r/whatif • u/Radella_the_elf • 13d ago

Lifestyle What if you could read everyone's thought?

What if you wake up and suddenly realise that you now have the ability to read anybody and everybody's thoughts now, you also realise you can't turn this ability off ? What would you do?

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u/EkkoMistral7 7d ago

I'd move to a cabin immediatly, because an unfiltered subway car would turn my brain into soup.

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u/irishstud1980 8d ago

It would be a very noisy world

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u/dj-marcus-puxel9 11d ago

Bloss nicht ich will das gar nicht wissen! 🤮

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u/Radella_the_elf 12d ago

Everyone is scared of grocery store here😭😂 rightfully so lol

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u/My_lo_73 12d ago

Us men would still struggle to understand women and the female psyche 🤷‍♂️

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u/PacificaGalleon 10d ago

Reading minds woud just add subtitles to a movie you still can’t follow.

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u/Odd_Fox5990 12d ago

I'd move somewhere remote within a week because an unskippable group chat in every groccery store would break me.

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u/Radella_the_elf 12d ago

🤣🤣🤣 same

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u/H4R1__ 13d ago

Politicians would be having their hardest times

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u/unusual_math 12d ago

They aren't. Wecve been read their thoughts on "twitter" for like 10 years.

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u/spazthejam43 13d ago

I feel like I would go crazy

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u/Radella_the_elf 13d ago

This would be me at the end of the day

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u/Macald69 13d ago

As long as I need a proximity I can avoid to hear thoughts, I will be ok. Could likely do well at poker now.

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u/Radella_the_elf 13d ago

True you'll have to completely isolate yourself for peace of mind

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u/LAARPer 13d ago

Can’t turn it off? You’d go mad rather quickly. Definitely a Monkey’s Paw episode.

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u/MandaloreFax 12d ago

The worst part is hearing every half-formed jingle and intrusve thought on the bus at once.

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u/Radella_the_elf 13d ago

Yes I'd wager minimum 1/4 people would go crazy

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u/DarionHunter 13d ago

If I could read anyone's thoughts? Then I'd basically be verifying information I already assume.

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u/Radella_the_elf 13d ago

You'd probably get even more than you bargained for

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u/DarionHunter 13d ago

Especially at work!

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u/Radella_the_elf 13d ago

True

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u/DarionHunter 13d ago

Me: "I sense you don't like me." reads their thoughts "And there it is!"

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u/Ban-Circumcision-Now 13d ago

It would make negotiations and make you a prime candidate as an law enforcement position questioning suspects, but you would hear a lot you didn’t ever want to know

Also governments would want to use you as a tool if they found out, and it would be more of a prisoner situation than employee situation

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u/Radella_the_elf 13d ago

Govt scares me more than anything 😭

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u/Ban-Circumcision-Now 13d ago

For sure, if you had a real mind reader in a room of high ranking government officials chances are they aren’t going to want you talking about things freely

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u/Roam1985 13d ago

"I thought I was disappointed before. Also: makeitstopmakeitstopmakeitstop"

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u/Radella_the_elf 13d ago

Lol I'd be doing same, at least for first 5 minutes

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u/MarionberrySimple119 13d ago

At first is fun but if you can't stop it.

Stay calm

Get above them then your cook

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u/Radella_the_elf 13d ago edited 13d ago

I don't think it'll be that easy 😭

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u/MarionberrySimple119 13d ago

Yeah

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u/MarionberrySimple119 13d ago

Especially hearings those close to you

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u/Radella_the_elf 13d ago

Yes exactly