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

[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

 

[Free Thinker]

I could go without making number 2. With my crappy digestive system I have freqient diarrhea, so it seems like a plus for me.

 

[Tennou486]

I won't say sleeping since I actually like it. Sure, I may have dreams about my eyeballs splitting in half, but it helps to not think about stuff for a few hours and just relax.

I'd say either of the two waste removal actions (Nos. 1 & 2), or breathing, provided this scenario would get rid of any health risks that would occur in the real world.

 

[Captain_Fantastic]

breathing then i would live in a lake

 

[ThatSexyGuy]

Refractory Period! Oh!

Seriously probably sleeping or breathing,each one is kinda annoying in its own way.

 

[Nuuu]

Vomiting.
Darn it body, you can find a better way to remove a virus besides returning my lunch in a uncormfortable and terrible tasting way.

 

[James13v]

Sleep, easily. Imagine all the stuff you'd get done.

 

[Nieroshai]

I'm tied between the need for sleep and the body's irritating habit of absorbing unneeded calories instead of taking what it needs and dropping the rest back into the intestines.

 

[aei_haruko]

If you could just not have to do something, what would it be? What if you never had to shave again especially for ladies who hate shaving their legs, or never had to go to the bathroom? What if you never had to sleep again? What about if you could live without breathing, you could never choke or drown. What would you choose?

Obviously, I am kind of playing fast and loose with the definition of bodily function, but basically I am asking what is something that you have to do every day, and it would be awesome to not have to do that ever again.

I would go without sleeping, think of all the extra time you would have.

What would you choose and why?

I agree with you a lot, however I'd modify that to not having to rest, like the no sleep things, and not having to rest after a workout. I'd do that so I could imporve myself mentally and phyisically

 

[Slayer_2]

Not having to sleep, it was a hard choice between that or not having to breathe, but sleeping wastes so much time.

 

[Farseer Lolotea]

Yeah, I'd give up the need to sleep. Not to say that I wouldn't still climb in bed and cuddle with my husband...

 

[MechanicalMusic]

The ability to ingrow toe-nails... that shit hurts more than a stab wound.

 

[Sinclair Solutions]

I would go without sleeping, think of all the extra time you would have.

Yeah, a whole three or four days before the heart gives out to exhaustion. But if you make it past that marker, then you have insanity to look forward to as your brain starts dying.

I've got a feeling somebody doesn't get the point in this thread..

OT: I clicked on the thread thinking - eating - Food is fucking expensive
Then i saw - sleeping - which is like living for an extra third of your life.
And then - breathing - i would love the feeling of just swimming underwater with no need for air. (This would also be considering my lungs would not explode at low depths due to high pressure) otherwise id have to stay closer to surface.

Also i think fatigue would be great to give up.

So many choices!
Think ill just get rid of that pesky sleeping business.

This post has transcribed my thoughts down to a "t." What is this sorcery?

Sleeping would be my decision because I always have a lot of things I want to do, like write, read, and draw, but I sleep so much I don't have time for it. If I could eliminate the time spent sleeping, I bet I could be a lot more productive.