If you could give up one bodily function what would it be?

[Shifty Tortoise]

Sweating, as long as giving it up didn't harm me in anyway

Well you'd have a shitload of excess water built up in your system.

OT: I'd give up only air breathing, IE I'd like it to where I can breathe under water AND on land. That would be fucking awesome.

Surely you'd just urinate the excess water? Or am i thinking too logically?

On a completely different and unrelated subject, did i just get an advert in my Captcha box? Fucking seriously?

 

[Racecarlock]

Going to the bathroom. That shit is annoying.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

No aging.

BOW BEFORE ME MORTALS.

 

[Ickorus]

Cells aging is a bodily function so that if I could pick anything, not dying would be pretty cool for me.

If that one is out of the question though then I would have to say sleep, imagine how much more we humans could achieve if we didn't have to sleep.

 

[Ris]

Sweating. UGH.

The rest of them I wouldn't do without. Periods, pooing, weeing... all great ways of assessing the health of your body and providing you with early warning signs when something is amiss. I suppose I've spent too long on hospital wards not to come to appreciate what a great indicator of health they are.

 

[Communist partisan]

1. Remofe the ability of being awake.

2. Sleep my whole life.

3. ?????

4. Profit!

 

[Shraggler]

Urination because I really hate kidney stones.

 

[Teckdeth]

but sleeping is like one giant hallucinogenic trip you experience every single night! Nah, I want that.

I think blocked noses, get rid of that. Constant clear breathing, and no need for disgusting blowing

 

[Laser Priest]

If there were no repercussions, I would give up the need to use the restroom. Let's just assume for pleasantness' sake that the waste is magic'd out of me.

Otherwise, I say sleeping. I'd miss out on dreams, but the sheer amount of extra time I'd gain is worth it in my opinion. And there's always daydreaming.

 

[Anti-American Eagle]

excreting...

 

[mikespoff]

I had to think about this for a minute, I'll admit I was tempted by some of those thoughts. However, I have to say that I wouldn't choose to give up any of it.

It's all part of the endlessly fascinating experience of being human.

That, sir was a brilliant response and I have to say I completely agree with it.

They are all part of our experience and all peculiarly enjoyable at times: at night I often resent needing to sleep when I want to stay up and do something else, but in the morning having slept well makes you feel awesome.

 

[rebus_forever]

Not requiring insulin. Fuck my diabetes.

yeah a friend of mine agrees with you. also I have crohns so if I could I would choose not to poop : P

 

[Jesse Billingsley]

Sweating....... Definately.......or growing facial hair.

 

[Nokterne]

Not sleeping I think, cause being energetic all the time would be awesome. Almost twice as much time per day!

 

[Joel Soh]

Is that what you mean by "giving up one function"? If you gave up sleep, you'd just die within the week.

 

[Randomeaninglessword]

Either breathing or vomiting. Not having the breathe would be fun, but not having to vomit if I was really sick would make illness a lot easier to deal with.

I'll go with breathing, I do that a heck of a lot more than vomiting.

 

[Vilcus]

It was a toss up between going to the bathroom, and sleeping. I chose going to the bathroom, because sleep doesn't force me to get up while I'm in the middle of something and waste time standing over, or sitting on a white porcelian object for roughly 1 minute to a half hour (depending on what I'm doing). Also that'd mean I'd never have to clean around my toilet ever again, and I'd never have my sleep interrupted by the need to go to the bathroom.

My reasons for not giving up sleep is that sleep is nice. It feels good, and nothing feels better than a nice long sleep. Also I honestly have no idea what I'd do with the extra 8 to 12 hours.

 

[mrdude2010]

not needing to sleep would be great around finals time, but i kind of enjoy sleeping so i don't know

i would definitely rather give up the need to take a dump. the whole buildup and elimination process is a pain in the ass (literally if you've eaten too much mexican food)

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

I'm torn between eating/digesting (because I'd love to never have to worry about food again) and sleeping (that would add so much more time I could use to my life, even if I'd waste it on something stupid).

 

[tjcross]

aging got to be aging but only if i got to chose the time to stop aging (probably around 22 or so if not then probably the need to sleep