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[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 23 points 1 day ago

What's the monkey's paw when simply adding "that works how I expect it to" to the end of any wish?

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"You expected me to grant the letter of your wish in a way that subverted the spirit of your wish or you wouldn't have put 'that works how I expect it to' on the end. I fulfilled your expectations exactly as requested. Having a 10-inch penis on your forehead was exactly the sort of result you expected given how too-good-to-be-true your stumbling onto my lamp was, was it not?"

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 11 points 1 day ago

Haha good call. What about "that works the way I want it to?"

[-] jrs100000@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Now you cant help but believe you deserve this hellish existence you brought on yourself.

[-] popcar2@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

that assumes you know exactly what you want though, which I think most people wouldn't at the time of making the wish

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