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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[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 16 points 1 hour 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 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

"Moisturizer, my one weakness!"

[–] 5765313496@lemmy.world 4 points 36 minutes ago

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

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago

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