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You can still die, just not from hunger/thirst.

And you have to hide it, or else governments around the world are gonna lock you to a blacksite and experiment on you. (I mean, you are essentially a weird mutant / supernatual being, governments be paranoid)

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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 hours ago

Do I die if I drink or eat because if not I just do it for social occasions and otherwise save time and money.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 6 hours ago

I've been barely eating anyway. Nobody would even notice.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago

Disappear into a cave with a uhaul full of books and electronics

Fuck off humanity, I've had enough of your shit

[–] guy@piefed.social 9 points 10 hours ago

Can I still eat and drink or is it a vampire situation?

Otherwise 'Thanks I just ate' when asked and use the time spent on cooking for sleep.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago

Does that also remove the need to poop and piss?

I mostly eat alone so i highly doubt anyone would notice anyway.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago

I enjoy eating, so they'd never notice. The only thing it could possibly be an issue is if they decided to try to torture me by starving me, and by that point I'm already fucked.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 34 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I think we just cut the food budget in a third so... that's nice. Undetected? What are they going to do, calculate how much a single household should eat, then drag the three of us away when we aren't eating the right amount?

Oh they might now. They're horrible beings. Guess I'll eat some when out to put on a show.

[–] ERROR_100_000_100@infosec.pub 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Terminators never eat, the government has to root out the potential of assassins sent by Skynet.

(Plot twist, there was no "special ability", you are a Terminator)

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Oh, then I'm defective because all I want to do is bake and nap with a cat. Are you sure I'm a terminator and not like...a cast off terminator that they sent back purely to get rid of me??

[–] sirprize@lemm.ee 3 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

If you're interested in that storyline, check out NSA by Andreas Eschbach. I'm afraid that one might only be available in German.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

I am extremely uninterested in reading the future!

Also more importantly I can only count to four in German. So I suspect I might struggle with the book.

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 1 points 10 hours ago

I might take a look, I need to practice my German

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 20 points 14 hours ago

I doubt anyone except my partner would notice, so I don't need to live in fear of being found out. Besides, I'd probably still eat anyway because food is awesome.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago

I would do the same I normally do except just not eating, I don't think it really changes much I mostly eat either for pleasure or to literally not die anyway so I'd just not do the latter.

[–] TheWeirdestCunt@lemm.ee 23 points 16 hours ago

Tbh I managed to almost forget to eat pretty much all of last week so my habits probably wouldn't change much, I'm guessing I can still eat just for the sake of eating right? So I could just eat out every now and again and no one would notice

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 22 points 16 hours ago

That's not really something that's that noticeable tbh, so.. just do stuff as normal, but without food and water

[–] Nyticus@kbin.melroy.org 14 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I don't know why you in particular keep asking questions and then deleting them.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 9 points 12 hours ago

If he doesn't, governments around the world are going to find him and experiment on him.

[–] ERROR_100_000_100@infosec.pub 1 points 10 hours ago

Because I get bored, think of a subject, get curious, ask a question, then it felt stupid asking, so I delete them. But also because I'm starting to delete anything older than 3 days because I don't want the AI bots to start scraping old data.

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 12 points 15 hours ago

Why would I want to hide it? I'm turning myself in and letting them do their best to figure out what happened to me, on the condition that I'm paid fairly for my time (just as with any other human trial). If they can figure out how to replicate it, it would be incredibly useful.

I think any scientists or government organizations would be much happier experimenting on a consenting and cooperative subject than a kidnapped and imprisoned one.

[–] Libb@jlai.lu 10 points 16 hours ago

Easy: I eat and drink (a little) even though I don't need to.

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I still will eat lots because I can.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 1 points 15 hours ago

If this power is I can’t eat I just throw myself off a building.

[–] SouthFresh@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

“No thanks, I’m not hungry”

[–] ERROR_100_000_100@infosec.pub 2 points 10 hours ago

"Weird, you havent eaten for days, and you seems to still have so much energy."

a few moment later

"🚨🚔🚨 over radio IN PURSUIT OF AN EXTRATERRESTIAL LIFE FORM..."

(Sorry if I'm being silly, I kinda just envisioned a universe where people have strange abilities and a totalitarian government is paranoid and want to lock up everyone with special abilities)

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

If I was alone, get satellite internet and set up a solar powered remote working squat in some remote desert outpost. Far from the impending water wars.

Since I have family I'll just uh probably still drink. My kid's a handful.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 5 points 16 hours ago

Do I become unhealthy if I do eat and drink anyway? Otherwise, I'll just eat and drink at social occasions

[–] wirelesswire@lemmy.zip 5 points 16 hours ago

I live alone, so I'll get away with it pretty easily. Whenever I eat a meal with others, I'll just eat/drink a small amount.

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Easy, continue to eat and drink as expected when in the company of others. If pressed about appetite on any occasion, simply claim to have eaten beforehand.

[–] Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 16 hours ago

Jokes on you, Ill still depression eat

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 13 hours ago

Continue to eat/drink as normal, because i like eating and cooking is a satisfying hobby?