Ask Lemmy

"Ha ha ha, let's throw a bucket of water on this nerd!"

"Don't make me wet. You wouldn't like me when I'm wet."

Fuck you, I'm doing both and glowing harder the bigger I get.

There we go, Halloween sorted.

I guess the grow bigger in the water thing because I can't imagine how hard it would be to fall asleep if I'm glowing.

How bright would I glow? Enough to read by?

Do you grow to a maximum size in water? Or do you just keep growing the longer you stay in contact with water? If the latter then I think glowing in the dark is the less inconvenient option.

I'd need time durations on the size changes... But obviously the size changes.

Other comments indicate you also get heavier, a bath each morning followed by exercise could be interesting with the extra weight.

Also you'd have documentaries made about you. It's a completely novel behavior... And what happens if you soak just a part of your body.... Your penis for instance?

The glowing? Technically you could already do that, genetic scientists have already created glow in the dark pigs, so glowing seems similar. No more hiding in the dark, you're a beacon now. If a mugger or the cops are chasing you... Oh there you are. Not really helpful like being three times taller and heavier because you had a bath would be.

The second sounds like it has far more room for stupid bullshit, so that one

I assume hyper-stretchy clothing isn't a reality yet? Getting caught in a rain storm would be inconvenient. I think I would still go with water growing. I need near complete darkness to sleep. And glowing skin would be hella annoying in a movie theater.

Wait, how do I drink water? Get slightly bigger then shrink back?

"You look a little small. Are you drinking enough water?"

Would the insides of my eyelids glow? Cause fuck that if that’s the case.

Do you get bigger by absorbing air (thereby increasing your buoyancy) or by absorbing water (with the opposite effect)?

If I put part of me in say a glass of water then would it just be the part in the glass that slowly grew and how fast and how much.

is this 'glow in the dark' like i'm radioactive and constantly glow a little bit, or is this 'glow in the dark' like i absorb a little bit of light and slowly re-emit it, so if i wait long enough in darkness i'll stop glowing?

I can imagine glowing in the dark would be both a blessing and a curse depending on the circumstances. If you're lost in a cave that could be lifesaving. Trying to sleep in the dark though? That's gonna be tough haha. I think I'd still choose to glow in the dark though so I could fuel sweet rave parties

Would these powers be supernatural, or bound by the laws of physics? Like, does glowing require extra calories? And does my electrolyte balance go out of whack when I’m in water?

Sex would be weird, but probably a good kind. Until it's painful.

Glow in the dark for sure.

"But I'm straight"

"So is spaghetti... Until it gets wet."

"Okay but that's a bad analogy because I just turn ten stories tall when I get wet."

I love to swim and the water one sounds really inconvenient. I choose glow! You would never really be afraid of the dark- like your own personal night light. Maybe i could get a job doing those nighttime ghost tours.

Glow in the dark, since i do lap swimming for exercise and the other option would rule that out.

I’m in Virginia. I’ll go for the water one. Get all that Atlantic up in me. Between the microplastics and bioluminescent life- I think that’s the right choice for me.