• @[email protected]
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    3810 months ago

    I wish for more genies. I wish that I could wish for more wishes. I wish for the ability to grant my own wishes. I wish that every wish I’ve ever made/will make comes true. I wish for the genie to lose the ability to count.

    • @metallic_substance
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      5010 months ago

      Devil’s advocate here. The whole point of having the wish-giver be a sentient being is to filter bullshit loopholes like that. I like the idea of a highly moderate genie that takes his job seriously

    • @[email protected]
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      2210 months ago

      Historically genie (Jinn) wishes are always Monkey Paws, you just got shitted on six ways from Sunday, not least of which is being turned into a djinn.

      • veroxii
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        1210 months ago

        Alithea Binnie : There’s no story about wishing that is not a cautionary tale. None end happily. Not even the ones that are supposed to be jokes.

        Genie : But you and I are the authors of this story, and we can avoid all traps.

    • @PR3CiSiON
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      310 months ago

      Just use a lot of “ands” in the first wish. I wish for a pile of money and a jetpack and a lava lamp. Now I still have two wishes left