IT support, on the other hand, is more akin to exorcism. In a shaking voice the terrified user describes all the classic signs of a possessed computer, yet when you enter their cubicle and ask them to show you the polterbug, it has already fled in terror and the computer is working flawlessly again. You perform the ritual of reboot anyway, just to be sure.

lol while scrolling I sometimes forget to upvote so I upvoted and commenting

I had a thought about this recently. For all we know, wishing for things works, it’s just that nobody’s ever made a wish specific enough to compile.