Pick it! Which do you want? Vote now!
Power to the People! Pick Your Superpower!
Pick it! Which do you want? Vote now!
"I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it. Other than that, I'm open to just about anything."
-Jim Rockford
Oh Screw me. This was supposed to be a poll.
That's okay, this way people get to make up good stuff.
I want to fly, okay?
If not fly...um, pass through walls. That would be good.
"I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it. Other than that, I'm open to just about anything."
-Jim Rockford
I want the power to heal from anything. And then I will buy a jetpack.
A lot of people say they want to fly, and I'm tempted to go with that too, but I imagine that if I could do that I'd end up with vertigo, or get sucked into a jet engine, or something.
I think I'd go with telekinesis.
Can I teleport at will? That seems like a good one.
Mind control.
Interviewer: " jali's ex-husband, why did you just slap yourself?"
Ex-husband: "I don't know. It just keeps happening."::crying::
They weren't singing....they were just honking.
Glee 2009
You are a sick and evil woman. I like.Originally posted by jali
Blink and my house is clean.
Jali the Jedi. I like it.
I'm all about the telekinesis, myself.
How many psychic powers can I have? 'Cause I want telepathy and telekinesis.
shapechange.
6PACK ABS FOREVAH
I don't think so, therefore I'm probably not.
I will be the Man-skunk! Able to shoot out streams of incapacitating stench on a whim.
I would be on the permanent no-fly list, because I am a WMD.
I would like to be able to know, simply by closing my eyes and concentrating for a moment, the precise location of any object in the universe.
On a daily basis this would save tons of time - no more hunting for a lost cell phone or a favorite pen. I also wouldn't worry much about theft, as I would likely be able to recover any stolen objects and quite possibly identify the culprit as well.
In fact, the forensic applications of this power are immense and I imagine I would make a good living as a police consultant finding stolen art, missing people, etc. I could also help to unravel classic unsolved cases by concentrating on "the bones of Jimmy Hoffa" or other items.
The only downside is that Larry King Live would probably want to book an appearance with me, and I really hate that guy.
I was just gonna go with flying or teleportation (I hate transportation, so much wasted time) but shape changing and instant house cleaning both sound really nice . . .
Wait, no, how about the ability to instantly transport things inside my body to elsewhere? Specifically, there is nothing worse than having to get out of my nice warm bed in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. Plus it would virtually eliminate the risk of jaguar attacks.
And just think of how large a territory you could claim!
I won't even mention the opportunities for harassing hated public figures. Nossir, I won't mention the glee some people might take in being able to leave a steaming dump on top of Sarah Palin's every morning paper...
Like Sarah Palin reads.
Invisibility. With that power, and enough time, I could do anything I wanted or needed to.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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This episode of This American Life has a segment in which their contributor John Hodgman (PC from those PC vs. Mac commercials) asks people whether they'd rather be able to fly or turn invisible. (You can listen online for free.) The part that has stuck with me is that the invisibility partisans maintained that the people who favored flight were lying and if it came down to it everybody would want to be able to be invisible if they could choose.
I'd pick being able to stop time so i could catch up on my reading etc.
I would like the ability to duplicate myself* and be in many places at once. I could be lazy and get things done at the same time! While one of me is sleeping in, other mes could be studying molecular biology or climbing El Capitan.
*I figure that "unduplicating myself" is also implied by this power, just as the power of flight implies being able to land again. Obviously I wouldn't want a bunch of extra mes hanging around indefinitely.
That's a neat idea, terrifel, but what happens when all the "yous" want to sleep in?
What happens then? What happens?!That's a neat idea, terrifel, but what happens when all the "yous" want to sleep in?
MY REAL LIFE HAPPENS.
Last edited by terrifel; 27 Feb 2010 at 10:27 AM.
You're both ignoring the real problem: What happens to the duplicates who fear being subsumed back into the greater whole?
It's a recipe for civil war, if you ask me.
Instantly thought of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Enough_at_Last
Oh, nonsense. Obviously if I am not afraid of being subsumed, then no duplicate of me is going to fear being subsumed either. And if there's one thing in the world I'm not afraid of, it's being subsumed.
Go ahead, subsume me. I dare you. Subsume my oily, diseased consciousness into your precious collective. See what it feels like. JOIN ME.
Look: if I duplicate myself for a day, and then reintegrate, I would recall the experiences of both "days." So which day is the original? It's just like living through two regular days, only sideways.
A power I like to call the secular slap. One swipe of my hand across your face, will give you one purely secular view towards the world. If after my slap, you decide to go back to religion, so be it, but I just want to give people a chance. Its an altruistic power, to be sure.
Read "Kiln People" by David Brin. Only difference is you buy the blanks and they die after day. Well usually.
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We started with nothing and we still have most of it left.
Man would you ever be hunted down and killed quickly. You would need the rest of us to protect you.A power I like to call the secular slap. One swipe of my hand across your face, will give you one purely secular view towards the world. If after my slap, you decide to go back to religion, so be it, but I just want to give people a chance. Its an altruistic power, to be sure.
I was planning to give you a jet pack for your birthday, but since you appear to be budgeting for one your ownself I go with the hallmark card instead.
"Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon." (Chesterton)
This is a wonderful idea. I'm changing to AndrewRyan's power.A power I like to call the secular slap. One swipe of my hand across your face, will give you one purely secular view towards the world. If after my slap, you decide to go back to religion, so be it, but I just want to give people a chance. Its an altruistic power, to be sure.
The Secular Slap should be bundled with an additional power, maybe acid snot or super-stretchy arms--you know just to justify the cape.
"I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it. Other than that, I'm open to just about anything."
-Jim Rockford
I want to shapeshift, like the naked blue chick. Especially if that means I get to hang out with Ian McKellen.
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