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I disagree - if facing a wish-twisting genie, then "nothing happens" is a pretty good result. If I knew in advance that I was dealing with an actively hostile genie, I would certainly not regret a null wish even if I knew in advance it would be a null wish.
That explanation works, well done.
"Since you would not remember making the wish, and since you would see no evidence of a wish having been made, you would not regret having made the wish" does not.
(It still leaves open the possibility of wishing for an outcome I would be actively pleased with, also, but that's a matter for the wisher, not the genie.)