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Rhetorical optimism guarantees immediate narrative disaster

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The phrase 'what could possibly go wrong' is the ultimate forbidden curse of storytelling. Uttering this specific combination of words activates an inescapable karmic response from the universe, guaranteeing that the worst possible scenario will unfold literally three seconds after the sentence is completed.

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Rhetorical optimism guarantees immediate narrative disaster
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