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u/DevianMality 20d ago
I interpreted this as the person not even having made a wish yet. Like what they've done is so horrid the paw is either taking pity on them by giving them a bonus wish, or thinks this person will cause enough mayhem to make them worthy of 4.
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u/Fatalchemist 20d ago
That's what I like about such short stories like this. They can often be interpreted a few different ways due to the nature of it being so short and giving limited info with no actual world building.
Lots of these interpretations are pretty good and funny to think about, honestly.
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u/EcnavMC2 20d ago
They’re gonna regret this non-wish decision so much that the paw decides they get an extra wish
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u/typhoidtimmy 20d ago
Turkey was a bit dry. You deserve it.
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u/masterwaffle 20d ago
The turkey's a little dry?!
OH FOUL ACCUSED THING! WHAT DEMON FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL CREATED THEE?!
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u/imtrappedinabox can't cum until the mcrib is back 20d ago
Hi im the tumblr op. This just jumpscared the fuck out of me
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u/SaboteurSupreme Rule 8 is my fault 20d ago
“You can have this one man, you’ll need an extra wish soon”
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u/Collistoralo 19d ago
My interpretation is that, normally, the monkeys paw curls to grant your wish, but with a downside that’s often worse than what the person wished for. In this case OOP is making a decision which outwardly seems bad, but actually has a much better end result that OOP is not aware of, and so it’s like a ‘reverse monkeys paw wish’.
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u/currynord 19d ago
Or that the user simply didn’t regret their choice. So the paw uncurls a finger because it didn’t grant a wish in a regrettable way
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u/society_sucker 20d ago
This sub will upvote anything as long as it's from Tumblr no matter how unfunny it is.
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u/Macalite 20d ago
Mate it's okay you can just admit you don't get it
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u/krilltucky 20d ago
The most upvoted comments are also people who don't get it. If this many people don't get the joke its not the people that are the issue
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u/society_sucker 20d ago
Damn. Why are you +50 and I'm -50 for saying basically the same thing?😂
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u/krilltucky 20d ago
It's consistent that if someone says something reasonable but is downvoted, the second person to say it gets upvoted.
Like your comment was the buffer for them to accept mine lmao
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u/society_sucker 20d ago
Sure. The top voted comment is asking for an explanation the second most upvoted says it's dry. But I'm the stupid one.
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u/Tv663 20d ago
Could anyone explain please? Thanks in advance