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  • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

    A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. You will either be 100 times larger (200 m tall) or 100 times smaller (2 cm tall) for one week.

    Because of movie logic you will not die or suffer any huge health impacts, but you must make it through the week.

    Do you go big? Or do you go small?

    How will you spend your week?

    floreana@poliversity.itF This user is from outside of this forum
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    floreana@poliversity.it
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    #89

    @futurebird
    Was gonna say bigger to at least avoid being stepped over, then I thought I could've hungered due to requiring way too much food. Smaller it is then, so I can learn from the ants and easily find sufficient food.

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    • dienstag@norden.socialD dienstag@norden.social

      @futurebird
      Even, when I have to face to be eaten by my cats 😳

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      #90

      @Dienstag

      With #picaTheCat it's not being eaten I'm worried about. In fact she'd turn her nose up at me. But, she'd want to "play" for hours.

      *shudder*

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      • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

        A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. You will either be 100 times larger (200 m tall) or 100 times smaller (2 cm tall) for one week.

        Because of movie logic you will not die or suffer any huge health impacts, but you must make it through the week.

        Do you go big? Or do you go small?

        How will you spend your week?

        niqnaq@meow.socialN This user is from outside of this forum
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        niqnaq@meow.social
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        #91

        @futurebird I chose smaller because I didn't want to be hungry looking for 100 times the amount of food for a week, and with huge hands have trouble grabbing onto things, whereas smaller I figure I can find something that can sustain me the whole week easily!

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        • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

          Imagine eating single part of a raspberry like an apple!

          Having a slice of boba with a tiny dot of whipped cream on it!

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          #92

          @futurebird I suppose you could just swallow big things like a pumpkin without chewing when you decide tot be 200 m tall. But what would happen if you do that just before the week is over?

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          • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

            A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. You will either be 100 times larger (200 m tall) or 100 times smaller (2 cm tall) for one week.

            Because of movie logic you will not die or suffer any huge health impacts, but you must make it through the week.

            Do you go big? Or do you go small?

            How will you spend your week?

            gbargoud@masto.nycG This user is from outside of this forum
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            gbargoud@masto.nyc
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            #93

            @futurebird

            I'd build a nice little lego house and go small

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            • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

              A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. You will either be 100 times larger (200 m tall) or 100 times smaller (2 cm tall) for one week.

              Because of movie logic you will not die or suffer any huge health impacts, but you must make it through the week.

              Do you go big? Or do you go small?

              How will you spend your week?

              dr_fotograf@sueden.socialD This user is from outside of this forum
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              dr_fotograf@sueden.social
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              #94

              @futurebird 100 times smaller will give me the chance to see how the citizens of my Model railroad really live and whether it make sense to stay there. 😉

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              • hcbunny@beige.partyH hcbunny@beige.party

                @futurebird

                The average human sized human walks three miles an hour. One could assume at 100X the height the legs would get you places faster at almost the same rate, so around three hundred miles a day. I could see A LOTTA OCEANS AND MOUNTAINS AND AND ANNNDDD...

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                #95

                @HCBunny @futurebird Isaac Asimov wrote a short essay on the speed of seven league boots. If I recall correctly, he concluded that a person walking in them would break escape velocity and end up in orbit.

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                • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                  A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. You will either be 100 times larger (200 m tall) or 100 times smaller (2 cm tall) for one week.

                  Because of movie logic you will not die or suffer any huge health impacts, but you must make it through the week.

                  Do you go big? Or do you go small?

                  How will you spend your week?

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                  #96

                  @futurebird I voted smaller, because it seems easier to (a) find things to eat and (b) explore without becoming a massive public spectacle, even if all I'd be exploring is my own home. Or maybe catch a ride on someone's trouser leg?

                  But if I did end up 170m tall, I'd tromp over to an ocean and go swimming, exploring depths not usually possible without specialized equipment.

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                  • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                    A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. You will either be 100 times larger (200 m tall) or 100 times smaller (2 cm tall) for one week.

                    Because of movie logic you will not die or suffer any huge health impacts, but you must make it through the week.

                    Do you go big? Or do you go small?

                    How will you spend your week?

                    clew@ecoevo.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
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                    clew@ecoevo.social
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                    #97

                    100x…. Is that enough that vorticity matters? Reynolds number? One of the invisible ways the world is truly different at different scales?

                    Haven’t had to think about that for a while, can’t remember any details!

                    @futurebird

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                    • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                      @Dienstag

                      With #picaTheCat it's not being eaten I'm worried about. In fact she'd turn her nose up at me. But, she'd want to "play" for hours.

                      *shudder*

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                      #98

                      @futurebird
                      Until we lay on the floor to die, barely moving, like the half dead flies, they got bored of.

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                      • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                        A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. You will either be 100 times larger (200 m tall) or 100 times smaller (2 cm tall) for one week.

                        Because of movie logic you will not die or suffer any huge health impacts, but you must make it through the week.

                        Do you go big? Or do you go small?

                        How will you spend your week?

                        kid37@fnordon.deK This user is from outside of this forum
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                        kid37@fnordon.de
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                        #99

                        @futurebird "The Incredible Shrinking Man" described the dangers of being very small. But still...

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                        • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                          A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. You will either be 100 times larger (200 m tall) or 100 times smaller (2 cm tall) for one week.

                          Because of movie logic you will not die or suffer any huge health impacts, but you must make it through the week.

                          Do you go big? Or do you go small?

                          How will you spend your week?

                          cascheranno@hachyderm.ioC This user is from outside of this forum
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                          cascheranno@hachyderm.io
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                          #100

                          @futurebird

                          My wife: I’d go small.
                          Me, just voted larger: “what would you do if you were that small?!”
                          Wife: make a cozy nest and take a nap. Ride my cats around the house…

                          ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ … ok, point taken.

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                          • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                            A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. You will either be 100 times larger (200 m tall) or 100 times smaller (2 cm tall) for one week.

                            Because of movie logic you will not die or suffer any huge health impacts, but you must make it through the week.

                            Do you go big? Or do you go small?

                            How will you spend your week?

                            janeishly@beige.partyJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                            #101

                            @futurebird 100 times larger. I have people I want to stomp.

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                            • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                              A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. You will either be 100 times larger (200 m tall) or 100 times smaller (2 cm tall) for one week.

                              Because of movie logic you will not die or suffer any huge health impacts, but you must make it through the week.

                              Do you go big? Or do you go small?

                              How will you spend your week?

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                              australopithecus@mastodon.social
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                              #102

                              @futurebird
                              200m is two Godzillas high, which would be great for mayhem. If I could make a plan in advance for public goods to pursue for the week, I'd probably pick that (I'm on the west coast, so storming DC on a whim probably isn't realistic).

                              But if it's a surprise like in this hypothetical, small sounds more fun. 2cm isn't horrifyingly small yet, but it is small enough to change some physical constraints (eg safe fall height).

                              Plus, less likely to end in prison afterwards.

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                              • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                                @blindcoder

                                You'll be overlooking *everything* all week.

                                I'd go help renovate the whitehouse.

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                                #103

                                @futurebird @blindcoder larger = take that damn ray gun. Do the DC thing. Zap a big slobbery dawg. Feed the big dawg a particularly unappetizing chew toy — they’ll eat cat shit, so it work.

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                                • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                                  A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. You will either be 100 times larger (200 m tall) or 100 times smaller (2 cm tall) for one week.

                                  Because of movie logic you will not die or suffer any huge health impacts, but you must make it through the week.

                                  Do you go big? Or do you go small?

                                  How will you spend your week?

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                                  #104

                                  @futurebird If you were 100 times bigger, you would be surrounded by soldiers with tanks and attacked from the air by gunships and fighter planes. If you were 100 times smaller you would be eaten by a spider, a mantis, or a crow. Neither outcome seems ideal. I couldn't choose.

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                                  • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                                    Imagine eating single part of a raspberry like an apple!

                                    Having a slice of boba with a tiny dot of whipped cream on it!

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                                    #105

                                    @futurebird One of my kiddos eats cherries like you'd eat a plum. It's hysterical 🤣

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                                    • corpsmoderne@mamot.frC corpsmoderne@mamot.fr

                                      @futurebird if I'm 100 times larger, does this mean my eyes will have an aperture of 600mm ? Sign me up.

                                      #astronomy

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                                      #106

                                      @corpsmoderne @futurebird I voted to go large. Our local mountain is said to be the seat where a legendary giant sat to watch the stars. The weather's reasonably warm now, so that's what I do. Watch the stars at night and survey the countryside from my vantage point during the day.

                                      There's a mountain lake and streams for water. Food might be a problem, but I'm sure friends could bring me enough meat, potatoes and veg to prevent me starving. It's only a week, after all.

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                                      • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                                        A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. You will either be 100 times larger (200 m tall) or 100 times smaller (2 cm tall) for one week.

                                        Because of movie logic you will not die or suffer any huge health impacts, but you must make it through the week.

                                        Do you go big? Or do you go small?

                                        How will you spend your week?

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                                        #107

                                        @futurebird if you're not some galaxy devouring immortal, or something, being bigger sucks, because you'll have less space and therefore less fun. And I'm also considering the grocery bill.

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                                        • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                                          A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. You will either be 100 times larger (200 m tall) or 100 times smaller (2 cm tall) for one week.

                                          Because of movie logic you will not die or suffer any huge health impacts, but you must make it through the week.

                                          Do you go big? Or do you go small?

                                          How will you spend your week?

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                                          ragnaja@mstdn.social
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                                          #108

                                          @futurebird bigger and go on a walkabout!

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