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[–] [email protected] 205 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Honestly, based genie. Instead of fucking you over by twisting your wish into something negative, he fucks you over by spending time on small details. At least the latter will likely result in something you actually want, whereas the former will probably suck.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 month ago (1 children)

After all that I still get brittle bone disease!?!

What? You said you wanted your Bones less dense, do you know how much bone I had to remove to let you fly with hummingbird wings?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't be worse than boneitis.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Ah boneitis, my only regret

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Probably an autistic genie. It's important to get the details right!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

These aren't small details, they are crucial details.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's the opposite of a monkey's paw?

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He's a smart one. Upselling body-shrinking or reduced bone density and increased metabolism.

That's 3 wishes.

[–] skulblaka 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The original terms of the wish requested the ability to fly, not just wings. These are part and parcel to being able to fly with wings. Ergo, only one wish.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well now, mortal. I understand your point but rules are rules.

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

He could have claimed so, but he's not a jackass genie.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Not picking telepathic will is the dumbest shit I've ever seen.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

given this genie's thoroughness your brain would have to be 100x as heavy

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Look, the 800lb brain man is flying!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Different folks, different strokes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Welcome to 2025. Now that you've exited the rock and had a mild warm up, let's get you up to speed

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I would have just taken telepathic will so that it just ends there.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yeah why would you take wings over telekinetics that’s wild

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Aesthetics? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Have fun putting on any sort of shirt.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

You don't need a genie to get prop wings on your back.

[–] skulblaka 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I imagine with telekinetics you need to concentrate real hard on not falling.

With wings you can just (heh) wing it much more safely.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure, but what if telepathic powers somehow affect your brain chemistry or morphology? Aside, Would flying be like manipulating gravity or lifting yourself up with an "invisible hand"?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (10 children)

The gravity manipulation is much better if they are handing out options.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

What's the Roche limit of the ground you're standing on?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

In order to use telepathy, we'll need to add a new section to your brain. Would you like to shrink the other sections of your brain to make room, or would you like a bigger brain? Oh, you want a bigger brain? Well, now we need to expand your head. Would you prefer an egghead or do you want the whole thing to grow? It will also come at the cost of requiring more energy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

So.. You're saying I can eat more? Say no more!!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Can we put a small brain annex in my abdominal cavity to handle the additional workload? It seems like the autonomic functions could safely be relocated there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dude ''magic'' doesn't require anything.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Is that a deliberate conscience telepathic effort, or automatic unconscious reflex? (eg. Perhaps you don't want to accidentally hover or float in public.)

[–] CidVicious 6 points 1 month ago

How much energy does telepathy use though?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ok well moving an object still requires energy, so you're gonna need the increased metabolism perk. We'll have to increase blood flow to the brain, oh and it'll need to be increased in mass a lot...how do you feel about a tall head?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

You mean "telpthic will power".

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

That's my kind of genie. I wonder if he'd be cool discussing the pros and cons of some of those choices.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Guys I got it.

I want a Green Lantern ring.

ring flys away looking for a worthy holder

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Wings? Nah, if I can't fly like Goku I don't want to fly at all.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

dunno. inflating like a pufferfish and becoming a dirigible is cool too. i could go for that.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you for that visual. I never realized the world needed Zeppelin Man.

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

As long as you don't become Hindenburg Man

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[–] WoodScientist 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The genie grants your wish. You inflate via your own flatus. When you land, you have to release a fart big enough to buoyantly lift an entire human body.

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

I'm sure you mean grown up DBZ Goku, but I would 100% take a flying nimbus and putter around the skies on my little cloud buddy. Just remember to pack a parachute!

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As an engineer of sorts, this is every conversation that I have with clients, but comic lady answers waaaaaaaaaay better than most people lol.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Genie: What kind of bird?

Clients: I saw a very pretty bird once, I think it was in Europe. It had feathers and part of it was black.

Genie:.... Right.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

The laws of physics are a bitch.

[–] BudgetBandit 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Would it be possible to have telekinesis, and use the telekinesis to fly, like Mewtwo?

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

To steal an idea I had on something similar once, perhaps on an entirely different site, there's also where the wings come from in the first place, literally and figuratively.

The equivalent structure to a bird's wing in humans is the arm and hand. Does this new wing take the place of the forelimb as it does in birds or does the wisher necessarily become a six-limbed creature?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

This is why we can't have nice things

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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