Sergio

[have ignored] … notably, this needs to be retroactive for the loop to start, so the syntax in the OP is wrong

oooh, that makes sense, if you change the wording like that…

I feel people here have the Disney idea of a genie rather than the true Middle Eastern idea of a djin.

oooh that makes sense… I had a friend in cybersecurity who was always using the term “evil genie” to characterize how attackers would take any system you developed, and look for a way to use it against you.

I don’t get it…

• “Do the opposite of my next wish”, you have two wishes left, ok will do
• “Don’t fulfil my third wish,” you have one wish left, ok I will do the opposite and WILL fulfil your third wish.
• “Ignore my first wish” you have no wishes left, ok I don’t remember anything about your first wish.

It basically boils down to “do nothing”, right?

• no advertising
• not run by a corporation
• freedom to find an instance aligned with your values

That’s a big deal to those of us who like lemmy/piefed. If you don’t care about those things, then yeah you might as well stay on Reddit.

Alternately, you were “the kind of person who didn’t watch Friends”, which still made it a cultural touchstone.

So you say it brought forth deep emotions. It moved you.

(never seen it, idk…)