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Would you want to read minds if you couldn’t turn them off?

This poll is full of dilemmas like that. There are 28 different ones where every wish or power comes with a downside that’s hard to ignore. Maybe you could fix your biggest mistake, but you’d lose a memory you love. You’ll have to make a call each time - there’s no middle ground here.

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#1

You can draw anything into existence, but you can’t erase what you create

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Paul C.
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would be our little cat, that passed three years ago, so bring it on!

attunedsorcerer
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm happy as long as I don't create a doomsday scenario.

LakotaWolf (she/her)
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I imagine the first thing I'd end up drawing would be myself - my online persona, Lakota. Then it would be REALLY awkward because she's essentially just me, but a bright yellow wolf instead of a human. Then there would basically be two of ME in the world, and that is absolutely a doomsday scenario >:D lakota_say...1af783.jpg lakota_says_YAY-69078c91af783.jpg

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howdylee
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1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm an architect. What I draw DOES get created! And I sure hope my buildings are there for a long time!

Peter Bear
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, but only because I'm a terrible artist.

BrunoVI
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you can't answer yes, you can't be on the internet, folks.

Apatheist Account2
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the paradox that disproves the existence of an omnipotent deity.

michael reid
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Easy. If you don't like something, just draw something to get rid of it

moggiemoo
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You did read that you can't erase it?

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    #2

    You can talk to animals, but they all gossip about you

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    Ashlisha
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't feed them enough, you don't control the weather to let them out! My animals looks like I'm the problem when it's raining outside!

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    Heffalump
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, no-one else can talk to them, so what do I care if they gossip about me? Also this is not a big change from the way things are in reality: I talk to animals all the time: who knows what they say about me behind my back? Certainly all the dogs in my local park know I'm good for a treat, even ones who've never met me, so someone's briefing newcomers. Cats, of course, make it clear that they understand me completely, see right though me, and think I'm unworthy of notice if I'm not holding a can opener.

    Fluffy Cat Sleeps
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can already talk to animals, I just can't understand them, and if they could gossip about me, that would be hilarious to listen to

    BrunoVI
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I own cats. I'm pretty sure they talk about me all the time. "He can get food any time he wants. He just *wants* us to starve for *hours* between feedings."

    Alexia
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd love to. Animals (domestic, pets) are cute and loyal; hard to believe they'd say anything bad about me. As for the wild ones... it would be an interesting experience. I've always wanted to befriend crows, owls, deers, hedgehogs.

    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hell yes now this would be fun lmao n I’m used to people talking about me behind my backs , why should my dogs be any different 😂

    Cla Ida
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    2 weeks ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I doubt a chicken can be meaner than a middle schooler, I'm all in

    Jennifer Crawford
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They talk and sing with me more then with anyone else or each other

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    #3

    You can teleport anywhere, but you appear naked every time you arrive

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    Mel in Georgia
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People will be rushing to cover me up! 😆

    ROB
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't you chose anywhere, so just pick a private place and get dressed

    Power puff scientist
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was assuming arrive anywhere means you have nothing at all but that's not even in the question... It just says arrive naked so can you have a bag? Then it's even more of a no-brainer

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    Beak Hookage
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It doesn't say I can't just bring some clothes with me and get dressed when I arrive! Anyone who ogles my unclothed form has nobody to blame for it but themselves. (LOL, we're not allowed to say 'n u d e' now).

    Laserleader
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just teleport next to a closet each time, or in a free clothing store.

    Rika
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wear clothes to go outside only because it's legally required. And because it's nice to have a coat on when it's minus 20 degrees. But I don't care about people seeing me naked and I sure wouldn't care about that if I had the power to teleport.

    Bob Brooce
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need to wear clothes to protect my pasty Scottish skin from a harsh sun. That doesn't mean I can't be naked briefly or in the shade, so I'm good to go.

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    David Paterson
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Appearing naked everywhere, no problem. Teleporting, no way.

    Peter Bear
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bring a backpack with clothes in it.

    BrunoVI
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Yeah, I'll appear in the men's room; just make sure there are some clothes for me, OK?"

    Paul C.
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Charlize Theron might not be too thrilled about it though!

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    #4

    You can fly, but you’re terrified of heights

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    TotallyNOTAFox
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm already afraid of heights, so no trade off

    ROB
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You'd get used to it

    JenC
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just fly at a low height

    Ace
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I quite often have dreams where I'm flying - in fact I just woke up from one an hour or so ago, they always start with running and then find that my feet are not on the ground, but I never go up into the air, just fly perhaps a couple of metres off the ground.

    Xandra
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too! Horizontally, like Superman, but very low, even lower than two meters

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    Bill Swallow
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, I have acrophobia, and I have passed my written pilot's license test and soloed a Cessna 152 multiple times, so...

    veryvenasaur
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was a successful competitive rock climber with a fear of heights I’d survive.

    Robert Roth
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rock climbing with belay is like that at first.

    veryvenasaur
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was wondering if any other rock climbers were in the comments. Did you ever get into lead climbing?

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    Bob Brooce
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So it never occurred to Gerda that we could fly at low heights? Also, I'm not sure it's possible to remain afraid of heights if you can fly.

    Jp@nda
    Community Member
    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could just fly lower to the ground

    Red Wyvern Emperor
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So... I'd only get the ability to fly and nothing else changes.

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    #5

    You can see people’s life spans above their heads, but yours is hidden from you

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    StumblingThroughLife
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone who'd take this deal would have to see the life spans of their kids and family members. A world of Nope.

    Alexia
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would. It may help all of us to cherish the time we have. There will not be any regrets that we didn't get to do or say this and that.

    Fluffy Cat Sleeps
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't Stephen King write Insomnia, which had this as one of the premises?

    Mike Crow
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nickleback did a music video of this

    MalayDragon
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This Scenario brought to you all by Nickelback's videoclip for the song Saving me

    Ellinor she/they/elle
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would. I would have loved to know that my grandmother would pass away. It was so sudden, so unexpected, my whole family thought that we would have at least 10 more years and if I'd known then I would have spend more time with her.

    Corwin 02
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Morbid curiosity would drive me

    Crystalwitch60
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    2 months ago

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    Yes !! death doesn’t scare me what so ever , I mean I’ve already died at least 5 times that I know of , I’m a sodding old old witch , so knowing this means I see death differently to rest of you , I’d love to know my kids are gonna live long lives , (ok would be hard if it was short , but they have my bloodlines so I know they will live again many times )

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    #6

    You could travel to the end of the universe, but you’d never be able to tell anyone what you found

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    Nikole
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I’d never go back “home”.

    Andrew Keir
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nobody ever goes back to their original home - it's always changed. You can't step into the same river twice.

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    David Paterson
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The end of the universe is the explosion of the quantum vacuum. My lifespan in that environment would be less than a millisecond.

    Bob Brooce
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they don't already already know it's Milliways why would I bother to impart any knowledge on them?

    Alexia
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No human being can comprehend the observable universe (estimated to be approx. 93 billion light years). And the observable universe is just a small part of the whole universe.

    Heffalump
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Obviously I'm in a minority, but actually I don't really care all that much what's at the other end of the universe.

    Red Wyvern Emperor
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What makes you think I'd ever come back to Earth. XD

    Robert Roth
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like getting dumped in a vacuum

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    #7

    You could control the weather, but it mirrors your mood - rain when you’re sad, storms when you’re angry

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    Elmo
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a Jew, I already control the weather /s

    Jac Carr
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    D**n all you omnipotent humans, lol. Any chance you're also the only person on the planet who knows how to fix my washing machine?

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    SchadenFreudian Psychology
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it mirrors your mood, how is that you “controlling” the weather?

    Virgil Blue
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd end the world in godly fashion at this time because of some things that happened, so let's not.

    Mel in Georgia
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty even keeled. Moderate weather for everyone! (Especially after Trump is gone.)

    Bonesko
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty hot tempered, but it doesn't last long. Ideally there would be an alert system. "Bonesko is angry at her boss go to the basement!"

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    David Paterson
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't trust myself to control the weather, even if there were no other downsides.

    Barong
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m a generally happy person so I’d be afraid of too much sun and not enough rain. So drought basically. Also, how would you make it snow?

    Nikole
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would just be gray skies for me

    and_a_touch_of_the_’tism
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’d never see a sunny day again the way my depression’s been going :/

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    #8

    You could turn invisible, but you leave behind a faint echo of your voice wherever you go

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    TotallyNOTAFox
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great for people that know the art of "shutting the f**k up" I guess

    moggiemoo
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How do you leave an echo if you don't say anything?

    Lotekguy
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Clap with one hand, Grasshopper

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    Bob Brooce
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one sounds like a problem for other people.

    Robert Roth
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could turn invisible but what about turning back to visible. That would make a difference. Evil djin at work.

    BrunoVI
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fortunately, security cameras don't have microphones. Mwahahah. Also: intelligence agencies wouldn't know what my voi -- oh, who the hell am I kidding. Hey, Steve... tell your boss I said "hi."

    Abel
    Community Member
    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "What is that smell?"

    SchadenFreudian Psychology
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure. People who heard me would just think they were imagining things. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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    #9

    You can fix one mistake from your past, but you’ll forget one happy memory in return

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    ROB
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The mistakes make ua who we are. Undoing one could undo a bunch of cool stuff that happened because of them.

    Francois
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are plenty of happy memories that I already forgotten, it is the mistakes I relive every day.

    Lupita Nyong'heaux
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that would entirely depend on which happy memory.

    Sportsgal
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No way! The Butterfly Effect is real! Case in point, I moved with my husband to another state. We broke up, but while I was there, I got a job making 3x what I was making. Erasing him would mean no great job!! Plus, the lessons I learned. With that said, I could see how someone who was r***d, for example, would take this deal...

    Peter Bear
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolutely not. Not without a clear understanding of the consequences of that change.

    Dog Mom to Zoe
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only because I don't have so many happy memories that I would want to remember.

    Bill Swallow
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Make it "I could fix one mistake from a friend's past...", and I am *SO* in!

    Andrew Keir
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like a shot. Mistakes make us who we are - specifically, losers. Society never forgets and rarely forgives.

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    #10

    You could end world hunger, but every meal you eat for the rest of your life tastes like ash

    Close-up of charred wood and ashes, evoking a mind-bending scenario that challenges your morals and perspective.

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    Virgil Blue
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For the benefit so many people? I think I'd go the "the needs of the many" road on this one

    BrunoVI
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TIL that even though BP is dominated by socialists, a sizeable portion wouldn't make the admittedly major sacrifice of giving up the pleasure of taste for the food security of billions.

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    Rika
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meh. I'm not one for sacrificing myself but I always considered eating to be a chore. I guess I could handle food tasting like ash.

    Nikole
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’d be fine with tasting ash if it meant no one would starve. How in the hell did only 70% of respondents feel the same?

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    Jan
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need to lose weight anyway

    Peter Bear
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gonna be honest, no. I couldn't do that.

    Mike F
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pass the salt and pepper.

    UnclePanda
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How long to I have to keep on living?

    Heffalump
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a big consequence, but I'd be ashamed not to.

    Lotekguy
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm old. I probably don't have all that many meals left, compared to the huge benefit to so many. That makes the sacrifice relatively easy.

    Sportsgal
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would for it to end hunger and lose weight. I wouldn't be tempted by bad foods if it all tasted like ash!

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    #11

    You can read minds, but you can never turn them off

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    ROB
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That sounds like the makings of going insane

    Heffalump
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not even if I could turn them off. The stuff that goes on in my head that I prevent myself from speaking or acting on is horrifying. I'd much prefer to believe that everyone else is better in that regard, and I'm pretty sure that, if I could check, I'd be disappointed.

    Mel in Georgia
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My idea of hell.

    Crystalwitch60
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From someone as already does this kinda empath , which is feeling what other feel and their emotions,it’s only half a step away from reading minds totally , n I can tell you this ITS F KING EXHAUSTING!! n one of the reasons I keep my self well away from people , it is actually a kinda living hell !,I wouldn’t mind it but only cos I’m used to it lol , but if I was a normal person with out empath powers I wouldn’t bloody want it either ,

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    Virgil Blue
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a good old movie about a scientist finding a way, but it gets so overwhelming and he hears so many things he never wanted to know he finally ends up as far from people as he can get to keep them out of range. Can't remember the name sadly.

    BrunoVI
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too bad you don't have an eidetic memory. *elbows in ribs*

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    howdylee
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen enough X-Men media to know how this goes...

    Bill Swallow
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need some specifics on this one. Does it have a range? Is there a way to shield against it? Does it require line of sight? I'm introverted, and am comfortable working remotely. *Might* be worth it if I could live in solitude without the voices, communicating electronically with friends and family, but come out to use this ability when necessary for worthwhile investigative purposes. *Maybe*

    Jac Carr
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Considering most people have no trouble spewing out every thought, it's unnecessary and no-one wants that mindless b******t rushing through their mind every day

    PenguinEmp
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No way! Reminds me of that guy from the Tng episode tin man. That guy went insane because he couldn't turn it off.

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    #12

    You could predict the future perfectly, but you can’t convince anyone it’s true

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    ROB
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the story of casandra

    Nikole
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly. This whole article is silly.

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    Heffalump
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK, well it isn't like I didn't try to warn them of the impending disaster, so no reason I can't make a k*****g shorting stocks.

    PenguinEmp
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course. I predict elections, sporting events etc and make millions.

    Grape Walls of Ire
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right. Make enough money and people will start to believe you.

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    veryvenasaur
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude I live in the United States I already feel like I have that power. It’s awful.

    SchadenFreudian Psychology
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This. I know things I don’t want to know, without having this power.

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    Peter Bear
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can already do this (semi-sarcastic) and it s***s.

    Abel
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Cassandra curse? No thanks!

    Flickers_and_Sparks
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You could tell people anonymously, like in the form of a "mysterious note" or something... this power could seriously prevent so many bad things from happening!

    Sportsgal
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup, make a living buying lottery tickets and traveling!

    moggiemoo
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why would I feel the need to convince anybody?

    Hannah
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This has shades of the Greek goddess Cassandra

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    #13

    You could take away someone’s pain, but you’d feel it instead

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    BrunoVI
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooh, I'd have to write that down as an enormous temptation, but a temptation nonetheless. I coddle too much as it is.

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    Costa
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "COULD" being the operative word

    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Jem', from Star Trek: TOS, "The Empath"

    JenC
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    CannI take part of it, so it's easier on them?

    Robert Roth
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hang on the could. I would like the option.

    Alexia
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've done it multiple times. It led me to depression and emotional burnout, while the ones I've helped felt entitled to receive such support. So no, I wouldn't do it again. Every person is responsible for managing their own pain; I could help, but within some limits. Just like in the airplane: first, put on your own oxygen mask, then help the others.

    Phil Green
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I could do that for my wife, I wouldn't hesitate. She has done nothing to merit the pain she is now suffering.

    SchadenFreudian Psychology
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I felt that way about my mom. She died of cancer at a time when everything else in my life sucked too. I used to wish I could take the cancer instead of her.

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    Shark Lady
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm in enough pain as it is, I can't cope with anymore.

    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You would be surprised,tbh , I live in constant pain , n live on tramadol morphine , Tegratol to just walk , n I have a high pain threshold hold, but as I’m an empath , being around people means I also feel their pain their emotions,like anger’s sadness depression,n the likes of, I’m also on anti depressants myself , so I stay away from people , when I first came in to the power properly it was sheer hell ,but I’ve learnt to handle others pain , it kinda takes my mind of my own tbh , you do leant to handle it , EVENTUALLY 😂kinda

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    Marianne
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would be great if I could just get all my child's sicknesses. Because I know how to vomit into a bucket and I know that medication makes me feel better.

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    #14

    You get a perfect memory, but you can’t tell if you’re remembering or reliving

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    Suzy Hazelwood Report

    Virgil Blue
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have an Eideitic memory, so good it's pretty close to photographic. That's great at first I discovered, but after losing some loved ones and other trauma and discovering it also collects the emotions of that memory perfectly I wish there was a way to edit them like they so un some SF books.

    Jac Carr
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember the sister of my friend at junior school who had a photographic memory. She came from a working class family and got into Oxbridge but the pressure to be extraordinary meant she had a mental breakdown. It's something that needs professional advice to help manage it, and the people who know you have it, on a daily basis

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    Kenneth Smith
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I already have this one. It's called PTSD and you don't want it! 😁

    Nicole Weymann
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty happy that I *DON'T* remember everything . Too many bad memories make me grumpy, miserable and/or unforgiving. And I'm not good enough at enthusiasm to make up for that.

    StumblingThroughLife
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's the point if you then can't be certain what your memory is telling you? Pass

    ROB
    Community Member
    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are memories getting in a time loop with that would not be good

    katakuri
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s like i have already seen this but it just happens now

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    Alexia
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sounds more like a mental disorder.

    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I again already relive my past lives A LOT , so yup I,ll take this ,cos I’d love to rember them properly ,no in drip n drabs

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    #15

    You could discover the meaning of life, but you’d lose all motivation to live it

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    Ace
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We already know it's 42.

    Fluffy Cat Sleeps
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've already lost most motivation to live it, why not a little more.

    Ronja Oksanen
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't meaning of life different for everyone? 🤔

    Virgil Blue
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everyone with depression would probably think "well, at least I know now why it's all like this. Its all for that one guy called Chad, apparantly. Scr3w you Chad!"

    BeesEelsAndPups
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No. I have Major Depressive Disorder. I don't need more reasons to end it.

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    Rika
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The meaning of life is actually living it! We all die: some of us get cremated, others get eaten by worms. What matters is what we do between our birth and our death. Like a wise man once said, "Life's a garden, dig it!"

    Nikole
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve said that before! The “grand purpose” of life is that there is no purpose so just experience what you can (without harming others).

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    David Paterson
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The meaning of life" is a movie. Do I want to live in that movie? No.

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    #16

    You could bring back someone you lost, but they return with no memory of you

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    Rika
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do so many people say no ? I think it's nice to have a chance to "re-know" someone. If they loved you before they passed, they'll love you again.

    Nikole
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dead is dead. You’d only be bringing them back to make yourself feel better. That said, I’d love if my cat Mister reappeared.

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    PenguinEmp
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes because then I at least know they are alive.

    Alexia
    Community Member
    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes!! I'd bring back my late classmate from high school (he was 16 when he passed away). He was a wonderful kid, smart and thoughtful. He went to hiking trip on a difficult path in the mountains, he lost grip and fell to his d3ath. I don't care if he doesn't remember me. The world needs more people like him.

    Heffalump
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd bring back someone I had reason to hate: and they wouldn't know to fear my revenge.

    Virgil Blue
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If he remembers his family my mom and dad and all others? I'd absolutely ressurect my brother as he was before his accident that eventually k****d him. It will be a long road, but we had so many common interests that I feel I could reconnect with him with the help of my family.

    Beak Hookage
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He died aged just 28. If it means his family got him back, I'd be fine with him not remembering me. Their loss is ten times more important than mine, or my feelings.

    Goth Mouse (he/they)
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My poor lil doggo loved everyone so im sure hed love me anyway

    Robert Roth
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have seen this movie and know important questions to ask before saying yes. 10 to 1 it ends badly.

    Barong
    Community Member
    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would they come back at the age they died? Do they remember everything and everyone else? It’s great to give someone the chance to live longer, but assuming you were an important part of their life it would be a huge hole in their memory assuming it was yes to the above questions. Also a power like this in the wrong hands could be one hell of a way to get revenge and t*****e someone.

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    #17

    You can become completely fearless, but you lose all sense of excitement

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    HappyMaskSalesman
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jokes on you - I have depression and haven’t felt excitement in years anyway.

    TotallyNOTAFox
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fear is a very important survival mechanic, losing it can end lethal

    Bob Brooce
    Community Member
    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So many people already kill themselves because of their stupidity, I can't even imagine how many more it would be if they were fearless. That said, being fearless doesn't mean you can't makes a realistic risk assessment about things.

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    Brettargh
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s basically asking; you can be a psychopath.

    StumblingThroughLife
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lack of fear = stupidity in a lot of actions, imo.

    Robert Roth
    Community Member
    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some days while hanging from one hand over an abyss and contemplating my next move, I think increased fear might be good.

    Jan
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some fear is important to keep us alive

    GalPalAl
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel this way right now without the fearlessness

    Roger9er
    Community Member
    1 month ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Having no fear gets you kìlled, so no.

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    #18

    You learn you’re living in a simulation, but if you leave it, everyone you know disappears

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    Bob Brooce
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact: If you live in a simulation you don't know anyone.

    Deson Bowenford
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it is indeed true that "life is but a stage" in that case I would want to talk to the script writer. I want a better part.

    Nicole Weymann
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What exactly is the question? Does "I'm in" mean I stay, or does "I'll pass" mean I'll pass on the chance to leave??

    Robert Roth
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need to understand the prospective alternate.

    Virgil Blue
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are they truly aware ir just programs? Because if they aren't really aware I'd feel they were gone anyway and get out because seeing some puppet pretend to have feelings for me would be so sad.

    Marianne
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't that a lose-lose situation?

    Red Wyvern Emperor
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmm... throw in that I can modify the simulation and I won't ever leave.

    SheHulk
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are all living in our own litlle worlds that center around our brains, anyway. Again this was in Star Trek, DS9 s2 e16, "shadowplay".

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    #19

    You become universally admired, but you can never be alone again

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    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It bloody well would be I can tell you , I read this question , and went ice cold all over “shudders” a living hell, in fact I’d much prefer hell LITTERALLY , so cannot be around people ,being an empath. It’s to exhausting! so this one NOPE

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    Alexia
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why would I want to be "universally admired"? Local fame is more than enough.

    SheHulk
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Local infamy, in my case.

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    UnclePanda
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I accidentally stumbled into regional fame and I moved to get away from it.

    RamiRudolph
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eff no! I love being alone. I need to be alone with my thoughts. I couldn't handle that.

    Jac Carr
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would rather eat my own arm than never be alone again

    BrunoVI
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Strangely, not because I'd hate to never be alone again so much as I believe being universally admired would be bad for me and probably everyone else.

    Robert Roth
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is this alone? No voices, no differing opinions, what a frightening mind that would be.

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    #20

    You could make everyone you love immortal, but you would die before any of them

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    Lunar Rat
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would not curse the people I love with immortality.

    Rika
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once read a novel about a guy who accidentally became immortal. He thought it was very cool at first but then he watched everyone he loved (his parents, wife, kids, friends..) grow old and die. He ended up insane because all the ways that he tried to k*ll himself didn't work, he was condemned to live forever with the pain of having lost the people who mattered the most to him.

    Anyone-for-tea?
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was it the First Immortal by James Halperin who also wrote the Truth Machine? The latter is one of my favourite books, it’s such an interesting concept, not being able to lie.

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    StumblingThroughLife
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lifetime can feel too long, IMO, so I wouldn't inflict immortality on others.

    SchadenFreudian Psychology
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t think they want to be immortal. Doing that without their consent would be a rotten thing to do.

    Bob Brooce
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "You could make everyone you love immortal, but you would die before any of them" Isn't that how immortal works if I'm not also immortal?

    Beady El
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    1 month ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not without their consent, no way. And true immortality means not just outliving other people but outliving everything- the entire human species, the earth itself, the sun, the universe…

    Red Wyvern Emperor
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ANyone I love? Dude, I'd put immortality only on someone I absolutely hate.

    Fluffy Cat Sleeps
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It doesn't say you have to make them immortal, just that you can, so only make the ones who want to be immortal that way

    Miki
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why ppl choose "no"???

    fly on the wall
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be immortal without control of life circumstances ( general health, wealth, social circumstance etc) could be like a life sentence in prison.

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    #21

    You could merge dreams and reality, but you’ll never know which one you’re in

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    Bananaramamama
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone who has experienced sleep disorders that result in disturbing nightmares knows the toll this takes on your mental health and physical health. I spent many nights watching my husband m****r my children and me without understanding if I was awake or dreaming and then "waking up" to find myself in the same scenario. Turns out my sleep apnea was causing essentially hallucinations

    Ashlisha
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know this, but mine is calm, calm but real. I have night terrors however and sleep panic attacks and then developed epilepsy. That is traumatizing, what you have been through with the nightmares. Reoccurring dreams don't fade like a single dream does. I'm sorry.

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    Mel in Georgia
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like the definition of insanity!

    Rika
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. It happened to me quite a few times: I had dreams about mundane things like texting or having a conversation with a friend. I'd then mention something from that conversation to the friend: we'd be both confused because they never had that conversation with me but my dream was so realistic, it *must* have happened... It's pretty scary before you learn to live with it.

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    ROB
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't that a form of schizophrenia? It sounds awful to experience

    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes . Cos I dream of all sorts mostly weird lol but with lists of my past lives giving me clues so yes please ! Like I already dint live in the same reality u lot do so this would be no different 😂

    Alexia
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dreams are brain's way to deal with problems, issues, traumas and find possible solutions. Why would I want to mess up with that?

    Red Wyvern Emperor
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The world would be so chaotic even Chaos Gods would feel uncomfortable. I haven't had a coherent dream since I was a kid. Some nights I don't even remember ANY dreams at all and those I do are just total chaotic mess.

    SheHulk
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like a bad trip!

    Lor
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or severe mental illness

    SchadenFreudian Psychology
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s hard enough to tell what’s real when you know for sure you’re awake.

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    #22

    You could stop time whenever you want, but each time one person you know loses an hour of their life

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    PenguinEmp
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Each person I know? I know a great deal many people. The guy at the store knows me. The dude at the bus stop knows me but never been friends. These are dumb questions

    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP said "Each time, *one person*...". Read the question.

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    Bob Brooce
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never wanted to met a bunch of republicans as badly as I do right now.

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    Grape Walls of Ire
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They weren't doing anything exciting anyway.

    Beak Hookage
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cue Hans Moleman. "You stole two hours of my life and I want them back! ...oh, I'd only waste 'em..."

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    Abel
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would use it to make evil things, so better no.

    Barong
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think if used for good it could be worth it. Besides that’s less than two hot dogs according to that University of Michigan Study that said each hot dog you consume could cut 36 minutes off your lifespan.

    Alexia
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could be useful in crisis situations. I've found myself in such situations a couple of times; a few minutes can make the difference between life and death.

    Robert Roth
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How well do I need to know my perspective host? Some people would appreciate 1 less hour.

    BrunoVI
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This depends: Am I shortening their decline, or bringing them closer to that decline? Can I stop time to be with them?

    moggiemoo
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it the same person each time?

    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmm no lol I Unless I could be very sure the people I know are ones I loath 😂

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    #23

    You could walk into any painting, but you can’t be sure you’ll get out

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    Virgil Blue
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they mean the world in the painting, I would like that, but I'd make sure I chose the paintings carefully.

    Norm Gilmore
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, it doesn't say you can't commission a painting to have everything you would want in it?

    UnclePanda
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not a thrill seeker but I have a very low threshold for, "Let's find out!", which usually amounts to the same thing.

    SchadenFreudian Psychology
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can I pick the painting? I don’t want Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” 😂

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    #24

    You become the most talented person in your field, but you forget everyone you love

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    Pixabay Report

    Plentyofoomph
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you forget them, then you wont miss them

    BeesEelsAndPups
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure, but talent is only potential. It doesn't equate to actual skill. The most talented physicist in history could be living in a slum with no access to education. Just because you CAN be great at something, doesn't mean you will. And even if you ARE great at something, doesn't mean you will be recognized as such. Tesla died a pauper.

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    Virgil Blue
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a lot more Faustian than most. Depends on how your life was going before this, I think.

    ROB
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well it's bloody painful remembering everyone I've loved so maybe forgetting and career success is happiness

    Abel
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My field? What field!? 🤔

    Stardust she/her
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Atp idk if i even have anyone i love

    Ace
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being talented is not the same as being successful.

    Rika
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. I'll find other people to love and they'll do the same, it's not like I'm irreplaceable. (No one is.)

    Senin
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    2 months ago

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    #25

    You could make one lie in history become true, but one major truth becomes a lie

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    TotallyNOTAFox
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think people underestimate that the truth that could be changed can have a positive outcome. Truth: The holo-caust happend, change that to a lie and you saved millions of lives

    Jac Carr
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd have to know what the truthful incident was first

    Moving Enigma
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I'd basically be a Fox Fiction "news" reader - no thanks.

    SchadenFreudian Psychology
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why time travel might not be a good idea. Changing something like that could have unintended consequences. (Star Trek, “City On the Edge of Forever.”)

    Robert Roth
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, assuming I get to choose.

    Abel
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nop! Truth is subjective...

    Nikole
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, you’re differentiating between truth and facts. Good call.

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    SheHulk
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This question is way to vague!

    Crystalwitch60
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    2 months ago

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    Hell no make the f king bible become true HELL THE F RIGHT OFF NO WAY !that makes people freaking lunatics as it is ,n it’s only fiction at min ,kin hell imagine i5 being real 😱😱😱😱NO WAY

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    #26

    You can meet your "ideal self", but they’re deeply disappointed in you

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    Elmo
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm already deeply disappointed in me. What are they gonna do?

    Nikole
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ha. That was my response after reading this one.

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    ROB
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That sounds terrible either way

    Alexia
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't "meet" my ideal self. I'm creating it every day, every moment. And it's not something separated from me, it's a part of me. Seriously, who wrote this poll?

    Abel
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why not? I am my own best critic. Lets put that in a face and a body! Can "it" be blonde and with big t**s? 😀

    Sportsgal
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! They could help me with my problems!

    Bob Brooce
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can I have an ideal *self* that's not me?

    UnclePanda
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have, he was, but I'm still in the driver's seat. Yeehah!

    Beak Hookage
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    W T F even is my ideal self? A me who isn't autistic? A me who isn't fat? A me who became super famous the way I wanted to be when I was a kid? A me who was all of those things wouldn't be me. It'd be a total stranger whose opinion of me I wouldn't give a rat's rear about. So no, this one is meaningless.

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    #27

    You could taste every flavor that has ever existed, but water will always taste bitter

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    Bill Swallow
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just get a pack of Bertie Bott's "Any Flavor Jelly Beans".

    Alexia
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I came to like the bitter taste. Like many other features, tastes can be educated.

    CD Mills
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, I can "taste every flavor that has ever existed"? I'll pass as that covers all the nasty flavors too.

    SchadenFreudian Psychology
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t care about tasting every flavour that ever existed.

    Sarah Belt
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love bitter beverages and would much prefer water to not taste like water.

    Rika
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do people really enjoy drinking water ? Serious question. I'd rather have it taste bitter than taste of... nothingness.

    Fluffy Cat Sleeps
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I enjoy drinking water because it tastes like nothing. It's just cold and wet and refreshing.

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    Crystalwitch60
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where I live the water already is disgusting lol very very py hard water area ,( Thames water area ) drinking tap water is vile , so no different to me , cos I don’t drink it anyway lmao yes to this one ,cos I adore cooking from scratch gotta be able to taste stuff , ere lol does that mean I could actually eat spicy food then ?

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    #28

    You can control luck, but you never know if it’s good or bad until it’s too late

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    Mel in Georgia
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then it's not under your control?

    Bill Swallow
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's in your control - but the dials are unmarked.

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    M Whee
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one doesn't make sense. What is the benefit of this supposed control?

    pebs
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you can't control it.

    Starbug
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't it like that already anyway?

    Virgil Blue
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This statement contradicts itself? Or are we talking butterfly effect here?

    Sportsgal
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This makes no sense! If you don't know which, that's not knowing control. That what we have now. Surprise luck.

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