• mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      I mean, with lotto numbers you could just start trying to count. Once you can say the number, you move on to the next one. Depending on how the wish works, you could even try just sounding things out.

      The meaning of life is mmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaasssssssssstuuuuurrrrrrrrrrb-“ Hmm… What would come after the B? “The meaning of life is masturbaaaa-“… Oh. OH.

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      Only have to guess 10 times the number of digits though, quite doable for a lottery win!

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        You can make a random number generator and start reading the numbers, if you can say them, you are right, easy, you don’t even need to think at that point

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            The lottery numbers haven’t been picked yet, so nothing would be correct until they get picked.

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              What if i say “next lottery numbers of [company that does it] [game name] will be ___ ___ ___ 7”?

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                That doesn’t negate that they haven’t been chosen yet, so there is no correct answer, and you won’t be able to say any number at all for that statement. In fact, it may make you mute until the numbers are chosen as anything you say after that would be incorrect.

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                will be… impossible to know will be… a sequence of numbers between 1 and 69

                You could be compelled to say any number of unhelpful things instead of the numbers.

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                  It’s stil easy you just narrow down, “will be any number between 2 and 30” ok sure, “will be any number between 14 and 20”, “will be 16 and 18” yep, it’s def 17

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                    You are assuming you’ll even be allowed to utter specifc numbers at all.

                    Think a genie scenario would have you utterly blocked before the first syllable that could possibly be helpful.