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When You Wish for World Peace
(lemmy.world)
Literally the same premise as the OP but presented with much better, more nuanced rhetoric that's actually reasonable instead of "dumb person wishes for for obviously bad thing for no reason other than because they are dumb"
That woman’s name? Helen of Troy.
Was the Iliad right and we should accept war as a natural part of our life?
Someone needs to read Pandora's jar.
Woman: gets kidnapped
Lemmy: Obviously she wanted the war, I knew it was a feeeemaaaalllleee's fault.
Helen of Troy? Oh, don’t even get me started on her! She didn’t just cause the Trojan War—that was her warm-up gig!
The Crusades? Helen. Napoleonic Wars? Helen again. Both World Wars, the Cold War, Star Wars, Cola Wars—every single one is her fault!
Honestly, if she’d just stopped wishing for wars, we’d all be riding unicorns and eating ice cream for breakfast by now.
Thanks a lot, Helen.
Versions I read tended to say she left with him willingly. Buy sure go off as if a millenia old story has a single retelling.
Sounds like she could use a holiday in Cambodia.
It's tough, kid, but it's life
I believe that to some extent this literally explains the chaos in the world right now. Bored spoiled people wanting excitement and to feel something.
🌎👨🚀🔫👨🚀
mmhmm
She reminds me of an ex and many people like her. They'd say "how can you be happy if ypu don't know sadness." Fuck that idea and everything that comes with it.
tbf it "kinda" makes sense but some people just take it to the extreme. Knew a person who would quit jobs and things because "it got too comfortable". Big wtf
preachhh
What if it was world peace but also a bunch of dogs everywhere
At war with each other. With tanks.
Next time bring a more cunning linguist.
I would make a much more specific wish - decrease everyone's greed level by 50%. I think changing human nature by that much would be enough for altruism and cooperation to overbalance selfishness and fear.
he then proceedes to beat her, sparking a 100-year war
Daaang
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2025
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