I never liked your lasagna.”

“I married you because I was lonely.”

“Your music taste is… unfortunate.”

💬 On the Streets:

• Strangers avoided eye contact, not out of rudeness—but fear of hearing:

“Wow, that’s a weird walk.”

“What if I just screamed right now?”

“Is it socially acceptable to nap on a park bench?”

Every mental filter was gone, and the result was pure, echoing madness.

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3️⃣ Social Media Crumbles, Meditation Booms

The irony?

Social media collapsed, because why post carefully filtered lies when your truth is already out there, loud and live?

Meanwhile:

• Meditation apps spiked 3000% in downloads.

• Noise-canceling headphones sold out worldwide.

• Buddhist monks became celebrities overnight, revered as the only people whose thoughts were quiet enough to offer peace.

Some people tried to capitalize:

• A new startup, “Mind Muzzle,” sold fashionable tinfoil hats claiming to block mind-reading (they didn’t).

• A viral challenge, “Thoughtless for 10 Minutes,” promised fame to anyone who could go silent—mentally. No one could.

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4️⃣ Here is an Unexpected Gift

Then something shifted.

Once the noise became normal, people started noticing things:

• Their neighbors were lonelier than they looked.

• Their co-workers were deeply insecure, even the arrogant ones.

• Their loved ones had fears they never dared speak aloud.

And so, the world… softened.

✔ Enemies found common wounds.

✔ Friends grew closer through shared fears.

✔ Lovers rebuilt trust, now that no lies could linger.

It turned out:

The chaos of hearing others’ minds came with a strange gift—empathy.

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5️⃣ here is the Return to Silence

After exactly 24 hours, it stopped.

Just like that, the world went quiet again.

Private. Sealed. Secret.

And yet, everything had changed.

People began to:

• Speak more kindly—because they remembered how cruel thoughts could be.

• Listen more deeply—because they once heard what silence usually hides.

• Think more consciously—because they knew now, thoughts matter.

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📌 Final Thoughts: The Beauty and Burden of the Mind

✔ We all live entire lives in our heads.

✔ Most of our suffering is silent.

✔ But when we understand each other’s thoughts, even briefly—

—we stop feeling so alone.

💡 Final Thought:

🚀 If thoughts could be heard every day, would you still think the way you do?

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About the Creator

Ahmet KĹvanç DemirkĹran

As a technology and innovation enthusiast, I aim to bring fresh perspectives to my readers, drawing from my experience.

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  • Harlan Young10 months ago

    This was really good! Looking forward to more!

  • Marie McGrath10 months ago

    You've dissected the human condition, I think superbly. Very interesting insight.

  • Marie381Uk 10 months ago

    I love this🖌️♦️🖌️my vocal isn’t working properly I am waiting for them to fix it so not ignoring you 🙏👌🙏

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