The Monkey's Paw

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I wish for the magical monkey paw to permanently cease to exist from reality. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Granted. The monkey paw no longer exists in reality. However, every single work of fiction has now been infiltrated to include it as the main plot device. Everything from the Iliad to Mean Girls now unalterably revolves around the paw.