Instead of phrasing a wish to a genie attempting to cover every interpretation it makes more sense to posit numerous supporting circumstances.
Instead of phrasing a wish to a genie attempting to cover every interpretation it makes more sense to posit numerous supporting circumstances.
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What's the monkey's paw when simply adding "that works how I expect it to" to the end of any wish?
"You expected me to grant the letter of your wish in a way that subverted the spirit of your wish or you wouldn't have put 'that works how I expect it to' on the end. I fulfilled your expectations exactly as requested. Having a 10-inch penis on your forehead was exactly the sort of result you expected given how too-good-to-be-true your stumbling onto my lamp was, was it not?"
Haha good call. What about "that works the way I want it to?"
Now you cant help but believe you deserve this hellish existence you brought on yourself.
that assumes you know exactly what you want though, which I think most people wouldn't at the time of making the wish