henfredemars@infosec.pub to The Monkey's Paw@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 12 hours agoI wish for a bowl of extra spicy chicken curry.message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareI wish for a bowl of extra spicy chicken curry.henfredemars@infosec.pub to The Monkey's Paw@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·12 hours agoGranted, the bowl never empties and you have an endless hunger that only grows stronger the more you eat.
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.pubOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoI didn’t even ask for it to be endless! The whole hunger thing though is not ideal.
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoOh no, the monkey’s paw only grants cursed wishes based upon the sin my wish infringes upon? How foreign a concept.
minus-squareSusaga@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoActually, no. Monkeys paw grants the wish as stated, but in a way you didn’t want. It’s not “your wish comes true, and also this terrible thing”, it’s “a terrible thing happens and, as a result, your wish comes true.”
Granted, the bowl never empties and you have an endless hunger that only grows stronger the more you eat.
I didn’t even ask for it to be endless! The whole hunger thing though is not ideal.
Oh no, the monkey’s paw only grants cursed wishes based upon the sin my wish infringes upon? How foreign a concept.
Actually, no. Monkeys paw grants the wish as stated, but in a way you didn’t want. It’s not “your wish comes true, and also this terrible thing”, it’s “a terrible thing happens and, as a result, your wish comes true.”