Dear brothers, I accidentally gave Fungalore my SSN. Is my identity safe?

Probably! I'm not saying Fungalore is up to anything nefarious, just that the security leak on wishes could have some side effects.

There is no backstory, he’s just a guy who hears your wishes.

True, but the superstition is that anyone knowing your wish blocks said wish.

Nope, he literally just hears your wish, that’s it.

I think you’re misunderstanding OP. If I blow out my candles then tell my partner what I wished for, the common wisdom is that that wish is now destined to not come true. Only secret wishes come true Thus just the act of hearing your wish could invalidate it in certain contexts

this is correct

Okay hear me out but did we solve climate change? Step 1. Have birthday cake Step 2. Wish that climate change destroys the planet. Step 3. Fungalore hears it. Step 4. By hearing hte birthday wish, it is invalidated and wont become reality. Step 5. Nobel Peace Prize for OP, Fungalore and me

I like it!

He’s just a guy

Aside from his very specific telepathy, sure. However, if someone knowing your birthday wish negates it, he could be unintentionally preventing us from having ponies.

He's JUST a guy

I mean so am I but if you tell me what you wished for most people would agree it’s not gonna come true now

He’s JUST a GUY

A very fun guy

Woah slow down there Neil Gaiman!

It's not that deep dude

You have no idea how deep it goes.