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Yup, 10/10, definitely classic Jackson

What I'd like to know, in the field of Djinnology, is how far does the reduction go? All numbers of dollars are the same, how about different currencies, or at what point is a resource liquid enough to be a currency? Or is it just intent like you say, so if you intend to wish for some weird shit just to sell it, it counts as currency? Would superpowers be divided into categories, or all together, and would enhancing normal abilities to naturally possible levels count? Does enhancing charisma with the intent to find love count as wishing for love? Maybe not, since you can wish for the means to acquire precious metals.

More importantly, did the MC just ban all ctrl Z wishes? Or perhaps discover that undoing things isn't reduced. Because that could lead to a quest to find the guy who wished that no wish could be granted twice, or that the genie is reductive, and the right wording to undo that wish. Maybe time travel to a time can't be done, time travel to a person can't be done, but using a different sort of anchor is fine.

"Why can you not commit to finishing your task?" I asked him. His head hung in a way I'd never seen before. I surely thought he was void of emotion but here he stands before me expressing nothing I'd ever seen before. Is it sadness? Maybe exhaustion? Surely, reaping the entire universe must be tiresome.

He spoke softly "You do not fear me". Of course I feared him. Does he not realize he is death at my doorstep? "What do you mean?" I responded. His gaze hardened. "I come to end your world and you have not run away or begged me for your life" he yelled bursting into flames of blue.

I stepped back in shock. Why does it matter to him if I show fear? Surely anyone would be afraid in this situation. "Of all the universe, everyone has begged." He bellowed gnashing his teeth in anger.

"I will not beg for the inevitable" I spoke softly "I will only stand before you in solace as you take an innocent man's life". This enraged him. "Beg or I shall cast you into the flames to burn for eternity" he shouted. I answered "no".

Then something changed in the horizon. The sky lit up slightly blue. This was odd as since death had begun his rampage, the sky had been laced with black and soaked in red. "Take me now death" I said with a half smile. The sky behind him grew brighter blue. Death started pacing back and forth. "Even in death there is fear" he spoke out. "If you will not fear me then I shall drag you to hell with me". He reached for my hand but something stopped him. "No" I shouted. The sky ruptured with bright lights. The entire world around me started spiraling into colors I had not seen in ages. A hole opened up beneath death and sucked him in. "I will be back for you!" Death shouted as he disappeared into the earth.

After a few seconds, the world seemed to gain a vivid color. I was filled with happiness. I wondered how I had just defeated death. Then I saw it. In the sky above me written into the clouds.

Fear only leads to death.

“This is my puppy. He keeps me safe.”

Little girl only had a puppy for comfort and safety before another survivor or group of survivors found her.

The genie being a hip bi dude is hilarious

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Sounds like a new consultant for the land owner to try and find a way around the genies rules.

In addition the wish consulting services will likely continue to exist as the rich will still want to be the "guaranteed" wish. Downsized yes but not gone

I’ll settle for “I wish I {listing out my full legal name} had the powers of Meta Luck, Science-Magic Lordship, and Freedom, inherent to myself and as they are defined, on the Superpower Wiki; as of this time {listing out the date and time, down to the second}”.

I’ll then turn around and grant the genie it’s freedom, if it doesn’t already have it.

You can use context to figure it out, it's really not difficult or confusing in the slightest.

If you'd like to double down here, please be my guest.

I wish for the guy whose reddit username is FalconMirage to win the lottery the first time he plays it in 2023

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After causing several embarrassing things, I found out who did this to me and I go to the witch. The surprised and alarmed to find me in her front door I said 'You are going to have a long discussion with me' I say, she shook her head trying to defy the curse but, she is now victim of her little trick now. I wrote to her what I wanted to say without saying it.

After two hours of talk, she is not so bad and think for a moment 'You are going to be reverted to same age as I am' I say and it happens. Hmm... She looks nice but... 'Out of nowhere appears clothing you would rather wear than what you are currently wearing' I say, she in front of her appears clothing she likes. She is almost glowing from happiness.

'You are free from forced to talk with me and I am no longer cursed' I say. Witch looked at me completely bewildered 'Next time when you want attention, maybe try to talk to the individual first before cursing this' I say and head home, knowing I have crap sort out now, thanks to the witch's curse. Curse me again, if you effing dare. After few days somebody knocks on my door.

Awesome! It reminds me, in spirit, of Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny.

Thousands of miles of desert had left me with blistered skin and cracked lips. My eyes were blurry and my legs could barely hold my weight. I was so thirsty that it felt as if every cell in my body was about to dry out.

I collapsed by the oasis and shoveled water into my mouth so hastily that I scooped lumps of sand up with it. The first couple of gulps, I didn't care. Gasping, I collapsed against a tree and let the shade cool me. It was only a few degrees cooler than the air in the sun, but it felt like someone had turned the air conditioning on.

At last. I'd found him. It would be worth it if only I could get this wish through.

After about an hour of passing in and out of sleep, I hauled myself up and staggered over to the plinth holding the lamp.

I paused. This journey had nearly killed me multiple times. I'd been mugged at two different ports. I broke a leg and had to recover in a hospital in Lebanon for over a month. I'd lost over ten kilograms in weight and developed tremors in my left hand that seemed likely to be permanent. All of that could have been for nothing if I simply wasn't the first person to have thought of this. I swallowed, an errant grain of sand scratching my throat on the way down, and rubbed the lamp.

A wild cackle sounded from within, and the lamp glowed pink, red, and purple as the genie materialised before me, looking mildly put out.

"Never fails," he said. "You finally sit down on your meditation cushion, and there it goes, the rub of the lamp."

He looked down at me, and his face softened.

"Hey there, pal. You look like death itself! Been the first time in a while that someone came here the old-fashioned way. I respect that. Let's fix you up for a second."

A wave of his hands, and my ailments were gone.

"That's better! Now. You know how this works?"

"If someone has wished for my wish before, I stay here and have to travel back the hard way. If no one has wished it before, I will be returned home, and it will be done."

"Exactamundo, mi compadre! Although, in your case, I'd be a cruel spirit to not at least send you as far as Riyadh if your wish is a bust. Sound fair?"

I nodded graciously and thanked the genie as politely as I could.

"Aw, aren't you just the sweetest little thing? Go right ahead," he said.

"I wish that people would see their own actions the way that everybody else saw them."

"That's it?"

"That's it."

The genie smiled and said, "Good one, kiddo."

In an instant, I was home, just as the sun was rising for a new day. I noticed how quiet it was. How peaceful. How serene.

Or the planet lol

Glad you enjoyed!

Wizards trying to stop the ocean from destroying everything

Self-replicating nanobots (grey goo scenario).

Really good story, I love the whole concept.

Congratulations u/bookworm271!

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You only need to wish to destroy a concept like currency once.

Love it haha. Hope you don't mind me stealing it to title the piece!

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"That wish has been previously granted"
confused and frustrated screaming