β² 711 βΌ sudo Make me a sandwich (lemmy.kde.social) submitted 2 years ago by ulterno@lemmy.kde.social to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments Image: A more accurate rendition of the result when you sudo Make me a sandwich LicenseFinal Image Creator: https://lemmy.kde.social/u/ulterno License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Sandwich stock image Used in sudo_make_me_sandwich.png Creator: https://www.goodfon.com/user/zima2018/ License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Base Comic xkcd: https://xkcd.com/149/
[β] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) When the monkeys-paw package is also installed. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (3 children) A monkey's paw is a talisman that grants wishes but the wishes are usually granted in a way not expected by the requester, usually as a punishment for tampering with fate. Here, the guy requests "make me a sandwich", the monkey's paw would grant the wish by literally interpreting the wish. If you want to see more, there is a subreddit called /r/monkeyspaw. Not sure if there's a community on Lemmy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] Allero@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago There sure is! !monkeyspaw@sopuli.xyz permalink fedilink source parent [β] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago This specific example works in english but in many languages with the dative case such a mix up cannot happen. permalink fedilink source parent [β] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Interesting. So this is probably the origin of the Evil Genie idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It actually originates from this short story https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey%27s_Paw Apparently this story is also what inspired Pet Sematary. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (3 children) A monkey's paw is a talisman that grants wishes but the wishes are usually granted in a way not expected by the requester, usually as a punishment for tampering with fate. Here, the guy requests "make me a sandwich", the monkey's paw would grant the wish by literally interpreting the wish. If you want to see more, there is a subreddit called /r/monkeyspaw. Not sure if there's a community on Lemmy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] Allero@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago There sure is! !monkeyspaw@sopuli.xyz permalink fedilink source parent [β] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago This specific example works in english but in many languages with the dative case such a mix up cannot happen. permalink fedilink source parent [β] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Interesting. So this is probably the origin of the Evil Genie idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It actually originates from this short story https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey%27s_Paw Apparently this story is also what inspired Pet Sematary. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (3 children) A monkey's paw is a talisman that grants wishes but the wishes are usually granted in a way not expected by the requester, usually as a punishment for tampering with fate. Here, the guy requests "make me a sandwich", the monkey's paw would grant the wish by literally interpreting the wish. If you want to see more, there is a subreddit called /r/monkeyspaw. Not sure if there's a community on Lemmy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] Allero@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago There sure is! !monkeyspaw@sopuli.xyz permalink fedilink source parent [β] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago This specific example works in english but in many languages with the dative case such a mix up cannot happen. permalink fedilink source parent [β] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Interesting. So this is probably the origin of the Evil Genie idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It actually originates from this short story https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey%27s_Paw Apparently this story is also what inspired Pet Sematary. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Allero@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago There sure is! !monkeyspaw@sopuli.xyz permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago This specific example works in english but in many languages with the dative case such a mix up cannot happen. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Interesting. So this is probably the origin of the Evil Genie idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It actually originates from this short story https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey%27s_Paw Apparently this story is also what inspired Pet Sematary. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It actually originates from this short story https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey%27s_Paw Apparently this story is also what inspired Pet Sematary. permalink fedilink source parent
