EfreetSK@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agoYou have 3 wisheslemmy.worldimagemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1773arrow-down146file-text
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minus-squarerbn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months agoWhy not? If I wish that someone ignores something, that’s a valid wish IMO.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·6 months agoBecause they never say “wish”, they just issue commands.
minus-squarerbn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoI dunno. If he told the djinn ‘Give me a nice car’ or ‘Make Trump eat a pile of dog poop’ in response to the offering of 3 wishes, that qualifies as a wish to me even though it doesn’t contain the word.
minus-squarebitwolf@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoBut then the genie would simply fulfill your next three statements, rather than your next three wishes.
Why not? If I wish that someone ignores something, that’s a valid wish IMO.
Because they never say “wish”, they just issue commands.
I dunno. If he told the djinn ‘Give me a nice car’ or ‘Make Trump eat a pile of dog poop’ in response to the offering of 3 wishes, that qualifies as a wish to me even though it doesn’t contain the word.
But then the genie would simply fulfill your next three statements, rather than your next three wishes.