WeeklyWishes/WeekFour

Governments had mobilized. It took time to spin up, but most government intelligence agencies now had full teams looking for the people who had wishes granted in the hope of finding patterns that could be exploited. There were think tanks brainstorming possible wishes and marketing options to plant the ideas in the minds of the masses. There were psychologists and social scientists spinning their wheels trying to analyze the psychology of a voice that hadn't yet said 200 words.

Violence was becoming quite common in some parts of the world, though the influence of larger nations had kept outright war from breaking out. Everyone knew that that influence wasn't being used altruistically. Rumors abounded that the militaries of the world had mostly figured out that if a wish was granted from someone in an active war zone, the results could be bad. Most were taking a wait and see approach.

A large percentage of the western population believed that the wishes were over. Three wishes in just so common in western culture, and the voice didn't say anything like "see you next week". Some were lamenting the loss, others were pushing to return to normal.

This was the first time that a wish presented the opportunity for research. Young males were recruited around the world to test the effects of the wish. The results found that the effect worked down to the age of 5, Younger testing was not considered ethical due to limits of consent. Tests also showed that the wish did not aid in reaching climax. The effect was noted in some males in early puberty, but those subjects only experienced intermittent flatulence, fading sharply as the progressed into puberty.

When the anointed hour came, the voice rang out again. "Hello humanity... I'm sorry, Let me just forget last week and start over. Hello Humanity, it's time to spin up a random wish. Let's just not think about last week while we do it. Ok here it goes... and the winner probably thought about last week... Being potty-trained is not required until you are 11 years old. I shouldn't have talked about last week... At least this one will hurt a bit. Petty vengeance should be beneath me..."

The sharp pain was almost identical to the pain on the first week.

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Mechanically, this one is mostly moot due to the word required. Society says that it's ok to not be potty-trained until the age of eleven. You can choose not to potty-train your children and neither you, nor your children would see societal backlash. If a person is already potty-trained, they don't suddenly forget. Parents also still have the option to potty-train their children as early as they want, and most children would figure it out on their own long before the age of eleven.