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est:
Hey here's the thing: you've had a curse put on you.  I don't know how it happened, maybe a wizard did it.  In 10 seconds your entire life is going to be randomised, after which you will have all your new life's experiences, plus a memory of what happened to you and what this life was like (but none of the helpful knowledge you gained during it).

The wizard has asked you to choose one thing to remain the same across both lives.  What would you tell him?  Explain your reasoning.

(Note: Because the wizard is unimaginative you will still be a human, and still be on Earth, regardless of whether extra-terrestrial life exists)



I have an idea what my response would be, but I'll answer a bit later. I don't want to lead the answers any particular direction.

The Seldom Killer:
Nothing.

If you're going to get changed, you may as well go as far as you can.

pwhodges:
It's really hard to decide what constitutes "a single thing" in a question like this.  My rather broad-ranging single thing I'd ask to keep is my appreciation of music; nothing more practical makes sense, because other changes may make it useless.

David_Dovey:
I was going to say that I'd choose to still be where I am right now, because I'm enjoying being out in the world, away from home. But hey, if everything's getting randomised, maybe I'll wake up somewhere even more interesting. That could be nice.

So I guess I would choose to remember the lessons I have learned about being empathetic, and being aware of my privilege. I wasn't always particularly understanding of people who aren't as lucky as I am, and I know that it's not a given, that there are many, many, many people who never will be. I think knowledge of those few basic things have made me an immensely better person, and I consider it extremely important.

est:

--- Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 21 Mar 2011, 12:53 ---Nothing.

If you're going to get changed, you may as well go as far as you can.

--- End quote ---

Ok!

The wizard has altered your life and you are now a woman living in Maseru city in the Kingdom of Lesotho, Africa.

Or maybe you aren't!  After all, there is an approx 8% chance you died during your birth.

Seeing as you are a woman living in an urban area flip a coin.  Heads you win, tails you have AIDS.

There is a very good chance you have been raped, possibly by a family member or close friend of the family, and possibly in the hope that it would cure their HIV/AIDS.

Even if you don't have AIDS you will almost certainly die before you are 40.

Enjoy your exciting new life!

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