I already cannot art.
So if I have to choose between a talent billions of others already have (and cannot make a living on), or a talent literally nobody has, which could save countless lives and entire ecosystems…
Yeah, not even a question. Rain.
Which would you rather do, create art or summon rain?
Submitted 7 months ago by spiderwort@lemm.ee to [deleted]
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TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Bit of a silly question, isn’t it? With the ability to create rain you could end global hunger and stop climate change.
Behold, the Sahara Jungle!
jeffw@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Well anyone can create art, so probably the rain
spiderwort@lemm.ee 7 months ago
But everybody knows that’s impossible.
jeffw@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Did you make this post just to say that? -.-
livus@kbin.social 7 months ago
I feel like you're asking me would I give up the ability to make art in order to gain the ability to make rain.
Yes. Yes I would. I would be sad but saving lives would be worth it. I can think of dozens of drought regions that desperately need rain.
nuggsy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This was my thought process as well.
I did consider whether making good art could help fund other global issues, but I think there’s too many variables. Whereas being able to make it rain would have an arguably more immediate impact.
Can we also control when to turn it off? xD
livus@kbin.social 7 months ago
Can we also control when to turn it off?
That's a good point! This could be some real monkey's paw stuff. Or if it has knock-on effects to global weather patterns.
all-knight-party@kbin.run 7 months ago
That probably makes it a guarantee, but I think it would paint an enormous target on your back for governments or worse to want to experiment on you.
I think I'd agree with you and I'd want to blow up on social media first ensuring that if anything were to happen to me, like a sudden disappearance, that it would be easily noticed and there'd be uproar.
livus@kbin.social 7 months ago
But maybe we can do it without anyone seeing? Like just turn up as a tourist (or NGO volunteer), wait a few weeks, then secretly make it rain.
Thavron@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I have a feeling it’d be a monkeys paw of sorts. Summoning rain would fuck up some part of an ecosystem.
distantsounds@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Can you make it stop raining as well?
spiderwort@lemm.ee 7 months ago
One miracle at a time please.
lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Monkey’s paw, you wanted to water your garden and now you’re trapped in a perpetual downpour.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Rob McKenna.
lurch@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
if i get to make it rain, you guys better start building thar ark ASAP
BugleFingers@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I can already make rain, in small amounts. First I drink water, then I get very upset and douse myself and anything just beneath me in a somber rain.
I can also make art too! O–[—< see? Look at the Lil guy!
FR though, I do love downpours and heavy rain, such beautiful and peaceful weather so I’d love to be able to have that whenever
Nemo@midwest.social 7 months ago
If they’re exclusive to each other, making art. I don’t like rain anyway.
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
I don’t really understand art. So creating it, if I didn’t also receive the ability to appreciate it, would be dumb. I guess I’d go for rain, and then just go to drought areas around the world.
whenigrowup356@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Is making art with the rain an option?
Sand darkens when wet so that could make a cool canvas, theoretically.
You could also play with that “wall of rain” effect you sometimes see when you are just outside of a heavy rain area.
Alternatively, just make “social commentary” like a torrential downpour on the financial district. Sometimes art is just revenge.
Smoogs@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I do art already but Summer months with fire season, rain.
Toes@ani.social 7 months ago
I hesitate to use the word skill because I suspect there is a better word choice. However, depends on the level of skill bestowed upon me.
Am I able to safely summon a typhoon, Sharknado, monsoons? Could I create 3D waifu models with ease, draw a full length cartoon with no effort, well and quickly?
Personally, I enjoy the idea of art and if I was given ability above and beyond what AI and your average artist’s capacity I’d want that. I don’t believe I should be trusted with the capacity to create dangerous weather anomalies.
Stern@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Gonna make Alanis Morissette proud
Scrof@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Only if the rain magically creates the water otherwise I’d probably screw up some weather patterns and would be responsible for horrible famines or devastating floodings or whatnot.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 months ago
What if I could create art so good, it summons rain? 🤔
FaizalR@kbin.social 7 months ago
Create art.
oDIRECTORo@lemmy.radio 7 months ago
I can summon rain but I’ve always wanted to learn macaroni art.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I can already summon rain, so I’m set. And despite part of my job literally being a graphic designer, I kind of suck at art with traditional media. So I’ll take the art.
All I have to do to make rain is show up somewhere with camping equipment. I have about an 80% success rate, and as a consequence a very comprehensive clothing and equipment loadout for dealing with wet.
No joke, I once cured a drought in Wyoming back in, like, 2012. I rocked up with my homes in Dubois, WY outside of Shoshone and we stopped at a little diner there. The waitress was bellyaching about the dry spell they’d been having and we told her not to worry, we’d go up the mountain and pitch our tents and it’ll rain, guaranteed. She laughed. She didn’t believe us. So we did, and it immediately rained for 3 days solid. It started to tail off just as we were leaving.
We stopped by that diner again on our way out, and I stuck my head in the door just to say, “You’re welcome.”
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Chris? Is that you?
Thavron@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
+1 for the reference. Such a funny little interlude in the books.
Today@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I would control rain, but i would try really hard to not tell anyone.
spiderwort@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Respect!