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a_goofy_dragon@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 20 hours ago

You can choose 1 superpower, but the first reply is the side effect. What superpower would you choose?

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You can choose 1 superpower, but the first reply is the side effect. What superpower would you choose?

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    Immunity from all replies to this post.

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      You end up with no superpowers at all

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    Ability to control every atom in the surrounding area of approx 1 km.

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      You can control only 1 at a time.

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        Nuclear bombs, or a really good scientist.

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          1 at a time wouldn’t get you a noticeable amount of energy for a bomb (stuff is radioactively decaying around you already right now). A scientist might make some use of it, but with control of only 1 atom at a time they’ll struggle to build really any molecule as I imagine most intermediate molecules would break apart as soon as you “let go” to grab the next atom.

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            Depends on what “time” is in case of one at a time. Is it plank time, or is it as fast as I can think the command.

            Even if nothing can be achieved by controlling it, just being able to feel/see the atoms means I can figure things out as a scientist. Finding how atoms are arranged into molecules, proteins etc are super helpful

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    Teleportation

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      But you lose one of your socks every time you teleport and they’re like really cool unique ones that only work as a pair. Heartbreaking.

    • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world
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      Butt stuff is marginally less fun.

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        Really depends on the butt

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    crab claw

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Only when jorkin it

  • Chyioko@lemmy.world
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    Reading minds

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      But you have to start at the beginning.

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      You have no inhibitive filter, and compulsively blurt out whatever you’re thinking, including whatever the person is thinking when you’re reading their mind.

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    Switch sexes any time I prefer

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      … provided you are playing Uno and have a reverse card.

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      Every time you switch you have to peel off a layer of dead skin line a cocoon.

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        Depending on the person, this might be a bonus.

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        Seems like a small payment honestly

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        Damn that’s harsh. I didn’t expect that, it seems you have some great imagination.

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          I’m sorry, I don’t make the rules

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    Master poet level fluency in all languages

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      You are now blind and deaf like Helen Keller. Good luck, she figured it out, you’ll be fine.

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      You can now hardly remember anything else (as happened to me, my memory is full of Chinese vocab with no space for anything else).

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      Terribly loud non-stop belching

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        So no new drawbacks, then? Sweet!

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    The ability to change my own superpower.

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      Uncontrollable and overwhelming diarrhea whenever you use any of the chosen superpowers, which is immune to any kinds of “and I’m immune to the side effect” types of loophole powers.

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    The power to talk to women without staring at their feet.

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      Instead you cannot stop staring at their boobs. And yes, that includes your family, bosses and so on.

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        deleted by creator

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      you can only speak to them in languages they don’t understand.

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      In long-dead languages they can’t understand

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        Deal. I’m Autistic so that’s barely any different.

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    Being a cat

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      You make noise every time you walk

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        Ok, it’s basically like my cat.

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    Fall asleep at any time and place by will

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      It is impossible to wake up until you are fully rested, including by alarm, fire, or intruder.

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        I either wake up rested or not my problem anymore.

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      You wake up with a severe headache everytime.

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        This is apparently my superpower and side effect combo.

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      But when you wake up, you’re in a random spot in the wilderness. Every time.

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    I’ll stick with the strongest superpower of them all, I am Cables Never Tangle Man!

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      But you cannot tie knots anymore. Even worse - every knot you touch magically slips open. Be careful not to trip over your shoelaces!

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        Velcro has entered the chat…

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          So many tiny little knots

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            It’s going to look like a shag rug as soon as they touch it

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      Your cables break every 3 days

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      Every time you get an error it is unknown error

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    Cryokinesis

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      But you cannot defy the laws of thermodynamics, so if you make anything colder, you need to absorb the energy to do so and vice versa. First time using this power and you accidentally made something too cold? Sounds like you just burned to death.

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      But you can only use it at 0°N 0°E

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        This looks like it can counter most powers except ones having effects in far away places

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      But you heat the random object in 100 metres from you

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    Teleportation!

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      But you have to go through TSA every time

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        😂 I’m on the shitter at work damn you, can’t be laughing out loud!

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        Honestly, still well worth it. And with pre-check it’s even faster.

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      You can only teleport to random places

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        When I first started playing Ragnarok Online, there was this one item, aí believe it was something like bat wings, that was really valuable and when you used you would teleport to a random place in the same map/sections. I thought it was a shit item, but soon enough I understood that its power was to run away from problems when you are low on health.

        So I think it still is a good power.

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        Random place WITHOUT obstacle detection or height limit makes this risssky… 😆

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    Invisibility.

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      You emit an unmaskable and extremely noticeable odour whenever invisible.

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        That’s fine. That’ll just mean I’m a airborne disease since my invisibility would be infinite.

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