And of course the genie will arrange for you to buy it, then launder it or lose it.
Shame about that scandal involving cheating at the lottery headquarters and the clear paper trail leading back to you.
Okay, but if we know what the chemical is, we can figure out a way to synthesize it. Worst case scenario, you just never use the vaccine, and the net effect is the same as if you’d never met the genie.
AIDS is already literally not having an immune system.
Well if that’s the case no possible wish could have a good outcome for you. “Okay, your wish to win the lottery is granted; and then you will die of monkeypox”.
Since the genie didn’t specify that I couldn’t ask for powers, I would just ask for omnipotentcy. So I can just undo any mistakes I make anyway.
That’s asking for more wishes, which is explicitly ruled out.
Hmmm. Quite right. All this time I thought “auto-immune” was part of the initials somehow.
if there isn’t an ironic twist, it just ain’t a genie wish. Or a monkey’s paw wish.
Ah, but then the ticket wouldn’t be “valid”.
I can’t help but wonder if, while you’re waiting, you’re going to buy some fries at McDonald’s, maybe twist the cap off a bottle of Pepsi, and realize that, hey, you just won a free soda…
The genie can’t give you omnipotence because they don’t have it themselves. Very powerful yes, omnipotent no. In fact the whole story behind how they ended up in those lamps and bottles began with their thinking they were powerful enough to challenge God and discovering otherwise.
No it isn’t. I won’t need any wishes then.
1 trillion dollars in 1 dollar bills would weigh 1,102,311 tons.
- It could land on you.
- If you are in a building, the building will explode, killing you.
- If you are outside on very stable ground, and it lands without hitting you, congratulations! You are going to be the star of every media outlet on Earth…as the victim of the largest mass mugging in human history.
The largest prize pool for which the ticket was valid was for “0” because of the cheating. 
That’s what I meant when I asked if something “not inherent to your wish” could be tacked on.
Yes, it requires a certain amount of discipline to make sure nothing you buy is tied to a contest. But it only has to be until the lottery is up to a decent amount. I personally wouldn’t wait a year or more for Powerball to get to the hundreds of millions levels. I’d be happy with our Canadian Lottomax, which hits 50-70 million every couple of months. Since that’s a tax free lump sum, it’s the equivalent of winning maybe 150-200 million in a US powerball lottery.
I’ve got a few more words to use, so maybe I could name the lottery in particular?
“I wish that the next Lottomax lottery ticket I buy for myself is the sole winning ticket for the largest prize pool for which that ticket is valid.”
Well second place is first loser. I’m starting to doubt that this “genie” has any powers at all. I’d need to see case histories and examples of favorable outcomes, free demonstrations at no cost to me and that I can turn down at any time. Otherwise it’s back in the lamp and a 1 star Yelp review.
You turn into a turkey yourself.
Seems like a pretty weird surprise.
The turkey being a little dry, though…
Okay, let’s see…
“I wish that the next Lottomax lottery ticket I buy for myself is a legally valid winning ticket that is the sole winning ticket for the largest prize pool for which that ticket is valid.”
Damn, 33 words if we’re counting “the” and the like.
“I wish that the next Lottomax lottery ticket I buy for myself is the sole legally valid winning ticket for the largest prize pool for which that ticket is valid.”
Exactly 30!