<![CDATA[A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it.]]>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?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/3ce710e8-08d8-442d-a957-5bf19486d149/a-mad-scientist-has-a-shrink-grow-ray-and-you-will-be-hit-with-it.RSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 21:55:02 GMTSun, 10 May 2026 13:31:11 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 21:18:07 GMT]]>@futurebird I would spend the week hyping mesh networks l, and hosting and placing antennas all over.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/ap/users/116244818589910115/statuses/116552360750563720https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/ap/users/116244818589910115/statuses/116552360750563720Sun, 10 May 2026 21:18:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:27:03 GMT]]>@futurebird Teeny tiny. I'm gonna get into all kinds of mischief. And try to avoid our three cats.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.lol/users/alkaid/statuses/116552159926973988https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.lol/users/alkaid/statuses/116552159926973988Sun, 10 May 2026 20:27:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:05:20 GMT]]>@futurebird No further comment needed.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/JonnyT/statuses/116552074530406558https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/JonnyT/statuses/116552074530406558Sun, 10 May 2026 20:05:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:27:40 GMT]]>@futurebird I have a cat. There's only one answer here that doesn't result in immediate death.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/JonnyT/statuses/116551926453136869https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/JonnyT/statuses/116551926453136869Sun, 10 May 2026 19:27:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:16:14 GMT]]>@futurebird Larger definitely. I have a list of people to stomp on.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/pthane/statuses/116551881461877553https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/pthane/statuses/116551881461877553Sun, 10 May 2026 19:16:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:16:12 GMT]]>@futurebird So, So Many Cat People in the comments!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://deacon.social/users/Bodling/statuses/116551881380774956https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://deacon.social/users/Bodling/statuses/116551881380774956Sun, 10 May 2026 19:16:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:13:24 GMT]]>@futurebird

I'll commission my dream home at 1/100th scale and have the best stay-cation ever.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/number6/statuses/116551870323246637https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/number6/statuses/116551870323246637Sun, 10 May 2026 19:13:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:08:44 GMT]]>@cstanhope @futurebird This exact thing has always troubled me about being shrink-rayed!

That, and whether my own body's molecules would be shrunk, or are some percentage of them disappeared while I'm getting shrunk, and then how do I get them back (and in the right location) when I'm unshrunk?

I've been considering these difficulties since way back to "Fantastic Voyage" (1966).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://deacon.social/users/Bodling/statuses/116551852007436040https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://deacon.social/users/Bodling/statuses/116551852007436040Sun, 10 May 2026 19:08:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:58:50 GMT]]>@gbargoud @futurebird Aha! I would spend the week before shrinking building a sort of Lego wonderland with cool architecture, slides, battery powered vehicles, etc. 👍

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/joejoetom/statuses/116551813039500188https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/joejoetom/statuses/116551813039500188Sun, 10 May 2026 18:58:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:58:21 GMT]]>@futurebird I read The Men in the Walls by William Tenn. I'll be alright as a 2 cm miniature, on the condition I retain the same number of brain cells (I read Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov as well 😬).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Eetschrijver/statuses/116551811189978924https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Eetschrijver/statuses/116551811189978924Sun, 10 May 2026 18:58:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:56:26 GMT]]>@joejoetom @SomeVeganCheeseIsOk @futurebird right?! Like, kaiju don't exactly have a stealth mode!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/akamran/statuses/116551803664649730https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/akamran/statuses/116551803664649730Sun, 10 May 2026 18:56:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:53:14 GMT]]>@akamran @SomeVeganCheeseIsOk @futurebird Especially when you consider, in the old movies, the military frequently **lost track of Godzilla** ... while he was ashore!! 😲

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/joejoetom/statuses/116551791034395541https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/joejoetom/statuses/116551791034395541Sun, 10 May 2026 18:53:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:48:02 GMT]]>@futurebird yeah, I was going to say gorging on little wild strawberries

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/PizzaDemon/statuses/116551770621106603https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/PizzaDemon/statuses/116551770621106603Sun, 10 May 2026 18:48:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:40:18 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/tokensane/statuses/116551740176031294https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/tokensane/statuses/116551740176031294Sun, 10 May 2026 18:40:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:38:19 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/tokensane/statuses/116551732387373052https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/tokensane/statuses/116551732387373052Sun, 10 May 2026 18:38:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:36:54 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/PetraPhoenix/statuses/116551726831556003https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/PetraPhoenix/statuses/116551726831556003Sun, 10 May 2026 18:36:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:28:27 GMT]]>@futurebird

Smaller! So I can be Ant Tifa 😂😂😂😂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/crankylinuxuser/statuses/116551693628462079https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/crankylinuxuser/statuses/116551693628462079Sun, 10 May 2026 18:28:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:19:57 GMT]]>@PetraPhoenix

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

SO IDK. maybe small is better.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116551660205908905https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116551660205908905Sun, 10 May 2026 18:19:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:18:49 GMT]]>@tokensane

Are the ants communist?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116551655720777138https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116551655720777138Sun, 10 May 2026 18:18:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:17:41 GMT]]>@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/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/tokensane/statuses/116551651265136108https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/tokensane/statuses/116551651265136108Sun, 10 May 2026 18:17:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:09:10 GMT]]>@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!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/PetraPhoenix/statuses/116551617742233727https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/PetraPhoenix/statuses/116551617742233727Sun, 10 May 2026 18:09:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:02:05 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://karlsruhe-social.de/users/joschtl/statuses/116551589929397492https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://karlsruhe-social.de/users/joschtl/statuses/116551589929397492Sun, 10 May 2026 18:02:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:01:36 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/prozacchiwawa/statuses/116551588008171675https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/prozacchiwawa/statuses/116551588008171675Sun, 10 May 2026 18:01:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. on Sun, 10 May 2026 17:38:57 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/116551498926139717https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/116551498926139717Sun, 10 May 2026 17:38:57 GMT