If you could have ONE superpower...

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If you could have ONE superpower...

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...What would it be? :ugeek:

To keep this discussion sensible and interesting, two rules:

#1. Only ONE superpower allowed. "I want Superman's power" doesn't count, because he has too many powers: Super strength, super speed, the ability to fly, invulnerability to harm, heat vision, X-ray vision, freeze breath, and super sense of hearing all count as ONE power each. Similarly, Wolverine has three powers: indestructible skeleton, retractable claws, and regenerative healing factor. Same goes for several other X-Men and Spider-Man, and many other super-heroes.

#2. Certain powers are too cheap to count, because they are too powerful. These include, but are not limited to: Molecular manipulation, Probability manipulation, Reality warping, Reactive evolution, Omniscience, Cosmic awareness, or Magic. Immortality and Invulnerability are acceptable, but they must be separate powers. Telepathy and Telekinesis or Precognition and Telekinesis must also be separate, although Telepathy and Precognition can go together. Also, certain kinds of molecular manipulation are acceptable, if it's narrow in scope (ex: the ability to manipulate metals or plants). Green Lantern's near limitless power over all things not yellow isn't narrow enough to be acceptable.
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I'm gonna channel Dane Cook for a second:

I'd like to be able to shoot spaghetti out of my fingertips.
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I'll choose mind control - the ability to completely control over another person or entire group of people's mind at will and it doesn't wear off unless I stop it. :D I'll have a field day at work, everyone will be helping with my task, including my boss. :rofl:

Also with this power, I can bring peace to the world by changing the minds of all those who engage in wars.
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Regenerative Healing Factor for me.
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Time travel.
Vision is Mind
Mind is Empty
Emptiness is Clear Light
Clear Light is Union
Union is Great Bliss

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the power to teach
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'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta

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Re: If you could have ONE superpower...

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MMM. How about the power to persuade people of things?
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catmoon wrote:MMM. How about the power to persuade people of things?
Aka "mind control"
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catmoon wrote:MMM. How about the power to persuade people of things?
These are not the droids you're looking for.
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adamposey wrote:
catmoon wrote:MMM. How about the power to persuade people of things?
These are not the droids you're looking for.

Droids? What droids? Oh you mean those two over there that... aren't... there?
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One power? The power to put an end to silly threads such as this.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12

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Flaming Lips: The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song.

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tiltbillings wrote:One power? The power to put an end to silly threads such as this.
:jumping:

Actually, don't you have that power already? :tongue:
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retrofuturist wrote:


Flaming Lips: The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song.

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YES!!!! I had the exact same thought when I first saw this thread!!!!!!!
Lyrics to The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song :
If you could blow up the world with the flick of a switch
Would you do it?
If you could make everybody poor just so you could be rich
Would you do it?
If you could watch everybody work while you just lay on your back
Would you do it?
If you could take all the love without giving any back
Would you do it?
And so we cannot know ourselves or what we'd really do...

With all your power
With all your power
With all your power
What would you do?

If you could make your own money and then give it to everybody
Would you do it?
If you knew all the answers and could give it to the masses
Would you do it?
No no no no no no are you crazy?
It's a very dangerous thing to do exactly what you want
Because you cannot know yourself or what you'd really do

With all your power
With all your power
With all your power
What would you do?
Having said that, I too think it'd be pretty neat to be able to time travel!
With metta,
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Re: If you could have ONE superpower...

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I want Claire's power from Heroes. Good ol Claire can't die. Oh wait I think the power I'd like to have is not to take cyclic rebirth in samsara...hmmmm seems like someone I read about had that power :tongue:
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