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Poll: Ability to fly, Invisibility or Super Strength?

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Does the option to fly come with the additional abilities of not needing to breathe, telescopic vision, the ability to fly out of our atmosphere and resistance to extreme cold and radiation?
 
Fly without a doubt. You wouldn't even have to fly high to take a huge amount of irritation out of life. 100' up, and you can go anywhere you want without traffic.
 
You are confusing super strength with invincibility.

They are not the same.

Just because you can lift 100,000 lb doesn't prevent a bullet from killing you...
 
Originally posted by: lxskllr
Fly without a doubt. You wouldn't even have to fly high to take a huge amount of irritation out of life. 100' up, and you can go anywhere you want without traffic.

Unless you wanted to fly next to cute women in traffic. Heck, if you wanted to, you could leave all sorts of stuff on their windshield.
 
Originally posted by: amdhunter
Originally posted by: her209
Can you turn invisibility on and off?
Yeah. It would suck to be invisible all the time.
I don't get why you couldn't turn on and off super strength then.

I would still pick invisibility over the other two.
 
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: amdhunter
Originally posted by: her209
Can you turn invisibility on and off?
Yeah. It would suck to be invisible all the time.
I don't get why you couldn't turn on and off super strength then.

I would still pick invisibility over the other two.

You would think super strength would be finely controlled, just like regular strength.
I could crush a man's skull, but that doesn't mean every time I hold a baby it gets crushed (bad example, I know 😱).
 
Originally posted by: Crono
Only thieves, perverts, social outcasts and spies would benefit from invisibility.
You could sneak into a bank while its being robbed and disarm the suspect.
 
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: Crono
Only thieves, perverts, social outcasts and spies would benefit from invisibility.
You could sneak into a bank while its being robbed and disarm the suspect.

You could also wait above the bank and fling poo at the suspect, like a spider monkey on amphetamines.

 
Originally posted by: keird
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: Crono
Only thieves, perverts, social outcasts and spies would benefit from invisibility.
You could sneak into a bank while its being robbed and disarm the suspect.
You could also wait above the bank and fling poo at the suspect, like a spider monkey on amphetamines.
But is the poo invisible?
 
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: keird
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: Crono
Only thieves, perverts, social outcasts and spies would benefit from invisibility.
You could sneak into a bank while its being robbed and disarm the suspect.
You could also wait above the bank and fling poo at the suspect, like a spider monkey on amphetamines.
But is the poo invisible?

Yes.

This scenario assumes that the subject has selected flight as a super power and has selected to apply poo as their deterant to crime. They may hover, fling from a hover or fly backwards with inhuman speed and aim, stopping suddenly as they finish squeezing out their deuce.
 
invisibility... cool as a kid but its just a mischievious ability as an adult. what "normal?" thing can you do with it? maybe be a slave to the government? and you'll always be exposed as a test subject once caught

flying... its not all cracked up to be. its not practical flying due to wind resistance, tempearture, oxygen, collisions, etc. want to fly to tanzania? well, you wouldnt be flying at 500mph so youd best off flying to the airport and boarding a plane. this skill is no more than flying quickly to the library, supermarket, etc etc. it just becomes a chore enabler. and you cant share it with anyone... want to be a the tour de france atop a mountian ledge for the best view? youd be by yourself



so the best ability you could have, is to be TWICE as fast as the fastest human being. you can run 100m, 200m, 400m, and even marathon at 70% effort and still win. never have to train or practice. you cold be a wide receiver. youd be regarded as the world BEST ATHLETE and get all the accompanying fame, money, and bitches, without scrutinity of being a weirdo. just dont run at full speed
 
Super Strength a la Superman? I'll just squeeze out a diamond once in a while and live like a king

And op fails at sex.
 
Originally posted by: PlasmaBomb
You are confusing super strength with invincibility.

They are not the same.

Just because you can lift 100,000 lb doesn't prevent a bullet from killing you...

In order for your bones and muscles to handle the stress of 100,000 lbs, they'd have to have a higher tensile strength than steel.
 
Depends on how fast you can fly. Does flying powers also entail the ability to stop stuff from getting in your eyes? I mnea with super strength, couldn't you pull a Hulk and jump 5 miles at a time,
 
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