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WishUnderflow (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by merari42@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I always thought that wish-granting is instant, even if the effects of that wish are delayed.

So if I wish for something to happen in 5 days, it's granted in the moment and guaranteed to happen. That raises a question though: Can I wish to cancel a wish I have already made, but whose effect has not yet taken hold? On its face, this should be possible, but if we take it as a given that all valid wishes are always granted at the moment of utterance, then it might be physically/psychologically impossible for me or anyone else to revoke the wish before its IRL effect is complete.