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Ability to give people taste buds wherever I think is funniest at the time

You invisible? Or you AND your clothes invisible?

Otherwise the in between phases can be awkward.

I feel like what some of you guys miss. Here is understanding what makes life fun. Certain superpowers would make life criminally boring and the goal would be to get power so that you can do what you want with your life, try different things out, be safe and secure, but still have a life that has meaning.

If you are too overpowered or have things that allow you to see way past what being human is, then you'd be stuck all alone looking at humans that look like ants to you and you'd be bored out of your skull. I kind of feel like that's what Dr. Manhattan was except I think the reality would be worse.

You have to look at what phase two of this super power would be. I kind of like the save point one or something that gives you control to do what you want, but you still have to deal with the consequences. That way you gain a lot of control over your life, but you still have to live it with consequences. It would kind of be like winning the lottery. It would be turning the video game on easy mode, but not making it so easy you don't want to play.

I want to know how and what to say to other people to convince them to do what I ask. So like not full manipulation or mind reading but like social engineering turned up to 100!

I'd like to be able to touch people and feel their deepest pain and just heal that away with a compassionate thought.

To always have the right amount of change in my pocket

Don't really want to be rich, just always have enough

I would like to know which scratch off lottery tickets are winners and for how much. If I had that power I could either go buy a couple of multi-million dollar winners and live a life of leisure or I could just perpetually pick up hundred dollar winners that are cashed out in the store and essentially go off the grid.

Shapeshifting has always sounded like it would be a trip. Teleportation or similar also sounds super fun, and could have actual practical applications.

I guess you didn't set a limit on how OP it could be, so I could just go for genie wish granting. Although, I can only imagine how zero challenge on literally any activity would fuck with my mental wellbeing.

Not flying, super strength or laser vision. Too much like tools we already have.

Oh mine is very simple and not much to ask at all: I just want pure, unlimited, godlike omnipotence.

I promise to use it in every irresponsible way imaginable.

The ability to steal anywhere from 1-10 hours of sleep from someone I touch per 24 hours

Timelord

invulnerable. If you can't hurt me you can't stop me from making a point and swaying opinions.

The ability to memorize and recreate any object at will, including people. I won't have to worry about wealth, and can offer my services for all sorts of purposes. Mamdani wants to simultaneously be mayor AND run for president? Eh presto, two Mamdanis!

attractive

Flight. I wanna fly, but I guess you’d also need invulnerability since you would crash a lot

My answer to this question is always teleportation, including my clothes and anyone I’m touching (and their clothes). And the ability to not appear inside solid objects. No more traffic. No more passports or visas. No more long multi-hour drives or long haul flights.

The ability to convince people even the hardliners.

The power in Jumper would be damn legit. Teleportation.

Criminally under rated movie.

Be able to do stuff, at will.

Flying, i always had a fantasy about just beibg able to fly superman style, fast, slow or just floating

The older I get, the more I'm sure it's healing/regeneration. Wolverine didn't have a sore back after digging an afternoon in the yard or sleeping without a pillow between his knees.

The power to instantly, constantly, automatically, and effortlessly transmute the bone marrow of every single individual on Earth who is being harmful to humanity's progress and wellbeing (fascists, billionaires, global warming denialists, mimes, and so on) into molten lead.

You know how some people have photographic memory and memorize everything they hear once for their entire lives?

I want the other side of that coin where I can look at something or think about anything for a while and immediately understand entirety of it.

Not formal understanding with all the equations and chemistry at atomic level, but more like someone explaining the equations and chemistry of it to me should "click" intuitively.

It would be really fun to go around learning random subjects.

If you were invisible, would food matter that was inside your body but not of your body be invisible, or would it appear to float in mid air? Also, at what point would it count as processed enough to be part of you and invisible? E.g. would elements of the blood be visible; what about fecal matter? Or is the cut-off when these things pass through the ring of your mouth and sphincter?

Healing powers 100%

But if I'm being selfish/lazy, I'd copy Ezra from Fairy Tail, she can swap out her armor and weapons instantly. I'd use it to always have a rain coat, umbrella. Fall over in bed and be instantly be PJs, wake up stay and in comfy cloths right until I get to work. Climb up a ladder and never have to go back down for a tool. Spill food all over, and instantly have a new shirt. Get mugged and swap over to appropriate armor and a heavy assault weapon.