People would start religions around The Hand. Obviously only sinners would get crushed by The Hand.
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One extra death a day wouldn't even move the needle, it sounds terrifying but there's lots more likely ways to die.
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Only 1 per day? I think that would make the hand one of the safer things on Earth
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If The Hand had always been there, it’s basically like being struck by lightning. There would be people claiming to have survived, people telling the tale of having seen the squishing, but overall such a minuscule occurrence not many would really care about it
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It would be added to the list of things not covered by your insurance, that’s for sure!
One per day? Lawn mowers are about 5 times more lethal than that.
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Someone played Black and White a little too much
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The hand spend 1/3 of the year in China + India alone.
A significant portion of the population would deny The Hands existance despite overwhelming evidence and blame all hand related crushings on the Jews or brown people.
There would be a TV show about it, featuring the chase every day
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Also, the next victim's name is displayed on the palm. So, everyone knows you're it, no one will help you, or let you come inside to hide, because then the building would get crushed.
historically accurate Master Hand
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Black & White flashbacks
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Some people would deny its existence.
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This is basically way less lethal than cancer.
Anyone else remember an eighties or nineties cartoon like batman or something that had an episode with a flying hand like this? IIRC it looked like a mouse cursor... I can't remember anything else about it.
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Question: Can we bribe the hand for sexual favors?
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Everyone is saying it is the least probable cause of death out of all probable causes...Knowing people though, it would easily the most feared and talked about cause of death. There would be an entire lucrative industry of products to "protect" yourself even though they would all be useless scams. People would ignore learning actually valuable information and learn as much about the hand as possible.
Bigby's Smushing Hand?
What if instead of a hand it was a giant dick and it jizzed gallons of cum onto the victim until they suffocated?
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Does the hand reach people that are underground or inside buildings?
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This is how you get Super Smash bros
Who's going outside in 2026?
Politicians would brag homeless rates are going down.
Hand insurance
Wallmaster fanfic.
This is religion.
How long until someone makes analog horror based on this?
We would evolve to be very good at dodging. Also, underground cities would be a thing.
It turns out the invisible hand was always seen and used by those with lots of money and power. Not so invisible.
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NIN had an album about this
reality tv were significantly more relevant
Pretty sure that's the final boss in an old video game, Super Smahs Bros iirc?
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I assume that there is a point in the past (though it would be pre-history), where the Hand would have been enough to wipe out the humanity. But we would have to have a clearer definition on what a person is
It'd attract a crowd of Blue Meanies to help it.
What if the next hand victim gets shot into space and it would take the hand more then one day to reach that person?
Or if its relative, because the hand is slightly faster so it moves always relative with the person, what if it takes more then one day to get back? Does it just respawn on earth?
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4 people are born every second. Not too much would really change, it would just be another force of nature we've come to accept.
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"Stop poking me!"
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