Happy Boxing Day! Today we're going to play monkeys paw. Person A makes a Christmas wish eg "I wish I had a million dollars" and person B corrupts it eg "you do, but you can't spend it till you're 80" then makes their own wish.

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[–] [S] 4 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

Also no comment in this thread could possibly top that it's excellent

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Back when I was on Reddit, I used to love writing for r/TheMonkeysPaw, and I was even somewhat of a purist. You see, the original story (which I highly recommend reading) wasn't based around granting your wish with conditions (i.e. you win a million dollars, but there's some unrelated condition to it), but rather the wish was to be grated in the most disturbing and ironic way possible (i.e. you stumble across a case of stolen money, and are tracked down by the police and sentenced to life in prison for bank robbery in connection with the money).

    Not that granting a wish with conditions is necessarily bad, but I feel like it's a lot less creative, hence why I enjoy writing in the spirit of the original story. I haven't gotten to exercise my creative writing juices in awhile, so it was fun finally getting another chance! :3

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