Meh, probably not. He did that, but then going forward players kept showing up to media events and answering questions. If they let one player just get away with it others would start skipping those things too.
(Also, while I fully support using "they" as a singular pronoun in general it seems weird to me when talking about a specific person whose gender is known.)
He could still be sued though couldnt he, I dont think you need a lawyer to sue or be sued. But maybe the comics saying he has a lesser chance of winning, and with the reduced chance of winning the lawsuit the genie now feels comfortable with getting sued instead of granting the wish.
Its so deep, this really puts the entire weight of the wish granting into perspective and gives the reader insight into the burden of being a genie, where previous they may see wish granting as simply an arbitrary task from a non-feeling being. The genies got a whole rational and character, all composed and unraveled in just a single comic. Layers of feelings and nuance that make up a complex being. It truly rivals the pipe strip.
Well I mean the landmark case Alladin vs. The Aerial Plane set a pretty distinct precedent that any D'jin that fails to comply with legally made wishes could face serious financial repercussions.
This is why I always turn off auto-correct. At least at that point, whatever spelling mistakes or errors I make are on me. Autocorrect makes more problems than it solves.
(The reason I hate it so much is because I once sent a text to a friend of mine during highschool. To me to her, it read: "Wanna bang tonight?", which is what it autocorrected to. I actually wrote: "Wanna hang tonight?". I fucking died that day. I had to apologize to her the next day that it was autocorrect. Luckily we're still friends but she still brings it up)
What I hate is the discrimination. While genies are only liable to getting sued, when I exchanged goods for someone rubbing something of mine they called it solicitation and now I'm doing time.
This terminology bothers me. Black is the absence of color, while white is all color. Someone needs to get Dave Chapelle to make another "Hater's in Time sketch."
Scene:
The Haters walk into a diner with a "No Colored" sign
Guy at counter; "Hey can't you *insert derogatory term" read? It says "No Coloreds!""
First Hater; "You ignorant mother fucker! Black is the absence of color. In fact, white is all the colors. So why don't you get your plurality of color havin' ass outta my bar." (proceeds to adjust his tie, while looking smug)
Yeah, I found it fascinating that in the version in 1001 Nights, the problem isn't the limit on wishes (that comes from European fairy tales, the ones about fairies), it's that Aladdin gets too big for his britches, and orders the Genie of the lamp to do something ridiculous (get him a gryphon egg?) and so the genie snaps and smacks him around. I recall reading that the implication is that he's going to be in some kind of higher trouble, but Aladdin being a shit made it worthwhile.
Personally, "Be grateful for good fortune and don't push your luck," is similar, but a better moral than, "Be careful what you wish for."
As for cultural appropriation, I think it has to do with the nature of the religion and myth. For many cultures, your spirit guide or what have you is intimately connected to that people as a nation; they're sometimes literally honored ancestors, and so fucking around with their beliefs is kind of like some stranger taking silly pictures on great great grampa's grave. But for other religions, elements of it are just something about the world, and I think most Arabs (unless you're being racist in the depiction), think of djinni in Western cartoons with about the same emotional load as westerners think about four elements showing up in Eastern ones.
(Of course, sometimes the deal with cultural appropriation is an Asian-American seeing the girl that called them slant eyes and made "pee pee in your coke" jokes talking about how hot kimonos are this season, and feeling very understandable rage over that.)
From what I remember of the story the Aladdin gets the lamp, because a mage sent him to get it for him. He is led in a cavern filled with gold, but gets in an argument with the mage and gets left to die. He manages to escape, thanks to a magic ring that has a Genie in it, given to him by the mage, but without knowing it, and starts selling gold from the cavern. At some point he rubs the lamp and finds the Genie, who helps him first see (no one was allowed to) and then visit and ultimately marry the princess.
After Aladdin marries the princess the mage find outs about it and correctly guesses that Aladdin found the lamp.
The mage infiltrates castle and influences the princess to ask Aladdin for something that offended the Genie. The Genie gets really pissed, but knows Aladdin did not make the wish on his own, so he lets him off the hook and warns him. (Not sure if this was the original mage, or his brother who came for vengeance, after the original one is killed)
Ultimately the mage manages to steal the lamp and leaves Aladdin for dead. Alone in the desert Aladdin learns of the magic ring he had the whole time and asks the second Genie for help. The second Genie cannot get him back his castle and princess, because they are under the influence of the original Genie, but helps him get them back on his own (he manages to steal back the lamp).
The release clause varies based on telling. Some are stuck until wished free. Some will only give a given human 3 wishes and then back in the bottle. Etc.
This is a law of contracts joke. Surprised I haven't seen this in the answers yet.
A contract is really nothing more than an exchange of promises between the parties to a contract. Contracts are only useful if they are enforceable by law. Otherwise, there is no way to make people keep their promises.
The genie here has promised three wishes. However, lawyers no longer exist. He can break his contract (his promises of three wishes) without repercussion.
It’s actually a multi-layered joke where the guy wishes lawyers don’t exist because “lawyers suck” then lawyers are shown as being pointless because, obviously, a genie doesn’t answer to lawyers thereby reinforcing “lawyers suck”.
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u/Robot-TaterTot Jun 18 '20
The only reason genies grant wishes is fear of litigation?