Poll: Ability to fly, Invisibility or Super Strength?

amdhunter

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So tomorrow God walks up to you and says "Son, I'll give you one straight up superpower." But each superpower has it's limit.

For example,

If you chose to fly, you could fly as much as you want, but you couldn't fly out of the atmosphere, or ram yourself into a building in hopes of bringing joy to the Muslim world. If you did either of these things, you'd most likely die.

If you chose Invisibility (on-demand of course), you could watch your young neighbor wash his young body (remember it's God we are talking about, normal people would probably watch a girl) but if water got on you, or you made too much fapping noise, you'd be caught.

If you chose Super Strength, you'd be the man. No jail could hold you, no bullet could harm you, but you'd probably kill any partner you decide to have sex with. You'd be stuck fapping forever, or end all of your encounters in a shredded sex scene.

OR would you choose the Rich Black man? You'd practically be flying with all the dope you can handle, be invisible to the court system, or pay people to strongarm others on your behalf. The only drawback would be, well...your Black?

I'd personally choose Invisibility. I got a few pretty neighbors who I wouldn't mind spying on for a little bit.

So what does ATOT choose?
 
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SlitheryDee

I'd be the rich black man. That would get me most of the things I could get with all the other options.
 

skyking

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Easy, the ability to fly.
I love to fly and it would be a dream to be like a bird and get rid of all the iron and the noise.
 

MrPickins

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Originally posted by: amdhunter
OR would you choose the Rich Black man? You'd practically be flying with all the dope you can handle, be invisible to the court system, or pay people to strongarm others on your behalf. The only drawback would be, well...your Black?

Why the hell was that sneaked in there?


FWIW, I'd prefer to be able to fly.
 

amdhunter

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Originally posted by: skyking
Easy, the ability to fly.
I love to fly and it would be a dream to be like a bird and get rid of all the iron and the noise.

But you'd be irradiated by the missing Ozone layer, or breathe in tons of smog. I think the air is dirtier up there than down below? (Or am I mistaken?)
 

keird

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Originally posted by: Crono
Ability to fly

How much additional payload can you carry? Could you carry a good looking woman in you arms?

That's about 100 lbs. in explosives you could deliver to a target. You'ld be a manned drone, man! Grenades, C-4, command detonated claymore mines, anti-tank munitions, Jolly Ranchers, the posibilities are endless...

Invisible? Don't you have to be nekkid?

Super strength? That's be cool for a day laborer or something. Body builders aren't rich.
 

amdhunter

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Originally posted by: keird
Originally posted by: Crono
Ability to fly

How much additional payload can you carry? Could you carry a good looking woman in you arms?

Depends on your personal strength.

That's about 100 lbs. in explosives you could deliver to a target. You'ld be a manned drone, man! Grenades, C-4, command detonated claymore mines, anti-tank munitions, Jolly Ranchers, the posibilities are endless...

One accident would mean the end of your life. For example it could be a US military operation, and we know how accident prone they are.

Invisible? Don't you have to be nekkid?

So what, no one will see the little guy flopping around.

Super strength? That's be cool for a day laborer or something. Body builders aren't rich.

But you could walk into a bank, take all the money you want and no one would be able to stop you.
 

skyking

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Originally posted by: amdhunter
Originally posted by: skyking
Easy, the ability to fly.
I love to fly and it would be a dream to be like a bird and get rid of all the iron and the noise.

But you'd be irradiated by the missing Ozone layer, or breathe in tons of smog. I think the air is dirtier up there than down below? (Or am I mistaken?)

No it is fine "up there", the problems would be lack of O2 and cold. Air gets quite a bit cleaner above 10,000 feet. Descending into the LA basin is like dropping into a bowl of soup.
Around here ( Seattle area) it tops out on a bad day at 6000~7000 feet max.
 

keird

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Originally posted by: amdhunter
But you could walk into a bank, take all the money you want and no one would be able to stop you.

But the ability to fly gives you the opportunity to video yourself pooping on the bank robber and posting it on YouTube.

 

Crono

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Stop imposing weird scenarios on my superpower. I can fly, I live in a remote area of the world, and haven't been caught.
Strong/invulnerable guy will probably expose himself if he wants to use his power, and end up weighted down in the ocean, invisible guy will get caught or killed accidentally, and black guy...well black guy is probably set, but my power isn't for showing off or abusing, damn it.
 

skyking

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Originally posted by: Crono
Stop imposing weird scenarios on my superpower. I can fly, I live in a remote area of the world, and haven't been caught.
Strong/invulnerable guy will probably expose himself if he wants to use his power, and end up weighted down in the ocean, invisible guy will get caught or killed accidentally, and black guy...well black guy is probably set, but my power isn't for showing off or abusing, damn it.

Yep, just the joy of it, the freedom. I ride along the river and watch the swallows do low-level loops and rolls and grab a drink on the fly. To me it is pure magic.
 

Crono

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Originally posted by: nkgreen
Originally posted by: Crono
and black guy...well black guy is probably set

:p<-Click

Ha, I've already seen that special a million times, plus Chappelle's other ones.
Rich black guys have it relatively easy, though. Not as much as equivalently rich white guys, probably, but still easy. I don't mean they don't have problems (being rich, unless you use it to do good, can be a curse), just that they don't have to worry about the same things as poor black people.