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(DIR) Post #B69gELpVWUTAqOkMnw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T13:31:11Z
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A mad scientist has a shrink/grow ray and you will be hit with it. You will either be 100 times larger or 100 times smaller 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?
(DIR) Post #B69gZvq8phzcbpKlYO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T13:35:05Z
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I added some units since this isn't by volume, it's by height. Yes you can see small things better while tiny. No you won't get squished when hit with they ray because you are in a house. Your problems begin after you change size.
(DIR) Post #B69gmHWo1TfbLgB8lM by thomasjwebb@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T13:37:16Z
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@futurebird I would explore the shit out of a forest floor. I’d be afraid of all the insects but per movie logic, it would just be a lot of close calls and me befriending one of the bugs.
(DIR) Post #B69govIz6U3nIIyPzM by blindcoder@toot.berlin
2026-05-10T13:37:45Z
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@futurebird I'd go big and hide in the mountains. Fresh water springs to drink from, I've got "reserves" to not need to eat for a week. Beats getting eaten by an ant or a wasp.Probably overlooking something...
(DIR) Post #B69gr1Zol0ljK9qhH6 by patsplat@open-ground.org
2026-05-10T13:38:07Z
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@futurebird 100x smaller, and I'll ask my wife to keep me safe in a pint of ice cream. Maybe not for the whole week but it's the first thing that cane to mind.
(DIR) Post #B69gsqfkGpeY5GUWhc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T13:38:30Z
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@blindcoder You'll be overlooking *everything* all week. I'd go help renovate the whitehouse.
(DIR) Post #B69gz2whYDNlt3NURc by Geisseltierchen@troet.cafe
2026-05-10T13:39:34Z
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@futurebird smaller! Because no one will see me, an I could get everywhere I want in my garden. I could eat one strawberry a week or collect seeds for food...
(DIR) Post #B69h46tiHlZ7aiOXNg by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2026-05-10T13:40:27Z
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@futurebird What's the food and water supply like? Are there cats in the area?
(DIR) Post #B69h4z8Sd9Rpo5i4rg by ScriptFanix@maly.io
2026-05-10T13:40:39Z
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@futurebirdI have cats. Becoming 100x smaller would be too dangerous
(DIR) Post #B69h70ehwwW16Il5yy by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T13:41:04Z
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@mansr Oh god... Pica. That is something I'd need to think about.
(DIR) Post #B69hBGt1Xspab9UFwu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T13:41:46Z
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@eric You can get some help from a friend if you need to.
(DIR) Post #B69hFmTW2enXj7hq40 by tuban_muzuru@beige.party
2026-05-10T13:42:36Z
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@futurebird I'd stomp my across this nation, bringin' death and destruction in my wake I'd keep on stompin' until MAGA was only a bad memory
(DIR) Post #B69hdQ9KhPj1R3XQ8W by falcennial@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T13:46:51Z
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@futurebird an effective growth ray embiggens us all
(DIR) Post #B69hgE3g6uacnuEMTo by jmax@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T13:47:23Z
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@futurebird Larger would let me stomp on things, but otherwise, no.
(DIR) Post #B69hiTvM5p7MadPgwa by btrinen@social.seattle.wa.us
2026-05-10T13:47:44Z
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@futurebird Imagine the calorie needs of being huge. What would I eat? Seems like there is a ton of stuff to eat at small scales. My biggest danger as a tiny person would probably be my cats.
(DIR) Post #B69hmFcJEEvBNKImkC by ShiitakeToast@beige.party
2026-05-10T13:48:29Z
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@futurebird I was born large. Maybe small would be nice for a change.
(DIR) Post #B69hpSIKY8BNYzU8jQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T13:49:03Z
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@ShiitakeToast You poor mum!
(DIR) Post #B69hrJhpS9uTVNIcwS by serverlessaoife@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T13:49:24Z
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@futurebird 100x larger - im knocking down ugly buildings like godzilla
(DIR) Post #B69htznZvN8wdHGYwy by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T13:49:54Z
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@serverlessaoife Giving a whole new meaning to architectural digest.
(DIR) Post #B69i4kgCTcYqvXwaYK by ShiitakeToast@beige.party
2026-05-10T13:51:49Z
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@futurebird She never forgave and never let me forget it.
(DIR) Post #B69i5yqRIRuR9JJq40 by cargot_robbie@urbanists.social
2026-05-10T13:51:51Z
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@futurebird I'm booking a flight to Maui before I expand and then I'm gonna go full Godzilla see how many billionaire mansions I can squish before the Navy shows up 😌💭✨
(DIR) Post #B69iCR8h0mBQdkw436 by HCBunny@beige.party
2026-05-10T13:53:10Z
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@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...
(DIR) Post #B69iLC9W6KU2lYUtDk by JohnJBurnsIII@kzoo.to
2026-05-10T13:54:47Z
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@futurebird This requirement:but you must make it through the week. Sealed my choice...Way too many things would just slurp up something 2 cm (~3/4 inch) of size...Not too many things ("humans only") would go after something 200 m tall (~600 ft)
(DIR) Post #B69iTs4q6uPd6qRkci by stveje@mstdn.social
2026-05-10T13:56:20Z
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@futurebird You're telling me I could spend a week being a sneaky fairy sneaking into places and causing havoc with none the wiser? Sign me up! Yes, if you were a giant you could smash lots of stuff, but it would also be super obvious who did it and you'd get in a lot of trouble afterwards.
(DIR) Post #B69iZuPgKzJC5n4g2C by 0x575446@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T13:57:26Z
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@futurebird The bit about "will not die or suffer any huge health impacts" really sells it for me, because that means I could try to ride around the house on the cat.
(DIR) Post #B69jIWXRwx1z4ryw9w by skjeggtroll@mastodon.online
2026-05-10T14:05:30Z
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@futurebird 100 times smaller. I might die to wolf spiders or something, but at least I won't kill anyone by turning over in my sleep. Also, the practical problems are just greater -- if I was 200 meter tall, what would I do for food, shelter or clothing?
(DIR) Post #B69jQWzc92H4nqyQvA by DamonWakes@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-05-10T14:04:44Z
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@btrinen @futurebird I thought about the food angle for being large, but it's one week: you shouldn't starve in that time anyway, and I figure you could probably get in on some "Largest [Whatever]" food-based Guinness World Records in that time.
(DIR) Post #B69jQYFbT4eshjSiTw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T14:06:59Z
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@DamonWakes @btrinen A few dozen boxes of cereal mixed with sticks of butter should be enough calories to keep the tummy from rumbling for a bit. Water might mean popping a hydrant, unless you live near some nice clean lakes.
(DIR) Post #B69jTrTWRqbFCGYE8e by jmopp@masto.ai
2026-05-10T14:07:33Z
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@futurebird I want to be 100 times smaller, but then I fear my cats will eat me, so 100 times bigger it is
(DIR) Post #B69jhXiOiEMhxy253Y by zappes@mastodon.online
2026-05-10T14:10:01Z
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@futurebird @GreenSkyOverMe I‘ll be really tiny and use that as a chance to finally clean some finicky things I own. Would it be possible to get my pressure washer shrunk together with me? That one would really help when having a go at my vaporizer.
(DIR) Post #B69jqI2gLwdbxpgvvE by AnhedonicHedonist@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T14:11:34Z
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@futurebird at six feet, two crushed discs and all the cookware on the bottom shelf - yeah I didn't really have to think this one out..
(DIR) Post #B69jr5mRQbM8DwTfY8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T14:11:31Z
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@zappes @GreenSkyOverMe Would a pressure washer work with water that was sticky like a milkshake? Maybe? 2cm is bigger than most ants, but even big ants struggle with surface tension. I say we shrink it and find out. *zaps ya*
(DIR) Post #B69jvfeS0BiCdOvIWW by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T14:12:38Z
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@AnhedonicHedonist Oh this is what I meant about health effects. Because obviously to be that small or large one would need to totally redesign the human body and it might not even be possible either way.
(DIR) Post #B69k2V4HkUiTq1GP1E by zappes@mastodon.online
2026-05-10T14:13:49Z
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@futurebird @GreenSkyOverMe Cool, thanks a lot! I‘ll let you know about the surface tension problem as soon as I‘ve solved the issue with my power plug and the oversized receptacle I didn‘t think about.This plan sounded better when I was bigger.
(DIR) Post #B69k7XkbCdwrbbSbI0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T14:14:38Z
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@ieatbeees gnawing works I think. But the cold of the ice cream might be a little dangerous. You could get very cold just by being too close to that delicious glacier.
(DIR) Post #B69kEKI7duJvtCNIqu by cstanhope@social.coop
2026-05-10T14:15:56Z
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@futurebird I'm trying to figure out what my calorie and water requirements will be at the different sizes. I mean, assuming I can even digest matter made from "normal" sized stuff... Like if I'm small, can I even drink water? Would my body be able to make use of the 100 time too large molecules? 😰
(DIR) Post #B69kMzFXFEKLEgIJsG by Burn_this_@beige.party
2026-05-10T14:17:31Z
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@futurebird I would hide and sleep for the entire week. Sounds lovely.
(DIR) Post #B69lssBv7fAiZ8N7tg by benroyce@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T14:34:27Z
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@futurebird that big guy's name?antman
(DIR) Post #B69m2BDzj4fsCemQjo by RolloTreadway@beige.party
2026-05-10T14:36:10Z
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@futurebird The Human League taught me that I should want to be tall tall tall as big as a wall wall wall and if I'm not tall tall tall then I should grow grow grow.
(DIR) Post #B69m8XvuD5uIMwM3sm by CJPaloma@mstdn.social
2026-05-10T14:37:19Z
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@futurebird If I go larger I could eat….basically any and everything I could ever want... (yessss!)-while- smashing a bunch of billionaire bunkers by "mistake" ???What a week!I feel the need to say: the smashing wouldn't be just revenge based "mistakes" I'm generally opposed to violence except against real threats.
(DIR) Post #B69mCGEzvlqCel3YZc by Wharrrrrrgarbl@an.errant.cloud
2026-05-10T14:37:57Z
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@futurebird I wanna be bigger; I am afraid of getting hungry but I am even more afraid of getting eatenI can casually walk a mile in 20 minutes so being able to casually walk 100 miles in 20 minutes, ie waking 300 mph, sounds pretty cool... I'm going to assume movie logic also applies to standing on the ground and we don't start sinking into soil like a concrete dam settling. I could go visit some national parks or something.
(DIR) Post #B69mVQVjyH7e0i1hbc by bloodripelives@federatedfandom.net
2026-05-10T14:41:28Z
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@futurebird I think my main concern would be loneliness. so smaller for sure, I'd have lots of company down there
(DIR) Post #B69mWqNdH8vOX2uTBY by MFennVT@mastodon.world
2026-05-10T14:41:43Z
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@futurebird I love Godzilla, so yeah, bigger, please. I have havoc-wreaking plans.
(DIR) Post #B69mmMMUePcK45m8y8 by patrickhadfield@mastodon.scot
2026-05-10T14:44:29Z
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@futurebird taller! One might be able to do some good as a giant, whereas I doubt I'd achieve anything - or even be noticed at 2cm.And despite your assurance, I've seen The Incredible Shrinking Man, and there's no way I'd want to come up against a house spider!
(DIR) Post #B69n1iiNpCmxjfL4G8 by Kierkegaanks@beige.party
2026-05-10T14:47:18Z
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@futurebird eating might be a problem
(DIR) Post #B69nSkCQPh4i9tHD8K by sloanlance@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T14:52:10Z
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@futurebird My thought process…Big would be nice, but I could become the target of unwanted attention. Small will be difficult, but I could get around without being noticed. Small it is.
(DIR) Post #B69nwvYmjtg0537zFI by mack505@feistycricket.org
2026-05-10T14:57:32Z
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@futurebird @HamonWry I have cats. 100x smaller me would not last 10 minutes.
(DIR) Post #B69nyelw7wm2ap6V6G by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T14:57:59Z
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@futurebird huh, if I went big, I'd be 160 meters tall! Taller than Godzilla! But, actually, "not die" doesn't sound very good. "you must make it through the week" ... huh, not sure I could meet that requirement. I'm guessing building-stomping kaiju funtimes isn't really in the physics. So, no giant week for me. I am going small, though perhaps a little reluctantly.
(DIR) Post #B69oFYTOneeHyoUUhk by hakona@im.alstadheim.no
2026-05-10T15:00:50Z
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@futurebird If I went small, I'd be cat-food within 48 hours. I'd have to go big, and starve for a week. Plenty of water in the lakes around here.
(DIR) Post #B69oKKE3CQFXEvaPsO by nusher@mastodon.scot
2026-05-10T15:01:53Z
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@futurebird Go big, find all those annoying billionaires and stick them on an island somewhere with no resources. Given I can’t die, I would then curl up somewhere to watch the northern lights while eating and drinking the bare minimum to survive.
(DIR) Post #B69oaHwDTMDymIr9Wa by qevlarr@masto.nu
2026-05-10T15:04:44Z
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@futurebird is this another one of those introvert/extravert questions? 🤔
(DIR) Post #B69oc0AkUmpgG4TFtQ by wendinoakland@beige.party
2026-05-10T15:05:04Z
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@futurebird I’ve selected embiggening. It’ll be a change!
(DIR) Post #B69oliVp0hO2NkxaJk by ednl@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T15:06:47Z
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@futurebird LET'S FLATTEN SOME BALLROOMS
(DIR) Post #B69os5yAi3lYs4GIqW by ObbieZ@urbanists.social
2026-05-10T15:07:58Z
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@futurebird I hope my cats will still recognize and protect me at the small size.
(DIR) Post #B69otvNb3OFKbe1hfE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T15:08:20Z
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@ObbieZ ...
(DIR) Post #B69ovLuxs3E3CcJatM by rrb@infosec.exchange
2026-05-10T15:08:34Z
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I spend my week eating. @futurebird
(DIR) Post #B69oztmBvZldN4NZMu by DukeDuke@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T15:09:20Z
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@futurebird Larger. Sweet view everywhere you go.
(DIR) Post #B69p3TRzkRWKsidZi4 by vgoller@nrw.social
2026-05-10T15:09:58Z
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@futurebird 100 times larger. A week and movie like promised should be enough to go to Moscow and hang Putin and his closest cronies by their balls and turn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubyanka_Building once and for all to rumbles.
(DIR) Post #B69p40X6kSDbU8HclE by Buds_always@mstdn.social
2026-05-10T15:10:03Z
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@futurebird Smaller so I could spy on whatever dumbfuckery Doug Ford or Mark Carney are up to. #canpoli #onpoli
(DIR) Post #B69pC8ttWPuhkkowFc by bent0_b0x@norden.social
2026-05-10T15:11:35Z
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@futurebird Smaller! I don't need to walk, 'coz I'll be riding on the back of a blackbird. 😊
(DIR) Post #B69pE8SC9bR2wkoZI8 by lnkvt@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T15:11:56Z
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@futurebird Trigan Empire flashbacks, where someone kept shrinking and was at risk of completely disappearing. At some stage there were fights with microbes.
(DIR) Post #B69pEsOvK69PRvdbZw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T15:12:04Z
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Imagine eating single part of a raspberry like an apple!Having a slice of boba with a tiny dot of whipped cream on it!
(DIR) Post #B69pKkCmhwitlgl3C4 by farbel@mas.to
2026-05-10T15:13:07Z
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@futurebird I'm surprised how many people chose smaller. That makes you prey for just about everything.
(DIR) Post #B69pb26JwJg1u7V9LE by BernieDoesIt@mstdn.social
2026-05-10T15:16:05Z
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@futurebird I can't afford 100x more food in this economy.
(DIR) Post #B69pr20c38XYFgSbAW by jeantranscene@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T15:18:58Z
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@futurebird I believe both would be fatal to me. Being 100 times tall giant I'll probably be put to shot down after trampling a few of my neighbors to death. A 100 times smaller I sure won't survive the week out in the wild being all of a sudden at the bottom of the food chain.I would avoid this scientist as much as I can.
(DIR) Post #B69q7KTb9hqmA3n0ZU by temptoetiam@eldritch.cafe
2026-05-10T15:21:55Z
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@futurebird I'm clumsy as it is, I would hurt other people at 100x the size.So 100 x smaller, if I can be sure no cat is involved and I can prepare a reasonable living space before hand (don"t want to die of thirst because I can't reach the faucet)
(DIR) Post #B69q8YIvEIT5KxNYTw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T15:22:11Z
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@jeantranscene At 200m tall I don't think a bullet would kill you. It'd hurt, but who would be brave enough to get close enough to try? You could pick them up by the shirt and pluck their gun away.
(DIR) Post #B69qYHf3jKtfFV0Fvc by corpsmoderne@mamot.fr
2026-05-10T15:26:41Z
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@futurebird if I'm 200 times larger, does this mean my eyes will have an aperture of 1200mm ? Sign me up.#astronomy
(DIR) Post #B69qZC2O7mpe64Lg48 by Dienstag@norden.social
2026-05-10T15:26:51Z
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@futurebird Even, when I have to face to be eaten by my cats 😳
(DIR) Post #B69qhUwrhLPz44j2SO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T15:28:30Z
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@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*
(DIR) Post #B69qoaoaHkEbHoEddY by frederikdekker@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T15:29:45Z
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@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?
(DIR) Post #B69qqqRj8h8WLScMRk by gbargoud@masto.nyc
2026-05-10T15:30:09Z
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@futurebird I'd build a nice little lego house and go small
(DIR) Post #B69r0EfgRM7A5Hcj0C by dr_fotograf@sueden.social
2026-05-10T15:31:50Z
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@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. ;-)
(DIR) Post #B69rMsX2v5RC54NeSm by clew@ecoevo.social
2026-05-10T15:35:55Z
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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
(DIR) Post #B69rUSXJSGutm07V8C by Dienstag@norden.social
2026-05-10T15:37:20Z
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@futurebird Until we lay on the floor to die, barely moving, like the half dead flies, they got bored of.
(DIR) Post #B69sD1QR6E8sin9WVs by kid37@fnordon.de
2026-05-10T15:45:20Z
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@futurebird "The Incredible Shrinking Man" described the dangers of being very small. But still...
(DIR) Post #B69sUq2CBoK8bbJGds by janeishly@beige.party
2026-05-10T15:48:32Z
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@futurebird 100 times larger. I have people I want to stomp.
(DIR) Post #B69t0NmCmrkoEQs7HM by australopithecus@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T15:54:17Z
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@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.
(DIR) Post #B69t4HWHzWoZz9Hp4K by jredlund@social.linux.pizza
2026-05-10T15:54:58Z
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@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.
(DIR) Post #B69t55X42v8z6229Dc by wcbdata@vis.social
2026-05-10T15:55:07Z
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@futurebird One of my kiddos eats cherries like you'd eat a plum. It's hysterical 🤣
(DIR) Post #B69tXcxTMYNQsCziTo by iwein@mas.to
2026-05-10T16:00:18Z
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@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.
(DIR) Post #B69udL8cd9fpISUtge by RagnaJa@mstdn.social
2026-05-10T16:12:31Z
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@futurebird bagger and go on a walkabout!
(DIR) Post #B69uvwWEO8eQRZPX3w by nixanadoo@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T16:15:53Z
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@futurebird I'm small to being with!
(DIR) Post #B69vcuo4d7pFaMFOjI by BoysenberryCider@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T16:23:40Z
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@futurebird I regret choosing before reading your awesome descriptions of being small.However...Imagine just stomping on these losers. Like just being up there, absolutely stunting on all these little ants and not even noticing they're in awe of you. I would absolutely terrorise these miniature peasants for 7 solid days before I shrunk back down and pretended I didn't know what I was doing. Real talk fuck all these people, you all know I deserve it.
(DIR) Post #B69viw9wVtwtWCLd6O by dougiec3@libretooth.gr
2026-05-10T16:24:36Z
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@futurebird This may be a test for introverts/exproverts?
(DIR) Post #B69vlRwBKndMeh6qJM by andrewg@mastodon.ie
2026-05-10T16:25:12Z
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@futurebird at 200m tall I’ll die of dehydration before the week is out, unless I’m willing to create an environmental disaster by draining the local lake and converting it to an equivalent volume of urine.
(DIR) Post #B69vqpEo8DOaMtNv4i by floatybirb@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T16:26:10Z
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@futurebird Still deciding.I want to say "big" and do a kaiju attack on the forces of evil but I think bullets would kill a giant me pretty quickly if I didn't have godzilla's regeneration and damage reduction powers. I guess I could maybe dig a big hole somewhere instead, that might be fun.I could say "small" and just try to hang out eating giant fruits, but then I'd probably spend my day battling giant bugs like the protagonist of a 50s adventure magazine.
(DIR) Post #B69vrfxG8Bqlroa9a4 by disorderlyf@todon.eu
2026-05-10T16:26:10Z
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@futurebird 100 times larger would have me terrified of doing some Clifford the Big Red Dog shit, except it's a realistic world, so people I accidentally step on would be capable of dying. I'd also be worried about running into the same fate as every other film with creatures taller than most buildings. (I know you said we won't die but I can't imagine a military wouldn't be on my ass if I started stepping on people's homes, whether I wanted to or not.)Meanwhile, 100 times smaller means I can effectively disappear from society for a week and my bed becomes the size of a city block from my perspective. I usually have snacks in the room, so I can just subsist on junk food for the week. Water might be difficult unless I was able to prepare ahead of time, but the most unpleasant thing that could happen to me still sounds no worse than if the inverse happened.
(DIR) Post #B69vvl0BJ9W2g8tYlE by kawunngg@chaos.social
2026-05-10T16:27:03Z
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@futurebird @DamonWakes @btrinen it will be a catastrophic event when I'll need to go to the toilet. 😂
(DIR) Post #B69w6Rmd6PcQG6ebBY by obscurestar@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T16:28:59Z
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@futurebird I mean smaller is the only one that makes sense really. Couldn't afford the food bill to go big. Also, while I think I could trust my spouse to leave me in a habitrail for a week, I don't think the US military could go a full 10 minutes without murdering a giant trans person.
(DIR) Post #B69wLNKHxLA4mMW2ZU by cstross@wandering.shop
2026-05-10T16:31:39Z
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@futurebird @floatybirb Either of these options will kill me.Too big: there's nowhere in my city where I could bed down. Square-cube law says I'd break if I tried to stand, too. (Also, my required medication dosage would increase extremely alarmingly.)Too small: my cat would eat me.
(DIR) Post #B69wcWrLlUDvGj9xBY by jeantranscene@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T16:34:47Z
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@futurebird You really believe the army would stop at bullets to get rid of a giant?
(DIR) Post #B69xIXMEIsAwyZdNqK by RBWells@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T16:42:23Z
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@futurebird small. Big would be shot dead so fast, small I could hide and not be killed. Though the thought of encountering bugs while small is absolutely terrifying, I would need some help.
(DIR) Post #B69xsKe131tTyK1Q8m by tokensane@mastodon.me.uk
2026-05-10T16:48:49Z
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@futurebird Smaller, because when you are 2cm tall your grocery bill is roughly zero.
(DIR) Post #B69yLDl1jSgP0i4oDo by coolandnormal@aus.social
2026-05-10T16:54:04Z
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@futurebird 100 x larger, will spend the time modelling at exorbitant rates.Big shoe will want a photo shoot with the 100x foot, big dental will want a shoot with the big teeth, I'll easily be booked for the week. Plus a few life drawing sessions in there.
(DIR) Post #B69zORDAGeTDYlKrtA by SomeVeganCheeseIsOk@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T17:05:52Z
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@futurebird Smaller. Why: 1) I have ZERO interest in being any more visible than I already am. I have zero interest in consuming more food. I have zero interest in accidentally squishing rare plants and the occasional slow puppy. Also I would absolutely adore visiting the woods as a tiny person, and riding on my dog's back. I am 100% confident my dog would not try to eat me if I smelled the same. I could do micro art!
(DIR) Post #B69zyB0hynDNjqYD8C by pattykimura@beige.party
2026-05-10T17:12:19Z
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@futurebird If I was half an inch tall versus 500 feet tall?The danger of being 0.5 inches would be devastating. You new world would be filled with deadly monsters that could easily kill or maim you or poison you or eat you. Toads, ant, spiders, cats, dogs, a shoe, a broom, a vacuum, a sneeze.. you could easily fall into the cracks you currently ignore. Your world folds in upon you. Being 500 feet tall means you'd have to fast from eating for a week, or stroll over to Mar-a-lago and eat all the food meant to serve a thousand corrupt cronies as a snack. You could drain all the rich peoples' swimming pools (proportion of chlorine shouldn't harm a giant for a week) for water. More importantly you could literally crush every proposed ICE detention facility and data center. At 500 feet, you could sleep in a field in a red county, but...where to uh, use the facilities? You'd be a giant biohazard.Both have major drawbacks.
(DIR) Post #B6A0T2CYmSMlOZoBhA by WiteWulf@cyberplace.social
2026-05-10T17:17:54Z
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@futurebird @trending_bot 100x larger. STOMPY STOMPY STOMPYBye 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.
(DIR) Post #B6A2B5M8VtmBsHrAxc by mossman@social.vivaldi.net
2026-05-10T17:36:54Z
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@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...
(DIR) Post #B6A4NzrqQmYqWbyLoW by prozacchiwawa@functional.cafe
2026-05-10T18:01:36Z
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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.
(DIR) Post #B6A4Q0jgApInnU75wO by joschtl@karlsruhe-social.de
2026-05-10T18:02:05Z
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@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.
(DIR) Post #B6A53RXqQpc0EoNfRg by PetraPhoenix@beige.party
2026-05-10T18:09:10Z
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@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!!
(DIR) Post #B6A5nsAJn0Rc7YW1yq by tokensane@mastodon.me.uk
2026-05-10T18:17:41Z
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@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/
(DIR) Post #B6A5uVP4ofSVYLa7Xs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T18:18:49Z
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@tokensane Are the ants communist?
(DIR) Post #B6A60CQ0JawmPRjLV2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-10T18:19:57Z
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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.
(DIR) Post #B6A6lSerknn2O1DaS0 by crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange
2026-05-10T18:28:27Z
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@futurebird Smaller! So I can be Ant Tifa 😂😂😂😂
(DIR) Post #B6A7Vyz7tbcPy0sUQi by PetraPhoenix@beige.party
2026-05-10T18:36:54Z
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@futurebird But they won't look like insects! The problem is reading sci-fi stories 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
(DIR) Post #B6A7e5n8TNtvOU8W4e by tokensane@mastodon.me.uk
2026-05-10T18:38:19Z
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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.
(DIR) Post #B6A7org9HfE4oG0MvQ by tokensane@mastodon.me.uk
2026-05-10T18:40:18Z
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@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.
(DIR) Post #B6A8VliFLFQgl3RbUm by PizzaDemon@mastodon.online
2026-05-10T18:48:02Z
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@futurebird yeah, I was going to say gorging on little wild strawberries
(DIR) Post #B6A9QnCGUosPrpfzZA by Eetschrijver@mastodon.social
2026-05-10T18:58:21Z
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@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 😬).
(DIR) Post #B6AAm08PgkBQ1qYGJM by number6@fosstodon.org
2026-05-10T19:13:24Z
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@futurebird I'll commission my dream home at 1/100th scale and have the best stay-cation ever.
(DIR) Post #B6AB1yo8OFnSXvgYmu by Bodling@deacon.social
2026-05-10T19:16:12Z
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@futurebird So, So Many Cat People in the comments!
(DIR) Post #B6AC3F3fYYbhBr7LVo by JonnyT@mastodon.me.uk
2026-05-10T19:27:40Z
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@futurebird I have a cat. There's only one answer here that doesn't result in immediate death.
(DIR) Post #B6AFPgOOuMoKCRCsUK by JonnyT@mastodon.me.uk
2026-05-10T20:05:20Z
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@futurebird No further comment needed.
(DIR) Post #B6AgxUHj7ztNFyQeTA by ghosttie@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-05-11T01:14:00Z
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@futurebird I feel like there would be a lot more things trying to kill me if I was small than if I was big
(DIR) Post #B6B34IqmEpV2oMTifg by Witigo@mastodon.social
2026-05-11T05:21:45Z
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@futurebird Because of food. At 100 times larger, it is financially and physically impossible to gather the calories you need. At 100 times smaller, just a few crumbs will do.
(DIR) Post #B6BTpGDSRnHd3n8fNQ by jlm@mastodon.world
2026-05-11T10:21:34Z
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@futurebird hate to bring up race, but as a black man 100x larger I'm nothing but a threat. No place am I safe. 100x smaller I can take a week off work, sit at home watching tv, drinking tequila by the drop.
(DIR) Post #B6CPc5zYwZUavZ4AvQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-11T20:19:29Z
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@ThreeSigma @akamran very simple just before the week ends you negotiate with whoever is willing to negotiate with you making a promise to not be big anymore as long as they pay you $100,000 every month