EfreetSK@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agoYou have 3 wisheslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1759arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up1715arrow-down1external-linkYou have 3 wisheslemmy.worldEfreetSK@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·5 months agoBecause they never say “wish”, they just issue commands.
minus-squarerbn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 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-down1·5 months agoBut then the genie would simply fulfill your next three statements, rather than your next three wishes.
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.