• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Well if taking the rules literally, that’s allowed too!

    As long as you resist whatever urge you might have to throw out the ashes before you get the billion, you’re not throwing them away!

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      3 months ago

      I wanna say they specifically called out property destruction as being against the rules. And overpaying as well iirc, so you can’t offer someone millions for a sandwich that you then eat.

      Plus, if we’re being pedantic, burning the money isn’t spending it, which is what he is supposed to do.

      The movie also has the advantage of having a contract that presumably covers any other loopholes the audience thinks of, but which they don’t explicitly address in the script. Once you take it out of a movie and start treating it like a challenge to be solved, you can no longer hide behind some unseen fine print.

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        3 months ago

        they specifically called out property destruction as being against the rules

        Not in this meme, which is what I’m referring to.

        And overpaying as well

        So that rules out spending them in the US and several other countries…

        In under-regulated capitalism, prices aren’t set at what’s fair, they’re at the maximum that they can get away with without losing too many sales/clients.

        That’s by definition overpaying from the perspective of the buyer/client.

        Plus, if we’re being pedantic

        We are indeed. Carry on, good sir/madam/cuttlefish

        burning the money isn’t spending it, which is what he is supposed to do.

        Damn, you got me there. Good point 😁

        The movie

        Again, I was referring to the meme only, not the movie that inspired the premise

        also has the advantage of having a contract that presumably covers any other loopholes the audience thinks of

        That’s a mountain sized presumption…

        Once you take it out of a movie and start treating it like a challenge to be solved, you can no longer hide behind some unseen fine print.

        Good. Genies have had it too good for too long 😛