Wondermark by David Malki for February 10, 2021

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    michaeljwolff  almost 4 years ago

    Be grateful you got off this lightly.

    “Now some of you may encounter the devil’s bargain if you get that far. Any old soul is worth saving at least to a priest, but not every soul is worth buying. So you can take the offer as a compliment. They charge the easy ones first, you know, like money, all the money there is. But who wants to be the richest guy in some cemetery? Not much to spend it on, eh, Gramps? Getting too old to cut the mustard. Have you forgotten something, Gramps? In order to feel something, you have to be there. You have to be 18. You’re not 18, you are 78. Old fool sold his soul for a strap-on.

    “How about an honorable bargain? ‘You always wanted to become a doctor. Now’s your chance. Why, you could have become a great healer and benefit humanity. What’s wrong with that?’ Just about everything. There are no honorable bargains involving exchange of qualitative merchandise like souls. Just quantitative merchandise like time and money. So piss off, Satan, and don’t take me for dumber than I look. As an old junk pusher told me, ‘Watch whose money you pick up.’” (William Burroughs)

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    posse1 Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Wow. That was quite a ride! Thanks David Malki

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    mudak326  almost 4 years ago

    It doesn’t sound like he got the satisfaction portion of his wish.

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    DCBakerEsq  almost 4 years ago

    Truth is just an illusion. So there.

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