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Which superpower would you choose?

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Sketch said:
Leave it to this depressive forum to take superpowers like flying and Super Strength and say, nah boring man. I want to read books in Hebrew and Mandarin and speak Thai with ease.
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Good luck living your life after people seeing you flying through the air. The military gonna capture your ass and stick you in a test tube, buddeh.

Lead said:
Yea, it could be a real curse if you were the right type of person for it or didn’t use it effectively. I don’t think you could have long lasting relationships, at least not ones that aren’t in some form manipulative, with that power. It gives far to much of an upper hand to the one person. I also think I’d tend to be less forgiving of other people’s thoughts than my own.
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If that power ever gets found out, people will avoid you like the plague

Jack V Savage said:
Wouldn't have to worry about that with time travel.
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Would be pretty miserable to find out you can't actually change the past
Also, total white privilege super power.
 
Jack V Savage said:
I'd guess that you'd quickly become totally non-judgmental, but maybe to the point that it would be a problem. Like I'd think you'd lose subjectivity.
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Yea, I suppose it could go either way. It would be interesting to see the differences in other people’s thought processes. You’d get way way more context into any situation. I just think I’d weigh certain thoughts to heavily where to them, it might’ve been a throwaway thing they just breezed though. You also might have to find out a friend or coworker is generally terrible with toxic thoughts. Just a lot that could go wrong.
 
Most of these would destroy me imo. I’m going with teleport. Practical enough to have a huge life advantage while I don’t see many ways it could get out of hand in abuse or leave me distanced enough from the rest of humanity.
 
Lead said:
Yea, I suppose it could go either way. It would be interesting to see the differences in other people’s thought processes. You’d get way way more context into any situation. I just think I’d weigh certain thoughts to heavily where to them, it might’ve been a throwaway thing they just breezed though. You also might have to find out a friend or coworker is generally terrible with toxic thoughts. Just a lot that could go wrong.
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Can I ask you a serious question. Can you actually not read minds as it is? I've been doing that since about the age of 15 years old. I'm not even kidding. I can discern the motives of people within a millisecond of meeting them. Know what they are thinking just glancing at their eyes etc.
 
Lead said:
Most of these would destroy me imo. I’m going with teleport. Practical enough to have a huge life advantage while I don’t see many ways it could get out of hand in abuse or leave me distanced enough from the rest of humanity.
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Basically free travel and vacations, and you will never be late again. Still not sure how none of you factor in super strength at all. You could keep that hidden. It doesn't mean you have to be jacked like the hulk. You can keep that strength in your back pocket for when it's necessary.
 
Sketch said:
Can I ask you a serious question. Can you actually not read minds as it is? I've been doing that since about the age of 15 years old. I'm not even kidding. I can discern the motives of people within a millisecond of meeting them. Know what they are thinking just glancing at their eyes etc.
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I cannot not do that no.

On that note, I heard that not all people can visualize things in their minds and I find that nearly impossible to believe. Like I always knew some people likely were better with their visualization but I thought there was a high floor for it.
 
Sketch said:
Basically free travel and vacations, and you will never be late again. Still not sure how none of you factor in super strength at all. You could keep that hidden. It doesn't mean you have to be jacked like the hulk. You can keep that strength in your back pocket for when it's necessary.
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Yea, it’s a sense of security. I actually think that’s a power I’d come out about though because I think the main pro outside of security would be fame. Like that power would ruin BJJ for me. It’s a sport you are suppose to get technical in and counter strength but that power just would make it pointless. I’d lose a lot from it so I sure as hell would need to get money out of it.
 
Lead said:
I cannot not do that no.

On that note, I heard that not all people can visualize things in their minds and I find that nearly impossible to believe. Like I always knew some people likely were better with their visualization but I thought there was a high floor for it.
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I would actually link visualization of things to people more in tune with their monkey and psychical form. What I described is a simple process really, the fear in the eyes, excitement perhaps, the propensity for violence in the way someone holds themselves and also looks around a room.

Sure there is also the intellectual side of reading a mind, but it also boils down to simple body language and movement of the eyes and the way their face twitches or holds character as well. I guess if we are talking about two elite intellectuals sitting in chairs, and having a debate on camera, that is a whole another animal, although that is a very rare setting and I would still argue there are cues and demeanor's both or one side can pick up on. Psychopaths and Sociopaths essentially get by on these abilities and they both exist in the flesh, especially psychopaths.
 
Sketch said:
I would actually link visualization of things to people more in tune with their monkey and psychical form. What I described is a simple process really, the fear in the eyes, excitement perhaps, the propensity for violence in the way someone holds themselves and also looks around a room.
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Is this a clockwork orange reference or something?
 
Lead said:
Yea, it’s a sense of security. I actually think that’s a power I’d come out about though because I think the main pro outside of security would be fame. Like that power would ruin BJJ for me. It’s a sport you are suppose to get technical in and counter strength but that power just would make it pointless. I’d lose a lot from it so I sure as hell would need to get money out of it.
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This is where we strongly disagree because I prefer wrestling. There is a technical aspect as well, but athleticism and strength prevail in that sport compared to BJJ. Especially in Greco Roman. There is no down side to having super strength in wrestling. If anything your new found super power in strength would be world shattering and amazing with your ability to just lift your opponent up, slam them and control them while they are helpless. All done in 1 to 2 simple moves.
 
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