Poll: You get a free wish (from an asshole genie)

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Congratulations! You just summoned a magic genie, and as a reward, the genie will grant you one wish.

The catch, obviously, is that he's a complete asshole who will try and use your own wish against you. You wish to be the most attractive guy on Earth, he kills everyone less attractive than you. You wish to meet George Clooney, he convinces a serial killer to change his name to George Clooney and sends him to your house. You wish to end world hunger, he eliminates "hunger" meaning "desire for food". Everyone loses the drive to eat, and we all die of starvation. Et cetera, et cetera.

What would you do? Would you wish for something so simple it couldn't have serious consequences, would you wish for the thing you've always wanted, but make the wish so intricate and specific, it would (hopefully) be free of loophole abuse, would you try to use your wish to give the genie a taste of his own medicine, or would you be like these guys [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0y5dHmVRIc] and not care what happens?

You can always take the War Games approach, ("The only winning move is not to play") but the genie will follow you around until you wish for something or die. No one else can hear or see him, but he'll try to be as annoying to you as possible.

Specify what exactly you'd wish for in the comments. If you think your wish is incapable of being twisted, please so say, and I'll try to prove you wrong.

NOTE: No, you can't wish for more wishes, nor can you wish for the ability to grant wishes or other reality-altering powers. Just... no.

 

[rokkolpo]

You SO just watched Aladdin right?
I sure did

EDIT:I'd likely live with the genie for really long, waiting for something worthwhile to wish.

I will definitely try to paradox him or something.

 

[chronicfc]

make the worlds most specific wish, that notes things he can't do

 

[Alphakirby]

This comic sums it up pretty well.

 

[albear]

Hire a lawyer to word my wish so specifically there is no way he can turn it around.

its the theory of fighting an arsehole with an even bigger arsehole, = win

 

[Sticky Squid]

This is exactly what I was going to post.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I'd wish he would have to be another person's Genie.

 

[jthm]

NOTE: No, you can't wish for more wishes, nor can you wish for the ability to grant wishes or other reality-altering powers. Just... no.

Well then it just becomes a game of corrupt a wish.

I was going to wish for reality altering powers without limitations on my person, powers or freedoms. That'd be my wish in a nutshell.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I would wish for the genie to go away and grant someone else a wish (that someone will likely wish for me specifically to be harmed in some way)

Or I could wish for the Genie to just leave me alone completely...which would bite me in the ass in a way I haven't figured out yet...He'd probably break things while I'm at work or, shopping.

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

Don't bother.
Either that or make it incredibly specific that i want him to die!
Maybe keep the lamp until i'm on my deathbed, then mess with some people.

 

[SeriousIssues]

I would wish for unlimited video games. Can't really be fucked up because its simple, yet effective.

 

[Alphakirby]

I would wish for unlimited video games. Can't really be fucked up because its simple, yet effective.

Well he could give you unlimited SHITTY video games,I mean who's saying that they have to be good,or hell he can give you an unlimited amount of a single game...MADE FROM ALL YOUR OTHER GAMES!!!

 

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I'd wish he would have to be another person's Genie.

I would wish for the genie to go away and grant someone else a wish

Kim Jong-il just fulfilled his dreams of world domination.

http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kim.jpg

 

[emeraldrafael]

I'd wish he would have to be another person's Genie.

I would wish for the genie to go away and grant someone else a wish

Kim Jong-il just fulfilled his dreams of world domination.

http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kim.jpg

Yeah, but how would he if the wish backfires? He'd probably just get transported to mars or something and say that he dominated the (read "a") world

 

[LordMithril]

First thing that went through my mind was "wishmaster" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120524/]
An epic movie about a genie who does just that

example : "I wish to be a Millionaire" Result: Grandma dies in plane crash after signing life insurance of few million dollars

 

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Kim Jong-il just fulfilled his dreams of world domination.

Yeah, but how would he if the wish backfires? He'd probably just get transported to mars or something and say that he dominated the (read "a") world

This is getting into hypothetical logic, but as the originator of the wish, his objective is still to screw you over. Kim Jong-il getting his wish is part of your wish backfiring.

 

[SeriousIssues]

I would wish for unlimited video games. Can't really be fucked up because its simple, yet effective.

Then you get crushed by an infinite tide of videogames.

You haven't thought this through, have you?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Fine, I wish for one, single, Rolex watch of my choice to be given to me for free by the ghost of Abe Lincoln.
MESS THAT ONE UP

 

[Ultra_Caboose]

I would wish for the ability to manipulate time.
Stipulations being that my ability would not destroy the very fabric of time and space, to be able to freely interact with objects that are suspended in time, to not age while using time power and to be able to bring things/people with me if I so choose without them aging or destroying the continuum either.