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Blogocentric Formulations #1098191 added September 28, 2025 at 1:03pm
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Do Over
Prompt #169: You’re given a 10-second rewind button. How do you use it?
I would use a 10-second rewind button all the time, probably mostly to take back dumb things I say without thinking! Seriously, there are so many times where, the minute I've said something, I think to myself, "Why did I say that? I didn't have to say that," and regret it for several minutes.
Mostly, it's in the context of critical or harsh comments that I realize were me overreacting in the moment, but I also can't rule out using this for the purposes of improving my zingers or quips in conversation. "Oh that devastating burn didn't land quite like I wanted it to... do over!" 
In all seriousness, though, this would be an amazing ability to have. Not just for use in conversation, but I think about all the time ten seconds would erase a dumb decision.
Like when you pull into a parking space and accidentally scrape another car. BOOP! Now you can try that parking attempt again.
Or when you're not looking where you're going and step in a deep puddle that soaks your shoe and sock. BOOP! Now you can avoid that mistake.
And even when you have moments that you wish you would have caught on camera. BOOP! Now you have ten seconds to get that phone out and snap a pic.
Ten seconds isn't a lot of time, so I'm struggling to think about other uses for such a power other than "quick, get a do-over on the last thing that happened!" Now, if I could extend the do-ver button to a minute, or an hour, or a day, then we'd really be talking about options...
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