If you were one what powers would you have.

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the hypothetical powers participants would choose if they were superheroes or had superhuman abilities. The scope includes personal preferences for powers, imaginative reasoning, and some reflections on the implications of such abilities.

Discussion Character

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  • Conceptual clarification
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express a desire for elemental powers, such as fire manipulation.
  • Invisibility is a popular choice, with some indicating a mischievous intent behind its use.
  • Flight is mentioned as a desirable ability by one participant.
  • Several participants propose the ability to mute or control interactions with others, particularly in the context of online discourse.
  • There are suggestions for powers related to enhanced cognitive abilities, such as faster thinking and the ability to know others' thoughts, with concerns about the potential downsides of such powers.
  • One participant mentions a unique genetic anomaly that affects their physiology, leading to a discussion about the nature of their condition.
  • Another participant suggests the power to adopt any other power at will, indicating a desire for versatility.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share a variety of imaginative powers they would choose, but there is no consensus on which powers are preferable or the implications of having them. Multiple competing views on the desirability and consequences of certain powers remain present.

Contextual Notes

Some discussions touch on the implications of powers like mind reading, suggesting that the ability to turn such powers on and off could be necessary to avoid constant disturbance. There is also mention of genetic anomalies that may not be widely understood, indicating a lack of consensus on the nature of such conditions.

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Readers interested in speculative discussions about superpowers, personal preferences in fictional abilities, or the implications of such powers in social contexts may find this thread engaging.

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If you were one what powers would you have.
 
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wolram said:
If you were one what powers would you have.
I like fire. So I would have fire powers.

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Invisibility.
 
hmmm, I think I might want to try flight.
 
I'd be invisible.

But I'd use it for e-ville.
 
For the sake of Biological accuracy, I am, and I don't.
 
The ability to mute all stupid ppl at will.



"zip-it!"


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The ability to mute all stupid ppl at will.
Ignore List :biggrin:
 
Berislav said:
Ignore List :biggrin:
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  • #10
Invisibility and X-Ray vision. And walk through walls. :biggrin:
 
  • #11
wolvrine...
 
  • #12
faster neuron firing rate, so I could think faster, plus no need to sleep, eat, or drink (eat & drink only for fun/taste)
 
  • #13
Another good one would be the ability to know what people around you are thinking.
 
  • #14
mattmns said:
Another good one would be the ability to know what people around you are thinking.

This might be a bad idea, as u will constantly being disturb by the others. Unless u have the ability to turn this on and off as well.
 
  • #15
The power to utterly annhilate internet forum trolls.
 
  • #16
darkar said:
This might be a bad idea, as u will constantly being disturb by the others. Unless u have the ability to turn this on and off as well.
Yes I thought about the same thing, and I would have the ability to turn it on or off :smile:
 
  • #17
Bladibla said:
The power to utterly annhilate internet forum trolls.

That could back fire on ya! j/k
 
  • #18
i'd be like God, but real
 
  • #19
Intangiable in every way, with no proven influence on anything?
You'd get awful lonely.
 
  • #20
well u could be a cool comic character.
me=wolvrine
 
  • #21
wolram said:
If you were one what powers would you have.
I am one. :biggrin: I have a somewhat unique (rare) genetic anomaly which affected my internal physiology. It puzzles the most doctors - they have to flip X-rays before they figure out that what they see is actual. Few doctors I have encountered know anything about it.
 
  • #22
wolram said:
If you were one what powers would you have.
I would have the power to be able to do any other power at any time.
 
  • #23
Astronuc said:
I am one. :biggrin: I have a somewhat unique (rare) genetic anomaly which affected my internal physiology. It puzzles the most doctors - they have to flip X-rays before they figure out that what they see is actual. Few doctors I have encountered know anything about it.

Wow you mean your organs are in the wrong places ? and the docs have been
listening to your liver.
 
  • #24
I've heard of "mirror image" people, but never by themselves. I thought they only came in twin pairs...The egg divides into two and that's where identical twins come from, but in mirror image twins, one of the twins grows as the mirror image of the other.
 

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