this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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The Monkey's Paw

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Want to make a wish? Just ask the Monkey’s Paw! No strings attached.*

Just create a post that starts with “I wish ___”. Other users will then grant you the wish, and probably not how you intended.

^(*)^ ^Strings^ ^definitely^ ^attached.^ ^Satisfaction^ ^not^ ^guaranteed.^ ^Wish^ ^will^ ^likely^ ^backfire.^

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[–] scratchee@feddit.uk 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Every day, the postman delivers a copy of every wish uttered by anyone on Earth to your door. You are inundated in pointless paper wishes. You drown in them. Your postal service starts charging you exorbitant fees for the ridiculous volumes of mail. The rubbish collections do the same.

You are eventually forced out of your home both by the wrath of the angry bureaucracies and by the physical weight of letters.

You sleep on the street, in an ever growing pile of letters. You can’t sleep for too long or you won’t be able to climb out. You are a scourge on the local community.

You have so many wishes.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

this one is perfect

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Granted. Your additional wishes do not come true, but you continue to make them.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

Wish.com, now incredibly popular, buys Costco and renames it MoreWishes.com

[–] alex@jlai.lu 4 points 1 year ago

Granted.

You get as many wishes as you want, but since they're unlimited, anything you don't wish for won't happen.

You probably want to remember to wish for air, by the way.

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You may only speak in wishes

[–] Web_Rand@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Granted, you get more wishes to wish for, they will have nightmarish downsides, and you are required to make them.

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Cool, "nightmarish downsides" was going to be my second wish.