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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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[–] rodbiren@midwest.social 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can freeze time and move unhindered by the effects of the freeze, but physics still behaves normally meaning your movements cause incredible friction in the air and a sonic boom across any path you take.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Actually, there wouldn't be a sonic boom. Because time is frozen, even the smallest movement OP takes would accelerate them beyond the speed of light (OP has to move infinitely fast to overcome the infinitely slow passing of time). The result is that OP risks ending the world if they freeze time.

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ye, I've read that page. That's one of my favorite xkcd "what-ifs".

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago

Recently he also started making some video narrations