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[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because they never say "wish", they just issue commands.

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 0 points 1 month ago

But then the genie would simply fulfill your next three statements, rather than your next three wishes.