The Random Thread of Random Randomness

What an interesting question (sorry I've only just got round to reading this).

This is the one I'd be most interested in because as @Scalenex says you can choose to learn 10 dead languages and essentially resurrect them in the modern world. I could finally learn Brythonic properly, and then educate others in learning to speak it so that the legacy of the Ancient British will survive, as well as learning its sister languages such as Gaulish to educate other countries of their Celtic heritage. Alongside my already-existing knowledge of Celtic culture I could rise to become a prominent and respected authority upon them. I could even go so far as to resurrect the more respectable customs and viewpoints from my ancient ancestors, to become a shining beacon of enlightenment in the darkness of this savage, uncultured modern world, that people could look up to for guidance on how to live a perfectly civilised lifestyle. That could help me to make the world a better place without risking being tempted by the far greater power of the Black potion, which I'll talk about below.

To be honest, while I'm not the most handsome chap in the world, when I do find a young lady perfect for me, I want her to love me for who I am, not just for what I look like. Being less attractive in appearance than in personality makes that easier to achieve without being pursued by women that are, to me, far less desirable.

This one has the greatest potential as other people have said, but also is the easiest to abuse. A person with colossal ambitions could do a lot with it, but to be honest I have never had very lofty ambitions. One part of me deep down does sometimes wish I could topple the sexist-both-ways, unsustainable, extravert-loving Romanised societies that exist around the world today and replace them with a far more sustainable and civilised one under my own personal supervision, and this potion would make that easier to achieve, but this could become a gamble that fails miserably and pushes me back past Square 1 (I could be imprisoned, or worse). Furthermore, even if I was successful, after I eventually die and if, somehow, my empire was overthrown, some SJW could then rewrite history and portray me as a 21st Century Hitler or something. Not a nice legacy to end up with after spending all that time and effort trying to make the world a better place.

This would be a good one if I reached old age, but I haven't even reached 25 yet so I don't know what I'll look like if I take that potion. Also I'm not that worried about looking young - indeed I'd value looking older because I would more easily be able to project the aura of wisdom and intelligence that I aim to be able to radiate. I believe far more in the charisma of wisdom than the charisma of youth!

But you've mentioned above that you still physically age as if you hadn't consumed the potion, you only look 25, and that's it. You'd just be a 25-year old having to live at a nursing home requiring someone to lift you onto the toilet. If anything that would be far more embarrassing than if you looked elderly.

I actually seem to be rather lucky when it comes to weight control, as even though I haven't actually done that much exercise during this lockdown other than walking around my house and garden and the occasional walk to the postbox to post letters, I haven't grown outwards much or anything like that, so I wouldn't be interested in this potion, at least not at the moment. Perhaps when I'm 50-odd and need a helping hand to keep in shape, it may be useful, but not yet.

 

This is true. I have won many games of table football by stopping the ball and using my trademark side-swipe-shot to score

 

@ChapterAquila92 , can you please confirm the existence of operation "Mini-Me". You can't plead the 5th, we have proof now!!!

 

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You're correct, for the sake of this game/exercise, the potion would only allow you to look young. My response was strictly in reference to @Killer Angel 's statement:

 

Those may be dreams of mine, granted, but I know the gap between those dreams and my actual power enough to know that they would be impossible to fulfill. As a result, my actual ambitions are a lot lower.

Fair play, I didn't see that.

 

Keep on bringing Stuff like this. I like to collectie these for future endavours on scenery

 

I love how, just because I'm an electrician in the Navy, I apparently know all things military.

 

I'm glad you are enjoying them!

The bar has been set pretty high!

 

It’s okay, your cover as an “electrician” is safe with us.

Mainly thought you’d appreciate the humour!

 

I am not so sure about that, this Nicolas Cake is placed rather concentric in the 'big bang' behind him. More random would be not in the center and the head not precise in the middle of the cake...

Just saying

Grrr, Imrahil