More often than not, I wish I could read other people's minds.

Technically, yes, it would be a violation of human rights and an invasion of privacy. There are always things we would much rather keep under wraps and within the safe boundaries of our own consciousness. It's pretty hard to think of anyone who would willingly allow others to roam freely among their own personal collection of thoughts and memories.

But still...wouldn't life be way easier if we knew what other people were thinking?!

School-wise, you could totally just read the teachers' minds and know exactly what to prepare for examinations. (It's dishonest and pretty much goes against all the basic principles of learning but that's not the point hahaha) The thing is, all the various academic woes that plague our daily lives as students would just vanish instantly!

But if this ability was accessible to everyone, it would probably just backfire since everyone would be reading minds everywhere so we'd have scholars emerging from the unlikeliest of places. Or maybe teachers would read their students' minds first and try to change their questions last-minute? So the scholars would be those who could read minds the fastest or second-guess intentions the best? Goodness that's a whole lot of mind-boggling reverse psychology and whatnot -__-

So then I realised that it would be for the best if I were the only person who could read minds. Yeah I'm selfish like that.

Anyway but academics aside, this skill could be applied literally everywhere, like in every dimension of your life wts. You could become a billionaire by going to the casinos and just vacuuming all the cash from unsuspecting gambling tycoons!!! And with that cash, you could just go anywhere and do whatever you like *__*

Then again, my mom would probably freak out and there would be lots of explaining to do and I'm not sure if it's the best thing to let anybody know you can see exactly what they're thinking (let alone your parents...) Man, I hate it when all my dreams get invaded by practicalities. Like whenever I dream about striking the lottery, I'd suddenly be reminded of tax deductions and skyrocketing property prices which is totally anticlimatic.

Moving on...

Your social life would also probably be much less murky and decidedly more straightforward too!! No more trying to decipher hidden messages encoded within daily conversations. No more confusion and dilemma and uncertainty, only the plain hard truth. You'd know who the fakers are and no one can lie to you because you know exactly what's going on in their heads :O

But it struck me that there would be no more wondering anymore. No more thrill in imagination, no more blissful oblivion, no more happy misunderstandings. What's the point of dreaming and painting fictitious scenarios in your head when you already know for sure what's actually going on?

And it would totally suck to know if your closest friends were lying to you...it's like you won't have faith in anyone anymore, especially when you discover different sides to your friends that you never did before. Plus, I would feel like I wasn't showing enough trust in my friends if I had to read their minds in order to believe in them. Maybe sometimes you don't need to know exactly what they're thinking because what they offer you on the outside is already enough?

It occurred to me that with every positive thought you stumble upon, there's an equal probability of uncovering a well of negativity. :/ So I decided to modify my dream a little, so now you can turn mind-reading on and off like a tap! If you want to read someone's mind at a particular moment, you can. If you don't, simply switch it off! It's a bit like censorship and moderation lol. I don't really see the need to read the thoughts of complete strangers on the bus when all I want to do is zone out.

Hey, maybe it would even work like Wifi or 3G! Like you can only read someone's mind within a certain radius or something...

Okay time to stop or this is going to be never-ending lol. This is why I never get enough sleep.

More often than not, I wish I could read other people's minds.

Technically, yes, it would be a violation of human rights and an invasion of privacy. There are always things we would much rather keep under wraps and within the safe boundaries of our own consciousness. It's pretty hard to think of anyone who would willingly allow others to roam freely among their own personal collection of thoughts and memories.

But still...wouldn't life be way easier if we knew what other people were thinking?!

School-wise, you could totally just read the teachers' minds and know exactly what to prepare for examinations. (It's dishonest and pretty much goes against all the basic principles of learning but that's not the point hahaha) The thing is, all the various academic woes that plague our daily lives as students would just vanish instantly!

But if this ability was accessible to everyone, it would probably just backfire since everyone would be reading minds everywhere so we'd have scholars emerging from the unlikeliest of places. Or maybe teachers would read their students' minds first and try to change their questions last-minute? So the scholars would be those who could read minds the fastest or second-guess intentions the best? Goodness that's a whole lot of mind-boggling reverse psychology and whatnot -__-

So then I realised that it would be for the best if I were the only person who could read minds. Yeah I'm selfish like that.

Anyway but academics aside, this skill could be applied literally everywhere, like in every dimension of your life wts. You could become a billionaire by going to the casinos and just vacuuming all the cash from unsuspecting gambling tycoons!!! And with that cash, you could just go anywhere and do whatever you like *__*

Then again, my mom would probably freak out and there would be lots of explaining to do and I'm not sure if it's the best thing to let anybody know you can see exactly what they're thinking (let alone your parents...) Man, I hate it when all my dreams get invaded by practicalities. Like whenever I dream about striking the lottery, I'd suddenly be reminded of tax deductions and skyrocketing property prices which is totally anticlimatic.

Moving on...

Your social life would also probably be much less murky and decidedly more straightforward too!! No more trying to decipher hidden messages encoded within daily conversations. No more confusion and dilemma and uncertainty, only the plain hard truth. You'd know who the fakers are and no one can lie to you because you know exactly what's going on in their heads :O

But it struck me that there would be no more wondering anymore. No more thrill in imagination, no more blissful oblivion, no more happy misunderstandings. What's the point of dreaming and painting fictitious scenarios in your head when you already know for sure what's actually going on?

And it would totally suck to know if your closest friends were lying to you...it's like you won't have faith in anyone anymore, especially when you discover different sides to your friends that you never did before. Plus, I would feel like I wasn't showing enough trust in my friends if I had to read their minds in order to believe in them. Maybe sometimes you don't need to know exactly what they're thinking because what they offer you on the outside is already enough?

It occurred to me that with every positive thought you stumble upon, there's an equal probability of uncovering a well of negativity. :/ So I decided to modify my dream a little, so now you can turn mind-reading on and off like a tap! If you want to read someone's mind at a particular moment, you can. If you don't, simply switch it off! It's a bit like censorship and moderation lol. I don't really see the need to read the thoughts of complete strangers on the bus when all I want to do is zone out.

Hey, maybe it would even work like Wifi or 3G! Like you can only read someone's mind within a certain radius or something...

Okay time to stop or this is going to be never-ending lol. This is why I never get enough sleep.

My name is Felicia and my dearest ambition is to bounce on clouds while eating Twix.

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