1) For the world to become more like United Earth in Star Trek: Enterprise and beyond, where not only is there no need for greed, but it is actively ridiculed and laughed (I guess this might be a nightmare to the wealthy elite, but who cares?! The needs of the many...), and there is no fear of corporate or wealthy elite dominance, or that they'll just wipe out 90% of us, so they can enslave the remaining 10% other than themselves, where clean, efficient technology is abundant, and doesn't break down due to greed, but without the need of a catastrophe like a nuclear war for humanity to finally grow up. 2) You know what, I'm with Morticia on this. Find someone to fall in love with. And to add to the one above, be able to raise a family without fear that the economy might be destroyed, creating hardship for all but the wealthiest, and without the complication of having to worry about the rat-race. I guess in simple terms: to find someone I can live "happily ever after" with, or at least as close as physically/humanly/omnipotently/whatever-term-you-want-to-use-inally possible. 3) What, you didn't think I'd spend it right away, did you? Though I am thinking of possessing and learning how to fly a performance jet (basically a fighter jet, but without the expensive weapons or maintenance, and more geared to giving thrills to the occupants). Then again, in my vision of the ideal world in the first wish, those should be available whenever I go to an airfield on demand. I've always wanted to fly in a fighter jet, but being able to fly one every weekend would be even better. Meh, the G-forces on all the rides I've been on just aren't intense enough for me anymore I guess. :/ And if I have a girl by my side/behind/in front of me who gets aroused from such things, then all the better. Though I should seriously save the third wish. Never know when a tyrant, corrupt politicians, wealthy, plotting elites, asteroid, rogue neutron star, or meteor will come along to ruin this perfect world I envision. I guess I'm just not ambitious enough to wish for omnipotence. :P
Ten years ago the woman I love was killed in a horrible car crash. My 1st wish is that she be alive and unharmed, and that we shall live out a long, healthy, and happy life together aging gracefully in the fullness of time. I drive a little girl who was born with terrible birth defects. My 2nd wish is that she be whole and healthy with no defects and that she shall live out a long, healthy and happy life filled with joy. My life is something of a struggle just to make ends meet. Thus my final wish is to be able to earn a comfortable living doing work that I enjoy and being able to retire at 70 and live comfortably in my old age.
There are three people in my life who need healing: my stepmom (she has rather severe dementia), my uncle (who had a stroke when I was in college), and one of my other uncles (who has some kind of palsy, I can't remember what, but he has a hard time getting around). I'd use my wishes to heal them, I think. It'd be tempting to use my wishes for myself but I gotta overcome that. Besides, if that X-Files ep is any indication, I'd get tricked anyway. Notice how every wish in that episode gets screwed up somehow and makes the wisher's life hell?
Isn't that why Mulder wrote out a multi page document for his third wish. But I totally agree with the genie on the world peace wishes. What makes you any better than Christ, or Ghandi, or Muhammad? You're going to force everyone to bend to your will? Granted a few of my wishes might end up being a little will-bendy.
That's the thing about some of these wishes. If you kill free will in the process, it's not a world I want to live in.
But always with an evil twist, as I recall. With that one, the three wishes has to be as follows Wish #1 My following two wishes must be done in a way acceptable to me--otherwise the genie must cease ever to have existed. Wish #2 My third wish must be followed to the letter, otherwise the genie must destroy herself Wish#3 I wish for a tricorder size wishing machine with unlimited wishes to be made according to this 1,300 page document filled out by five engineers and 8 attorneys--your signature a must. Now let the jinn get out of that lamp-box.
Hmm. You have to really think these things through, so they don't backfire on you. 1. A high-paying, cushy, upscale, and fun job position that people respect, and that doesn't require much work, and that I can never be fired from, and doesn't take away from other aspects of life, and has unlimited paid vacation and sick time that I can schedule and take whenever I want (and doesn't go against my own ethics or involve anything illegal). 2. A working holodeck (that can never malfunction or shut down, does not use any electricity or other utilities, is not taxable in any way, blah blah blah) 3. I'm not sure yet. I'll save the third wish for later. Kor
Not a single person here has said that they would use their last wish to free the genie? You're all horrible.
My first post: I didn't even need three wishes. And I'm pretty sure a couple of people wished freedom for the genie as well.
1. To go back to my life 8-14 years ago, knowing what I know now. 2. That nothing terrible would happen due to these temporal shenanigans. 3. Some lotto numbers to take with me.
Problem is once you act on that knowledge you have changed what would have happened. Since what your advanced time knowledge depends on what would have happened, the knowledge you brought with you is now worthless.
1. that broccoli tasted just like bacon. 2. the ability to whistle 3. yeah yeah, yeah; world peace, blah, blah, blah.
Haven't you watched enough "be careful what you wish for" not to scare the hell out of you wishing? What was that movie...that horrible low budget with the female devil and that guy from the mummy?? Don't wish. Just do.