What harm is there to look, he thought,
too late.
too late.
not even god knows what you're doing.
email: z at zzap dot me
XVII
email: z at zzap dot me
XVII
You are granted one wish, but the wish-giver is extremely literal. What do you wish for?
The entire remainder of this post (post to be defined as this current entry on tumblr) that I’ve typed immediately following this sentence is to be interpreted as my wish in its entirety.
Whereas the grantor of this wish grants it with the singular goal of fulfilling the wish in my best interests, as I would personally interpret those interests upon the final outcome of the unfolding of all consequences of the wish (as to be interpreted by my present state of mind as of the writing of this wish, and not any future state of mind that might come to pass as a result of the wish),
I, therefore, wish for an infinite number of wishes to be granted under the same best interest clause as this originating wish. Furthermore, these wishes can either be spent by me, or forfeited by me at any time, so as not to lock me in a hell of eternal consciousness where I am forced to spend eternity wishing for things.
If, and only if, the option of wishing for an infinite number of wishes is deemed to be an unacceptable wish, then the best interest clause remains in full effect, but the substantive wish then is changed to the wish that I was granted the power to grant wishes to myself, and that such power came with no restrictions, duties or obligations.
If, and only if, the previous two substantive wishes were deemed to be unacceptable wishes, then the best interest clause remains in full effect, but the substantive wish is then changed to the wish that I and all my current and future loved ones are to be granted extraordinarily long lives, and even immortality (but only if we deem it to be desirable, and then only so long as we continue to deem it to be desirable), and filled with pervasive exceptionally high levels of happiness, rationally and honestly come by, rather than a byproduct of delusion or any other artificial cause (excluding the mere fact of this wish).
If at any time I am unsatisfied by this wish, or would be unsatisfied by this wish but for a consequence of the wish that prevents me from being unsatisfied with the wish, then the wish and all its consequences will be retroactively revoked, and I will be given the option of rewriting the wish and having it granted anew, while being fully aware of the situation that caused the wish to relapse to this state.
