The world of fiction has made me wish that some of the things invented for books, movies and TV shows actually existed.
We've already talked about how much I wish that the penseive was an actual thing, as well as any number of the other Harry Potter related spells -- like, how lucky was Mrs. Weasley that she had a spell for cooking and doing dishes?! So. Lucky.
I also really wish that there was a light switch-like control in our bodies somewhere for fertility. When you're ready to have babies, you flip the switch and start doing the biological requirements for baby-making. When you're done with babies you flip the switch off and no more periods. I am no longer having babies and yet I am required, by my body, to create a hospitable environment for a potential baby every month. And then endure the removal of the hospitable environment via cramps, migraines, crabbiness and cravings. I am sure there is something else on which my body and I could more efficiently use the energy it is putting into maintaining my ability to bear children.
Watching my dog eat one day, I had to laugh at how excited he was about his dinner. DINNER! He was SO stoked that it was dinner time. All that excitement started me thinking about food. We spend an enormous amount of time on food. Buying it, cooking it, storing it, eating it, cleaning it ... Why couldn't we have a dog-food equivalent for people? No, really. Something that provides all the nutrition you need, tastes good and is easily portioned for varying metabolic rates and energy requirements. Wouldn't it be great?! It would end the whole "Honey/Mom, what's for dinner?" question AND free up SO. MUCH. TIME.
.... And yes, I realize I am likely the one who is responsible for the protein blocks in Firefly and the creamed-corn-like food substance in The Matrix. Apologies all around, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
I know that this last wish has been mentioned by lots of people, but seriously. It's 20-frigging-14. Where the hell is my flying car? And the ability to transport people and things through the air? Why is it that for me to take myself from my house to my family's house in Michigan, I have to pack myself and my family into a vehicle and drive for 8 hours? Even if I fly, which, you know, is expensive and our money tree has been slow growing of late, it STILL takes approximately the same amount of time. What is the holdup? Why isn't there some kind of Jetsons-like device that delivers food to our tables without requiring us to drive places and schlep shit around? Wasn't someone working on self-driving cars? With magnets in the road to keep the cars at a safe distance? Don't you think that we should get on with this shit? TIME'S A-WASTIN'! Let's go!
