Your Magic Wand

[graceanne]

Ok, so K was taking this class, I can't recall what it was called. He was asked, by his teacher, what 3 things he would do for the world if he could. It got me thinking, and I figure out which 3 I'd do. Then I thought it'd be a fun conversation.

So, if you had a magic wand, and you could do anything for the world (nothing selfish, like have unlimited money, lose weight, or the like) and you could just MAKE something happen, what would it be?

Oh, and this is NOT meant to end up as a political argument. Just FYI.

Mine are:

1. Outlaw child labor throughout the world, with the corresponding minimum wage laws that would be necessary to make that possible.

2. Pass worldwide EPA laws. I didn't realize this, but not even all the states in American have DEQ standards for cars. I get so tired of being stuck behind stinky cars when I'm in Washington.

3. In developed countries that have trash service, make it so that there's curbside recycling for all. I think people would recycle so much more if it was easier to do.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

Wish for a magic wand that dispensed unlimited wishes!

I'll weigh in later if that's not allowed.

 

[graceanne]

Wish for a magic wand that dispensed unlimited wishes!

I'll weigh in later if that's not allowed.

You silly.

*pbth*

 

[satindesire]

Your three wishes are awesome!

Can we make it a thread rule to not repeat wishes? That way everyone will have to think of new stuff to wish for!

I would wish for:

1. Make Solar Panels -free- and mandatory for all buildings everywhere. Think of the money we'd save and how much electricity we'd produce for ourselves!

2. Make all politicians take lie detector tests during their campaigns.

3. Make prescription medications way more affordable for all the people who have to choose between groceries or medicine.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

1. Provide sufficient nourishing and palatable food to all who need it.
2. Provide the best possible healthcare to all.
3. To paraphrase Shakespeare, "Kill all the lawyers - and politicians and bureacrats who don't *help* people."

 

[graceanne]

Your three wishes are awesome!

Can we make it a thread rule to not repeat wishes? That way everyone will have to think of new stuff to wish for!

Sounds good to me. lol

I would wish for:

1. Make Solar Panels -free- and mandatory for all buildings everywhere. Think of the money we'd save and how much electricity we'd produce for ourselves!

2. Make all politicians take lie detector tests during their campaigns.

I say we just attach them to them permanently. A politician who makes a loud noise whenever they lie - that'd be awesome.

3. Make prescription medications way more affordable for all the people who have to choose between groceries or medicine.

All good ones.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

2. Make all politicians take lie detector tests during their campaigns.

I say we just attach them to them permanently. A politician who makes a loud noise whenever they lie - that'd be awesome.

We'd never hear anything but the loud noises!

 

[graceanne]

We'd never hear anything but the loud noises!

Or they'd stop lying.

Anyone ever see the duck tales? Scrooge gets a statue that goes 'you're fibbing, fibbing, FIIIIIIBBBBBBBBBIIIIIINNNNNNNNNG' any time it hears someone lie.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

You silly.

*pbth*

Okay, okay...

1. Create a lush park or wilderness area within a half-mile of every human. Humans need nature. And since this is magic, I'll make the parks self-maintaining.

2. Create cheap, fast, convenient, safe, ubiquitous, reliable, energy-efficient trains between all metro areas over 100,000, and light-rail from their suburbs. Again, this is magic, so self-maintaining. And free Starbucks and wi-fi.

3. Eliminate unhelpful or inappropriate depression and anxiety in humans; this would unleash a great deal of human potential, get rid of a lot of fighting and friction, and oh, the happiness.

 

[graceanne]

Okay, okay...

1. Create a lush park or wilderness area within a half-mile of every human. Humans need nature. And since this is magic, I'll make the parks self-maintaining.

2. Create cheap, fast, convenient, safe, ubiquitous, reliable, energy-efficient trains between all metro areas over 100,000, and light-rail from their suburbs. Again, this is magic, so self-maintaining. And free Starbucks and wi-fi.

3. Eliminate unhelpful or inappropriate depression and anxiety in humans; this would unleash a great deal of human potential, get rid of a lot of fighting and friction, and oh, the happiness.

Oh, I like those ones. Especially the second one. Good public transportation in all the large cities would be SO beneficial.

 

[richard_daily]

1. Transcontinental light rail/el/trains - our economy won't keep us afloat without infrastructure.

2. Properly and adequately funded/stocked centers to deal with victims of abuse, poverty, and mistreatment. AKA - good social programs.

3. The end of professional lobbyist influence in the law-making process.

 

[MisterSir]

Eliminate AIDS.

 

[Setanta84]

1) Truly universal health care, i.e. universal, high quality health care for every man, woman, and child on the planet.
2) Universalized quality public education.
3) An end to institutionalized violence, i.e. war and the death penalty.

 

[Kikori]

1.) Change humanity's ability to lie so everyone who does so has to look down, away from who they're speaking to, and shift their weight repeatedly from leg to leg in obvious discomfort.

2.) Allow online friends to travel through computer screens to pounce each other.

3.) Resources of the world replenish themselves, much like how video games have unlimited materials and rapidly re-spawning flora and fauna.

 

[zarngash]

I like this idea, but so far everyone seems to have gotten it wrong.

For instance - 1. Make child labor mandatory (safe working conditions with good pay and benefits of course), with the energy kids have, they could do 2x the work of us aging adults, and retire buy the time thy are 20. See retirement at the age of 20! (not to make light of child labor, this is purely an exercise in the efficient utilization of the human species)

2. My magic wand would some how convert any pollutants into flowers and clean drinking water. I think this address both your answers 1 and 2. Talk about efficiency I just freed up a wish for ya!

Ok, so K was taking this class, I can't recall what it was called. He was asked, by his teacher, what 3 things he would do for the world if he could. It got me thinking, and I figure out which 3 I'd do. Then I thought it'd be a fun conversation.

So, if you had a magic wand, and you could do anything for the world (nothing selfish, like have unlimited money, lose weight, or the like) and you could just MAKE something happen, what would it be?

Oh, and this is NOT meant to end up as a political argument. Just FYI.

Mine are:

1. Outlaw child labor throughout the world, with the corresponding minimum wage laws that would be necessary to make that possible.

2. Pass worldwide EPA laws. I didn't realize this, but not even all the states in American have DEQ standards for cars. I get so tired of being stuck behind stinky cars when I'm in Washington.

3. In developed countries that have trash service, make it so that there's curbside recycling for all. I think people would recycle so much more if it was easier to do.

 

[zarngash]

Wish for a magic wand that dispensed unlimited wishes!

I'll weigh in later if that's not allowed.

Now this makes sense to me!

I can't believe a magic wand could come with meta rules like that - it's not fair! ::cries::

 

[graceanne]

I like this idea, but so far everyone seems to have gotten it wrong.

For instance - 1. Make child labor mandatory (safe working conditions with good pay and benefits of course), with the energy kids have, they could do 2x the work of us aging adults, and retire buy the time thy are 20. See retirement at the age of 20! (not to make light of child labor, this is purely an exercise in the efficient utilization of the human species)

2. My magic wand would some how convert any pollutants into flowers and clean drinking water. I think this address both your answers 1 and 2. Talk about efficiency I just freed up a wish for ya!

Sillys! I'm surrounded by silly's! I don't understand why, I'm always so serious!

 

[zarngash]

I know you didn't ask for help with this, but I'll push some codependency behaviors on you here and help you out. . .

1. All roofs are solar panels - *poof* think of all the resources saved by not having to make roofs and then solar panels on them! You're so green!

2. All politicians have lie detectors embedded into their foreheads - forever! I see no problems with this, and think of the self selection that would happen - I believe there would be many who opt out of politics!

3. What are these things called medications and this thing called poverty - my magic wand just made disease and poverty none-existent. An not in the twilight zone sort of way where everyone who is sick or in poverty disappears; but where everyone sings kum-by-ya and shit like that.

Your three wishes are awesome!

Can we make it a thread rule to not repeat wishes? That way everyone will have to think of new stuff to wish for!

I would wish for:

1. Make Solar Panels -free- and mandatory for all buildings everywhere. Think of the money we'd save and how much electricity we'd produce for ourselves!

2. Make all politicians take lie detector tests during their campaigns.

3. Make prescription medications way more affordable for all the people who have to choose between groceries or medicine.

 

[zarngash]

Okay, okay...

1. Create a lush park or wilderness area within a half-mile of every human. Humans need nature. And since this is magic, I'll make the parks self-maintaining.

2. Create cheap, fast, convenient, safe, ubiquitous, reliable, energy-efficient trains between all metro areas over 100,000, and light-rail from their suburbs. Again, this is magic, so self-maintaining. And free Starbucks and wi-fi.

3. Eliminate unhelpful or inappropriate depression and anxiety in humans; this would unleash a great deal of human potential, get rid of a lot of fighting and friction, and oh, the happiness.

Not bad on the first one but. . . come'on what about transports in the fashion of star trek?

How about eliminate all mental illness *poof*? Again not in the twilight zone sort of way where everyone disappears or turns into mindless happy zombies.

 

[satindesire]

That's a little too magic, huh? I think what Gracie was doing was asking for three logical wishes that could actually sort of happen.

 

[zarngash]

The only thing interfering with my boredom and continuing on with this is my overwhelming sense of laziness. For cuss, I didn't even proof read what I wrote. What does this all mean

Get away from me cat. I'm sick of you pissing in my child's litterbox, err I mean sandbox. But we do appreciate the contribution you made to our bead collection. Those long brown beads will look great as a necklace! Now shoo!

 

[zarngash]

I appologize for the thread jack. Here's mine!

1. When anyone walks, that waterey squishy sound should resonates from their shoes. *poof*

2. When anyone runs, they automatically say 'beep beep' and make swishing roadrunner sound when they take off. *poof*

3. Should a person be sad, upset, or angry a raincloud or small thunder storm approapriate to thier emotional state starts directly over their head. I hate trying to read body language! *poof*

I hope I didn't waste mine!

 

[graceanne]

I appologize for the thread jack. Here's mine!

1. When anyone walks, that waterey squishy sound should resonates from their shoes. *poof*

2. When anyone runs, they automatically say 'beep beep' and make swishing roadrunner sound when they take off. *poof*

3. Should a person be sad, upset, or angry a raincloud or small thunder storm approapriate to thier emotional state starts directly over their head. I hate trying to read body language! *poof*

I hope I didn't waste mine!

LOL I actually like those. Think how much more laughter there would be!

 

[Sir_Winston54]

1.) Change humanity's ability to lie so everyone who does so has to look down, away from who they're speaking to, and shift their weight repeatedly from leg to leg in obvious discomfort....

This would make my Texas Hold 'em tournaments rather difficult...

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

I feel better already, hanging out in this dream world. Seriously: this thread put a spring in my step.

Maybe it's knowing that we're prepared, dammit, when that wand turns up!