Comment on Pills (Take Two)
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoThey’re only duplicating the new shoebox pill.
The initial shoebox is filled with all the pills from list, including a new shoebox pill and a new duplicate pill. In fact the duplication pill is reduant so long as you always use the new shoebox pill to get another box of pills.
The duplication pill is still good to make backup shoebox pills. You don’t want to rely on the one and accidently use it on something else, breaking the infinite loop.
samus12345@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Oh yeah, I forgot that the shoebox pill can essentially summon anything that actually exists in it. HOWEVER, I would take the “take 2” instruction as a kind of wish limiter, meaning that any other duplicated pills you took after the first 2 wouldn’t work. Ixnay on the wishing for more wishes!
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I took it more as a you can only pick two, but if you had them all - you could eat them all (side effects may vary)
samus12345@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s also a valid interpretation. The spirit of it is that you have to choose 2 out of a bunch of effects, though, so I’d stick with that. But if these pills are a limited resource, I would accept the shoebox dupe trick being a method to give 2 of these pills to an infinite number of people.