Your "super power" - Page 2

ladysycamore · 09-13-2004, 06:41 PM

Hm...I think I'd like the power to start over. Yeah, that'll be cool.

Joe Faux · 09-13-2004, 09:52 PM

I've answered this question many different ways at various points in my life.

This week, I'd like the power to see events that have transpired with the ability to show them to others. This could be used to solve questions of our creation, witness religious miracles, resolve murders, and see disputed historical events. (However, I've never wanted to see into the future because that would sap all of the fun out of it.)

I'd like to think that with this knowledge we could move on with our lives and stop bickering over stupid stuff.

Then again, last week I wanted to leverage the unused brain cycles of other people to resolve complex problems. (Since some folks I know aren't pulling their weight or using even their minimum potential...) Think of it as sort of a distributed computing solution for humanity. I quickly rescinded this wish when I realized, given the quality of some of the hardware involved (including my own), the results would probably be flawed anyway.

flippant · 09-18-2004, 11:36 AM

Anything I write comes true. Along with the power to edit anything out that I want. I could be changing eternity and no one would be any the wiser. If I got exhausted with this power I could always hire an expert side-kick...Bush Jr. :p

solstist · 10-30-2004, 11:30 PM

mine would have to be reading minds,
i always want to know what people are thinking,
keeps me from my own thoughts

wolf · 10-30-2004, 11:36 PM

Reading minds, changing the flow of time, but I think a really useful superpower would be to eat all the chocolate I wanted and not have to deal with any of the calories.

cyber snoop · 10-31-2004, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe Faux

If you had one, what would your “super power” be

The power to have any power I want when I want it :p

limey · 10-31-2004, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe Faux

... [snip] ... I'd like the power to see events that have transpired ... [snip] ...

From whose point of view?

Carebear Nihilist · 11-11-2004, 10:01 PM

I would want the POWER OF PERSUASION!
...Gasp!

God · 11-12-2004, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Carebear Nihilist

POWER OF PERSUASION!

Same here. That and the power to to eliminate the IRS.

*That one* would be appreciated by nearly everyone.

flippant · 11-12-2004, 11:52 AM

I'd like the power to turn divorces into rainbow-filled picnics without the ants. Not that I've had any D's.....but this seems most impossible....(it's the little things)

Beestie · 11-12-2004, 12:03 PM

I'd like the power to trade places with anyone, anywhere, anytime for as long (or short) as I wanted.

perth · 11-12-2004, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by flippant

I'd like the power to turn divorces into rainbow-filled picnics without the ants. Not that I've had any D's.....but this seems most impossible....(it's the little things)

Turns out, I have that power. I think my divorce was more pleasant than my wedding.

I want the power Beestie mentioned above. The possibilities are simply endless.

alphageek31337 · 11-12-2004, 01:15 PM

I just want to fly. That would be endlessly cool. Sure, seeing the future and/or being a human movie reel for the past would be fun, and being able to read and/or alter peoples' thoughts is useful, but all I want is to just coast on the breeze to wherever I want to go. And, occasionally, to spit on people from about 1000 feet upward, just to screw with them

footfootfoot · 11-12-2004, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

... I might save kittens from trees too...

Trees are just minding their own business. It is the kittens who are menacing the trees. Don't let that "innocent" act fool you.

Those kittens have claws like razors, huge, bloody fangs.

brrrr.

Mystic Rythm · 11-14-2004, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by marichiko

"I wanna be a rainmaker. I wanna know what it's like to make the rain. I'd store it in little yellow boxes and everyone would say "Let me have some..."

DID U SAID RAIN? HUH? :p :p

09-13-2004, 06:41 PM	#16
ladysycamore "I may not always be perfect, but I'm always me." Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: In Sycamore's boxers Posts: 1,341	Hm...I think I'd like the power to start over. Yeah, that'll be cool. __________________ "Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken." ~Tagline from the movie "Amistad"~ "The Akan concept of Sankofa: In order to move forward we first have to take a step back. In other words, before we can be prepared for the future, we must comprehend the past." From "We Did It, They Hid It"

09-13-2004, 09:52 PM	#17
Joe Faux Pithy Euphemist Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 19	I've answered this question many different ways at various points in my life. This week, I'd like the power to see events that have transpired with the ability to show them to others. This could be used to solve questions of our creation, witness religious miracles, resolve murders, and see disputed historical events. (However, I've never wanted to see into the future because that would sap all of the fun out of it.) I'd like to think that with this knowledge we could move on with our lives and stop bickering over stupid stuff. Then again, last week I wanted to leverage the unused brain cycles of other people to resolve complex problems. (Since some folks I know aren't pulling their weight or using even their minimum potential...) Think of it as sort of a distributed computing solution for humanity. I quickly rescinded this wish when I realized, given the quality of some of the hardware involved (including my own), the results would probably be flawed anyway. __________________ - Joe Faux

10-30-2004, 11:30 PM	#19
solstist Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: new zealand Posts: 2	mine would have to be reading minds, i always want to know what people are thinking, keeps me from my own thoughts __________________ life be thy death

10-30-2004, 11:36 PM	#20
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Reading minds, changing the flow of time, but I think a really useful superpower would be to eat all the chocolate I wanted and not have to deal with any of the calories. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-12-2004, 11:52 AM	#25
flippant shameless....so stop trying so hard....-me Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado location* Posts: 215	I'd like the power to turn divorces into rainbow-filled picnics without the ants. Not that I've had any D's.....but this seems most impossible....(it's the little things) __________________ - I know we won't meet again in the season of blossoms, And I won't sit quietly by drunk in my chamber- YU HSUAN- CHI Ninth Century, CHANG' AN

09-18-2004, 11:36 AM	#18
flippant shameless....so stop trying so hard....-me Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado location* Posts: 215	Anything I write comes true. Along with the power to edit anything out that I want. I could be changing eternity and no one would be any the wiser. If I got exhausted with this power I could always hire an expert side-kick...Bush Jr. :p

11-11-2004, 10:01 PM	#23
Carebear Nihilist INTERNET Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oklahoma =( Posts: 16	I would want the POWER OF PERSUASION! ...Gasp!

11-12-2004, 12:03 PM	#26
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	I'd like the power to trade places with anyone, anywhere, anytime for as long (or short) as I wanted. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

11-12-2004, 01:15 PM	#28
alphageek31337 Enemy Combatant/Evildoer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 263	I just want to fly. That would be endlessly cool. Sure, seeing the future and/or being a human movie reel for the past would be fun, and being able to read and/or alter peoples' thoughts is useful, but all I want is to just coast on the breeze to wherever I want to go. And, occasionally, to spit on people from about 1000 feet upward, just to screw with them __________________ The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. ---Friedrich Nietzsche

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