this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2023
11 points (100.0% liked)

Ask Lemmy

171 readers
1 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions.

Rules:

  1. Be nice
  2. Have fun
  3. No spam, spammers=scammers
  4. NSFW is okay, just add a content warning

Partnered Communities:

No Stupid Questions

Logo design credit goes to chicken

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
beefbaby182@lemmy.world
rigo@lemmy.one
Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world
thesanewriter@vlemmy.net
candyman337@lemmy.world
hyperyog@lemmy.world
11
If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why? (lemmy.sascamooch.com)
submitted 1 year ago by sascamooch@lemmy.sascamooch.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sascamooch.com/post/3343

For me, it'd probably be teleportation. The possibilities with teleportation are basically limitless.

  • Building's on fire? Teleport in, grab the people inside, and teleport out. Easy.
  • Getting your butt kicked by a supervillain? Teleport to a gun shop, grab some weapons, and teleport back for round 2.
    • Alternatively, just grab your opponent, teleport in front of a moving train or something, let go of your opponent, and teleport away.
  • Need to defuse a bomb? No need! Just teleport the bomb to the middle of the desert. Never worry about cutting the wrong wire again!
  • Want to go to a Taylor Swift concert, but you overslept? You guessed it: just teleport! You don't even need to buy a ticket!

Admittedly, stopping time is another very useful power, but teleportation is just really hard to beat. What say you?

top 4 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] MicroWave@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Instantaneous learning.

Want to play the sax? Just pick it up.

Want to cook? Just pick up a knife.

Want to draw? Just pick up a pencil.

[–] V4uban 1 points 1 year ago

Teleportation seems very nice indeed. So much time spent going to places could be used for something else

[–] CaptManiac@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Teleportation would be so dangerous. The chancers are too high that you'd teleport into something: a wall, table, chair, etc.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

A complete understanding of genetics and manipulation as a technology, with the social connections to make it useful to everyone without capitalist exploitation.

  • I'm not a god, yet I can extend the lives of everyone including myself, maybe indefinitely

  • I can eradicate all diseases. Alter probable animal behavior, or entire ecosystems.

  • I can create a new era of lab grown organic technology that runs from photosynthesis or caloric intake. A computer could be a synthetic brain like structure with similar organic based power requirements.

  • My super power makes humans a galactic species as I can solve all problems related to time, hibernation, radiation, and a sustainable ecosystem.

  • Within a few decades, we would be contemplating the furthest galaxies that could be reached realistically with hibernation ships.