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21706026 No.21706026 [Reply] [Original]

> HELLO PROTAGONIST. I AM POWERFUL ENTITY. FOR REASONS I WILL GRANT YOU YOUR WISH.
> Ok, i guess a slice of chocolate cake would be nice.
> BEHOLD. CHOCOLATE CAKE.
> Protagonist eats the cake, convulses and fucking dies

> Narration: "Alas, poor Protagonist! He failed to specify that he wanted his cake without rat poison! Such is the nature of hubris, be careful what you wish for, etc."

I hate this trope. Yeah, sorry for wishing for good things to happen to me. Your retarded story really showed me the error of my ways.

>> No.21706092

>You will reign until a mule sits on the throne of Persia
>Haha, tricked you dumbfuck, by mule we meant the son of a Persian and a Mede

>If you go to war, you will destroy a great empire
>Haha tricked you again, we meant your great empire

>> No.21706120

>>21706026
If you wish to make a chocolate cake from scratch you must first invent the universe. Why accept cake from a demon? It's not even theoretical anymore, we're actually summoning wish granting demons.

>> No.21706128

>>21706026
That wouldn't be hubris. Wishing for the best cake ever and then getting diabetes is hubris.

>> No.21706135

>>21706092
The second prophecy is kind of funny though and all warmongers deserve such a fate.

>> No.21706232

>>21706092
these never get old even if you see them coming from a mile away

>> No.21706243

>>21706026
Asking for immorality IS hubris though. We are literally MORTALS which means we are suspeptible to death. How can you argue that wanting to be immortal is not hubris? You want to exalt yourself above every single other human.

>> No.21706287

>>21706243
Kys

>> No.21706358

>>21706092
If they talked plainly they would get executed.
>I demand you trick me or I will kill you
>omg I can't believe that guy tricked me

>> No.21706359

>>21706287
You got BTFO

>> No.21706468

>>21706026
>None of woman born shall harm Macbeth.
>C-Section doesn't count as being born lol
The moral is, never trust witches

>> No.21706634

>>21706026
I'm a lawyer, I have nothing to fear from malicious wish-granting entities.

>> No.21706939

>>21706243
So its okay if we make everyone immortal? That sounds even dumber.

>> No.21706943
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>>21706939

>> No.21707315

>for reasons I will grant you a wish
>haha I tricked you!
>be careful what you wish for

Addressed your own criticism OP