What would you ADD if you could?

A Healing Factor. I want my dominant hand (right hand) back gdi... can't use it until the sprain heals. Bleh.

At least our healing factor is better than a lot of the animal kingdom

(I feel you, I have a broken foot)

I'd like an undo button for real actions, please.

I'll take one too, please

SAME.

I'd add a helpful response to stress: Good sleep, high energy, clear thoughts, shiny hair, and blemish-free skin.

edited 23rd Nov '17 5:52:02 AM by RaspyMink

I would make it so bad people die early and good people die old.

• Universal minimum income as a replacement for existing welfare benefits. Should not be so much of course that work doesn't pay for those that are able, but at the same time without all these stupid requirements of having to prove you are either looking for, or are unfit for work in such a way that the system basically sets you up to fail.
• Alternatively/additionally how about some kind of job guarantee scheme for people who can't get work anywhere else? I'm sure the system can keep inflation down some other way.
• Or, heck, why not just introduce fully automated gay space communism and be done with it?
• More libraries. D'you hear me, government? MORE LIBRARIES!!!
  • That open 24/7. I used to use the library for the computer facilities and generally browsing the books before they stopped opening 6 days a week.
  • And don't force you to use the self issue machines that give you receipts you don't want.
  • And don't have to share space with council services, children's centres, nurseries or branches of the Newcastle Building Society.
  • And keep an up-to-date selection of graphic novels.
• I like the idea of a 24-hour anime channel. I would really like one which could do vintage anime, including all the stuff which never made it to the UK or those obscure out of print OVAs which never got a DVD release.
• Also for the relatives, maybe a 24-hour Shakespeare channel.
• And a channel, provided ad-free by the BBC which shows repeats of BBC nature documentaries including some of the older ones we never see much of now.
• And another one showing old Open University programmes. (Don't ask.)
• And one for vintage British SF shows: classic Doctor Who, Blake's 7 and a whole host of other ones that never get repeated.
• Also, generally, machines that don't give you receipts you don't want. And shops that give you receipts you don't want.

edited 26th Nov '17 8:51:36 AM by TheLyniezian

Edited out of the original post but might mention again- can we have some parks, footpaths, places to visit that are completely "dog free"? I actually have a slight fear of dogs and not terribly happy about going for walks where I have to pass by half a dozen people out walking the animals. We have "dog friendly" places, how about cynophobic-friendly places?

That makes a lot of sense, and should happen! And this is coming from a dog lover. I would hate for my doggos, who love everyone, to accidentally upset a cynophobic.

I want to hurry up and add a buttload of self-driving cars. I want to type in "Drive me to work," open up the 3DS, and spend my commute not doing anything stressful.

YES.

Plants that are "sentient" and can be tamed. Maybe some people would find them scary, but I think it would be cute if there were plants that could run around and act as pets.

edited 11th Dec '17 1:57:10 PM by DrNoPuma

Speaking of transportation: private stalls in subway cars! Not that that would ever be logistically possible given how crowded those things are, but a city girl can dream...

A full-body mirror that could easily take photos of you, maybe having you set a timer or something so you'd have time to pose... would be SO USEFUL for when I need a reference for drawing a specific pose I just can't find.

Arcades with Japanese rhythm games and various other fun weird games. Sure, they exist... but not here.

edited 12th Dec '17 4:51:26 AM by Zanreo

Why can't you send mail by just putting it in your own mailbox, since a mail person is coming there all the time anyway? I'm picturing a system where everyone has an inbox and an outbox by their front door or something. Obviously for big packages you'd still need the post office, but this would be if you're just sending letters/cards/etc. This occurred to me because I needed to send out Christmas cards, but was reluctant to walk a couple blocks to the nearest mailbox in the cold.

edited 13th Dec '17 10:07:38 PM by MikeK

Where do you live? I ask 'cause that's how it works where I live.

I'd add some more Mario Paint to its Spiritual Successor, Super Mario Maker. I'd add a drawing screen or a coloring page or something.

For me, either the ability to stop time or to teleport. The former would make catching buses a lot easier, the latter would make catching buses unnecessary.

An unbreakable stopwatch that could pause time. Would basically save my life and my sleep.

Permanently free and reliably accessible health care for everyone that no act or vote from the government could ever take away.

Nendoroids replacing all of their Funko Pop figurine equivalents in stores and stuff.

Yes and hell yes to those first two!

I'd add sign language curriculum to all schools. It would be so helpful! Imagine construction workers signing to each other so noise wouldn't be an issue, lifeguards signing "Watch that kid in the blue shorts" across a crowded pool, people having full-on conversations at the club, etc.

Make a new rule that says the team that wins the Super Bowl must Riverdance. ;)

An allergen scanner! Concerned about allergens in food? Calibrate the scanner to the allergen of choice, wave it over the food, and get a beep if the allergen is in there. (Nephew has a peanut allergy. Traveling with him is nervewracking. Luckily most places are cool about either being peanut-free, or telling me they're not.)

I want a mobile port of Zoo Tycoon (ideally being more similar to the second game than to the first game or the reboot).

I’d also be up for a reboot of Weird n’ Wild Creatures (perhaps a National Geographic series based on the franchise?), but that’ll never ever happen.

Bump with one I just remembered. I would make a rule that says lottery ticket dispensers should have a warning label for the tickets that cost $30 and above: "Do not buy unless you really, REALLY mean it!"

Protection for idols from the immature fans who wish to claim them and stop them from dating, and from the companies who cave into those fans.

I would like that there is a cheaper way to afford schools or better the education of America. I really hate how schools seem to become just a business and how you cannot afford school due to inane prices. I will admit that the situation is more complicated than I realize but if the education thread is any indication, this really needs to change.

A variety of red onion that doesn't have that godawful bite to it.