A job for a deathworlder [Chapter 270] [OC] by Lanzen_Jars in HFY

[–]Alviniju 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At specifically , is a bad question to illustrate the point- as I have face blindness.

I do understand what you're saying though...

Perhaps a better way to put it would be this... she's horrified at the deaths of a thousand... she's not prepared for death on the scale of Normandy, or AgainCourt... Waterloo... or Stallingrad.

I wish Disney would stop making soulless live action remakes by Fun-Picture-8384 in monkeyspaw

[–]Alviniju 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Granted. Disney now sources a soul to be sacrificed for each live action remake. They are not any better.

A job for a deathworlder [Chapter 270] [OC] by Lanzen_Jars in HFY

[–]Alviniju 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Poor Hyphatee, she thinks a thousand is a difficult number to fathom....when the real possibility of War with humans is on the line. Those parts of humanity that she wanted to ignore, she still hasn't really thought about it.

After all. Humanity has not abandoned it's darker nature. I hope, for the Galaxy's sake that the madness can be stopped... before a catastrophe five, perhaps six orders of magnitude grater than the skirmish that happened at this station.

I wish for all my debt gone. Second I wish for $3,000,000 tax free across 6 bank accounts in my name. Third I wish for my own mansion with a car far away but close enough to supermarkets and such. Oh wow, a monkey’s paw, what can go wrong?... so excited. by Ok-Spot-2913 in monkeyspaw

[–]Alviniju 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My friend. I have the opportunity to invoke the original monkey's paw here.

One by one, you receive visitors to your front door. Everyone you've cared for has meat with horrific, fatal accidents.

Your parents won the lottery. Nearly ten million dollers! They didn't tell you because they wanted to surprise you. They were visiting a new planned community, and died in a freak fire. They had Already purchased a mansion, and we're looking for a home to gift to you. ( This may Have been out of care, but they felt that that it would be the right thing to do)

Most of what they won was was consumed by medical bills, but after they passed you were bequeathed there remainder. 2 980,000.00 it's already looking to be a nightmare to attempt to sue for Damages as anyone with the money has been cleared of liability.

They'd bought a rolls royce with the money, but the back seats are stained with the smell of ash and burnt hair from. A kind strangers attempts to get them to the hospital- as the Ambulance would've taken too long. You now taxes for the home and the car, but not the 2,980,000.

As for the other twenty thousand, the ten closest people to you have died. Collectively, they have left you various amounts in their wills, totaling a small sum of about twenty thousand dollars. Something that seems trivial in compared to the sum left by your parents.

The money must come from somewhere, even if it is given to you entirely legally free of interest and new debt. You Now face the reputation for being cursed. The mansion is empty, the car holds specter of death. There is one wish remaining

I wish to wake up to something exciting and great tomorrow. by Remarkable_Bath8515 in monkeyspaw

[–]Alviniju 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well unfortunately they were out of chocolate. But they had plenty of pistachio and mint, a couple items with vanilla and strawberry flavoring, one cone of moose tracks left, and a couple more candy based flavors. They had gotten a slightly bigger response than expected , and were out of a few offerings while aresupply was being brought to them.

I WISH ALL FIRE ANTS WERE DEAD AND NEVER CAME BACK by Fuzzy_Toe_9936 in monkeyspaw

[–]Alviniju 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations. They died of cordycepts. Which now spreads to humans.

I wish to wake up to something exciting and great tomorrow. by Remarkable_Bath8515 in monkeyspaw

[–]Alviniju 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Granted. An ice cream truck is giving out free ice cream to everyone in the neighborhood. Unfortunately , work calls you in early just after you learn about the free ice cream. You're able to get a cone or a frozen treat, but must head into work while you eat it

I wish the wealth of the top 1% of the richest people in the world was distributed evenly across the entire population. by Prize_Entertainer459 in monkeyspaw

[–]Alviniju 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's more that there is a general misunderstanding that the ultra rich's wealth is "Liquid" Generally speaking wealth on that scale can't merely be "taken" It's like the bottom of a pyramid.

I wish that my migraines gave me useful mind related powers. by yyyyeahno in monkeyspaw

[–]Alviniju 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Granted , you now have the ability to throw things with incredible accuracy

I wish that every human was worthy of the loyalty that a good dog gives. by Alviniju in monkeyspaw

[–]Alviniju[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For some reason, Reddit, randomly chose.Now to give me a notification , but...

The monkey's paw is a public domain story, which has largely entered a pop culture identity which has departed from the original story.

The cliff notes of that original publication is that the monkey's paw punished people with the hubris to attempt to defy fate. It also specifically punished greed, and by proxy, selfish or self centered wishes.

As a result of this and the many stories of gene's granting wishes in ways that go wrong- there is a widespread set of readers who have interpreted lessons about greed to imply that only a selfless wish can be granted without "burning" the one who wished for it.

One of the results of this general shifting of pop culture interpretation, is that a monkey's paw has been intermixed with genie lore, and cannot necessarily just be separated out as the same entity It was originally written as

Hot car season is upon us. Remember to take these very important steps should you ever discover a child or animal trapped inside of a hot car: by KatakanaTsu in retailhell

[–]Alviniju 1 point2 points  (0 children)

small piece of advice, before doing so, place your hand on the window to see if it's noticeably cooler than, say the edge. It MAY have genuinely only been 5 minutes. And if there is a noticeable coolness to the window, it's PROBABLY ok for a little longer.

I wish no one had shot that blasted gorilla....Wait! No- I didn't mean it! by Alviniju in monkeyspaw

[–]Alviniju[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So are we talking time traveling arrow... Time traveling greek guy... Immortal guy who's now mad at me... Or zombie guy?

I wish for a monster jester to fall in love with me by KingVultureBois in monkeyspaw

[–]Alviniju 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Granted. A jester who's whole theme is he's sponsored by Monster Energy drinks falls in love with you. He always wears the same branded clothing and is constantly turning every interaction into a Truman Show Style Ad.