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hmmmm toss between invisability and flying - ooohhh what fun that would be :D
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Super speed for me. I was always a flash fan. :D
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The ability to read minds. Or, even to see a different color or something to know when someone was lying.
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A24 wrote:The ability to read minds.
Everyone always says this but think about it, would you really want to know whats going on in another persons mind? Think of all the rubbish and weird stuff that you think of from one minute to the next, be it images, hatred, insults, sexual fantasies etc. If i could see all that stuff every day from every person i me, i think i would go mad :lol:
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StephenKingman wrote:
A24 wrote:The ability to read minds.
Everyone always says this but think about it, would you really want to know whats going on in another persons mind? Think of all the rubbish and weird stuff that you think of from one minute to the next, be it images, hatred, insults, sexual fantasies etc. If i could see all that stuff every day from every person i me, i think i would go mad :lol:
That's a good point ... expect you'd want to be able to 'stop the clock' given the day that's in it :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Fran wrote:
StephenKingman wrote:
A24 wrote:The ability to read minds.
Everyone always says this but think about it, would you really want to know whats going on in another persons mind? Think of all the rubbish and weird stuff that you think of from one minute to the next, be it images, hatred, insults, sexual fantasies etc. If i could see all that stuff every day from every person i me, i think i would go mad :lol:
That's a good point ... expect you'd want to be able to 'stop the clock' given the day that's in it :lol: :lol: :lol:
Yes, it could be pretty overwhelming. Sometimes my own head swims sometimes! No, I would definitely have to have the ability to turn it on or off when I wanted to.
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A24 wrote:
Fran wrote:
StephenKingman wrote: Everyone always says this but think about it, would you really want to know whats going on in another persons mind? Think of all the rubbish and weird stuff that you think of from one minute to the next, be it images, hatred, insults, sexual fantasies etc. If i could see all that stuff every day from every person i me, i think i would go mad :lol:
That's a good point ... expect you'd want to be able to 'stop the clock' given the day that's in it :lol: :lol: :lol:
Yes, it could be pretty overwhelming. Sometimes my own head swims sometimes! No, I would definitely have to have the ability to turn it on or off when I wanted to.
Yeah it could be like Aro from the Volturi(twilight) who hears thoughts by touch.
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That would definetly suck to read minds, I wouldnt want to know what weird crap that people think. You are right, you would go mad, you would probably end up sitting on the floor in a corner sucking your thumb an gibbering nonsense. No, thoughts need to be private.
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The power of complete control over time.

How great would it be to stop time as I traveled to destinations. I would never lose time sleeping because I would stop time sleep and resume time when I woke up. I'd never miss a part of a show because I had to poo.
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Tip the Bottle wrote:The power of complete control over time.

How great would it be to stop time as I traveled to destinations. I would never lose time sleeping because I would stop time sleep and resume time when I woke up. I'd never miss a part of a show because I had to poo.
Come to think of it, this power would be awesome! There never seems to be enough time!
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Tip the Bottle wrote:The power of complete control over time.

How great would it be to stop time as I traveled to destinations. I would never lose time sleeping because I would stop time sleep and resume time when I woke up. I'd never miss a part of a show because I had to poo.
That would be a good thing, especially before they had tv recording devices. Ive always missed the best parts of a show in the bathroom.
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I know it's not a superpower but wouldn't it be great to be happy all the time?

I don't want to conquer the world
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^ completely agree.
i want a superpower that turns sad, and depressed people happy.
positiveman or something
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Without doubt it would be invisibility :twisted: :twisted:
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I would like to have a healing power. However I would also like this ability to come with deleting the memory of the healed person otherwise my house would be pretty crowded...
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