Would You??

Hahaha! Does that mean that the smaller the salad the smaller the confessions? No, I don't think I would. I don't want to know everyone's deep, dark secrets. Ignorance is bliss ;)

If a scientist told you he could give you a super power, but that power could only be the ability to read every other word in someone's mind, would you take the superpower or remain normal?

Remain normal. Firstly, leave well enough alone, be content with what you've got, unless the prospective change is really awesome--like the power to stop those little hairs from growing in your ears. Which leads to point two: What kind of lame super power is reading every other word in other people's minds? For one thing, most other people are 'tards, and even reading everything in their minds would be about as thrilling as sniffing mailboxes. Secondly, as you've said elsewhere, ignorance is bliss; I neither know nor care about other people's thoughts.

If a scientist could give you the ability to fly, but only on your back so you'd always be looking up at the sky when you flew, would you take it?

Yes.

Would you emigrate permanently to a country where you do not currently reside?

Traditionally and under normal circumcisions, I would say no. America is still the safest, most prosperous, most well-functioning country on earth, where despite recent abuses by gov't, you have more in the way of rights and protections than elsewhere. However, there are scenarios, ones I've been worried about lately, in which America could go down the crapper. That doesn't mean there's anywhere else to go that would be safer and offer more options, but if there were, like northern Canada or Australia, I might indeed. However, American citizenship is a precious thing indeed, so giving that up would be one heck of a decision.

Would you invest anywhere from a modest to a substantial amount of money preparing yourself to be fairly self-sustaining at home and also be able to defend yourself against looters, marauders, assorted violent douche bags?

Not at this point.

Would you be able to inject yourself with insulin?

That's interesting. I've wondered that a number of times in the last couple of years, because I have high blood sugar and I know I could join the legion of Americans with diabetes. If I had to, yes, though I would hope some of the alternative means of maintaining insulin levels I read about, various high tech devices, would be available soon.

There is a phenomenon sometimes called bladder shyness, in which men have difficulty peeing in front of others, such as in a line of urinals in a men's room. If the assembled Victoria's Secret Angels were watching you, could you calmly take it out and pee, without trouble?

Yes. I can pee in front of anyone.

Would your family and/or friends be surprised of the contents of your autobiography? If so, what level of surprise or lack of surprise?

HELL YES. ;-) If I were truly honest and forthcoming, my autobiography would shock six shades o' crap outta them.

That was a good one, btw, Tony. ;-)

How shocked would your family be at the contents of some of the video files that have been or currently are on your hard drive?

Not shocked. Mostly hours of documentaries, photography stuff, art stuff and uumm, well, zzzzzzzzzzz.

Would you ex-communicate a parent or a child because of a bad relationship? (and I eliminate murder, incest etc. just plain old, "can't stand them" reasons).

Not excommunicate but set definite boundaries. I'm a sucker.

Would you ever toilet paper someone's house?

TPing a house is not my style, but I won't rule it out; if someone has really gone the extra mile to be a turd, anything's fair game.

Can you think of a series of events, developments and headlines that would cause you to acquire some weapons, even if you don't own any, never have and weren't planning to?

No, I cannot.

Would you want your 18 year old self to know your own future? (I would imagine this question will be answered with a certain degree of self-care).

Hell, no. When I was eighteen I still had hope. ;-)

If the zombies/rioters were coming for you and your family, huddled as you are in a bunker, and there was a total arsehole in there with you, and as you mentally prioritized you realized you needed every second and every resource to defend your family and yourself, would you throw the total arsehole out, knowing he'd be eaten/killed by the approaching horde? Please explain your reasoning.

I wouldn't throw him out, as zombies and rioters may cause him/her harm, which I would rather they did not.

Would you offer an idea as to why litnet seems to to decline in activity, over the last few years?

People seem to be migrating to Facebook and Whatsup. In fact Litnet still has a lot of activity. One of the literature foruns I visited was ridden with adds of Nike and Addidas.
Would you change your country to live with a lover?