When teleportation is finally possible, where will you beam yourself first?

This sounds like an interesting question until you think about it and realize that it’s kind of like “where would you go if you won a dream vacation?”

I’m a pretty adventurous sort, but I would not be first on the list for teleportation. First, we have worldwide transportation now. As slow, idiotic and dreadful as the process is, you can hop on a plane to nearly anywhere in the world this very minute. It’s not like a cure for cancer in the sense that it does not currently exist. Traveling to the far reaches of the globe is possible, even though it’s time-consuming, expensive and annoying. Second, I’d want to make damn sure that I came out on the other side in one piece, so I’d gladly let half the world’s population cut in line ahead of me.

Provided that we’ve worked out all the kinks and I wouldn’t be reassembled as half-fly, half-human, the first thing I’d probably do is go visit my parents and get that out of the way. They complain far too much that I don’t visit them enough. Visiting them has the added bonus that, if I go there, it means that they won’t come here. Obligatory parental visit to get the mom to stop nagging? Check.

After that, I’d go see all of the friends I have scattered about the country of whom I see far too little. I’d go to Detroit, Boston, New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Seattle, Portland, Montana, Missouri, Iowa (yes, I actually have a friend in Iowa) and, well, you get the idea.

On second thought, that sound pretty exhausting. Maybe I wouldn’t actually go anywhere; I’d make them come visit me instead. Although, then I’d miss out on getting an authentic Philly cheesesteak.