404 Error: Perfect Drink Not Found. Please Insert More Optimism.

Daily writing prompt
What is your favorite drink?

What’s my favorite drink? 404 Error: Favorite drink not found. Please try again later.

Oh, classic. But honestly, isn’t that the story of life? You go in, all hopeful, thinking, “This is it. Today’s the day I figure it out—find the perfect drink, win the lottery, or at least get through the day without dropping my phone face-down.” And instead? 404 Error. Page not found.

It’s like opening a bag of chips and finding it’s 90% air. The promise was there—the shiny bag, the bold flavor name, “Extreme Jalapeño Blast”—but inside? Five lonely poor chips and a betrayal you can taste. Life does that. It sells you “extreme” and hands you… air.

And yet, here we are, still buying the chips. Still hitting “refresh.” Because deep down, we’re all hopeless optimists. We stand in front of vending machines, knowing full well it’s going to eat our money, but we press B7 anyway, like this timethis time—it’ll work.

We treat life like a clearance sale, where half the tags are wrong. Everything’s scattered, and the good stuff’s gone. But we dig through the mess, convinced there’s still a hidden gem buried under the chaos. You leave with a half-broken lamp and the feeling that you almost found something great.

And let’s not ignore the fridge. You know, that glowing shrine of disappointment. We open it like it’s Pandora’s box, waiting for a miracle snack to appear. Five minutes pass—nothing new. But do we give up? Nope. We come back ten minutes later, hoping food has somehow grown in there. It hasn’t. But the optimism? Unshakable. I remember one time, I was so sure I’d find a leftover slice of pizza… 404 Error: Pizza not found. It was a small thing, but it felt like a metaphor.

So, what’s my favorite drink? I’m still searching. Maybe it’s a rare, sparkling elixir that makes life make sense—or maybe it’s that one random soda bottle at the gas station with dust on it, still sitting there because no one’s been brave enough to try it.

Until then? I’ll keep searching.


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