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[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 81 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Not picking telepathic will is the dumbest shit I've ever seen.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

given this genie's thoroughness your brain would have to be 100x as heavy

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Look, the 800lb brain man is flying!

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 6 days ago

Elder brain entered the chat

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

I wish it didn't have to be

[–] Thavron@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago

Different folks, different strokes.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Welcome to 2025. Now that you've exited the rock and had a mild warm up, let's get you up to speed

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Fair point.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

other peoples thoughts and goals bleed into your own without filter

[–] frog@feddit.uk 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Guys I got it.

I want a Green Lantern ring.

ring flys away looking for a worthy holder

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago

You should ask for the OG green lantern ring, just magic

[–] subtleorbit@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

As an engineer of sorts, this is every conversation that I have with clients, but comic lady answers waaaaaaaaaay better than most people lol.

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 18 points 6 days ago

Genie: What kind of bird?

Clients: I saw a very pretty bird once, I think it was in Europe. It had feathers and part of it was black.

Genie:.... Right.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 29 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Wings? Nah, if I can't fly like Goku I don't want to fly at all.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

dunno. inflating like a pufferfish and becoming a dirigible is cool too. i could go for that.

[–] eodur@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for that visual. I never realized the world needed Zeppelin Man.

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

As long as you don't become Hindenburg Man

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[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The genie grants your wish. You inflate via your own flatus. When you land, you have to release a fart big enough to buoyantly lift an entire human body.

Aww he gets me

[–] villainy@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I'm sure you mean grown up DBZ Goku, but I would 100% take a flying nimbus and putter around the skies on my little cloud buddy. Just remember to pack a parachute!

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 33 points 6 days ago

That's my kind of genie. I wonder if he'd be cool discussing the pros and cons of some of those choices.

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

The laws of physics are a bitch.

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Would it be possible to have telekinesis, and use the telekinesis to fly, like Mewtwo?

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

Do you want to take a genetic modification and let the new DNA alter your body for 40 years for it to take effect, or do you want to become a comic character?

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I would have just gone with the obvious answer: telepathic will

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

This is why we can't have nice things

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

To steal an idea I had on something similar once, perhaps on an entirely different site, there's also where the wings come from in the first place, literally and figuratively.

The equivalent structure to a bird's wing in humans is the arm and hand. Does this new wing take the place of the forelimb as it does in birds or does the wisher necessarily become a six-limbed creature?

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