For Miss Made, there are people I know that either have the urge to, love to, or need to detach their heads and be bodiless for a time. Do you got suggestions on what activities a disembodied head can do to kill time? Or at least things a disembodied head can do? Maybe see what they can do to live a life without a body.

from quad2

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Dear quad2,

My answer to this question comes in multiple parts, and all of them involve popcorn.

I don't usually live the disembodied life, but I have a few friends who do, and I dabble from time to time. It's occasionally good for a change of pace, and my partner gets a kick out of it. Sometimes they carry me for walks when the weather's nice. Whenever there's a movie we want to see in a theater, they'll carry a big shoulder bag with them and hide my head in there so we can save the cost of a ticket. We always go with our housemates, so we don't have to worry about sitting next to someone who doesn't know, and it gives us both a thrill to scam a big chain company and get away with it. (Good thing I don't use legal names in these things, huh?) And as a bonus, I get an empty popcorn bucket to take home and use as a head fort.

If you've got someone who likes carrying you around, or at least someone who doesn't mind, there are all sorts of things you can do. Plenty of people aren't up and about, and they have just as much fun with their friends as the next person. From the wording of your question, though, I get the impression that you're looking for things to do at home that don't require the use of limbs. You've still got a lot of options, but all of them involve a little levitation.

As I've said before, learning abilities like these is just a matter of practice, and with levitation and telekinesis, you can tell whether it's working way easier. The method of practice mostly depends on your method of disembodying. Detaching your head and leaving your body somewhere is the easiest, but it meant you have to dissociate from your body so you can learn to move things without it. Vanishing your whole body is a more involved process, but it means you've got no remaining limbs to distract you from your regimen. Either way, just like going to the gym, it's always safest with a buddy. You don't want to have an accident and wind up rolling onto your face without someone to set you right way up again.

Before you start training, you'll want to visit a sporting goods shop, and then pop yourself some popcorn. Not just for the snack. Popcorn kernels are nice and light, so they're a good thing to start lifting. And once you get one under your control, you can levitate it toward your mouth as a reward, so yes, also for the snack.

After you can reliably manage popcorn, you can move up to table tennis balls. These bounce a lot, of course, so in addition to lifting them, you also have to control them enough to keep them from getting away from you. Once you can do a table tennis ball, then just work your way up to golf balls and regular tennis balls, and whatever else you picked up.

Moving a golf ball without hands is your first big milestone. The average golf ball weighs about 45 grams, which is enough to press a key on a computer keyboard. If you can lift a golf ball, then you can press a key, and if you can do that, then you can spend your whole day PC gaming and watching movies, and you won't even have to get up to go to the bathroom. The average tennis ball weighs around 60 grams, so if you can handle one of those, that's enough for even a really punchy keyboard. It should be enough for the face buttons on a console controller, too, so you aren't limited to PC gaming.

You still might want to stick to a computer at first, though, since your reaction time won't be too fast right away. I've tried it, and it feels a bit like holding a broomstick and trying to type with the other end. But if this is how you're spending the bulk of your free time, and if you're considering the head-only lifestyle then you probably will, you'll be racking up the hours like nobody's business. Stick to turn-based games at first, and when you feel comfortable with high-speed focus-switching, give a shooter or platformer a try. (Also, I can't recommend the accessibility features of modern games enough. Auto-aim is my best friend.)

When it comes to getting around on your own, you have a couple of options. Obviously, the sporting goods store has things heavier than tennis balls. If you keep it gradual, you can eventually work your way up to a bowling ball, and once you're there, the world is your oyster. You can hover yourself around like you're a quadcopter. Just make sure you wear a helmet. (This is my idea of a good time. My partner got used to it eventually. ) That much levitation will take a while to achieve, though, so the other option is to go the tech route. This community has lots of makers, and a few of them sell kits for making head-sized RC platforms, depending on your level of comfort with electronics. If you have a 3D printer and a microcontroller (they have plans that use Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and a few other common choices), you can make a sweet little ride for yourself. They also have snap-fit kits and premade models, for people who've never used a soldering iron before. Links in the description, and tell them I sent you!

Whichever way you go, any amount of telekinesis that lets you use a game controller will be enough to drive one of these things. You can turn the world into your own kart track! Just make sure you stick to the wheelchair ramps.

Hope that helps, quad2! Leave a comment about which way you go, will you? Always great to pay it forward to the next would-be head friend!

Yours in experimentation,

Miss Made