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Would you prefer supervision, supersmell, superfeel, superhearing, or supertaste? And what about the other senses of the body that are not part of the quintet? Think balance, temperature, and even the ability to feel where all your body parts are (you can close your eyes, wave your hands around, and touch your knee)

For me, I would pick supervision. It would be really cool to see better in the dark, have built-in camera zoom, and see in higher detail.

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

For me, I would pick supervision.

A finger of the monkey's paw curls, you are now supervised at all times.

Might not be too bad depending on the type of supervision.

If it's like a personal butler, I'm all for it.

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm definitely picking super vision. I'd even settle for perfectly normal vision.

[–] bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Just thinking the same thing as I had to put my glasses on to read this thread.

[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 week ago

I really need supervision.

No, really, I am a danger to myself and others. Please keep an eye on me

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Super enhanced proprioception.

General execution and even general learning of anything that requires physical movement (from sports, driving, writing/typing, doing surgery, videogames...) would be massively improved.

There are aids to enhance things like vision and hearing, but there are 0 aids currently for proprioception.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Super hearing, to the point of echolocation (Which apparently some blind people can actually do in a very basic form as a learned skill!?)

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe you could save Foggy Nelson

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[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

There’s also superpain, but I don’t think many would want that…

[–] razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 week ago

Someone’s BDSM session is about to reach new heights.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are 8 billion people in the world, "anyone" doesn't apply to anything.

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Assuming supertaste enables me to make broccoli taste like Pad Thai. I’ll go with that one.

If it only heightens the sense - then probably less likely to pick that one.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

It makes you super tasty. Unfortunately, once the cannibals learn about you, you'll be forced to live on the run.

[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What? Broccoli tastes good though…

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I have really good hearing and it honestly sucks sometimes because you can't really not hear some things when you really, really, really wish you couldn't.

With super-vision at least I can close my eyes.

[–] phant@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Spunds like you need Super Hearing Pro. Now with the additional upgrade of in built ear-plugs.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like Mel Gibson in What Women Want?

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Like me in Cheap Basement Suite With Paper Thin Walls and Gooner Roommate.

[–] riot@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

I feel that. I never leave home without my earplugs.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Greetings from the neurodivergent spectrum!

Quick question, can I also have the opposite of these?

[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

sure, why not? This is a theoretical after all

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Then let's imagine a cyclops type limiter of sensory input, that would be awesome.

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[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Considering I’ve got sensory sensitivity to almost all of that (yay being ND) any further would sound like hell.

I would enjoy the enhanced ability to feel hunger cues appropriately or have a superhuman ability to interpret and react to my inner feelings, beyond even neurotypical capacities.

As a guy who wears glasses, heightened vision would be awesome.

Super hearing would be great, too. I'd love to be able to hear all the nuances of music and be able to hear it without turning it up.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Supervision for sure. No more glasses!

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

just give some rich doctor guy thousands of dollars to shine lasers into you're eyeballs and you're good to go

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Vision. As I've gotten older I have noticed that my eyes aren't what they used to be, and I find it annoying. I'd love to compensate for that.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

NONE! I ALREADY HAVE TOO MANY! I got high detail vision, taste and smell and a bit super hearing. My partner has among other things such a good hearing they hear electricity in the walls. Life for them is a nightmare!

Being autistic isnt fun :(

[–] Byakhee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Depends if I can turn it on and off at will, or if it's on all the time. Even super vision would likely result in a sensory overload, even seeing the inside of your eyelids when you close your eyes!

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Super smelling. Not for any real advantage. My regular sense of smell just sucks.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I have what you may call supersmell, and it drives me insane sometimes as usually people around me couldn't smell them until they take a closer sniff, while I'd just smell it first thing. And no, sadly, I wasn't talking about nice smell.

[–] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 4 points 1 week ago

Vision makes the most sense for something useful and marketable

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

I just want the ability to close my ears the same as I close my eyes, thanks.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

There are many dimensions to each of our senses. Just taking super-vision as an example, would that involve seeing very small things, seeing things at great distances, seeing through things or around corners, seeing more colors and/or wavelengths of light, seeing in 360°, seeing more subtle things than others see (like being able to see when someone's heart rate increases), processing what you see quicker (for quicker reactions), photographic memory, seeing things others can't (like magnetic fields or temperature), greater "frame rate", seeing in the dark, a HUD with information display, seeing ghosts, or something else entirely I haven't even thought of?

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Superfeel = congratulations, now you prematurely ejaculate and flu season is hell

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

Supervision?

Since when is being a manager a super power?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

hearing, because we cant hear like ultrasonic or infrasonic frequencies the way some animals can, plus hearing things on the otherside of the planet, ability to control or filter unnecessary noises, barring supernatural abilities as well. plus vision that we can see x rays and gamma rays, and UV without a medical disease, microscopic vision.

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[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Superfeel. I want to feel a speck of dust and know someone farted 2 km away.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Super hearing. So I can actually hear what people are saying in cafes

[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

You could catch so many top secret agents discussing their top secret plans!

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

I have stronger than average taste and smell. Do not recommend. Various things taste pretty awful, I'm more sensitive to smells and even things I like can become overwhelming.

I used to be able to see better in the dark than anyone I know, but that has faded with age. I've also always been somewhat colorblind so fixing that might be nice. I would also fix my hearing being kinda wonky (as in basically useless whenever multiple things are producing sound at once).

I'm tempted to want some kind of better balance or electromagnetic perception (though that one could be awful for the same reason I wouldn't want to see much beyond what I do on the visible light spectrum since UV radiation and infrared could be a wall of noise).

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

None. I'd be happy with seeing and hearing properly.

supervision so i can finish my licensure without having to pay $50 a week to talk to the supervisor

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago

Super vision.

I wanna be like Jeffery Combs seeing the world through his exposed pineal gland.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

the ability to feel where all your body parts are (you can close your eyes, wave your hands around, and touch your knee)

Super proprioception, the ability to know how good is your hairdo without looking.

Nah, I want the vision one.

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