72 Deep Wavelength prompts

Deep Wavelength prompts for groups who already know the game: philosophy, values and abstract ideas that keep the debate going long after the reveal.

Every prompt below is built into the free online game. Playing at the table instead? Print them as extra cards for the Wavelength board game.

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1. 1Driven by emotion↔Driven by logic
2. 2Nature↔Nurture
3. 3Style↔Substance
4. 4Pure luck↔Pure skill
5. 5Fate↔Free will
6. 6Order↔Chaos
7. 7Pessimistic↔Optimistic
8. 8Unethical↔Ethical
9. 9Selfish↔Selfless
10. 10Forgivable↔Unforgivable
11. 11Socially unacceptable↔Socially acceptable
12. 12Sounds dumb↔Sounds smart
13. 13Not a real job↔Very real job
14. 14Guilty pleasure↔Genuine passion
15. 15Tragedy↔Comedy
16. 16Fiction↔Nonfiction
17. 17Timeless↔Trendy
18. 18Old soul↔Young at heart
19. 19Cat person↔Dog person
20. 20Aged badly↔Aged well
21. 21Better alone↔Better together
22. 22Book is better↔Movie is better
23. 23Totally legal↔Feels illegal
24. 24Requires talent↔Requires practice
25. 25Fleeting trend↔Here to stay
26. 26Underestimated↔Overestimated
27. 27Introspective↔Impulsive
28. 28Healthy obsession↔Unhealthy obsession
29. 29Grounded↔Head in the clouds
30. 30Personal problem↔Global problem
31. 31Victimless crime↔Serious crime
32. 32Matters today↔Matters in 100 years
33. 33Would confess↔Take it to the grave
34. 34Depressing↔Inspirational
35. 35Cursed↔Wholesome
36. 36Rock bottom↔Peak human achievement
37. 37NPC energy↔Main character energy
38. 38Tourist trap↔Hidden gem
39. 39Soulless↔Full of soul
40. 40Cozy↔Eerie
41. 41Explained by science↔Feels like magic
42. 42Learned↔Innate
43. 43Mind↔Body
44. 44Work↔Play
45. 45Stingy↔Generous
46. 46Funny↔Profound
47. 47Polarizing↔Universally loved
48. 48Old money↔New money
49. 49Red flag↔Green flag
50. 50Passing crush↔True love
51. 51Party trick↔Survival skill
52. 52Too soon↔Too late
53. 53Overthinking↔Not thinking at all
54. 54Should never get a sequel↔Needs a sequel
55. 55Dies first in a horror movie↔Survives the horror movie
56. 56Living nightmare↔Paradise
57. 57Kitsch↔Elegant
58. 58Irrational fear↔Reasonable fear
59. 59Repressed memory↔Fond memory
60. 60Comfort↔Adventure
61. 61Planned↔Spontaneous
62. 62Formal↔Casual
63. 63Primitive↔Sophisticated
64. 64Lowbrow↔Highbrow
65. 65Brooding↔Bubbly
66. 66Impossible to romanticize↔Easy to romanticize
67. 67Feels like winter↔Feels like summer
68. 68Not worth fighting for↔Worth fighting for
69. 69Common sense↔Rocket science
70. 70Feels like a Monday↔Feels like a Friday
71. 71Smells like childhood↔Smells like adulthood
72. 72Means to an end↔End in itself

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