NationStates Jolt Archive


What would you change about yourself?

Soviestan
04-09-2007, 01:32
If you could change just one thing about yourself(looks, personality, whatever) what would it be?
Posi
04-09-2007, 01:36
My socks. They are dirty.
Wilgrove
04-09-2007, 01:47
Probably be taller, more charismatic, and probably more charming.
The Infinite Dunes
04-09-2007, 01:48
I would change the skin on my face so it doesn't grow facial hair. I'm just too lazy to shave every day.
Lunatic Goofballs
04-09-2007, 01:51
I wish I had more ambition for greater things when I'm comfortable. It seems like I only work hard to improve my life when it's going to hell. I've been comfortable for far too long. *nod*
Infinite Revolution
04-09-2007, 01:54
taller, fitter, less fuzzy headed, more self-confidant.
New Stalinberg
04-09-2007, 01:55
Taller.

Being 5'3" sucks.
Rejistania
04-09-2007, 01:56
My eyesight!!! I am annoyed about being a mole without my thick glasses and a slightly less blind mole with them!
Posi
04-09-2007, 01:57
My eyesight!!! I am annoyed about being a mole without my thick glasses and a slightly less blind mole with them!Have you considered buying contacts, then wearing those with your glasses?
Nadkor
04-09-2007, 02:01
Hmm...everything except my personality?
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
04-09-2007, 02:02
I am not currently noninflammable. This concerns me greatly.
Alexandrian Ptolemais
04-09-2007, 02:07
If you could change just one thing about yourself(looks, personality, whatever) what would it be?

I would make myself irresistable to women
Nadkor
04-09-2007, 02:07
Now all transsexuals will hit on you! *nods*

What, even FTM?
Wilgrove
04-09-2007, 02:09
I would make myself irresistable to women

Now all transsexuals will hit on you! *nods*
The Infinite Dunes
04-09-2007, 02:11
My eyesight!!! I am annoyed about being a mole without my thick glasses and a slightly less blind mole with them!Oh yes, that's a good. At least glasses and crap can help you out. Me, I just wish I had two fully functioning optic nerves as opposed to just the one.
Smunkeeville
04-09-2007, 02:13
I would like to be less of a perfectionist.
Alexandrian Ptolemais
04-09-2007, 02:43
Now all transsexuals will hit on you! *nods*

I will have to modify it slightly then
King Arthur the Great
04-09-2007, 03:38
I do not yet posess psionic powers. If only that could be changed.
[NS]Fergi America
04-09-2007, 03:47
Just one thing in my whole config file?
Then I've got to go with
aging = no.
Andaluciae
04-09-2007, 04:06
I'd take about ten to fifteen pounds off of my midsection and ass, perhaps thin my thighs a bit. I picked up the freshman fifteen, the sophomore fifteen and then lost junior -15. So, getting rid of the freshman would be nice.
Pezalia
04-09-2007, 04:14
I would make myself less perfect. :p

I would also like two extra arms so I can play the guitar, change the channel on the TV and drink beer all at once. I'll also look like the Hindu god Vishnu, so that could be fun.
Damaske
04-09-2007, 04:21
Taller.

Being 5'3" sucks.

Got ya beat..I am 4'11":p

I would like to be less of a perfectionist.

I would like to be MORE of a perfectionist.
Sessboodeedwilla
04-09-2007, 04:22
If you could change just one thing about yourself(looks, personality, whatever) what would it be?

the rate of improvement in the gym. I burn the fat fast enough, but I'm not gaining the strength I want fast enough.:(
Smunkeeville
04-09-2007, 04:26
Got ya beat..I am 4'11":p
5' even, used to be 5'2" I am shrinking :(


I would like to be MORE of a perfectionist.
just not to the point I am, I promise.
Upper Botswavia
04-09-2007, 04:27
I already DID change one thing about myself... my name! That went over pretty well, and now even my family calls me by my new (well, not so new, it has been about 20 years) name. :D
Damaske
04-09-2007, 04:33
5' even, used to be 5'2" I am shrinking :(

Shrinkage..something to look forward to. Maybe by then I will actually LOOK my age!

just not to the point I am, I promise.

I would just like to be to the point where I am HALFWAY neurotic about cleaning. Wish I could get excited about mopping the floors..:(
The Brevious
04-09-2007, 04:50
Well, if my inboxes are to believed, i absolutely *MUST* do something about the pitiful state of my phallus.
And my finances.
The Brevious
04-09-2007, 04:52
I've been comfortable for far too long. *nod*
Therefore, by your own credo, it's high time you started disturbing yourself!

...isn't that really why you're here anyway?
New Stalinberg
04-09-2007, 04:53
Got ya beat..I am 4'11":p

!!

We should get together with Smunk, the ghost of Sammy Davis Jr, Paul Simon, and have a short people's party! :D

Only rule - No one over 5'4" allowed.
Damaske
04-09-2007, 04:57
!!

We should get together with Smunk, the ghost of Sammy Davis Jr, Paul Simon, and have a short people's party! :D

Only rule - No one over 5'4" allowed.

good times, good times!
Sessboodeedwilla
04-09-2007, 05:42
!!

We should get together with Smunk, the ghost of Sammy Davis Jr, Paul Simon, and have a short people's party! :D

Only rule - No one over 5'4" allowed.

would that be the same as a little get together. :D
The Brevious
04-09-2007, 05:43
Everything.

M'kay, feel like starting with your posting name?
:p
Wiztopia
04-09-2007, 05:45
Everything.
Damaske
04-09-2007, 05:45
would that be the same as a little get together. :D

Back off you and your little jokes!!

:mad: :p
Dakini
04-09-2007, 06:18
I'm too damn perfect.


Yet I'm not sure if I'd want to change anything to make myself less perfect.
Soviet Haaregrad
04-09-2007, 06:49
I'd like to ask the wizard for some confidence. But, if it's a free for all, I'll take...

I'd like to be less misanthropic. I'm trying on it, but really, they deserve it.
I'd like to be about a half inch taller, really, I want to be clearly over 6' and not end the day under 72" tall.
I'd like to be less awkward. Sometimes I can use it to make people laugh, but usually it's just fucking weird.
And, psionic powers couldn't hurt. Perhaps powered by my feelings of superiority.
Spaam
04-09-2007, 06:52
Got ya beat..I am 4'11":p
I've got a couple of friends who are 4'9"...
Phase IV
04-09-2007, 06:54
I'd want to procrastinate less, and have minty fresh beath constantly. I hate morning-mouth.
MrWho
04-09-2007, 06:59
I'd like to me more outgoing. It'd help me make some good friends at uni.
Antikythera
04-09-2007, 07:10
I have no belly button, if i could change any thing. I think it would be cool to have no belly button
I V Stalin
04-09-2007, 08:27
My teeth. <insert joke about British dentistry here>
The Brevious
04-09-2007, 08:34
Yet I'm not sure if I'd want to change anything to make myself less perfect.

I'm sure hanging out with the likes of us in public (or private for that matter) could bring a pretty quick resolution to that particular question.
:p
Amarenthe
04-09-2007, 08:46
I was trying to think of something deep, but sadly, it'd really be something rather superficial.

I'd like to lose a good 25 pounds or so. *sigh* From the right areas, mind. Or maybe just shift a little to my sorely lacking boobs. :p
The Brevious
04-09-2007, 08:50
Or maybe just shift a little to my sorely lacking boobs. :p
IF you were a dude, there'd be hope in sweet leaf!

http://www.teenhealthfx.com/answers/Alcohol/29.html
Cameroi
04-09-2007, 08:59
probably the world i was born into. if i could have sent someone else who could relate to humans better they probably could do/have done a better job of what i had myself born here for.

not having green fur and people not wanting to build mazes and live in them just feels wierd. most of a natural lifetime on this planet and i'm still not used to it.

=^^=
.../\...
Heretichia
04-09-2007, 09:32
I wish I was little bit taller,
I wish I was a baller
I wish I had a girl who looked good
I would call her
I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat
and a '64 Impala.



I couldn't resist.
Pure Metal
04-09-2007, 09:36
weight... lose about 50lb of it.

maybe a tad taller to actually hit the 6" mark, too.

and have perfect 20/20 vision - i hate wearing glasses :p


edit: man, i sell myself well... fat, short, and speccy :p :p
New Illuve
04-09-2007, 09:37
There's only one thing I need to change: everything. Luckily I've got the rest of my life to do it in!
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
04-09-2007, 13:58
I'd like to be insane. Not "mildly touched", not "eccentric", not "wacky", but "Full on; dark side of the moon; danger to myself or others; out on the corner, fucked up and evil"-insane.
I think it could be fun. Or, at least, I'd think it was fun at the time.
Isidoor
04-09-2007, 14:15
hmm, probably a little bit more self confidence and a little bit less laziness as far as my personality goes.
I would make myself immune to most dangerous or annoying diseases and get rid of all other unhealthy aspects of my body. Then I would have a little bit more muscles, not to much. And last I would be in better condition/have better stamina and stuff.
In the "whatever" category I would give myself laser eyes (to see trough things AND to melt stuff with my eyes) and telekinesis powers.
Rejistania
04-09-2007, 14:15
Have you considered buying contacts, then wearing those with your glasses?
I can not wear contacts... they hurt my eyes after a few hours.
Myrmidonisia
04-09-2007, 14:47
I wish I had more ambition for greater things when I'm comfortable. It seems like I only work hard to improve my life when it's going to hell. I've been comfortable for far too long. *nod*

I really wonder what the world would be like if you took all of us that fit this category and made them more ambitious. I suspect there is a great capable, but complacent majority out there that could really change things.

I'd change the same thing about myself -- but for that, I'm perfect...)
Vectrova
04-09-2007, 15:13
Change everything, if only because I find myself absolutely repulsive. Still, its quite frivolous since it won't make a difference when my corpse is shoved into a furnace.
Rambhutan
04-09-2007, 15:13
I'd lose the antlers.
Lunatic Goofballs
04-09-2007, 15:13
I'd like to be insane. Not "mildly touched", not "eccentric", not "wacky", but "Full on; dark side of the moon; danger to myself or others; out on the corner, fucked up and evil"-insane.
I think it could be fun. Or, at least, I'd think it was fun at the time.

If you get a comfy straitjacket, it's like you are giving yourself a perpetual hug. :)
Jello Biafra
04-09-2007, 16:18
I wouldn't mind being taller and having nicer teeth.
I'd also like to lose a certain amount of weight and then not gain or lose any more weight.
(Weight as a percentage of body fat, not muscle mass).
Kura-Pelland
04-09-2007, 17:18
10-20lbs of additional muscle mass (I'm 5'11" and under 135), generally better coordination, being able to eat more different foodstuffs without a sensory overload reaction.
GBrooks
04-09-2007, 17:54
If you could change just one thing about yourself(looks, personality, whatever) what would it be?

Self-destructive habits.
Tapao
04-09-2007, 20:05
lol if I was being totally honest....everything except for my hair and my eyes. Well except I wish my hair would be less frizzy and my eyes less blind and batshit-crazylooking-squinty.

So yeah basically everything, I wish I was shorter, less fat, less stretchmarkey, more academically-minded, less shy, braver, less lazy.


Bleh, what a depressing thread!!
I V Stalin
04-09-2007, 21:31
maybe a tad taller to actually hit the 6" mark, too.
You're a good 4-5 inches taller than I am. Hardly short.

and have perfect 20/20 vision - i hate wearing glasses :p
Wear contacts? Or work really really really hard and get laser eye surgery?

edit: man, i sell myself well... fat, short, and speccy :p :p
Not short, not particularly fat (unless you've put a lot of weight on in a year...I met you at the London meet last September, remember?), and nothing wrong with wearing glasses. My girlfriend wears glasses. They can be quite sexy. ;) :p
IL Ruffino
04-09-2007, 21:35
I V Stalin needs a haircut.
Trotskylvania
04-09-2007, 21:39
I would change the skin on my face so it doesn't grow facial hair. I'm just too lazy to shave every day.

Seconded!

Also, I'd rather not have been born with congenital defects that puts the kbosh on anything that involves running.
IL Ruffino
04-09-2007, 22:39
I would change the skin on my face so it doesn't grow facial hair. I'm just too lazy to shave every day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_hair_removal
Splintered Yootopia
04-09-2007, 22:58
Probably tidy my face up a bit. Make it more... erm... attractive in general.
New Limacon
05-09-2007, 00:11
I would like my soul back. Eternal life isn't what it's cracked up to be.
Trollgaard
05-09-2007, 00:18
I would change the skin on my face so it doesn't grow facial hair. I'm just too lazy to shave every day.

Bah!
If you don't like shaving then don't! Grow a beard!

What do I want to change about myself?
I want my hair on my head and face, to grow faster, and the hair on my face to grow thicker.
Eltaphilon
05-09-2007, 00:20
Probably make my nose a bit smaller. It is somewhat large.

I was going to give myself reality-altering powers, but I can do that anyway:

All I have to do is use my reality altering powers to give myself reality altering powers in the past, thus giving me the reality altering powers to do so. Simple!

I just don't want to at the moment...
The Blaatschapen
05-09-2007, 00:47
I wish I had more ambition for greater things when I'm comfortable. It seems like I only work hard to improve my life when it's going to hell. I've been comfortable for far too long. *nod*

Same for me :)
Nadkor
05-09-2007, 03:27
I know I said I wouldn't change anything about my personality, but I've since decided that
- I would be less sarcastic,
- I would be more outgoing,
- I would be a bit more girly.
Smunkeeville
05-09-2007, 04:00
I know I said I wouldn't change anything about my personality, but I've since decided that
- I would be less sarcastic,
- I would be more outgoing,
- I would be a bit more girly.

I would also like to be a bit more girly.
Nadkor
05-09-2007, 04:03
I would also like to be a bit more girly.

Awesome, it's not just me. I mean, I'm not exactly a tomboy. Nothing of the sort. I'm fairly girly, about the same as most of my girl friends.. I just wouldn't mind being a bit more, you know? I don't know why, but it would be nice.
Infinite Revolution
05-09-2007, 04:08
Awesome, it's not just me. I mean, I'm not exactly a tomboy. Nothing of the sort. I'm fairly girly, about the same as most of my girl friends.. I just wouldn't mind being a bit more, you know? I don't know why, but it would be nice.

i know what you mean though. sometimes i really wish i liked football and talking about pulling 'birds'. not for very long though.
Soheran
05-09-2007, 04:08
Not much. Probably a stronger respect for moral obligation... that would fit under less passivity broadly speaking, which also works.

Now, things I would change about the people around me.... :)
Nadkor
05-09-2007, 04:14
i know what you mean though. sometimes i really wish i liked football and talking about pulling 'birds'. not for very long though.

You want to be more girly? :p
Australiasiaville
05-09-2007, 04:17
Probably have my ears pinned back slightly.
The Black Forrest
05-09-2007, 04:32
Migraines. I would like them to go away.....
The Brevious
05-09-2007, 07:29
There's only one thing I need to change: everything. Luckily I've got the rest of my life to do it in!

The fact that you're here illustrates the contrary.

*hums Eagles tune*
The Brevious
05-09-2007, 07:30
Migraines. I would like them to go away.....

*consoles*
The Black Forrest
05-09-2007, 07:31
*consoles*

:) thank you!
Copiosa Scotia
05-09-2007, 07:32
Might be nice to be a little taller. I don't know. Could probably stand to put on some muscle as well... or really any form of weight, to be honest.

Nothing about me really pisses me off though.
The Brevious
05-09-2007, 07:37
:) thank you!

Been there.
Absolutely the most painful thing i ever had to deal with.
Perhaps only having your flesh burn is worse.
Sorry you have to deal with that.
Infinite Revolution
06-09-2007, 03:14
You want to be more girly? :p

:p no! i mean that occaisionally when i'm out with the guys from work i wish i was interested in what they were talking about. but nobody has that large a concentration span so the boring conversations only last so long then the topic moves on to something else, like drinking or smoking, or getting drunk or stoned, or bitching about colleagues. is all good fun :D :P
Layarteb
06-09-2007, 03:17
Well the prospect of knowing many languages inside and out is nice but I wouldn't mind being able to actually dance. I have no rhythm in my whole body :(.
Gartref
06-09-2007, 03:21
I want gills and webbed feet.
The Brevious
06-09-2007, 04:04
I want gills and webbed feet.

http://homepage.mac.com/ozarkmatt/fark/waterworld.jpg
CthulhuFhtagn
06-09-2007, 04:53
I'd change my lack of omnipotence.
Soviet Haaregrad
06-09-2007, 08:25
I wish I was better at conversing with my own gender, I don't think I even have any male friends at the moment.
New Granada
06-09-2007, 12:15
I'd make it so I could speak Mandarin and Cantonese fluently.
Rambhutan
06-09-2007, 12:44
I'd change my lack of omnipotence.

Have you tried viagra?
Andaras Prime
06-09-2007, 13:13
I wish I didn't have to wear glasses reading.
Senfor
06-09-2007, 13:30
I'd probably make myself 5'10'' and improve my awful sense of hearing.
Dundee-Fienn
06-09-2007, 13:34
I'd give myself more willpower and i'd like to be more flexible