super power

[user 135067]

To never disappoint.

 

[user 139760]

Well, I'm an idiot. So I wouldn't pick one superpower. I'd be Superman. Not because I'm as good hearted as he is (comics Superman, not the Cavill angry god garbage).
But because someone should be.

 

[okidoke]

If you could have one super power what would it be?

lol I have thought about this many times and came up with various ideas; one was a combination of invincibility, invisibility, duality (being in two places at once) and flying (like Peter Pan). I thought I'd be able to fight crime, save the world and have any woman I wanted, but I'd be endlessly busy, so who needs that lol.

But now, particularly with my slow brain at times, I've come to the conclusion that an awesome super power would be to have the ability to respond to a written or verbal statement, in real time, with absolutely perfect enlightening words that nobody could really argue with or contradict. A response that would make anyone reading or hearing it just react with utter awe due to its profoundness, finality and unequivocal correctness.

 

[Rvanson]

Well, I'm an idiot. So I wouldn't pick one superpower. I'd be Superman. Not because I'm as good hearted as he is (comics Superman, not the Cavill angry god garbage).
But because someone should be.

Would not work for a human being. I grew up reading Superman comics in the 1960's. No human being who had superpowers like that could hold back on using the powers Superman had for evil eventually. We'd need a superior alien from another planet to become our true Superman.

 

[user 139760]

Would not work for a human being. I grew up reading Superman comics in the 1960's. No human being who had superpowers like that could hold back on using the powers Superman had for evil eventually. We'd need a superior alien from another planet to become our true Superman.

Actually, even Superman has.
I grew up reading the same comics.
His alien nature gave him the powers.
His upbringing as a farm boy by good parents gave him his values.
That's why, even though he's erred on occasion, he always go back.
My folks are also at least as cool as the Kents
But like I said, it's not about wanting it.
Someone SHOULD be.

 

[Rvanson]

Actually, even Superman has.
I grew up reading the same comics.
His alien nature gave him the powers.
His upbringing as a farm boy by good parents gave him his values.
That's why, even though he's erred on occasion, he always go back.
My folks are also at least as cool as the Kents
But like I said, it's not about wanting it.
Someone SHOULD be.

Perhaps, but what if you lost control of your superpowers and killed innocent humans, or even criminals who could not harm you? I get your point. We could have Superman stop wars like Russia vs. the Ukraine. But would that be ethical?

 

[randomguy]

Actually, even Superman has.
I grew up reading the same comics.
His alien nature gave him the powers.
His upbringing as a farm boy by good parents gave him his values.
That's why, even though he's erred on occasion, he always go back.
My folks are also at least as cool as the Kents
But like I said, it's not about wanting it.
Someone SHOULD be.

Comics Superman has changed a wee bit over the last few years.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/oct/11/superman-bisexual-dc-comics

 

[user 139760]

Perhaps, but what if you lost control of your superpowers and killed innocent humans, or even criminals who could not harm you?

Well, no one's above the law. I'd have to be arrested and get whatever punishment the law gives me.

 

[Rvanson]

Comics Superman has changed a wee bit over the last few years.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/oct/11/superman-bisexual-dc-comics

Superman of the 1960's era never killed anyone, ever. He may have injured a few criminals, but if you had his super-strenght, how could you not?

 

[Rvanson]

Well, no one's above the law. I'd have to be arrested and get whatever punishment the law gives me.

You could not jail Superman for possibly harming a human to stop him from harming someone.

 

[user 139760]

He'd just jail himself. It's the right thing to do.

 

[okidoke]

lol I have thought about this many times and came up with various ideas; one was a combination of invincibility, invisibility, duality (being in two places at once) and flying (like Peter Pan). I thought I'd be able to fight crime, save the world and have any woman I wanted, but I'd be endlessly busy, so who needs that lol.

But now, particularly with my slow brain at times, I've come to the conclusion that an awesome super power would be to have the ability to respond to a written or verbal statement, in real time, with absolutely perfect enlightening words that nobody could really argue with or contradict. A response that would make anyone reading or hearing it just react with utter awe due to its profoundness, finality and unequivocal correctness.

C’mon folks, I want some credit for my proposed super power! I wish I worded this better lmao

 

[Rvanson]

He'd just jail himself. It's the right thing to do.

If Superman did not jail himself, wouldn't' he be just like Hancock, starring Will Smith?.

I don't think even Hancock had heat-vision.

Super strength, but not the power to cut metal bars.

And that ends my point. Humans with Superpowers could not control them.

Our minds could not comprehend having that kind of power, but Superman could.

 

[Unsigned]

Time travel.
Go back in time and try to put my younger self on the right path.

 

[Unsigned]

Basically I want to be Dr. Manhattan.

The guy who makes the coffee flavored soda?

 

[Abstamyous]

Old person me wants to say "the ability to fall asleep when I close my eyes"

I would be okay with being extra stretchy. That would teach my kid who is 6'4" to make fun of my shortness.

 

[user 139760]

If Superman did not jail himself, wouldn't' he be just like Hancock, starring Will Smith?.

I don't think even Hancock had heat-vision.

Super strength, but not the power to cut metal bars.

And that ends my point. Humans with Superpowers could not control them.

Our minds could not comprehend having that kind of power, but Superman could.

I wasn't aware all this was supposed to be this complicated lol.
That's your theory, of course. We'll never get to find out. But I don't believe the same. Clothes don't make the man, the man makes the clothes.
Much like Captain America, who's superpower really is that he's Steve Rogers, Superman's greatest power is that he's Clark Kent.
There are some people on this planet who actually are incorruptible. At least I like to believe this.

 

[Cherubino]

to solve the world peace and ozone layer ... also I want to thank my family and sunflowergirl for this superpower

 

[NoxApex(N/A)]

The guy who makes the coffee flavored soda?

 

[user 139760]

The guy who makes the coffee flavored soda?

Ouhhhh I change my mind. I want the power to produce coffee at will!