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[-] mcSlibinas@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

This mean you already have 3 wishes (or more). Now you only need genie.

[-] oneser@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago

Yes, but the wishes are interpreted by an LLM and it is trained only on data relating to engines overheating.

[-] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago

Sir, your lamp is horny.

[-] farmgineer@nord.pub 5 points 3 days ago

So long as one of them is high vehicle repair/replacement cost, maybe!

[-] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

Haha, you wish

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Yes, but they're going to be:

  1. I wish I had oil in the car
  2. I wish my car didn't break down
  3. I wish I was better at car maintenance
[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That image is more out of date than the save floppy disk 💾 icon... Yet I never see it compared or mentioned.

I can't even name the object it represents. I get it's an oil can... But is that the name? It's like an oil teapot.

P.S did some of them have a flame? They they were also torches that predate electricity?

Oil can. That's what the Tin Man asks for. Dorothy oiling Tin Man

It's different than an oil lamp, which is basically just a candle in liquid form with a piece of cloth or rope as the wick and which may or may not contain genies. oil lamp

[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Glad I remembered something of them. Thanks.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Do people not know what an oil lamp is? The retelling of genie stories in various modern forms surely must make this object recognizeable in modern culture. There’s even some emojis for this. 🧞🪔

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

People mostly don't know what an oil lamp is, or even that a wick works at all.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's oil dripping from the spout, lol

But you pose an interesting question - even when idiot lights first appeared (1960's) - surely this would've already been an outdated icon.

By then the standard automotive oil can would've been the cardboard cylinder and oil spout

https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images2/1/0812/12/vintage-quart-oil-spout-gulfpride_1_2d919d59f8ffb24fb2697c83fa06e159.jpg

[-] makeshift0546@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's a you problem. That shit is used by hobbiest and pros all the time.

[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Did I say I had a problem with it? You sound horrible.

this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2026
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