How pedantic do we get to be? Like, Iβd be fine with flying because I could just hover a millimeter from the ground instead of standing, I would think
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Hmm I think anything is fine really hah. I feel like it'd get weird never being able to touch the ground again, like I'd feel so detatched from things
Technically, you can fly towards the ground while being upright(unless the feet are the sole thrusters), to get that feel, right?
Good point. If you fly feet forward towards the ground with an acceleration of 9,81 m/s2 it should feel pretty much like normal standing with gravity.
"I forgot one thing about the guy who had gained the ability to fly - it was actually only for a foot or two, and only an inch or so high"
- The Vandals, An Idea for a Movie
Make billionaires turn inside out when they're on the same planet as me
It happens continuously and so fast its not perceptible
So, question: when the billionaire dies, does their wealth transfer according to local laws? So an entire lineage could instantly turn inside out, including bastard children on the fringes of inheritance, with only an estate tax to save them?
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If you don't specify a currency or a grade of inflation, this might kill far more people than expected.
1 billion Iranian Rial for instance is just about 23752 USD.
A couple of multi-millionaires would pay you to stop and then you'd implode.
Still a net win for everyone else though, I support this.
This is pretty simple though right?
Healing factor - always-on healing.
Monkey Paw: Cancer cells also heal
Deadpool?
What if thereβs an earthquake and you get stuck under a mountain of rubble? Could take months for you to get out of there. How about a skiing accident involving an avalanche? Could take even longer. When you are completely immortal, you suddenly start to view certain risks in a very different way.
Always on healing includes mental health :)
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I'm always at a comfortable temperature no matter what.
If humanity finds out about that property of you, you might end up as some kind of human battery. If you can't be cooled down under any circumstances, one could use your body to heat up infinite amounts of water/air with heat pumps and use you to heat entire cities. Super useful for the rest of humanity but not exactly the life I'd like to live. :D
I don't think it would be worth it, as the thermal conduction would be far too low to be useful
However, it would be a useful ability in extreme environments, such as space or Antarctica or something like that. So your chances of becoming an astronaut would massively increase.
We could also run some heat pipes through the body to improve conductivity, stretch the skin to increase the surface etc.
If the person doesn't need to be alive to stay at a comfortable temperature we could even grind the body into a powder of tiny heat emitting particles. Then add a very fast flowing liquid with a good conductivity and our super hero heating system is good to go.
But enough psychopath talk now. I personally don't want to turn anyone into a heating system, but I'm sure capitalism will find a way to exploit this special property. :D
Jeazus.
That is a really good one. Because you can't stop it, but a comfortable temperature is always comfortable.
Being lucky all the time would be cool. The only time I can think it might be a hindrance would be at a casino because they'd think I'm cheating but I don't gamble so it doesn't matter I guess.
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hmmmm, "plot armor" sounds nice to be always on.
Shapeshifting. It's what I wanted anyway and I can always just be continuously toggling the length of my little toenail to be 1mm longer or shorter.
Hell yeah, I get to choose my boob size, and I can have my hair changing colors like in Terraria!
super good luck. like the the chick from deadpool 2 I think or longshots if it always stayed on.
I would have the power to be naturally skilled at anything I do and having it always activated would be a bonus.
Everyone within my earshot has to tell the truth.
Works with TV, radio. Any real time communication.
I think this should also work on myself
I would use this power to make a communist organization of my choice completely immune to infiltration
Imagine an America without COINTELPRO
Never becoming deaf and always having good hearing. I'm not sure I'd be able to enjoy life anymore if I became deaf, so just having good hearing would make the rest of my life worth living, without any major side effects I could think of.
That is easy: super intelligence
Great way to feel lonely and isolated! It's already an issue "gifted" folk struggle with, and the more "gifted" you are, the more isolated you tend to be
Not if you learn to understand the people around you, and their limitations, and to anticipate and work around them with compassion and understanding.
Having no to few peers is isolating no matter how compassionate you are.
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You are too smart and realize how fucked up the world is and become severely depressed.
You donβt need to be too smart to see thisβ¦ unless youβre a liberal redditor then you surely think you are.
Iβm using you the same as you are, not meaning you the commenter lol
Every lonely fuck thinking he is the smartest person on the planet is replying to this
The power to see through clothing. Because it would remind me that no one is really important.
Invisibility
Hope you like a sleeping masks. cause eyelids could be a problem.
I do and have a couple
Any you would endorse? My partners mask just comes comes off all the time.
Not really an endorsement but the ones I use look more like ski goggles in their shape. I have a high nose bridge so that is the only kind I can use that doesn't leak a lot. The one on the right in this picture is what I prefer.
Teleport. Its always on, so I'm just flickering on the spot constantly so fast that its only visible on some cameras.
At the same time this gives me the seeming ability to fly at will, be anywhere, and potentially float (destructively) through walls.
I would choose to have the power to turn off superpowers and then I'd try turning off my superpower and see what happens.
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Easy: Max out luck. Literally no downsides
The ability to shapeshift doesn't really get affected by this caveat, so that remains about as appealing as it was before.
Taken to an extreme, one can get a controllable/turn-off-able biological immortality and at-will violation of conservation of matter/energy.
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