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Your new neighbor, a genie, opens 'Temptation Mart' next door. Food, alcohol, substances, carnal pleasures, gambling - all complimentary, 24/7. How does this affect your daily life?

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Submitted ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨brbposting@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • yemmly@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Traffic is gonna be a nightmare.

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    • Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I thirteened this. I don’t take those substances and I have yet to find a place where the food tastes about half as gourmet as my own cooked meals.

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      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Try your local genie

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    • SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And the noise! 24/7. Time to move.

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Maybe the question should’ve been “if your fridge were permanently stocked with all your vices” (& your living room was chock full of blackjack, sex workers, and cocaine)

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      • yemmly@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Long wait times for the toilets

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  • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think you asked this in the wrong community, this is better suited for c/asklemmy. This community is for earnest questions.

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This felt too stupid for !asklemmy@lemmy.ml but you are probably right about that

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      • howrar@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The “what would you do” type of questions where everyone shares their subjective opinions is exactly the type of question asklemmy is for. Nostupidquestions is for questions seeking objective answers.

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      • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m in the opposite boat, this feels too opinionated, and not serious enough for c/nostupidquestions

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    • yemmly@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So I take it that you interpret “no stupid questions to mean “don’t post stupid questions.” The way I interpret it is “there’s no such thing as a stupid question.”

      The sidebar says “No such thing. Ask away!” So I think the idea is that people should feel free to ask any question assuming they really want an answer. However, joke or troll questions (and I don’t think this is either one), are allowed on Fridays.

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      • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No, I interpret this community as a safe place to get answers for questions you’d be scared to ask because you think you’d get judged.

        I see asklemmy as the place to ask fun trivia and make fun conversations.

        I’m afraid people who have awkward questions might get scared away from the community if questions-for-fun like these were common.

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  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why the fuck would I ever show up at work ever again? Sounds excellent.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean…housing?

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      • dactylotheca@suppo.fi ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sleep in the Temptation Mart, duh

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      • Endmaker@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Housing / home ownership counts as a temptation too.

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  • dactylotheca@suppo.fi ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How does this affect your daily life?

    It’d take a substantial amount of days off my life, but I consider that a bonus

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      😩

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  • Nougat@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is why we have zoning laws, folks.

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    • Today@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Have you been to Houston?

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      • Nougat@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I've been to Dallas, and I've been to San Antonio, but I have not been to Houston.

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  • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Free food you say? I guess I can put up with the traffic...

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    • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How does complimentary gambling work btw?

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      • Nemo@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No vig on bets, no green tiles on roulette.

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  • Deestan@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh god my neighborhood would become a magnet for annoying people. I’d move.

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  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I move into the store permanently and then die of a heart attack after about a month. I imagine I would have no regrets.

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    • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A month long, fatal binge is probably not that high o of a budget. Don’t let your dreams be dreams!

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      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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        Keep this away from them!

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      • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s too easy to ignore these temptations if I have to go out and aquire them myself with my own money lol

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  • stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There will be a lot of strangers in the stairwell in my apartment building.

    If the place was actually called “Temptation Mart”, I would be very suspicious, a Temptation usually means that if you fall for it, something bad will happen.

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    • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “Hey Stoy, wanna go to the Temptations show with me?”

      “I dunno… What’s the catch?”

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  • SuiXi3D@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Great! Free food that I don’t have to cook! I’d be instantly spoiled. The rest of it I don’t care about.

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  • missingno@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    All complimentary meaning free food? Well that helps me save quite a bit on groceries then.

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you can resist endless donuts and cakes and ice cream and all that!

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  • Stern@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Free gambling means free winnings means…

    youtu.be/IPFiKEm-oNI

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      lol

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  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sublet my apartment

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  • corroded@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I spend less money on beer and don’t have to drive to get it. Otherwise, not much has changed.

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You know those three packs of tall boys convenience stores sell? I see guys get out of their pickups to buy them after work on weekdays and I’m under the impression they’re doing it for portion control. 30 racks are massively more economical but I think they’d only last two days for some people, so they overpay every day in exchange for not showing up hungover.

      So, sounds like no matter how full your fridge is, you drink the same amount.

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      • Num10ck@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        lots of people dont have the cold storage space for 30 cans… and lots of other people simply cannot sleep with undrank beer around.

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  • scottmeme@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m getting Lotus Hotel and Casino vibes.

    Make you never want to leave and become a zombie.

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hey that is what it might look like!

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      So if I only ever made it this far…

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      …and thought it too much appealed to kids, think that would change if I kept reading?

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      • scottmeme@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Percy Jackson books (movies less so but still decent) are absolutely great. Regardless of age they are still good!

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So much noise! 😩

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  • xep@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sounds to me like we've solved scarcity. Excellent.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    New modern remake of I dream of Genie, right here! Genie is a badass temptress this time, and it’s produced by HBO so they can have nudity.

    …I have GOT to stop comkng up with dark but creative pilots for shows I want to watch but aren’t even being considered.

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    • Num10ck@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i’d like to see a new Dream of Genie where she’s constantly trying to seduce some lower-class guy who’s actually trying to improve his world and she’s always inserted a gotcha which sabotages the good idea. he slowly hates her and she loves him more for it.

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  • algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’d get a normal amount of food and carry on the way I have been. Cutting out the grocery bill would be a life changer.

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  • Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I might check out some of the food, but the odds are pretty high that I won’t like it. So I’m probably safe.

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  • spiderman@ani.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    might have some fun having alcohol

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