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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Management must have really hated the Robin Williams genie, since he always granted the wishes in the spirit of the person who did the wishing, even when it was the bad guy!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's what genies normally would do, too.

They're not a monkey's paw

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Depends on the writer. Some genies are jackass genies, which is what management is expecting here, while others may be literal genies, who aren't necessarily malicious but grant the wish based purely on the words used to make it rather than the intended spirit of it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I thought genies were bitter because they're trapped in a lamp and forced to grant wishes?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sometimes. But most modern genie lore is mixed in with the monkey paw lore. Does that make sense?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

What is some modern genie lore like that?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I think we are all just too cynical in our modern times to believe in granted wishes without any downsides.