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Genie
Your friend calls you up and tells you to meet them at their house. They say they found a magic lamp and they have three wishes. You meet the genie and it's undisputably a being of magic. Your friend then precedes to wish for a new pair of shoes, an iPhone, and some hair ties. The lamp disappears once they have completed their job. What is your reaction?
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Behind the Sour Face

It was sure a waste to use absolute power for a piece of a hair tie, however, I stared baffled at my friend who acted simple and selfish, but not greedy in that tempting moment.

Is this my friend? If it was me, I was sure to think of getting a whole island or act good and bring peace to the world.

But that wasn't the case; the more time we think, the more tempting it was. Humans are naturally selfish.

For her to act as if it was nothing, to ask a hair tie from a Genie that could pretty much give anything you want, well, I thought: it was amazing…