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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Powers of a deity.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

super good luck. like the the chick from deadpool 2 I think or longshots if it always stayed on.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

the bad thing about have always luck on is that bad things can happen to you anyways on prior of your "good luck"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

I mean its "always" active. no?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago

Healing of all kinds. Ageing, sickness, and wounds.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Never becoming deaf and always having good hearing. I'm not sure I'd be able to enjoy life anymore if I became deaf, so just having good hearing would make the rest of my life worth living, without any major side effects I could think of.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Reading this reminded me that my ears are ringing. I can ignore it but if anything draws attention it can get pretty bad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

I can live without hearing, thanks to subwoofers, but if I ever go blind I think I'm just going to kill myself.

So permanent good vision; I pick that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Super strength. I'm just always strong. Cool.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You would have to recalibrate your interactions, or you'd be breaking things and people constantly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

And don't ever lash out on accident (even if it's because you got ticklish or you jerked in your sleep)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I would have the power to be naturally skilled at anything I do and having it always activated would be a bonus.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Jack of All Trades Activated

You are now naturally skilled at all tasks but will never be considered a master in any discipline

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

Just a bater now can no longer make yourself cum

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

That's fine, I wouldn't be a master at anything anyway really, just pretty okay

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Make billionaires turn inside out when they're on the same planet as me

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

If you don't specify a currency or a grade of inflation, this might kill far more people than expected.

1 billion Iranian Rial for instance is just about 23752 USD.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

So, question: when the billionaire dies, does their wealth transfer according to local laws? So an entire lineage could instantly turn inside out, including bastard children on the fringes of inheritance, with only an estate tax to save them?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

Bro casted familicide

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Shapeshifting. It's what I wanted anyway and I can always just be continuously toggling the length of my little toenail to be 1mm longer or shorter.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago

Hell yeah, I get to choose my boob size, and I can have my hair changing colors like in Terraria!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Being lucky all the time would be cool. The only time I can think it might be a hindrance would be at a casino because they'd think I'm cheating but I don't gamble so it doesn't matter I guess.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago (7 children)

How pedantic do we get to be? Like, I’d be fine with flying because I could just hover a millimeter from the ground instead of standing, I would think

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My stepson asks all kinds of questions like this and highly scientific pedantry is my go-to move.

β€œTechnically if you were invisible, your retinas would stop working, so I’d go with flight.”

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (11 children)

This is pretty simple though right?

Healing factor - always-on healing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Have you not read the hundreds of stories about people unable to die?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I would want the superpower of linguistics: the ability to fluently read, speak, and understand any language ever spoken or will be spoken.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm always at a comfortable temperature no matter what.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If humanity finds out about that property of you, you might end up as some kind of human battery. If you can't be cooled down under any circumstances, one could use your body to heat up infinite amounts of water/air with heat pumps and use you to heat entire cities. Super useful for the rest of humanity but not exactly the life I'd like to live. :D

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Shapeshifting, I will take no questions

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