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If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

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lord_emperor

Golden Member
Nov 4, 2009
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I've been thinking a lot about this. The ability to fly would be nice. Having X-ray vision would be even better, especially outside the ladies' locker room.

The power I'd really like is the ability to hurdle people into the sun. Get in front of me with 50 items in a 12 item check-lane - to the sun you go!

Bring your crying child to the movies and then refuse to take them out or quiet them - Mom and Dad - you get a free trip to the sun.... I'll send Junior along as well, won't him to grow up without parents. And hey, people on their cell phones that won't shut the fuck up! Sun, Sun, Sun, here it comes!

Speed by me and cut into my lane in the 40 zone when I'm going 50 to just to then turn at the next corner. Guess what, chum - you've won an all paid first class trip to... that's right, you guessed it! The Sun!

\I just want this one power. Is that too much to ask for?
\\and if I receive this power - I promise not to abuse it.

You know you can already murder people without unnecessarily dramatic superpowers right?
 

smackababy

Lifer
Oct 30, 2008
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You know you can already murder people without unnecessarily dramatic superpowers right?

I think a jury is going to have a hard time proving you threw a family that cut you off while rushing to the hospital into the sun vs you crashed into them, shot them, and dumped their bodies in a lake.
 

SP33Demon

Lifer
Jun 22, 2001
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Mind control. There's a reason why Professor X is the most powerful mutant in the comic book universe. Control the brain, control the world.
 

NetWareHead

THAT guy
Aug 10, 2002
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Absolute, and undetectable control over anything and everything that runs on electricity.

....now taking bids on "What the NSA, FBI, CIA, knows about {anyone}. Oh wait... money is irrelevant, now that the global banking system is my pocketbook.. :cool:

As well as creatures that use an electrical signalling based nervous systems :twisted:
 

Rdmkr

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Aug 2, 2013
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Brother Justin's ability to share a person's vision of their greatest regret or "sin" in life, after which they invariably curl up into a helpless ball of dejected shame susceptable to suggestion and manipulation of the most invading sort.

see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0BL1kvXHUw

its useful and also a barrel of laughs.
 
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Childs

Lifer
Jul 9, 2000
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Immortal, more like Vandal Savage, but I would settle for Duncan Macleod. And even though I've never had any interest in surfing, I've always like Silver Surfer's surfboard. I will admit, the perv in me immediately thought invisibility for some Invisible Stud action.
 

techtechie

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Nov 5, 2013
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the best super power that a person could ask for it the ability to understand the female gender. WOW that be a nice one
 

mmntech

Lifer
Sep 20, 2007
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The United Kingdom would be the best super power for me. Wouldn't mind the title of King, and I like their biscuits.
 

TeeJay1952

Golden Member
May 28, 2004
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Immortal, more like Vandal Savage, but I would settle for Duncan Macleod. And even though I've never had any interest in surfing, I've always like Silver Surfer's surfboard. I will admit, the perv in me immediately thought invisibility for some Invisible Stud action.


Wow you would like to watch everyone you know die over and over again? Sounds like Hell to me.
 

manimal

Lifer
Mar 30, 2007
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Time travel.

First mission: Go back and ensure that Sheb Wooley never makes a sound.

I dont think those screams were from killing cats were they? A ton of those sound effects from that period would make a normal person shudder not just a PETA head..



on second thought my superpower would be alchemy so I could make the elixir or life.