If there were no restrictions other than physics and you could have any body you want. Like four arms, elf ears, snake lower body, double vagina, whatever you want. I’ve been thinking about how I want to change my body a lot lately and it’s got me wondering what people would want if they could really choose. Look like a specific celebrity? Be a real life anime girl? Be an amorphous shifting mass as free-form as thought? Be a giant space station? I just keep wondering what bodes we would choose if we really had the choice.
Directional smell like rats have. It would bring a new era of undeniable fart responsibility. Also high frequency hearing so bats can no longer get away with talking shit about us.
I have pretty good smell, like I can sometimes follow a person’s scent trail, can tell who are related, smell cooking in neighbors houses, etc.
I suspect we would decide that farts are socially acceptable. Lots more people sneak farts than you’d think, and you just get used to it. Calling it out is crass and childish. Same with bad breath, general BO, skin, stuff on shoes. But also mold and yeast in places you wouldn’t suspect. We’d instantly ban all scented soaps, dishwasher detergents, and especially dryer sheets, those smell awful.
I definitely have a higher tolerance for natural smells but much lower tolerance for synthetic smells from the average person.
Funny you say that, because one thing that always irritates me is perfumes. It bothers me when someone has been through a building within the last hour or two wearing perfume. When I ride my bike, I am frequently struck by the synthetic smells coming off the pedestrians I pass. Busy areas are really offputting because of the mishmash of perfume smells. Yet still I can’t conclusively pin a fart on a culprit.