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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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    @futurebird

    I live in an old apartment building. I know what also lurks in the shadows there.

    100 times bigger, even though it wouldn't be my favorite choice. I can find fresh water, and not eat for a week.

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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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      #146

      @futurebird @trending_bot 100x larger. STOMPY STOMPY STOMPY

      Bye bye Trump, Putin, Starmer, Farage, Netanyahu, Bezos, Musk, the Facebook dilbert (whose name escapes me), and any other fash/techbro that gets in my way.

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      • G glitzersachen@hachyderm.io

        @SomeVeganCheeseIsOk @futurebird

        OK. Were the equipment and the spouse in the conditions? Will the spuse have been shrunk as well?

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        @glitzersachen @futurebird spouse is normal sized. A bit of wire will make a decent sword. A bottle cap will make a nice shield. Spouse brings 2cm me outside, puts me on some moss or lichen. I get the best views of a moss ecosystem ever. WIN.

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        • somevegancheeseisok@mastodon.socialS somevegancheeseisok@mastodon.social

          @glitzersachen @futurebird spouse is normal sized. A bit of wire will make a decent sword. A bottle cap will make a nice shield. Spouse brings 2cm me outside, puts me on some moss or lichen. I get the best views of a moss ecosystem ever. WIN.

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          @SomeVeganCheeseIsOk @futurebird

          > A bit of wire will make a decent sword.

          I have to nitpick. This would be a club.

          > I get the best views of a moss ecosystem ever. WIN.

          +1

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          • david@fouroclockfarms.clubD david@fouroclockfarms.club

            @kawunngg @futurebird @DamonWakes @btrinen “What? This mountain wasn’t there yesterday. And what’s that smell?”

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            #149

            @david @kawunngg @futurebird @btrinen Let's not be too quick to dump on a potential green alternative to the Haber process. It's free* fertiliser, after all.

            *ignoring whatever it takes to power the mad science ray

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            • somevegancheeseisok@mastodon.socialS somevegancheeseisok@mastodon.social

              @andrewg @futurebird I had considered the logistics nightmare of food, but not water. I live near a LOT of very clean fresh water.

              None of us are mentioning managing the *output* of a 100x human....

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              @SomeVeganCheeseIsOk @futurebird unless you happen to be *way* out in the sticks, a 200m tall human would be a godzilla-level disaster

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              • damonwakes@mastodon.sdf.orgD damonwakes@mastodon.sdf.org

                @david @kawunngg @futurebird @btrinen Let's not be too quick to dump on a potential green alternative to the Haber process. It's free* fertiliser, after all.

                *ignoring whatever it takes to power the mad science ray

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                @DamonWakes @kawunngg @futurebird @btrinen

                You had to put “dump” in there. 😹

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                • david@fouroclockfarms.clubD david@fouroclockfarms.club

                  @DamonWakes @kawunngg @futurebird @btrinen

                  You had to put “dump” in there. 😹

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                  #152

                  @david @kawunngg @futurebird @btrinen It was that or "pooh-pooh."

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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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                    #153

                    @futurebird larger, because I would use the opportunity to go travelling. It would be tricky not stepping on people / things, but imagine just being able to walk a while to take a look at interesting landmarks in neighbouring countries...

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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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                      #154

                      @futurebird I mean, just an issue of how quick you die depending on which you go with, right? A week is a long time to be either incredibly big for anything or incredibly small for a person and while your chances of survival go up immensely being big compared to being small you're still a giant naked human and will not make it out unharmed unless you're exceptionally good at hiding somehow and can survive underwater as there's not many places to hide on land.

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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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                        #155

                        i think movie logic is split on whether your clothes also shrink or grow unfortunately. smaller at least means you won't be carefully stepping around tabloid reporters all day.

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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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                          #156

                          @futurebird Small, hands down. Of course it is a lot more dangerous in case I encounter pets, spiders or whatever. Probably I can't go out, and finding food and water won't be easy – but a cube of sugar would be enough for the week. On the plus side, I'd be quite strong.
                          I think large is worse. I'd need 1.000.000 times as much food (2.000 tons of water a day!), I'd have an awfully hard time getting around (being very, very weak) – and e.g. powerlines would still be deadly, probably.

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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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                            #157

                            @futurebird

                            I'd have to go larger because I am already quite scared of insects and similar. If I met them when being that small - nope!!

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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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                              #158

                              @futurebird Cold War in a Country Garden.

                              I came across this as a kid and loved it.
                              https://schlock-value.com/2014/08/17/cold-war-in-a-country-garden/

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                              • tokensane@mastodon.me.ukT tokensane@mastodon.me.uk

                                @futurebird Cold War in a Country Garden.

                                I came across this as a kid and loved it.
                                https://schlock-value.com/2014/08/17/cold-war-in-a-country-garden/

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                                #159

                                @tokensane

                                Are the ants communist?

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                                • petraphoenix@beige.partyP petraphoenix@beige.party

                                  @futurebird

                                  I'd have to go larger because I am already quite scared of insects and similar. If I met them when being that small - nope!!

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                                  @PetraPhoenix

                                  If you go large people will seem like insects. Squirrels will seem like mites!

                                  SO IDK. maybe small is better.

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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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                                    @futurebird

                                    Smaller! So I can be Ant Tifa 😂😂😂😂

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                                    • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                                      @PetraPhoenix

                                      If you go large people will seem like insects. Squirrels will seem like mites!

                                      SO IDK. maybe small is better.

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                                      #162

                                      @futurebird

                                      But they won't look like insects! The problem is reading sci-fi stories as a kid where the aliens were bug (generic use rather than scientific) shaped.

                                      The thought of meeting an insect the same size as me just chills me to my bones

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                                      • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                                        @tokensane

                                        Are the ants communist?

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                                        @futurebird IIRC they were just ants. The entomology seemed pretty well researched. Early on the protagonist mcgyvered a crossbow out of disassembled insects, with nettle and later wasp venom for stopping power.

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                                        • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                                          @tokensane

                                          Are the ants communist?

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                                          #164

                                          @futurebird The Cold War bit came later: they get sent on a secret mission to find out what the Russian miniaturisation programme is up to.

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