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Me either, Doof (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/funny

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Here's some options.

The genie is a slave: it resents being used for its abilities by punny mortals, so it screws them over however it can.
The genie is alien: it doesn't understand what humans actually mean, so it takes them literally when it interprets their wish.
The genie is malicious: it wants to hurt you and probably escape its confinement, or sees you as a tool to do evil.
The genie is a pedant: it deliberately only grants the letter of the wish, regardless of consequences, for whatever reason.
The genie is a dick: he doesn't like you and enjoys goading, trolling, and generally fucking with you for its own amusement.
The genie is just following the rules: whatever force traps the genie requires it to be like this. Maybe whatever trapped it decided, or the rules of god, its society, or its nature force its behavior.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

1, 3, 5: Jackass genie

2, 4, 6: Literal genie

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, but I feel like calling a rebellious slave a jackass isn't quite right.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

One can be a jackass for justified reasons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I guess I should defer to a native speaker but I personally don't think the word fits, in the same way I wouldn't call a sick person lazy.

But on second thought, an American absolutely would call a sick person lazy.

Especially the current majority of their democracy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

You're correct as to the negative connotations of "jackass,", but it should be noted that TV Trope names are just that and don't necessarily apply to every trope that fits them. A genie might be intentionally twisting a person's words to make the outcomes bad for them, but for good reason - they still fall under that trope. Perhaps it needs a name change.