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A few years ago I felt kinda lame whenever I had to "make a wish" blowing out birthday candles or whatnot and the only thing I could think of under pressure was "world peace".

Since then, I've kept a wish ready to blurt out if I ever see a falling star or toss a coin into a fountain etc

For me, it's sending my mind, with all my current knowledge and experience, back in time into my body at the moment I graduated high school, so I could re-live my life with more confidence, less anxiety and get straight into doing the cool bits of my life much earlier.

What would be your "back pocket wish"?

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[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 39 points 1 week ago

Well, “world peace” may not be original, but it isn’t bad.

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 17 points 1 week ago

Unless it's one of those monkey's-paw wishes, in which case everyone immediately dies.

[-] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

“But they’ll make bigger boards and bigger nails until they destroy themselves”

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[-] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That I had a wallet with exact change every time I opened it. Dinner? My treat, you tip. You need groceries? Give me the list. The lady in front of me at the dentist that can't get more care till her bill is paid? Is cash OK?

[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago

And when a certain billionaire realizes he's lost way too much money and wants to offload this website he purchased for way too much you could just write a check.

Or you can like pay off all the student loan debt because you just happen to have 1.3 trillion dollars in your wallet.

[-] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Or just travel around and pay off school lunch debts, overdue book fees at local libraries, and get a round for everyone at every ice cream truck I see.

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[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 week ago
[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago

However you see yourself, it's welcome in our eyes.

[-] vivavideri@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

"For chick pants to have dude pants pockets"

[-] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

You're a hero the world needs right now.

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[-] MadBabs@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

As long as I'm happy in the moment, I wish for "more of this" because I'm usually having a good time and with people I love.

[-] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah, appreciating the moment is the best wish ever.

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[-] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I wish for my bestie's good physical and mental health. Preferably, she'll attain both at once in a way where she feels she earned it for herself.

[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago

Magic. And not ledgerdemain or magic that looks like things just kind of happened that sort of way, I'm talking magic missile, fireball, flying through the air blowing shit up, summoning familiars, castles in the sky, all that shit.

[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I love yours, and have one almost identical to it. But it's probably not one I would share with say, coworkers or casual friends. I have a "public and plausible" wish in addition to the fantastic and semi-private one. My public and plausible wish is usually that our lotto pool at work finally hits all the numbers. Considering the odds of that happening, it's damned unlikely, but at least it's theoretically possible. So maybe I should call it my "public and barely plausible wish".

[-] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

I've always wished for Scarlett Johanssen, naked, to appear at the front door. It's yet to happen.

[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

One of my buddies thinks she's plain / unattractive. Love the guy, but he's a complete idiot in this regard.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

No I'm isn't

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago

You didn't specify when. She will show up when she is elderly and in poor health. She'll knock on your door, then pass away.

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[-] criitz@reddthat.com 11 points 1 week ago
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[-] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah dude. Chicks dig guys with a back pocket wish.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 10 points 1 week ago

It's always been to fly. Every time I blow out birthday candles, every time I fix my necklace chain, every time I blow away a fallen eyelash, every time I've thrown a penny in a fountain (oh how I miss the mall fountain!).

It never fucking works >:(

[-] Maven@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

It's because you told us just now. It would've worked but now it can't!

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 4 points 1 week ago

It's no surprise to me, I am my own worst enemy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 week ago

Oh, so you’re responsible for all these flies then. Rather cruel to wish for them two at a time.

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[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Since I was a kid, I settled on "$100 million." Simple. Enough to get you through life, but not being too greedy. Yet it's still never come true, so I'm beginning to think wishing on stars, candles, wells, etc... might sadly be bullshit.

[-] Capitao_Duarte@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 1 week ago

I remember when I was around 12 or 13 I'd always say my wish would be to get 1 billion dollars per second, for the rest of my life, and that no one, including the government, would ever be suspicious of it

[-] pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 week ago

You sound like you played too much D&D.

[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 9 points 1 week ago

What would be your "back pocket wish"?

That nobody is guilt tripped into making wishes on their birthday to satisfy social norms.

Check mate atheists.

[-] oo1@lemmings.world 3 points 1 week ago

"Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.”

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[-] Drusas@kbin.run 9 points 1 week ago

I used to always wish that things would work out for the best.

I guess it was too vague because that's not how things have been going.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

They just haven't finished working out yet.

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[-] Today@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Health, happiness, and security for my kids.

[-] SavoryBaconStrip@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago
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[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Just to know that I'll be ok, I have a lot of chronic anxieties about the long picture future

[-] nikaaa@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

You shouldn't feel pressured into making a wish.

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I wish it was that simple.

[-] bear@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 week ago

Health and happiness for myself and everybody here with me. I hope everyone's dreams come true and they find happiness too.

[-] Sparkles@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

On a personal level, a small house for my kids to live in before I die somewhere quiet. On a global level? Less privileged people would stop being taken advantage of by nefarious sources and systems designed to crush them.

[-] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 3 points 1 week ago

i wish everyone who dies goes to hell no matter what

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