Popular Post quiXilver Posted October 21, 2019 Popular Post #1 Share Posted October 21, 2019 If you could pick one. What would it be? ********************************************** My son and I hanging out at home one afternoon. He's seven at the time. And without context or prompt, as is rather routine for me, I ask him some random seeming question. Me: Hey! If you could pick any superpower right now what would it be? Invisibility? Super Strength? Flight? Son: (pause) Me: ... Son: (more pause, then) I'd be able to make angry people feel love. Me: ... Wow... That's amazing. (sinks in more, hang my head in mock shame) Son: what? Me: Well... your power kind of puts mine to shame... Son: Why? What's yours? Me: ... Son: ... ? Me: ... *sigh* i'd be able to **** other people's pants... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiXilver Posted October 21, 2019 Author #2 Share Posted October 21, 2019 He did let me off the hook later when he said my power is not without its uses... Consider a mugger attacking an old lady... Suddenly instead of grabbing her purse... bathroom time! Then later down the road... after cultivating and honing my ability... being able to trigger multiple targets at a distance. Goodbye actionable usefulness of IS or Taliban! Or Hong Kong Riot Police! And that one neighbor? The one who disrespects my wife, our gardeners and treats his dog poorly? He's going to spend most of his life doing laundry and buying more pants... while feeling love () 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseDancer Posted October 21, 2019 #3 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Teleportation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Posted October 21, 2019 #4 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Reading people's minds. Then the usual 'invisibility', 'flight'... hell, I'd take any of them over my usual superpower of 'not giving a ****'. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiXilver Posted October 21, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) "not taking life seriously personally" was my flavor of the month, before crapping other people's pants took the lead. Edited October 21, 2019 by quiXilver accuracy 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpandMyMind Posted October 21, 2019 #6 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Immortality. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Piney Posted October 21, 2019 Popular Post #7 Share Posted October 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, ExpandMyMind said: Immortality. That would get old. 7 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotic Jew Posted October 21, 2019 #8 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Mind control. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted October 21, 2019 #9 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Telepathy, wait, no teleportation. Then I could go have cake with my coworkers in Texas when one of the emails everyone that there is cake in the break room. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerBright19 Posted October 21, 2019 #10 Share Posted October 21, 2019 - Whatever I type happens. - Ability to Time Travel - Ability to repeat the same day over again for as long as I wish. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted October 21, 2019 #11 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Reality Manipulation. Basically I become a God. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted October 21, 2019 #12 Share Posted October 21, 2019 To be able to travel through the universe. If I find life, I will let you know. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodie.Lynne Posted October 21, 2019 #13 Share Posted October 21, 2019 2 hours ago, quiXilver said: Son: (more pause, then) I'd be able to make angry people feel love. Awwwww! That is absolutely AMAZING! He's a good boy! As for you, Captain Poopypants….. My superpower would be to reflect another's power onto them. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThereWeAreThen Posted October 21, 2019 #14 Share Posted October 21, 2019 My superpower would be all the superpowers in one. I win. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted October 22, 2019 #15 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I would be able to shoot photon torpedoes out of my fingers. Go ahead...pass between me and the car in front of me at 100 mph.... ...talk about giving someone the finger! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer77 Posted October 22, 2019 #16 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Invisibility...........you all know why 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free99 Posted October 22, 2019 #17 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Time travel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horta Posted October 22, 2019 #18 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Omniscience. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiXilver Posted October 22, 2019 Author #19 Share Posted October 22, 2019 15 hours ago, joc said: I would be able to shoot photon torpedoes out of my fingers. Go ahead...pass between me and the car in front of me at 100 mph.... ...talk about giving someone the finger! I just said to my son, a few days ago in the car after some @$$-hat, nearly clipped a pedestrian in front of us while blowing a red light. "See Bud!... This is why humans aren't ready for super-powers. Because if I had any, that sheisse-kopf would be smoking sinders right now." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Walt' E. Kurtz Posted October 22, 2019 #20 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Definitely mind control since I'm not very photogenic :-) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar4Truth Posted October 23, 2019 #21 Share Posted October 23, 2019 telepathy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coil Posted October 23, 2019 #22 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) One superpower is not enough because there will be problems in other parts of the person far from excess abilities. Well, I would like to intelligently comprehend comprehensively any object that is far or near, small or large(this is probably what wrote above Horta) And with the help of this knowledge, you can learn how to discover other superpowers. If each petal of the chakra is responsible for one or more superpowers, then a person has more than a thousand superpowers. Edited October 23, 2019 by Coil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander CMG Posted October 23, 2019 #23 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Since the introduction of not being able to touch work colleagues anymore, in fact not being able to touch anyone... my superpower would be Invisibility.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar4Truth Posted October 23, 2019 #24 Share Posted October 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Iilaa'mpuul'xem said: Since the introduction of not being able to touch work colleagues anymore, in fact not being able to touch anyone... my superpower would be Invisibility.. Well they are currently trying to work on an invisibility cloak so you might get your wish. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted October 23, 2019 #25 Share Posted October 23, 2019 To pick a less selfish ability. I'd say instant immunity. Basically no disease/illness/etc could kill me and I'd develop antibodies that would cure others. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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