EfreetSK@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoYou have 3 wisheslemmy.worldimagemessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1771arrow-down146file-text
arrow-up1725arrow-down1imageYou have 3 wisheslemmy.worldEfreetSK@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square67linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareI_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down3·edit-22 years agoAgain, from the last time this was reposted, none of these are wishes.
minus-squarerbn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoWhy not? If I wish that someone ignores something, that’s a valid wish IMO.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·2 years agoBecause they never say “wish”, they just issue commands.
minus-squarerbn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years 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-down1·2 years agoBut then the genie would simply fulfill your next three statements, rather than your next three 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.