Doesn’t work, since they are fulfilled sequentially.
Do the opposite of my next wish. -> Fulfilled, he is set to do the opposite next.
Don’t fulfill my 3rd wish. -> Fulfilled, the wish does effectively nothing and he’s got one left that will be fulfilled. All instructions from the first wish are done with and discarded.
Ignore my first wish. -> Fulfilled, there is nothing left to be ignored about his first wish anymore since it’s already done. The wish does nothing and he successfully wasted all 3 by trying to be a smart ass.
I wonder if genies are subject to numerical integer underflow.
They can be. If you wish for it.
Also if the genie is a thinking agent or even just capable of detecting an infinite loop this falls apart.
Imagine trying to ward off a genie by yelling: “THIS STATEMENT IS FALSE!”
POV you’re about to encounter a little ol’ Fate Worse Than Death
You are now stuck in an infinite loop with a rabbit and turtle.
I love your username. Is it meant to be a naughty bilingual pun?
Yup, the genie just did that last bit to make him feel like he actually outsmarted him or something. In reality he’s just glad he doesn’t have to be around him any more.
I feel like this guy plays mtg
Weird too, cus you could destroy the universe with 2 or even just 1 wish maybe?.
2 wishes: Repeat wish 2, repeat wish 1. Universe ends in magical overload.
1 wish: Don’t fulfill this wish. I feel like that’s less magical end of the universe and just death of the genie I guess?
You could have had fame, riches or beauty but instead you chose to be a dick.
Do you think I asked for a 10 inch pianist?
My smartass genie response would be to summon a severed 10 inch penis in their hands.
It’s for the
lulzscience!
First rule: don’t fuck with djinn, hags, or fae. Demons maybe, at least you know what they want.
When the demon tries to trip you up by asking for tea and cookies to be left out at night:
Your sweet, sweet balloon knot. Forever, taking that hot demon gel. Ask Kage.
🤮
Then on the third wish he just says “nah, that won’t work” and you’ve just burned 2 and confused yourself.
Gratz, you played yourself and get no wishes.
Again, from the last time this was reposted, none of these are 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.
That oughta teach him a lesson
How dare he try to grant my wishes
Those aren’t wishes, just commands.
Ever heard of “your wish is my command?”
Yeah… That presumes you made a wish and not a command.
This is also assuming the Genie isn’t a spiteful PoS that will just kill the Asker. There’s no rule against that.
And yet… Monkey paw curls
Even if any of the three wishes are deemed valid or invalid the net result will be nothing happens, no?
Wish 1 cancels out wish 2, leaving us with the default state of granting the third wish. The genie grants the third wish by biting his tongue and ignoring how stupid the first wish was.
XP boot screen 😍
Does everyone not understand this yet? The only winning move with a genie is to not play.
Wrong, and geniephobic.
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I wish to know the true name of the genie who is granting me wishes.
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I wish [genie’s true name] to be freed, mortal and without magical powers, now and henceforth.
You are now trapped in a bottle.
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Wish one, genie give me a copy of your private key for the wish granting API
Granted, you are now a genie with access to the wish granting API private key. Make all the copies you like.
There’s often a rule about not wishing about wishing, either directly or indirectly. This rule’s not in the story of Aladdin (at least, not Disney’s version) because that would prevent what happens with Jafar at the end.
It’s also not a rule in Douglas Hofstadter’s book Gödel, Escher, Bach…, where Achilles and the Tortoise - characters Hofstadter frequently borrows as protagonists; his Tortoise is sapient and can talk - contrive to wish that a wish not be granted, or something like that.
And if that last paragraph (with its nested asides) gave you a headache, you’ll love the book.
