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This is more easily executable with a three-wish genie, but it's good to be prepared for all circumstances.
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Did I not say "the neighbor's 2 boxes"?
Did you misread my comment?
An example of what I meant was: original wisher (OW) gets a quarter. 1 second later, the neighbor (N) gets 2 quarters, 1 in each box. 1 second after that, OW gets 2 quarters in their one box, then one second after that, N gets 2 quarters in each of their 2 boxes (4 total), and so on.
And yeah, both of them would be crushed. Infinite anything is a planet and eventually universe-destroying prospect.
Why would N's boxes trigger?
Why would they give N money? Because OW got money. Why would OW get money? Because N got money from the boxes.
The point I am making is the wish panel says "my box gives me my neighbors money 1 second after I get money".
The neighbors boxes never activate unless the neighbor gets money first.
In short, I believe the comic author outsmarted themselves here.
No no. The move from N > OW triggers when OW get money. Not N.
There's no infinite loop here
How did I misread that? Sorry about that.
All good lol