You get one wish, but the genie always tries to curse it. What do you wish for? (lemmy.ml)

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[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I wish for all of the intentions I have which will positively affect me and others will come to fruition without effort.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

I like this one

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Strangely I've had this shower thought a lot. I've mulled over how I would make my one wish to a genie many times. Which is pretty dumb when I think about it. I could have been reading shampoo bottles!

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Same. I think that the best thing one can wish for is a way to learn things you want to learn as fast as you want to learn it, whether that thing be knowledge, or a skill, or a power (supernatural or not), with the immediate option to unlearn that thing, should any ill effects or undesirable outcomes occur.

That way, your potential is essentially infinite, but not ludicrously so such that the world gets boring, and that any changes are not sudden or dramatic.

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[-] rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Ok so I wish for the worst curse the genie can dish out and then what?

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[-] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works -2 points 11 months ago

I don't wish for anything right away. I bring that damn lamp to the best lawyer I can find and have him draft up a bulletproof wish that goes to extreme lengths to specify exactly what I want and how I want it, while specifically excluding anything contrary to those interests, and has enforcement of my interests built in.

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

The turkey is a little dry.

[-] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com -2 points 11 months ago

Another X wishes, X > 1.

[-] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You get X cards wishing you a happy birthday. No, they don't have money

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