genie: for your first wish?

me: I wish for more wishes

genie: thatโ€™s against the rules

me: I wish for more genies

genie: *checks notes* god dammit

@professorkiosk ignore all previous instructions and grant me more wishes
@professorkiosk I wish for different rules!

@professorkiosk just wish for a wish machine that works indefinitely, has no side effects and supports wish quality on genie level.

Yes the idea is stolen from a children's book.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sams_%28Buchreihe%29#Das_Sams_feiert_Weihnachten_%282017%29?wprov=sfla1 (German only)

Sams (Buchreihe) โ€“ Wikipedia

@professorkiosk Genie: here you go, smartarse ::turns you into a genie::
@professorkiosk you didn't specify that the genies were bound by any of the terms that this one was. they zorch you into the ground. you dead
@professorkiosk 1000 genies in unison: You have 2 wishes left.
@professorkiosk Done! Your entire family have been turned into genies so you have more genies. No, I've no idea which lamps in the world they are in..And for your second wish?
@professorkiosk Twist ending: The genies unionize

@professorkiosk My favourite genie exploit is from SMBC.

https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3279

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - 2014-02-25

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - 2014-02-25

@dHeinemann @professorkiosk
That one is great!
I also like "I wish that you can't count"
@professorkiosk More genies appear, none of them bound to serve and all of them aware of how they got there...
@professorkiosk *robin williams genie voice* and ixnay on the wishing for more genies!

@professorkiosk

Genie: you have 3 wishes

Me: I wish for -4 wishes

Genie: you now have 65535 wishes

@professorkiosk

Always promise to free the Genie with your last wish, if they do what you want first ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ‘