Reality: it is an active, involuntary vasomotor response. The nervous system constricts blood vessels under the skin to form ridges—acting like tire treads to channel away water and improve grip on wet objects. Patients with severed median nerves don't wrinkle at all.

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[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 5 hours ago (6 children)

So theoretically there might be a possibility to acquire an ability to wrinkle myself at will? Cool!

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 31 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

ability to wrinkle myself at will

That's gotta be the shittiest superpower...

"I'm Superman! I fly at supersonic speed!"
"I'm Aquaman! I breathe underwater!"
"I'm Wrinkleman! I camouflage as a giant scrotum!"

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

"Moisturizer, my one weakness!"

[–] 5765313496@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

His name's not Moisturizer, it's Moist Man!

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

If you turn it up to 11 you get Nightcrawler's gecko hands.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

TIL Dwight Schrute is on lemmy

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 6 points 4 hours ago

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago

Future genetically enhanced super-soldiers: bulging bicepses lined with testosterone ampules, merciless eyes with sclera flooded red, and permanently wrinkled butt cheeks, for better grip of course.

[–] alywindows3@feddit.org 6 points 5 hours ago

Haha, unfortunately it's strictly controlled by the autonomic nervous system (same system as goosebumps and pupil dilation), so voluntary control is locked out. Would make a wild party trick though!

[–] Damarus@feddit.org 3 points 5 hours ago

Well you see, it's called the autonomous nervous system for a reason. It just does its thing and you don't have direct control over it.