Poll: Would you take a drug that has a 50% chance of death and 50% chance of giving you superpowers?

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krazzypanda

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Hey!!! Maybe if you take that drug during an emergency it might grant you really cool powers =D ... For example, if a building is on fire and a person jumps out, then you take the pill and it might give you wings or the ability to fly.
 

Itchrelief

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Originally posted by: krazzypanda
Hey!!! Maybe if you take that drug during an emergency it might grant you really cool powers =D ... For example, if a building is on fire and a person jumps out, then you take the pill and it might give you wings or the ability to fly.

Or immortality. Now you're immortal with ten broken bones and your foot is in your eye. Ouch. Better hope it's Highlander-type immortality and you wake up all fine and dandy the next morning.
 

Itchrelief

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Originally posted by: everman
What constitutes a "lame" super power? How can it be super and lame at the same time? :confused:

A nose so sensitive you can smell the nuggets you failed to completely wipe this morning?
 
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Originally posted by: everman
What constitutes a "lame" super power? How can it be super and lame at the same time? :confused:

You could be the Christopher Walken "Insignificant Psychic" character from SNL. (A spoof on "Dead Zone")


*You touch someone*

"I see... tonight... You will punch out at work... then you will go home... and make... a... peanut butter sandwich... after that you will sit down and you will see... a re-run... OH MY GOD! It's Simon & Simon... the episode where they team up with... Jessica... from Murder She Wrote..."

Or you could be the Invisible Man (but only when nobody is looking) from "Mystery Men"

Not worth the 50/50 shot in my book.
 

Sc4freak

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I wouldn't. I value my life, and I appreciate my normality too much. The possibility for death and the burden of superheroism is not worth any powers.

Besides, Murphy is out to get me.