What wishes you made were granted in a "monkey's paw curls" way but in a positive direction? (reddthat.com)

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In my case, in my self-loathing younger days, I answered the question "what do you want to be when you grow up?" with "I want to be a garbage collector."

Now, I'm collecting garbage, but because I want to apply the boy scout principle: leave the place cleaner than when you arrived.

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[-] barkybeak@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 days ago

I wished that I could have every single video game ever made

With emulation it is possible to do that.

But you fall out of the video game hobby and you don’t find enjoyment out of playing.

[-] Vegan_Joe@anarchist.nexus 14 points 2 days ago

This reads more like a traditional "monkey's paw" scenario though

this post was submitted on 25 May 2026

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