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Briefing Room Polls (Guests Welcome!) => The Briefingroom Polls => Topic started by: AllThatJazzZ on January 17, 2024, 12:03:14 am
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You're not limited to the above options. Make up your own. But you get only 2. Choose wisely. :cool:
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Stopping time.
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Teleport anything anywhere.
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Flying: not only is it more crowded up there than it was when Superman came out, you'd end up dodging missiles a lot. Bird Strikes would really hurt.
Being invisible. Too many years on a motorcycle hearing "But officer, I didn't see him"...
Seeing through walls: My first reaction is okay, window peepers! Too many possibilities for temptation to larceny and other mischief. That said, give me the ability to see through the ground and rock as well, and filter out objects of desired composition and density, and it could be a treasure hunter's dream...(and I might find that other set of car keys!) I'd want to combine it with the ability to do chemical assay at a glance.
Strength like Superman: Might take some getting used to. Things aren't made as well as they used to be, and chances are I'd end up breaking stuff I did not want to.
Live forever: I think The Almighty was wise in giving us some limits here, at least in this mortal coil. Everlasting life as a more spiritual being is one prospect, but this conveyance has yet to hit decade 7 and it just doesn't run like it did when it was newer... And then, there is the problem of watching people make the same stupid mistakes, over and over...
Reading minds: Oh, Hell, no! At least I can turn the gibberish on the TV off. Being able to tell when someone is lying with 100% accuracy, and to what degree, might be handy, though, so something like that would have to be able to be directed, selective, and have a default of "off" unless intentional.
Communicate with animals: Pay attention to your critters and you likely already can-at least as much as they want to listen.
Stoner option (define it)
Teleportation has its attractions, but it would be just my luck someone would rearrange the furniture. Notice most of the fictional options use dedicated spaces for arrivals and departures.
Being able to heat or cool (or both) items at will would have some appeal, but like seeing through walls, has potential for mischief. Being able to change density, increase or decrease it so you could walk through walls, or be as impenetrable as armor plate could be interesting.
The ability to fill out forms, navigate voice menus, and otherwise navigate the bureaucratic (and other) nonsense out there at will would be handy. The ability to just eliminate that garbage would make one Godlike... :laugh:
I'd settle for the ability to fix or disable any device at will, bend space and time, to dispel anger and distribute contentment (thwarting envy, yet not dismiss injustice), and to heal the sick and injured.
Oh heck, that's 4...
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Stopping time.
No way, didn't you see that episode of the 1980s Twilight Zone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or1UX7z8YBM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or1UX7z8YBM)
Edit: I didn't realize until now that the actress playing the Mom in this TZ episode also played the Mom in the movie "A Christmas Story".
Edit2: For that matter, the original TZ series episode "A Kind of a Stopwatch" was a different exploration of a similar theme, but you have to pay to watch the episode (it's on Paramount+).
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Live Forever and stoner option, be able to go back in time and trace ancestry, and meet them.
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Better Personality/Charm and more Godly Wisdom/Insight would of been nice.
The greatest gift was given freely.
My whim choice from the list would be flying... in my dreams all my life I have enjoyed flying dreams, though it was always a struggle to fly high or far.
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Stopping time.
@Hoodat
I can give you a wrist watch that I have......
https://youtu.be/Lxf05d_rMYM
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And, invisibility and seeing through walls would eventually give me Batman's superpower (being rich), since I'd use them to get information for what would effectively be insider trading without being an insider.
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Communicate with animals: Pay attention to your critters and you likely already can-at least as much as they want to listen.
Interesting. At this writing, there's only one person other than me who has chosen this option. I thought almost everyone here on GBR would choose this option, which is why I gave everyone a second option.
In real life, almost everyone I know would kill (figuratively speaking) to be able to converse with their pets, especially when they're starting to present with symptoms indicating a downturn in health. Also, when we find a stray, we'd like some info from that critter so that maybe we could find their owners -- unless their owners were cruel to them, in which case, we'd find them a new home.
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I am a bit of an oddball. I prefer to live within the limitations I was born with. I'd abuse just about any "superpower" I'd take.
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Interesting. At this writing, there's only one person other than me who has chosen this option. I thought almost everyone here on GBR would choose this option, which is why I gave everyone a second option.
In real life, almost everyone I know would kill (figuratively speaking) to be able to converse with their pets, especially when they're starting to present with symptoms indicating a downturn in health. Also, when we find a stray, we'd like some info from that critter so that maybe we could find their owners -- unless their owners were cruel to them, in which case, we'd find them a new home.
Not sure most cats would have much niceness to share back with their owners... Feed me, feed me, leave me alone, let me outside, and come hither human and do my bidding....
I am a bit of an oddball. I prefer to live within the limitations I was born with. I'd abuse just about any "superpower" I'd take.
Deeper answer than a quick first reading leads one to believe. Limitations tend to humble.
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Not sure most cats would have much niceness to share back with their owners... Feed me, feed me, leave me alone, let me outside, and come hither human and do my bidding....
Which is exactly why I realized decades ago that I'm not a good fit for cat ownership ... or should I say, being owned by a cat. Being owned by a dog fits my personality much better.
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Which is exactly why I realized decades ago that I'm not a good fit for cat ownership ... or should I say, being owned by a cat. Being owned by a dog fits my personality much better.
That's why I have several cats. They are too busy bugging each other.
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Mine is nervous flatulence. Hey. It's a thing...
When the preacher stops for a pregnant pause and there's a raucous fart, well... that'll be me.
Haven't applied it to whirled peas yet :shrug:
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Mine is nervous flatulence. Hey. It's a thing...
When the preacher stops for a pregnant pause and there's a raucous fart, well... that'll be me.
Haven't applied it to whirled peas yet :shrug:
:silly:
I prefer SBDs....
'Fart bombing' an aisle in Walmart...makes the trip worthwhile.
Only problem is, I'm old enough to not trust a fart...
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Stoner option so I don't have to be fully aware of what is happening to our Republic and continue to slowly watch it's demise.
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:silly:
I prefer SBDs....
'Fart bombing' an aisle in Walmart...makes the trip worthwhile.
Only problem is, I'm old enough to not trust a fart...
Me too... me too... But then the SBD turns into a squeaker.... which turns into giggle farts... And we all know what happens next. **nononono*
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I think maybe I'd like the super power of not smelling anything when I happen to be hanging out with @roamer_1 and @Smokin Joe :laugh:
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I think maybe I'd like the super power of not smelling anything when I happen to be hanging out with @roamer_1 and @Smokin Joe :laugh:
My mother and both sisters have gone that route. But I think that was more my Dad's fault than mine...
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Interesting. At this writing, there's only one person other than me who has chosen this option. I thought almost everyone here on GBR would choose this option, which is why I gave everyone a second option.
In real life, almost everyone I know would kill (figuratively speaking) to be able to converse with their pets, especially when they're starting to present with symptoms indicating a downturn in health. Also, when we find a stray, we'd like some info from that critter so that maybe we could find their owners -- unless their owners were cruel to them, in which case, we'd find them a new home.
I have always wanted to speak to the strays that have adopted me. They could tell me the stories of their lives and how they became homeless.
For the stoner option I'm gonna shoot high...the power to heal with a wave of my hand.
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India and Russia.
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India and Russia.
:silly: I knew that one would show up!! :silly:
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I think maybe I'd like the super power of not smelling anything when I happen to be hanging out with @roamer_1 and @Smokin Joe :laugh:
Not to worry...like H2S, your sense of smell will not survive any but the lowest concentrations. :laugh:
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@Hoodat
I can give you a wrist watch that I have......
That was cool, @Gefn . Thanks.