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* Trying to teach BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor by using a {{Literal|Genie}} or JackassGenie who doesn't actually ''give'' you what you wished for.
Some time ago i removed the
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* Trying to teach BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor by using a {{Literal|Genie}} or JackassGenie who doesn\'t actually \'\'give\'\' you what you wished for.
Some time ago i removed the \"LiteralGenie\" part since LiteralGenie DOES give you what you wish for even if not exacly the way you\'d expect. At was moved back for the reason:\"The literal genie does still fit depending on the story. A wish to be alone might be intended just for the person to have time for themselves but a literal genie might make all other living things dissapear. The Aesop is about intent but a literal genie only follows the word so the Aesop isn\'t actually conveyed correctly.\"
The thing is, if Aesop is BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor then the person from the example clearly DidntThinkThisThrough. If the people in question were transported god knows were, but without harm, and he learned a lesson by being seriosuly lonely, then it\'s followed. If wish was acomlished by massacre of every living thing on the planet... then sorry but that\'s JackassGenie, not LiteralGenie.

Although now that i think about it, i should\'ve removed the entire line in the first place, since if Genie in question grans something else than you wished for, then the matter of thinking before wishing is not adressed at all which falls under IneptAesop.
Changed line(s) 1 from:
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* Trying to teach BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor by using a {{Literal|Genie}} or JackassGenie who doesn't actually ''give'' you what you wished for.
Some time ago i removed the
to:
* Trying to teach BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor by using a {{Literal|Genie}} or JackassGenie who doesn\'t actually \'\'give\'\' you what you wished for.
Some time ago i removed the \"LiteralGenie\" part since LiteralGenie DOES give you what you wish for even if not exacly the way you\'d expect. At was moved back for the reason:\"The literal genie does still fit depending on the story. A wish to be alone might be intended just for the person to have time for themselves but a literal genie might make all other living things dissapear. The Aesop is about intent but a literal genie only follows the word so the Aesop isn\'t actually conveyed correctly.\"
The thing is, if Aesop is BeCarefulWhatYouWish then the person from the example clearly DidntThinkThisThrough. If the people in question were transported god knows were, but without harm, and he learned a lesson by being seriosuly lonely, then it\'s followed. If wish was acomlished by massacre of every living thing on the planet... then sorry but that\'s JackassGenie, not LiteralGenie.

Although now that i think about it, i should\'ve removed the entire line in the first place, since if Genie in question grans something else than you wished for, then the matter of thinking before wishing is not adressed at all which falls under IneptAesop.
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