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[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

It's an old story: be careful what you wish for—and to whom:

  • King Midas (8th century BCE)
  • One Thousand and One Nights (13th century)
  • Doctor Faustus (1592)
  • The Monkey’s Paw (1902)
  • Robert Johnson (1938)