National divorce. Every time I try to think about how that would actually work, I can't wrap my brain around it. Except that it would end in violence.

Jetpack. Thry would quite literally blow your a*s off.

There are some things so vile, people wouldn't go so far as to admit in any context that the secretly desire it. They know what they seek is terrible, and yet that thirst remains.

The Second Coming.

If America actually defunded the police it would be an absolute nightmare to live in.

Anarchy.

Christians obsessing over the rapture 🙄.

To be famous.

I've heard people say they wish mosquitos or spiders would just disappear. I'm allergic to mosquito bites and spiders scare the ever loving heck out of me, but I do not want that. They're important to the ecosystem.

ETA: I can't respond anymore, but I've answered some questions below. Yes, not all species of mosquitos are asshats. But the answer to the question was "all" in reference to conversations I've heard. Just because something isn't *THE MOST* important to the ecosystem, or can be replaced (just like every other organism) in their impact, does not mean they aren't important. Minimal impact is still impact, which is the point I was trying to make. Humans have f****d up a lot of things, as someone said below, but it doesn't mean we have to continue to do so. Balance, y'all.

When people hear i've worked in jails they joke about "3 hots and a cot" like they'd want to go to jail. No you don't.

First it's not 3 hot meals. Breakfast and lunch will be packaged sack meals somewhere between frozen and lukewarm. Dinner is a s****y TV dinner and cold dinner roll. They might have some s****y cookies or something in there.

Next, the 'cot' is a like a 3" plastic covered mattress pad on a metal shelf they call a bed. 100s of other inmates have slept on the pad and stanked up. They get wiped down after each use, but how much do you trust that facilities janitor or inmate on cleaning duty to do a good job?

Other issues:

It stinks: people come in super stinky, BO cause they don't shower everyday, toilets just in the open in the cells (no bathroom fan), and no good overall ventilation because its a jail.

Sound: it could be anything in-between totally silent and you are left with your thoughts, to crazy people screaming and kicking their door all night. Also tied to bad sleep, your cell will have a fairly bright night light so they can do routine checks.

Temperature in the jail will be heavily influenced by the temperature outside. Likely little to no AC in the summer and just enough heat in the winter to make it tolerable.


edit: lots of great comments here! Like a lot of you have said:

1) this is just my experience which can vary from jail to jail, county, state, or country. My experience is only in one small municipal jail, and occasionally doing transfers.

2) yes there are tons of other things that are more difficult to articulate: privacy, irritable staff, solitary conferment, etc... Plus you have the cumulative effect of all of these happening at the same time, coupled with that you are locked up against your will.

3) there are some creatures of comfort in commissary, phone calls or video chatting. Y'all know how much that s**t costs???? Some places its should be a crime for how much they charging. Don't have those where I worked, but I've seen "care packages" where are some dry snacks and treats, and maybe a few instant noodle's for like $70.

Alien species arrival.

I'd like to witness an extinction level event, whether it be a super-volcano eruption, an enormous asteroid collision, etc. Whatever it is, I want it to happen and I want to witness it.

This would be 'bad' for obvious reasons.

Revolution.

I'm french. Google "la Terreur".

“I would have killed him.” No you wouldn’t have. And you wouldn’t want to live with that.

Collapse of the Housing Market so they can “finally afford a home.”

If you couldn’t afford it during a good housing market, you absolutely will not afford it in a collapsed housing market. It’s not like only the house prices go down and everything else hums along unbothered.

The downfall of the US.


Yes it will probably happen eventually and maybe it's even necessary to get things to change here and on the global scale for the better but the actual process of it is going to be hell. The most vulnerable populations that have the most to gain from what America could be after being rebuilt are also the same populations that will suffer the most during the downfall and rebuilding processes.

Build community! Mutual aid and communal support are key! These things are necessary if we want to make it to the other side of it in a better place than we enter it.