If you had superpowers what would they be?

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The discussion centers around the appeal and potential applications of various superpowers, with participants expressing preferences for abilities like invulnerability, intangibility, super-strength, flight, and teleportation. Many contributors highlight the versatility of shape-shifting, emphasizing its potential for creativity and fun. The conversation also touches on the philosophical implications of superpowers, such as the loneliness of immortality and the unpredictability of omniscience. Participants debate the practicality of powers like mind reading and time travel, while some humorously suggest powers that would allow for personal gain, like generating money or manipulating others. The overarching theme reflects a fascination with the implications of superpowers on life, society, and personal experiences, with a mix of serious and lighthearted tones throughout the exchanges.
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Does 'charming the pants off girls' not count? :confused:

- Warren
 
Easy, Superhuman Intelligence, although it is not mentioned. It would crush everyone :biggrin:
 
i'd love to have superman's. Can't beat that :biggrin:
 
chroot said:
Does 'charming the pants off girls' not count? :confused:

- Warren

Of course it counts. Everything counts.
 
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brute strength, super speed, invisibility, flight, shape shifting, energy beams,
aaaaaaaaaaa i can keep thinkin the whole night, there r so many i want
 
Moridin said:
Easy, Superhuman Intelligence, although it is not mentioned. It would crush everyone :biggrin:

what exactly a intelligent superhuman do?
 
The ability to make any arbitrary individual within a 20 foot radius think that he or she owns me money from that one time that one day.
 
Is getting to choose your superpowers a superpower?
 
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Moridin said:
Easy, Superhuman Intelligence, although it is not mentioned. It would crush everyone :biggrin:

It was mentioned.
 
  • #11
I do alright as is.
 
  • #12
I do alright as is.
You are superhumanly human!

Personally, i'd love teleportation. At least I could wake up from bed at the last possible instant and still get to college on time.
 
  • #13
I'd have "generic superpower" that can do anything. :D
 
  • #14
I think shape shifting is the coolest. Especially if there are little to no limitations. You could look like other people.. .or animals... really small things that fit in people's pockets. All sorts of coolnesses.
 
  • #15
The ability to generate any amount of money in any denomination in any currency at any time.
 
  • #16
I'd like to be able to see through womens clothes. Sometimes. :biggrin: o:)

Actually, I'm kidding. Hell, I wouldn't like to have this super power. Things wouldn't be fun.
 
  • #17
ank_gl said:
what exactly a intelligent superhuman do?

Not really sure. Get to speak at some conventions I guess.
 
  • #18
Moridin said:
Not really sure. Get to speak at some conventions I guess.

Or commit suicide.
 
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radou said:
Or commit suicide.

Or find elaborate ways to manipulate the masses and construct a massive army of loyal people to storm all nations and take over the world. No one could overturn me, because I would be very intelligent, performing calculations all the time, estimating probability and being able to evade attackers. The ground will be drowned in human worship and animal sacrifice. Then as Almighty Leader of the world, I could like, go speak at some conventions, or, alternately write a lot of self-help books for new promising galactic overlords.

The ability to generate any amount of money in any denomination in any currency at any time.

Imagine how fast one could drive down the US economy, hitting rock bottom in a matter of days.
 
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It would definitely be one of two (unless I am only limited to one)

Complete body invisibility at will, and the power of supernatural manipulation of other people.
 
  • #21
I would choose the ability to do physics problems and experiments at superhuman speed and exceptional accuracy.

Oh wait... :rolleyes:
 
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as in the mel gibson movie, knowing what women are thinking.
 
  • #23
arunma said:
I would choose the ability to do physics problems and experiments at superhuman speed and exceptional accuracy.

Oh wait... :rolleyes:

Lame.

He said superhero, not supernerd powers.

Being invisible would be cool, but so would shape shifting.
 
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Moridin said:
Or find elaborate ways to manipulate the masses and construct a massive army of loyal people to storm all nations and take over the world. No one could overturn me, because I would be very intelligent, performing calculations all the time, estimating probability and being able to evade attackers. The ground will be drowned in human worship and animal sacrifice. Then as Almighty Leader of the world, I could like, go speak at some conventions, or, alternately write a lot of self-help books for new promising galactic overlords.



Imagine how fast one could drive down the US economy, hitting rock bottom in a matter of days.

this has already happened. Its called scientology. Unfortunately there was one major flaw :rolleyes:
 
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My superpower would be that the universe is just a dream. Then I would wake up and see what happens.
 
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Huckleberry said:
My superpower would be that the universe is just a dream. Then I would wake up and see what happens.


Thats not a superpower. :rolleyes: It's a movie called the matrix.

A good superpower would be something like using the force in star wars where you can alter peoples thoughts.

Another good one would be the ability to travel in time.
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
Thats not a superpower. :rolleyes: It's a movie called the matrix.

I hate it when my imagination taunts me. Be silent or I'll wake up.
 
  • #28
My one super power would be to have whatever super power I wanted to have at any given time.
 
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cyrus said:
It's a movie called the matrix.
Like the writers of that movie were the original creators of the idea.
 
  • #30
Mk said:
Like the writers of that movie were the original creators of the idea.

Ok, and? Thats still not a superpower, is it?
 
  • #31
Shape shifting!
Its the most wicked super cool amazing power worth having!
What are you people thinking?
Shape SHIFTING!
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
Another good one would be the ability to travel in time.
We all do that.
 
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You can't go forwards, and you can't go backwards in time. That's what I'd call no ability to time travel.
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
Ok, and? Thats still not a superpower, is it?
I'm not talking about The Matrix.

I guess if the universe were my personal dream then I could do anything I have the ability to imagine. Basically, I would have all super-powers. So I'd instantly think of all the possibilities of every possible combination of events right down to the atomic structure and experience them all. Then I'd be bored and wonder what is real that is beyond my imagination. What am I missing?

My super-power would be the choice to discover what happens to dreams when the dreamer awakes and to understand what is more real than this reality. What happens to something if there is no observer to observe it? If I am dreaming and realize I am dreaming then I can feel the difference between the dream and reality. So if I suddenly realize I am dreaming now, what would the new reality be like. Would it feel more real than this one?

Having a super-power is like being a big fish in a little pond. Can you imagine a world where everyone could time-travel or shape-shift or be invisible or dominate minds? Maybe it's my own pessimistic view of humanity, but the abuses of these abilities seem to outweigh the benefits to me. Super-powers are super because they are rare. It's being the big fish.

I'd rather be a small fish in an ocean of experiences larger than I can imagine.
 
  • #35
This is somewhat randon and is certianly no super power:
If I was really fat my goal would be to find wooden chairs, sit on them and break them.:smile:
 
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The ability to tell the future, even if it were only for a short time, would trump all the other powers. You would know where others were going to punch, where the bullets were going to fly and what the stock market was going to do (hey! every super hero needs money). And best of all, what questions were going to be on the test.
 
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radou said:
I'd like to be able to see through womens clothes. Sometimes. :biggrin: o:)

Actually, I'm kidding. Hell, I wouldn't like to have this super power. Things wouldn't be fun.
Hah, that's why I refuse to go into any stripclubs. Don't ever want to be desensitized.
 
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wildman said:
The ability to tell the future, even if it were only for a short time, would trump all the other powers. You would know where others were going to punch, where the bullets were going to fly and what the stock market was going to do (hey! every super hero needs money). And best of all, what questions were going to be on the test.
I agree, especially if you had a high amount of control over it and with a large range. It would definitely be the second most powerful. The first, of course, being the ability to give yourself new superpowers :biggrin:
 
  • #39
Huckleberry said:
I'm not talking about The Matrix.

I guess if the universe were my personal dream then I could do anything I have the ability to imagine. Basically, I would have all super-powers. So I'd instantly think of all the possibilities of every possible combination of events right down to the atomic structure and experience them all. Then I'd be bored and wonder what is real that is beyond my imagination. What am I missing?
The whole 'Omnipotence would be boring' argument makes no sense to me. It's impossible to predict what existence would be like for someone who wasn't confined by human mortality. It might be boring, it might be something completely different, we can't even begin to speculate.
Gale said:
Shape shifting!
Its the most wicked super cool amazing power worth having!
What are you people thinking?
Shape SHIFTING!
Yeah, I guess it'd be cool to be a girl for a day. :smile:
 
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mathwonk said:
as in the mel gibson movie, knowing what women are thinking.
Just women? Why not all people? That'd be cool. Oh, and you'd have to have a translation power as well. And why stop at people, all sentient life! Solve the question of animal intelligence once and for all. Imagine the look on Greenpeaces' face when you tell them whales only ever think about McDonalds.
 
  • #41
Maybe the ability to shapeshift into two people, one man and one woman, and then give new meaning to the phrase "go..."
 
  • #42
:smile: That's awesome. I'd totally do that if I had the superpower. Pure Awesomeness.
 
  • #43
told you shape shifting was the bestest. Imagine the possibilities! Why stop and just being men and women? You could be a man and a tree, a woman and a horse, a caterpillar and a french fry... Shape shifting would be the funnest power. hands down.
 
  • #44
Psycho Kinetic ability and teleportation. Those two would trump anything.
 
  • #45
whats psycho kinetic?
 
  • #46
crazy excersize?
 
  • #47
worst superpower ever.
 
  • #48
Seriously though, I've considered this a long time. Shape shifting is the way to go. In theory, you would never die of old age right? and you could look like anything. Its as good as being invisible. and you wouldn't ever need tools and stuff, cause you could just shift it into your hand. Plus, shape shifting would be super fun!
 
  • #49
It's probably one of the easier ones to shrug off scientifically too. I mean, your cell's re-organizing themselves makes more sense than, say, flight (wing-less), invulnerability, the other 'traditional' ones.
 
  • #50
Getting the pants off of women would better anything though... hmmm... combine that with telekenesis, and you really have something...
 

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