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*You can teleport into and out of it at will

*It has a couple of plug sockets and can connect to internet from the region you teleported in from

*You can take objects and people with you

*As already stated, it is (3m)^3 (3m*3m*3m). The walls are plain plaster with a light in the middle of the ceiling. The pocket dimension is topologically toroidal, so if there weren't walls and a ceiling/floor (which you can actually destroy) you would loop if you went more than 3m in any direction. Gravity, then, is artificial and can be altered to anywhere from 0 to 2g from a dial on the wall.

Edit: additional specifications

*You can only teleport out to where you teleported in from.

*Time proceeds at the same rate inside the pocket dimension

*There is an eject button for those inside to get out if something happens to you

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Man, the places I could hike without having to carry a pack! Wouldn't need to plan for resupply or anything. Would have communication access from anywhere in the world.

You could use it as a kickass home gym where you can dial up or down gravity depending on what you're doing.

Smuggling would be a whole lot easier if you went that route. Transporting all sorts of things really; you only need to get yourself to the new location.

Could do some very amazing magic tricks since you can disappear (and swap props or outfits or whatever).

With gravity turned down you could presumably build up some momentum and launch yourself places. Not sure how you'd stick the landing unless you can control which way is "up" as you teleport to the room.

Edit: Just realised this idea is kinda similar to an ability from HunterxHunter

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

That's perfect for drug smuggling

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can I take one end of a cable with me?

What's the max power I can get from the sockets?

Where does the eject button dump people and can it be set to dump things other than people as well?

Does time continue inside the pocket dimension if no one is inside?

What's the internal temperature/humidity? Is it regulated?

Can I choose what I take with me, or is it just everything im wearing/carrying?


Questions aside, I would fill it with all sorts of stuff that I might need at some point, but leave enough space for a bed and a desk.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

As others have mentioned - I'd use it as a hotel room and travel the world. I wonder if becoming a courier could fund the travel costs.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Hotbox then some 0G chillaxin. Put that hyper-advanced tech to good use.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Are there any restraints with any kind of outside object your pocket dimension is anchored to? It sounds like this would be super exploitable to pull off some cleverness just as an "invisibility cloak" (although presumably you couldn't see your surroundings from the inside, or it'd really be OP), let alone if you're not tied to a physical object. If you wanted to, you could probably rob banks and overthrow countries with that shit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'll tell you what'd I'd do, man. Two chicks at the same time

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's it? If you had a pocket dimension, you'd do two chicks at the same time?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Magical room with free power and Internet... I'm making it into a server room!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

*There is an eject button for those inside to get out if something happens to you

Well there goes one idea...

*Time proceeds at the same rate inside the pocket dimension

There go a couple more...

I'd go camping. Travel around the world. Become a cleptomaniac. The usual stuff...

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

*It has a couple of plug sockets and can connect to internet from the region you teleported in from

What do you mean connect to internet? usually that needs to work through a provider, and be hard wired. I think for this scenario its safer to assume you have radio signal access meaning you could have mobile data and calling.

I'm also assuming the teleportation is relative to the earth so If I'm on a plane, I wouldnt' want to teleport into my pocket dimension as I'd teleport out of it away from the plane.

One thing that comes to mind is you're basically an extremely hard to catch drug smuggler. The only time anyone will ever find drugs on you is when you're taking it out or into the dimension. Heck, even in doing sales, you can't be easily caught because you can drop off the drugs somewhere remote, and pick up the cash elsewhere. Even if you get "ripped off" the biggest problem for you is the money lost on buying the product, and travel time.

I think having a specialized emergency kit in the dimension would be very valuable. Maybe some explosives if you ever need to clear out an area though that should be rare. Canned food, and water. First aid kit. Some kind of smoke bomb (running away from a situation). Laptop with internet access (if you ever need to hide out, acts a entertainment and a way to hear what's going on in the world). Cardboard box that you can fit into (not certain whether you should teleport back somewhere because people are looking for you? Teleport back, inside the cardboard box to see if it's safe lol). Several rechargeable batteries since you basically have unlimited free power.

I think one of the more practical uses is using it as a home. You can live almost anywhere and have at least a small home. Get a job in the highest paying area you can access, and live in your home for most of the time and you'll save so much because those high wages usually stem from high cost of living.

I don't think you'd want to transport people because the more people that know about your ability, the more attention you'll get which is very bad. The only way transporting people really works is if they're transported while unconscious so they're not aware they were in another dimension.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not just car.
The Earth is moving around the Sun.
Which itself is moving inside the Milky Way.
Which itself is moving inside the local cluster.
Which itself is moving inside the Laniakea supercluster.
Which itself is moving inside the universe, probably?
And who the fuck knows if the universe itself is moving.

Depending on a frame of reference of position, you're either still in your car, where your car was, dying in space, or potentially outside the universe itself.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

edit: oh, pocket dimension... i just thought it said "pocket"...

whatever, i'm leaving it :P

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Water? I want a personal bathroom.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, sorry. I mean, you can bring in a tank of water if you want, or even make the whole pakve underwater, but there's no plumbing.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I hope it doest just has fancy cables with electric magic, but also basic human needs

  • water
  • light
  • air
  • WC
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I think I'd make various uses of it, but I think I'd mainly use it as an "at-sea cabin." Rig it up with a small bed-over-desk type situation, one of those little dorm minifridge/microwave deals, and stock it with tools/supplies etc. So basically I have a weightless camper van that's always with me and never needs parking. Hell certain city lifestyles where your "home" is where you sleep and shit and you spend the rest of your day out and about, it'd be all you need. Only problem is no plumbing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd probably use it as having a lot of extra portable storage space, so it'd probably get filled up with a bunch of junk real fast. also I'd have the coolest battery pack

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Minecraft pockets!

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

New Cable storage solution!

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Paint the inside beige and rent it out for $2000/month

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don't forget to paint over the electrical outlets, the thermostat and door hinges for that true landlord special aesthetic.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, feel like I could quite easily become a very famous stage magician a la "The Prestige" which would help make me rich while letting me keep the pocket dimension thing hidden in plain sight so to speak.

But my mind, as always, races to the limits more so than the possibilities. What would happen if I bring in more stuff than would fit? Say I bring in a decimeter cubed of concrete over and over until I no longer fit inside the cube if I'm allowed the concrete with me in? What if teleport in while driving? Does the car come with even though it doesn't fit? And if I return to the spot I entered does that mean I'll plopp out on the highway while my car is wrecked a ways down the road or inside my mangled car? What if the space i entered from is occupied or otherwise lethal?

What if I teleport in while under water? The void i leave in such an instantaneous fashion would behave quite interestingly if I did it at great depth.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can't bring in more stuff than would fit, as it just wouldn't fit. If you did, it would become a black hole. If the space you were going to pop out at would be occupied/lethal, you instead pop out at the nearest nonlethal space. And yeah, voids underwater would be cool.

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