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So if you could choose a superpower what would it be? and what kinds of things would it be also please nothing god-like, like overpowered and such.

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[โ€“] Hundun 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I would like to be able to spread basic education and academic literacy by touch. Like boop - and suddenly your "research" into "liberal agendas" is a joke both of us can enjoy.

[โ€“] ContentSpy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would want to have the superpower to make any app into a FOSS app instantly

chatGPT has entered the room (but only about a step in, has a good bit to go to complete it's entrance)

[โ€“] QuietStorm@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

that is a cool power

Ability to know every legal system to the most minute detail. I could then challenge unjust laws, particularly those that are a result of corruption, and have them overturned. It would be amazing. I'd probably be assassinated though. That would be a bummer.

[โ€“] quellik@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Ability to read minds, would make life a lot easier!

[โ€“] Nothus@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

The ability to grant temporary superpowers to others.

[โ€“] gina@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Laser eyes. Iโ€™d trim all my trees, maybe start a service.

[โ€“] GuyDudeman@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think my superpower would be to be able to communicate to anyone in a way in which they always fully understood my meaning.

[โ€“] Nothus@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would that entail fully understanding everyone else with the same lucidity?

[โ€“] GuyDudeman@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[โ€“] limecool@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Ability to make your tech into anything like making your smartwatch upgraded to super max with tech not available today. Imagine hundreds of terabytes of storage, ram, super computing in your fingertips. Ability to have tech which can do anything from anywhere. Ability to travel places faster than conventional methods.

Think super sophisticated tech. My first older of business would be creating Artificial Super Intelligence.

[โ€“] arcrust@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Easy.

The ability to make and manipulate portals. You can travel anywhere nearly instantly. My version of this power assumes you can make the exit portal without physically seeing it. So you could make one at home, one at your work and never deal with traffic. Want to go to London for the weekend? Done.

The cool thing is that you could also bring things to you. Craving a soda? Pop one portal under the coke in your fridge and the other just above your hand. Boom! Gravity pulls the coke through the portal and drops it into your hand. So now you can summon items to you as well.

My version also includes manipulation of your portals. You placed them but can move them while they are active. This allows you to effectively "scan" things. Need to dig a trench? Keep one portal stationary and just pull the other through the dirt. Whatever you scan gets immediately teleported elsewhere.

If we are assuming a world in which superheroes are a thing, you become an absolute badass. Not God like. But you can't be arrested because you'll just leave. You can easily make "rods from God" a reality. You could "scan" a spear fast enough that it's like shooting it from a cannon and impale your enemies. You can use your portals as perfect shields. All attacks would just be directed elsewhere.

I think about this power a lot. To be honest, It's based on Gilgamesh's powers from the Fate anime.

[โ€“] Revolving_Glass 1 points 1 year ago

The power to create any hot sauce Iโ€™ve tried before, anywhere within visual range. Delicious, prankable, and maybe it could save the day a few times.

[โ€“] MrComradeTaco@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would like the superpower to not poop for 3 days straight.

Op said nothing overpowered.

[โ€“] ComradeR@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

The hability to see the future of my life if I take any kind of decision.

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