The Collapse of the Wishing Industry

Absurd Geometry Field Notes No. 11

I met a homeless man who used to be rich. He was in fountain extraction. He used to make a killing collecting coins from water fountains, but the industry collapsed once humanity stopped believing in wishes.

He continued.

“Back in the day, a wish cost you something. You had to physically part with a coin △ △ △ a small sacrifice to the universe. Now that nobody carries change, we’ve essentially stopped paying our wish tax.”

He seemed really let down by the whole thing, but said he wasn’t the only one affected.

“Look at shooting stars,” he told me. “They went out of business too. When was the last time anyone actually looked up at the sky? Everyone’s too busy staring down at their phones.”