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Volcott
Mar 30, 2010

People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.
I think I might've solved this "no wishing for more wishes" thing once and for all.

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The Cubelodyte
Sep 1, 2006

Practicing Hypnolaw since 1990
Grimey Drawer
Weird, one of my kids asked me the same question last night.

BONE DOG
Jun 7, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

The Cubelodyte posted:

Weird, one of my kids asked me the same question last night.

And the answer was a definitive no

The Cubelodyte
Sep 1, 2006

Practicing Hypnolaw since 1990
Grimey Drawer
It's a bit more complicated than that; I'm actually now trapped in a brass lamp, please send help

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007

Reporting for shovel mission Sir.

Volcott posted:

I think I might've solved this "no wishing for more wishes" thing once and for all.

Hmm.

This checks out.

Windows 98
Nov 13, 2005

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Everyone knows you wish for more wishes. If they say you can't wish for more wishes, whish to never run out of wishes. If they say you can't wish for more wishes in any way, wish for more genies. If you can't wish for more genies ALWAYS make the first wish that there are no downsides to you personally from any wish you make in the future. Wish granters are all over giving you your wish but at the expense of something else you cared about in some "careful what you wished for" irony.

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007

Reporting for shovel mission Sir.
Genies for Dummies.

burritolingus
Nov 6, 2007

by Ralp
Wish for the power to turn other people into genies and then use those genies to get more wishes duh.

Windows 98
Nov 13, 2005

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burritolingus posted:

Wish for the power to turn other people into genies and then use those genies to get more wishes duh.

This is actually fool proof because a genie can't grant themselves wishes. So their powers only could be abused by other people (aka you).

Big Bowie Bonanza
Dec 30, 2007

please tell me where i can date this cute boy
i wish to be able to make the same wish but with some slight differences forever

Devils Affricate
Jan 22, 2010
Wish for the genie to not have any rules about wishing for more wishes

Big Bowie Bonanza
Dec 30, 2007

please tell me where i can date this cute boy
could you wish for an inanimate object that grants infinite wishes

Volcott
Mar 30, 2010

People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.

Devils Affricate posted:

Wish for the genie to not have any rules about wishing for more wishes

I figure genies are read-only.

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007

Reporting for shovel mission Sir.
Wish for a contract which clearly spells out the consequences of your wishes in full prior to making the wish.

open container
Sep 16, 2008
What if you got extra genies but they were like retarded or something and couldn't actually grant wishes?

Sensible_Psycho
Sep 8, 2006

Without me, it's just aweso.
Just wish that you could grant your own wishes.

fuck off Batman
Oct 14, 2013

Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah!


Yes, but you still need to rub them out individually.

The Wurst Poster
Apr 8, 2005

Literally the Wurst...

Seriously...

For REALSIES.

Why would someone wish for extra genies? Wouldn't that give them downs syndrome or something?

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

HE'S GOT A PH.D. IN
KICKING YOUR ASS!
Hope you have enough Super Nintendos

Cacator
Aug 6, 2005

You're quite good at turning me on.

the djinn are still children of Allah op so I dobt think it works that way

Volcott
Mar 30, 2010

People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.

Cacator posted:

the djinn are still children of Allah op so I dobt think it works that way

Wish for more Allahs.

eSports Chaebol
Feb 22, 2005

Yeah, actually, gamers in the house forever,

Cacator posted:

the djinn are still children of Allah op so I dobt think it works that way

yeah keep in mind most genies are jerks and you were lucky to find one thankful for being freed. Be sure to wish for Muslim genies as at least they won't hurt you like the kaffir genies surely will

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

WE REQUIRE ADDITIONAL GENIES.

smilingfish
Sep 18, 2012

fuck you i am smart
Write every wish you want down on a piece of paper.

Say to genie "I wish for all of the things on this piece of paper to come true."

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

smilingfish posted:

Write every wish you want down on a piece of paper.

Say to genie "I wish for all of the things on this piece of paper to come true."

Genie got whooped.

Cnut the Great
Mar 30, 2014

smilingfish posted:

Write every wish you want down on a piece of paper.

Say to genie "I wish for all of the things on this piece of paper to come true."

holy poo poo

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
Just wish for a genie tracker if you got a loving stingy genie

Or what the paper guy said.

Gibbis Fourthmeal
May 22, 2006
are there physical limits in the universe for genies? can you have more wishes available than particles in the universe? do genies have mass?

Mr. Meagles
Apr 30, 2004

Out here, everything hurts


i'm like 97% sure genies have mass

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

Everytime you wish for something from a genie someone or something is disassembled atomically in an excruciatingly painful process and reassembled into your wish.

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007

Reporting for shovel mission Sir.
Wishes:
1. None of my future wishes can harm me in any way
2. I wish for an unlimited number of wishes.
3. I wish for another genie who can give me unlimited wishes.

naem
May 29, 2011

Tom Gorman posted:

i'm like 97% sure genies have mass

Only if they're catholic

Masturbasturd
Sep 1, 2014
still salty about that D&D game where my buddy actually won a wish. Then he'd have to roll 1d20 to see if he got his wish.

...it was to be a 25th level magic user, and he gloated at the DM (me) having to look up all the advanced rules

MLKQUOTEMACHINE
Oct 22, 2012

Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill

redshirt posted:

Wishes:
1. None of my future wishes can harm me in any way
2. I wish for an unlimited number of wishes.
3. I wish for another genie who can give me unlimited wishes.

For wish #2 every time you make a wish a child gets cancer
For wish #3 the genie turns out to be your mum who you just damned to an eternity of magical enslavement

COME ON BRUH ITS LIKE YOURE NOT EVEN TRYING'

This is why wish #1 is to wish for a genie lawyer so you can combat their magical legalese, THEN you safely wish for your unlimited wishes or whatever dumb poo poo you want

VectorSigma
Jan 20, 2004

Transform
and
Freak Out



make every 3rd wish to become a different person

IzzyFnStradlin
Jun 19, 2004
i wish i didn't read this thread. "goon logic" is the worst logic.

great big cardboard tube
Sep 3, 2003


just make your first wish to remove the "no wishing for more wishes" rule. second wish is for infinite wishes. BOOM

VectorSigma
Jan 20, 2004

Transform
and
Freak Out



wish to go back in time in a recursive chain creating thousands of temporal duplicates of yourself with one wish remaining

naem
May 29, 2011

If wish for a billion dollars and just hold my last two wishes in reserve.

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flerp
Feb 25, 2014
No because gently caress you

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