While the results of both skills could prove useful, I'd rather be able to hear if someone is lying because my "talent" would be inconspicuous and wouldn't interfere with my daily life. Touching someone's butt is definitely going to end up--at best--with several visits to HR and more likely a lot of quality time with the legal system. No thanks.

I am not interested in going around assaulting people, so if I picked the butt thing, I would probably never use my power. Also, it's quite invasive to know things about someone's past that they haven't told you - just look at how Do Hana reacts each time a new Counter touches her! So I'd rather have those stories in a consensual way.

Being able to tell when someone is lying could be quite demoralizing, but on the whole I think it would be really useful, and that doesn't carry the same invasiveness to me - since the other person is making a choice to be dishonest right in that moment. I would just dread the moments when someone wants to be nice and says something not-quite-true, but I don't think I would think less of them, just disappointed that the gesture didn't come off the way I wanted. Still, then I'd be able to adjust for the next time and hopefully get a more genuine reaction!

I am not touching anyone, leave alone their butts.
And I have no interest in people’s past.
I don’t have great faith in humanity, so knowing someone is lying to my face won’t wreck me much. I should be just fine. May be I can give them an evil smirk every time they lie and have fun with it.

😁 Am I the only butt-toucher? Listen to my reason though, please! All of us are lying at some level. Truths and lies don't help us in understanding a person better, but their pasts do! (That's why well-written characters have backstories). Even without superpowers , I can pretty much tell when someone's lying. And I'm no forgiving saint, but just as a fragile person who wishes for their own peace of mind, I want to know "why" a close one lied to me before I judge them. Maybe something happened that led them to distort reality. Who knows? I'll only be trying those magic hands on my close GFs though. That's as far as discreet butt touching will go for me😂.

Since I am now triply-sure that @daebakgrits is trying to kill me—yeah, I know, it’s not all about me, fine fine. With this fact firmly in mind, I decided to ask the folks who live with me which of the two they’d pick so that I could relay their responses and maintain some semblance of sanity. Here are two sample quotes from the non-k-drama-watching community:

Wait, you said that she can also tell how a chicken’s going to die by touching its butt?? Wouldn’t that be really sad?

Would I have to listen to the way everyone lies all the time, or could I turn it off and on as a skill?

So, clearly, these folks chose their responses by trying to make logical decisions, which as we all know, isn’t entirely wise in K-dramaland. I mean, we’ve actually got the butt drama as a show that’s making it to air. ‘Nuff said.

For me, I don’t want to end up in court because the only butt I’d be seeking out to touch is indeed Lee Min-ki’s, and I bet he has a lot of lawyers. I’ll just watch it happen on the show and enjoy making butt jokes while streams of tears roll down my cheeks.

Nooo, not those cheeks. Eew. Where was your brain?? 🤨

Listening to everyone else’s ongoing malarkey it is.

With so much harassment litigation, the butt touch is a non-starter.

Be able to hear when someone is lying has both good and bad points; good, when you need to know if someone is telling the truth, and bad when someone is trying to be nice or not hurt your feelings by telling a white lie. Honesty is the best policy so that is my choice here.

No!

Thank you @daebakgrits, I have modified my name to add The Broom!

I pick knowing that someone is lying. I don’t want to know their past, I want to learn about them from them (except I’d know when they’re lying!) It would cause too much awkwardness to know their past and understand all their motivations- the ultimate TMI!

So far in the show our lie-detector has mostly used her ability to help other people, but it could be very handy to know when people are lying to you. Crooked car salesmen and financial advisors. Politicians. Evil chaebols/lawyers/accountants in every kdrama ever. Even maybe evil spirits like in Revenant.

If I have to choose: NO to the lie detection. It would just be so loud around people!!

What is said: “How’s your day?” - “Fine!”
What you hear: “How’s your day?” - “Ugh, you know. First I overslept and was late for work. When I got up I noticed the coffee was empty and I had to leave the house all cranky. My boss was in a funny mood and decided he needed the report I was planning to finish on Friday today, asap. When I came home I noticed my cat vomited all over the living room floor and I had to clean it all up before coming to meet you. But now I’m happy to see you and won’t darken the mood by telling you all this! Cheers”

I guess I’ll have to touch butts instead.

While always knowing when people are lying would probably be so annoying (for lack of a better term), since I have trust issues anyway, I would prefer to just know up front if I'm being lied to, especially about big things.

The white lies would probably be the most tedious haha

Imagine a hulky replusive guy gets the power of knowing your past by touching your butt...now not only you are at risk of getting assualted but even blackmailed for it too! I would not wish that power on anyone. It only sounds cute becasue Ha Ji Min will have that power on our TV screens with a very good looking Lee Min Ki hot on her behind (all puns intended).

Though I am not a fan of either, hearing others lie is OK. We hear and know it most of the time anyway.....

I agree with the logic that touching other people’s butts is a choice, and hearing people’s lies would be burdensome, but I just can’t choose butt touching.

If I must choose one I guess I'd choose other if someone is lying. There are times it could be really useful. In fact, I could have used this skill when my kids were teenagers, lol! In thinking it over, I think I'd have an easier time handling it when people were lying to me directly. Overhearing someone lie to someone else would be a dilemma though. Not the little white lies, but the bigger more hurtful ones. To tell or not to tell would bring on a moral dilemma that I could see myself having to wrestle with, depending on the situation.

I'm a strong girl, I can handle the truth, no matter how unpleasant it may be. Keep your butts to yourselves - I rarely touch any in general, and when I do, having visions is usually not the goal I have in mind^^

I would rather be able to detect lies, but what is the name of the drama with the butt touching? I want to at least watch the trailer because that sounds bananas.

Knowing when the other person is lying. Then I can make great decisions, I think, such as knowing which property to buy, who to be friends or more than friends with, etc.

As for the alternative, the likelihood of touching someone’s butt isn’t high from the get-go. Nah, thanks. I want to spend some quality time somewhere far away from courts of law.

Gone go with "Be able to hear when someone is lying" as it will be truly an useful skill