# You can have one of your young attributes back. Which do you choose? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 7, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932 "2015-11-07T18:21:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/1 "2015-11-07T18:21:17Z")
If you could get one of your younger attributes back, which would you choose? ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/2 "2015-11-07T18:32:36Z")
Still got all my hair, vision is still 20/20, although I now need reading glasses sometimes, manly parts still work, so I voted for knees and joints. Too many years of full court basketball, with the requisite sore knees and twisted ankles. Most mornings now, I pop and crack like crazy for the first 20 feet or so. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/3 "2015-11-07T18:34:08Z")
Not sure I understand the question. Would hair count? :o ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_of\_Words](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@Jack\_of\_Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_of_Words)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/4 "2015-11-07T18:39:04Z")
Optimism/faith in humanity. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/5 "2015-11-07T18:54:21Z")
My back! I want my back back, as it were! (Should’ve been a choice!) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/6 "2015-11-07T19:03:40Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > My back! > > I want my back back, as it were! (Should’ve been a choice!) You’re right darn it! And the irony here is my back is always giving me shit! ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/7 "2015-11-07T19:15:29Z")
I voted metabolism, but I’m greedy; I want my entire 20 year old body back. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/8 "2015-11-07T19:16:52Z")
My ability to digest raw vegetables. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/9 "2015-11-07T19:22:04Z")
A functional pancreas. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/10 "2015-11-07T19:23:57Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > I voted metabolism, but I’m greedy; I want my entire 20 year old body back. 🙂 This. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/11 "2015-11-07T19:31:49Z")
I voted appetite/metabolism. Once upon a time I was a competitive swimmer. Somehow I managed to get in a mile to a mile and a half of laps during practice each day and never seemed particularly hungry. That has… ahem… changed. Now my physique is more suited do be used as a flotation device rather than a lifeguard. ---
**Author:** ![tuesdayweld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@tuesdayweld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tuesdayweld)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/12 "2015-11-07T20:26:10Z")
> [@Jack\_of\_Words](#): > > Optimism/faith in humanity. I’m with Jack of Words - I voted “other”. Has anyone seen my rose-colored glasses? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/13 "2015-11-07T20:34:20Z")
Other – naiveté ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/14 "2015-11-07T21:17:04Z")
Back (ruined by way too many 10+ hour MMO gaming sessions) or teeth (bad genes and a love of sweets). I’m actually stronger now than I ever was and I much prefer my BMI 21 body to my old way too thin teenage body so no problems there … yet. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/15 "2015-11-07T21:19:37Z")
In my teens, the doctor said I was in the 90th percentile of skinniness. Ha! If only he could see me now… ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/16 "2015-11-07T21:20:55Z")
My voice. I used to have a fairly decent vocal range, impressive breath control, etc. Decades of not keeping in practice and polluting my lungs have pretty much killed all that. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/17 "2015-11-07T21:22:49Z")
Other: confidence ---
**Author:** ![DeepLiquid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deepliquid/32/14893_2.png) [@DeepLiquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeepLiquid)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/18 "2015-11-07T21:27:50Z")
Having just had a knee replacement that is not providing optimal results, I want my youthful knees back. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/19 "2015-11-07T21:37:38Z")
I want my ability to work on a problem for years, if necessary, till I solve it. Just cannot do that any more. After my thesis was finished with partial results, I worked on the problem–on and off–for five years before I finally cracked it wide open. Maybe the best thing I ever did. Although I’ve done easier things that have had more impact. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932/20 "2015-11-07T21:43:33Z")
I want some energy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-one-of-your-young-attributes-back-which-do-you-choose/736932.md?page=2)