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teamsonic2011@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago

You can choose 1 superpower, but the first reply is the side effect. What superpower would you choose?

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You can choose 1 superpower, but the first reply is the side effect. What superpower would you choose?

teamsonic2011@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago
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  • Bwaz@lemmy.world
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    I guess I choose Denmark or maybe Portugal. Having USA and Russia being superpowers has been real shit.

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    Can communicate with any animal

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      But they can’t communicate with you

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        Oh damn. You got me bad on that one.

      • Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml
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        Haha imagine trying to explain that to people.

        “I have a superpower, I can speak to animals they just can’t speak back”

        “But everyone has that superpower, I can do that too”

        “Yeh but I’m actually really talking to them, like in their language that they can understand”

        “How do you know?”

        “…”

  • Giraffe@lemmy.ml
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    Being able to hear from afar

    • glorkon@lemmy.world
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      But only bad music.

  • agent_nycto@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    True Omnipotence

    (Also read/listen to Worm

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      You have no choice but to see everything, wether you want to or not.

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        If I don’t have a choice then it’s not true Omnipotence is it?

    • benagain@lemmy.ml
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      But only over dial-up.

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        If I’m limited then it’s not true Omnipotence is it? Honestly though I’d take it if I had to though

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    Ability to control every atom in the surrounding area of approx 1 km.

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      You can control only 1 at a time.

      • thevoidzero@lemmy.world
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        Nuclear bombs, or a really good scientist.

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          1 at a time wouldn’t get you a noticeable amount of energy for a bomb (stuff is radioactively decaying around you already right now). A scientist might make some use of it, but with control of only 1 atom at a time they’ll struggle to build really any molecule as I imagine most intermediate molecules would break apart as soon as you “let go” to grab the next atom.

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            Depends on what “time” is in case of one at a time. Is it plank time, or is it as fast as I can think the command.

            Even if nothing can be achieved by controlling it, just being able to feel/see the atoms means I can figure things out as a scientist. Finding how atoms are arranged into molecules, proteins etc are super helpful

            • festus@lemmy.ca
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              I assumed as fast as you can think the command for each one.

              I agree with feeling being useful for feeling around; I’m happy with the power having some value.

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                I had an idea I wonder if the energy thing can be salvaged. Like uranium to lead happens naturally and the energy is too little from a single atom. But we don’t have to do things naturally. If I’m controlling the atom itself, maybe I can just split all protons and neutrons from the uranium at once, then I have a bunch of free particles that can go collide with other atoms and start a chain reaction.

                I think most powers, even with limitations, probably is going to be useful once we know the clear limits. Maybe not the one that need so much energy and the results are random so you can fail and not be able to try again.

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    Teleportation!

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      But you have to go through TSA every time

      • 🔰Hurling⚜️Durling🔱@lemmy.world
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        Easy there Hitler

      • Victor@lemmy.world
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        😂 I’m on the shitter at work damn you, can’t be laughing out loud!

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        Honestly, still well worth it. And with pre-check it’s even faster.

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    Teleportation

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      But you lose one of your socks every time you teleport and they’re like really cool unique ones that only work as a pair. Heartbreaking.

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      Butt stuff is marginally less fun.

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        Really depends on the butt

        • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world
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          No, see, it’s all buts. That is the curse.

  • acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    The United States of America after the Cold War.

  • FoundFootFootage78@lemmy.ml
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    The power to talk to women without staring at their feet.

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      Instead you cannot stop staring at their boobs. And yes, that includes your family, bosses and so on.

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    Reading minds

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      But you have to start at the beginning.

  • limer@lemmy.ml
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    Super strength

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    Cryokinesis

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      But you cannot defy the laws of thermodynamics, so if you make anything colder, you need to absorb the energy to do so and vice versa. First time using this power and you accidentally made something too cold? Sounds like you just burned to death.

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        Actually seems like a cool power to regulate your body temperature. You could probably weather some pretty extreme conditions if you were careful about not killing yourself with your untested powers.

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      But you can only use it at 0°N 0°E

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        This looks like it can counter most powers except ones having effects in far away places

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      But you heat the random object in 100 metres from you

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    The ability to change my own superpower.

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      This one doesn’t really need a monkey’s paw curse since, as written, I’d argue you could only change it once anyway, then you’d be stuck with that power.

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    Shapeshifting to any other human or humanoid body

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      But you can only do so by singing, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” as loudly as you can.

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    Being a cat

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      You make noise every time you walk

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        Ok, it’s basically like my cat.

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