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You Have found a genie that grants 3 wishes! What are your wishes, how do you avoid loopholes or "the monkeys paw"? (lemmy.ca)
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Lets assume that genies grant wishes literally, but will twist your words. How do you wish without unintended consequences? Typical rules of no more wishes, no resurrection, no forced love, no altering the past, can't defy logic, can't break physical laws, can't create paradoxes, and can't affect higher powers (this is one tough genie!).

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[โ€“] [S] 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

The Genie thinks you haven't really thought this through, replacing blood with molten salt isn't physically possible and asking for mini rods from god to be launched from orbit at earth leaves it open to the genie how many and how much force to use. the Genie thinks you either don't respect the monkeys paw his powers or maybe that you want us all dead anyway :(

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    I mean, replacing blood with molten salt is entirely possible, it'll merely boil off most things it comes into contact with, which was the intent.

    The genie is more than welcome to pick how many and at what velocity they hit their targets

    I fully respect the genie's powers, and that they'd monkey's paw it, I was leaving that part up to them, and being VERY literal with my wishes to make sure the end result was at least in the same ballpark of the wish.

    Wasn't that the point of the post? Get the best result out of a genie that's got hard limits on their wish giving powers?

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  • [โ€“] [S] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    The genie has a hard time calling it "replacing" blood with molten salt with blood making up so much of the human body and what is left destroying itself almost instantly when exposed to molten salt that all you'd really get is a molten salt shaped human and some bones in a pile after. genies also pretty sure the moment he poofs away the blood there already dead so this is just an over complicated way of throwing someone into a molten pit of salt. Your going to have to trust the genie on this one.

    The quantity and speed govern energy, remember the genie was just confronted with the worst of humanity what if the genie decides all of humanity needs a reset with lots from everywhere destroying us all?

    This is why the genie was worried, asking a genie for revenge or destruction almost always goes terribly wrong if only on principle of the genie not bring a hitman and is looking for equal ways to turn it against the wisher.

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