Fill in the blank and justify your answer.
I don't want the name of your superhero because I don't care. Just list a superhero power like flight, speed, x-ray vision or whatever and justify it. And don't make up some stupid new superhero power like the ability to morph yourself into Jennifer Aniston and then spend the rest of the day staring at your naked body in the mirror. That's a stupid answer for this particular thread (but totally appropriate for any other thread).
I will give the correct answer prior to Cocktail Hour.
...the awesome ability to fuck strangers.
And it comes in handy now and then.
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people with their dang handicap parking tags.
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Drink that in, roll it around in your mouth for a bit and think about the possibilities. You're welcome.
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The problems are myriad.
First, almost all of the advantages of this superpower enable unsavory behavior. With regard to women, there is absolutely no good that can come from being invisible (unless you are married and trying to avoid work). At worst, well, I think the temptation would be strong to do something completely evil. With regard to business, the temptation would be to break the law in so many ways to gain advantages. I suppose you could become a CIA agent or something, and use the invisibility to spy on enemies, but that's not really that fun.
Second, what about clothes? Unless you walk around naked, people are going to notice a pair of jeans and a polo shirt walking around.
Third, assuming you are naked, you will freeze your cajones off, particularly if you are undertaking the CIA stuff and presumably spending a decent amount of time in colder climes.
Fourth. Anyone that knew you had the power wouldn't like you. Because they'd think you were creeping around all of the time.
How does that taste?
So the omniscient one knows I'm in Jennifer Aniston's shower sitting in my invisible lawn chair sipping my invisible Mai Tai. Big whoop. Ain't nothing you can do about it because I'm invisible and you're not. So I guess your omniscience is just going to make you even more jealous of me. Ha!
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It would be like Ground Hog Day, except I wouldn't have to live through a thousand tries. I could do it the first time right.
And, if there was not a universe in which I could persuade her, then I would know that, and I wouldn't be there, and I guess you could then just sit in her bathroom and watch her clip her toenails and pick her nose...which is not creepy at all.
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In which you could shift your consciousness directly back to a prior point in your own timeline and change your action/decision.
Sans the brain bleeds, how much fun would that be? You would never have to second-guess a decision or an impulse - just do it and if you don't like the result, you scoot back a few minutes and undo it. You could apply this to career choices, relationship choices, every exam you ever took in school.
Sign me up.
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Want to have dinner in Paris, boom. Want to teleport into Jennifer Anniston (although she would not be my choice) bathroom while she showers, boom. Want to wear a mask and teleport into the west wing and smack the President, boom. Bank Vault, avoid lines at Disney, get past the salvation army bells out side the grocery store, etc...it is the way to go
And very much along the same lines as what I'm thinking.
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I would currently like the ability to see into the future, so I could get a ticket with the winning numbers for tonight's Mega Millions drawing.
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If it wasn't the greatest, they wouldn't all have it now would they?
The greatest power is the one they all have, and the one that if you had it as your only power, you would be a totally useless superhero.
Not, which superhero power would be the only one I'd like to have -
Superman has several powers. Sight, hearing, ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound, Xray vision, durability and so on.
You've really tried to over-intellectualize a fun question.
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Not sure what else you could do with just that power alone.
This is shaping up to be one of the most Intellectual debates on the board in recent history.
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That would be boring.
First of all, you would be rich instantly. Your investments would always go up.
Secondly, you would know how to manipulate business and political leaders. You could make no mistakes.
Thirdly, you could see any threat coming, and you could take 100% correct, mistake free actions to save people...no unintended consequences. The biggest problem with bold human action is unintended consequences.
If there was a meteor coming in from outerspace in 50 years, you could stop it by forming the necessary business concerns etc. to take whatever action was necessary.
You would know whether global warming actually constituted a threat, or whether resources should be used for other purposes.
9/11? You could stop it.
The things you could do are unlimited. You would also be very successful with the ladies...which seems to be an important ability that everyone likes.
B+
Still boring.
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I'm sure you really meant to post; the power of healing their own wounds after a battle against evil.