Complex Numbers

Switch

PROMPT September 18th

Today, we have another prompt from Robert Waltz !

If you had to switch places with one other person, who would it be and why? What in particular would you do?

Halle Berry's husband. Halle Berry.

Need I go on? Ah, well, I'm responsible for this prompt, so I'd probably better go on.

Just to be clear, the above is what's known in the comedy industry as a joke. Not meant to be taken seriously.

I wouldn't want to switch places with anyone. I don't know what kind of internal or hidden external crap they're dealing with, nor do I want to. Also, I kind of like being me. Yeah, I'm dealing with my own crap, but at least I'm familiar with its pungent odor.

But... if I had to... it would probably be some random billionaire, like Jeff Bezos or Warren Buffett. I presume I'd still be "me" inside, so I know for whom to set up an irrevocable trust. I like money, and they wouldn't even miss the paltry three or four million I'd give myself. Assuming we'd switch back at some point. But that money would make a big difference for me. Economics is all about marginal changes. Meanwhile, I'd take the opportunity to fly around on his private jet and maybe arrange to meet Halle Berry.

I guess that's a lame, materialistic answer, but it's still better than wanting to bang Halle Berry under false pretenses.

The worst thing, though, wouldn't be me waking up with a whole different skin suit and set of expectations. No, the worst thing would be the "switch places" part. They'd be stuck in my head, and that's not a fate I'd wish on anyone, not even Bezos. One look in the mirror and they'd probably have a heart attack, leaving me no one to switch back into.

Even assuming everything else goes well, I'd spend the rest of my life contemplating the nature of consciousness and the existence of supernatural forces, probably going insane in the process. No, thanks. But at least I'd have more money.