@hallmike U sure u wanna hear all that blather? You already understand the language American politician pretend to speak. U want that in other languages too?
@carl669 I'd just sit where and reach out into the kitchen for whatever I wanted. Yeah, I might grab the atomic horseradish instead of the applesauce from the frig, but hey, I didn't have to get up to do it.
@rockblossom Rockblossom named teleportation as a superpower not as a new TSA-controlled industry- think Jumper or that blue guy Kurt Wagner from the X-men [or his poppa- Azazel].
It's an inherent gift or talent, so if you can visualize the place you want to be, you just go there- and because we're just fantasizing here, it's infallible- so none of that 2 objects trying to occupy the same space guff, ya hear me?
If you tried to teleport into something solid, you'd prolly either just no go anywhere, or more likely [in my [admittedly] twisted vision of it] you'd end up in the nearest [inconvenient prolly] unoccupied space near it.
@PhysAssist@hallmike I was thinking more like Q on Star Trek, minus the clothing changes and snark. (Or maybe leaving some of the snark. I can do snark.)
But really, teleporting to "empty space" is a problem anyway, because it isn't empty. What happens to the air where you leave, and the air in the space you go to? Wouldn't you leave with a pop of air filling the vacuum and arrive with a bang of air being forced rapidly outward? You would still need insurance to cover all of the damage.
@rockblossom Nah, if you look really close, most of everything [with the possible exception of black holes and neutron stars] is really most empty space.
It's just that the cohesive forces that give us the illusion of solidity.
@rockblossom I guess there may the issue of whether one can consciously control what exactly teleports when one does that. What if you wanted to bring something with you?
Also, the absent-minded teleporter may forget to teleport the clothes that he's wearing, leading to embarrassing teleportation stories. :)
Healing factor. I don't want to be a superhero, I just want to 1) ride a motorcycle without getting geared up, 2) not get cancer, and 3) live for a long, long time. There's too much interesting stuff to do.
@narfcake Me too, tho I thought that superpowers were never duplicates [I'm thinking Heros here, not X-Men]. But wait, I just realized that I'm not lazy or even super-lazy, it's just that my superpower is Super-Procrastination! PS: Thanks for the link- to yet another T-shirt website for me to haunt.
Verbal takeover. The ability to make anyone say whatever I want them to say at any time. It would just be so much fun. Think of how much more interesting elections, UN meetings and any live event could be.
This power would need to be kept extremely secret otherwise I'd end up a slave to some agency or dark power.
I'd have to go with teleportation. FUCK YOU, AIRLINES!
To take an opposite tack, the one superpower I'd NEVER want is mind-reading. At first blush it seems like it'd be handy to have, but then when you realize that our inability to know what people are thinking is all that holds society together... no thanks.
Omniscient omnipotence.
If u had to choose between..,,
1st if just for me.
2nd if need to protect and save.
X-Ray vision. Those specs in the back of my Archie comic books never did work!
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@Pavlov
Truly truly
The ability to understand and speak any language.
@hallmike
U sure u wanna hear all that blather? You already understand the language American politician pretend to speak. U want that in other languages too?
@f00l Yeah, the ability to speak to anyone anywhere would have saved me a lot of trouble overseas.
@hallmike
Well if u get to travel I spoze that makes up for the periodic multi-lingual bullshit.
telekinesis. let's face it. sometimes I REALLY don't want to get off the couch to get the pork rinds and French onion dip.
@carl669 I thought that's why we have kids.
@carl669 I'd just sit where and reach out into the kitchen for whatever I wanted. Yeah, I might grab the atomic horseradish instead of the applesauce from the frig, but hey, I didn't have to get up to do it.
Teleportation. Saves on gas and auto insurance.
@rockblossom They'll just require teleportation insurance.
@hallmike prob much more expensive too... imagine how much it will cost to remove someone partially merged with a priceless marble statue!
@thismyusername I'd probably opt to save the statue.
@hallmike well that is what I meant... odds are the human part wouldn't make it...
No big deal, they would just re-generate the human at the origin and offer a refund right?
@rockblossom Very useful choice.
@rockblossom Rockblossom named teleportation as a superpower not as a new TSA-controlled industry- think Jumper or that blue guy Kurt Wagner from the X-men [or his poppa- Azazel].
It's an inherent gift or talent, so if you can visualize the place you want to be, you just go there- and because we're just fantasizing here, it's infallible- so none of that 2 objects trying to occupy the same space guff, ya hear me?
If you tried to teleport into something solid, you'd prolly either just no go anywhere, or more likely [in my [admittedly] twisted vision of it] you'd end up in the nearest [inconvenient prolly] unoccupied space near it.
Just sayin'
@PhysAssist @hallmike I was thinking more like Q on Star Trek, minus the clothing changes and snark. (Or maybe leaving some of the snark. I can do snark.)
But really, teleporting to "empty space" is a problem anyway, because it isn't empty. What happens to the air where you leave, and the air in the space you go to? Wouldn't you leave with a pop of air filling the vacuum and arrive with a bang of air being forced rapidly outward? You would still need insurance to cover all of the damage.
@rockblossom
Did Q have insurance from the Continuum? With his snark, i suspect he would disdain it.
@rockblossom Nah, if you look really close, most of everything [with the possible exception of black holes and neutron stars] is really most empty space.
It's just that the cohesive forces that give us the illusion of solidity.
PS:
@PhysAssist
Oh dear. When I hear someone can't tolerate stupidity, always think "Uh oh. Autoimmune Disorder."
;]
@rockblossom You'd probably teleport and merge with the air at the new location, causing flatulence.
One can recognize teleporters by their bouts of farting and burping when they arrive.
@rockblossom I guess there may the issue of whether one can consciously control what exactly teleports when one does that. What if you wanted to bring something with you?
Also, the absent-minded teleporter may forget to teleport the clothes that he's wearing, leading to embarrassing teleportation stories. :)
Healing factor. I don't want to be a superhero, I just want to 1) ride a motorcycle without getting geared up, 2) not get cancer, and 3) live for a long, long time. There's too much interesting stuff to do.
@gominosensei Also a lot of pain to outlive everyone you care about.
@hallmike I was thinking of saying what he/she said, but you're right, that part would be bad. Otherwise, I'd love to be Wolverine.
Mind reading. But only one mind at a time.
I already have one...The ability to not by crap from questionable web sites .....
I've long stated that my superpower is my capacious and patient bladder. It's kind of a lame superpower, but it's handy sometimes.
@djslack
I think many possess this superpower already:
http://www.teeturtle.com/products/super-lazy
@narfcake Me too, tho I thought that superpowers were never duplicates [I'm thinking Heros here, not X-Men].
But wait, I just realized that I'm not lazy or even super-lazy, it's just that my superpower is Super-Procrastination!
PS: Thanks for the link- to yet another T-shirt website for me to haunt.
@PhysAssist You're welcome!
(Also I apologize in advance in case of thinning-wallet syndrome.)
Superintelligence
Everything else can be worked out once you have the smart.
@The_Baron The trouble with super smart people is that they can never anticipate what the herds of really dumb people will do.
@rockblossom Excellent point. Look at how many items are designed to be "idiot proof".
Verbal takeover. The ability to make anyone say whatever I want them to say at any time. It would just be so much fun. Think of how much more interesting elections, UN meetings and any live event could be.
This power would need to be kept extremely secret otherwise I'd end up a slave to some agency or dark power.
@denboy
Nah. They'd be your slaves.
Good pick.
@denboy
@denboy You mean like this? :D
Edit: welp, someone beat me to it by 6 minutes. See vid above. :P
@Bandrik very much like that, so much fun
I'd have to go with teleportation. FUCK YOU, AIRLINES!
To take an opposite tack, the one superpower I'd NEVER want is mind-reading. At first blush it seems like it'd be handy to have, but then when you realize that our inability to know what people are thinking is all that holds society together... no thanks.
I'll give you a hint.
@lisaviolet My GF often wishes that she was Elastigirl. There is probably an evil scientist out there working on a potion for that.
@sligett Your GF is alright in my book.