You do not get to turn these powers off, they are always active.

This question was inspired by those toy dinosaur things.

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    “Ha ha ha, let’s throw a bucket of water on this nerd!”

    “Don’t make me wet. You wouldn’t like me when I’m wet.”

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    It’s night half the time, and I’ll be really visible if I’m glowing whether I want to be or not. So, definitely the second one. Prolonged water contact in a visible place is easier to avoid, if needed.

    I plan to re-enact Gulliver pulling along the Lilliputian armada.

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        Ah shit, why didn’t I think of that?

        You would have to cover everything including your face, though, and that can get you funny looks in a different way.

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          Ski mask and sun glasses ;) since you need it sitting dark night, it didn’t matter much, how it looks. Reminds me in the movie “Hollow Man”

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        If it’s toy dino-speed, you’ll be significantly taller after a longer shower, but not giant, and nothing will break. If I actually do the thing from the Spongebob opening on contact with water, I’d reconsider.

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      But imagine that you get stuck in a water pipe or wedged somewhere in a rain storm. Glowing is annoying but not nearly as bad as potentially drowning because your car crashed into a lake and you can no longer escape through the window.

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        I feel like those situations are already life-threatening to some degree, so I’ll take my chances.

        I’d assume growth over the course of just exiting a car wouldn’t be too significant.

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    I guess the grow bigger in the water thing because I can’t imagine how hard it would be to fall asleep if I’m glowing.

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    is this ‘glow in the dark’ like i’m radioactive and constantly glow a little bit, or is this ‘glow in the dark’ like i absorb a little bit of light and slowly re-emit it, so if i wait long enough in darkness i’ll stop glowing?

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    Fun fact, we already glow in the dark, just not in a way we can see.

    Bigger when wet would be kinda neat, but if it’s based off of toy dinosaurs then the glow doesn’t last all night. So I can take the glow and use it for sick pranks and cosplays or whatever. Be like alien Mr Burns.

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    I’d need time durations on the size changes… But obviously the size changes.

    Other comments indicate you also get heavier, a bath each morning followed by exercise could be interesting with the extra weight.

    Also you’d have documentaries made about you. It’s a completely novel behavior… And what happens if you soak just a part of your body… Your penis for instance?

    The glowing? Technically you could already do that, genetic scientists have already created glow in the dark pigs, so glowing seems similar. No more hiding in the dark, you’re a beacon now. If a mugger or the cops are chasing you… Oh there you are. Not really helpful like being three times taller and heavier because you had a bath would be.

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    I can imagine glowing in the dark would be both a blessing and a curse depending on the circumstances. If you’re lost in a cave that could be lifesaving. Trying to sleep in the dark though? That’s gonna be tough haha. I think I’d still choose to glow in the dark though so I could fuel sweet rave parties

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      My wife says the same thing about sleeping with a light on, I just close my eyes and don’t see anything i must have thick eyelids

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        Yea but you’re eyes would glow…the way I see it, this question is, “would you become an insomniac or explode when drinking water”