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[–] logos@sh.itjust.works 68 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Sticking my finger in the barrel of a cops gun so it blows up in their face.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 19 points 4 weeks ago

Then a large boxing glove pops out of the flower on my chest, and knocks the fucker to the next county.

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 62 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Gonna see if i can cross over to the apartment opposite me by not looking down. This could be a miracle for transportation!

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

If that doesn't work let's try next floating while following the smell of a pie.

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[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

I thought about it, but I think that's powered by not knowing you're in the air. The fall is triggered by the realization that you aren't on the ground, not the action of l looking down. I'm just a layman though. A comic physicist can correct me if they want.

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago

A comic physician could draw a bridge under ya

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[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 58 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Letting her know I like her by launching my eyeballs out of their sockets and dropping my tongue completely to the floor.

edit: Forgot the old-timey car horn sound.

arOOOOgah!

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago

Don't forget Turing your face into a wolf and howling about it.

[–] WR5@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

The prompt was about things we don't already do in this reality though?

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 56 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Pulling a giant hammer out of my pocket

[–] mech@feddit.org 47 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Hire a bird to paint a realistic-looking tunnel with my workplace behind it on my garage door, and drastically reduce commute times.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 weeks ago

Damn! You beat me to it!

[–] WaitThisIsntReddit@lemmy.world 28 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm going to blow into my thumb and make my dick huge.

[–] WR5@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

In a similar thought, I was thinking of asking people for help making my thumb huge...

[–] harcesz@szmer.info 21 points 4 weeks ago

Carry around a ACME black hole, just in case.

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 16 points 4 weeks ago

Having a little hat with a propeller that allows me to fly

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago

Imma buy a LOT of anvils

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago

Launching out of a cannon and floating to safety at the end by opening a very small umbrella.

[–] Kepion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 weeks ago

Amazed nobody has said float through the air on the waft of a delicious pie yet

Honestly I think having someone pull a giant mallet out and squish me like a pancake would fix me.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Have a conversation with my now-talking dog.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago

I don't think anyone has mentioned buying some invisible paint!

[–] Deebster 12 points 4 weeks ago

Farting so hard I fly

[–] AniZaeger@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I work as a slot technician. One of our jobs is moving slot machines with hand trucks. When setting them down, one typically counterbalances the weight of the machine with their body. I wanna get catapulted across the casino floor, fly through the air while screaming like Goofy, and hit the wall leaving a silhouette-shaped hole.

Thankfully, the only injury I should sustain is little coins going around my head.

[–] oneser@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

Which, in this economy, seems less like an injury and more a reward.

[–] callyral@pawb.social 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Draw a tunnel or a door on a wall and see where it leads. Perhaps into the room on the other side, maybe into a pocket dimension.

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[–] Una@europe.pub 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Standing in air and looking down for a sec

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably don't want to look down.

[–] Una@europe.pub 11 points 4 weeks ago

Nah, no worries. I can't die, I'll just make huge human shaped hole and crawl out of it hurt.

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 11 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm going to Costco and buying a palette of bananas.

I can probably cut my commute time by 80% and sow mass chaos in the process.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Now THAT'S Ludacris.

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[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 weeks ago

Painting a door on a wall that actually works

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 weeks ago

Cut down a tree by standing on a branch and cutting the branch from the tree.

[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 10 points 4 weeks ago

Jump from the highest building in town and use my pants as a parachute.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago

This depends on whether it's permanent or transitory. I don't want to be half-way through a stunt...

[–] Human@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 weeks ago

tunnel through things using paint

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Phone call someone and during the split screen physically jump into their side of the call.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 weeks ago

Not reading the book on gravity, for starters. 🤌🏼

Step #1: Integrate "AI" into all ACME products; including anvils and dynamite.

Step #2: Draft press release that we expect to have solved the "roadrunner conundrum" by the end of the third quarter.

Step #3: Repeat Step #2 for a couple of years.

Step #4: Fail to deliver on the promise of Step #2.

Step #5: Exit the business with my now substantial fortune, leaving the Wyle E. Coyote holding the bag.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I'm flattening myself into pancake to fit through the crack of a door, and then walking off a cliff without looking down to fly. I may also want a drink, so I'll just reach off camera and grab one.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

Boing! Boing! Jumping off a roof so I can bounce bounce bounce, I can't jump for shit IRL and I want to.

Also maybe some NSFW stuff I am not about to detail.

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

If it counts, I'd love to have a portable black circle disk thing like in Toontown so I could return home in an instant.

If that doesn't count, I wouldn't mind having falls only cause me to accordion and not take much, if any, damage if I land on my feet paws.

Edit: Instant, not instance.

Also, realized being able to grab things from thought bubbles visible only to me would be nice. Need to defend myself? I now have a, hopefully, fully loaded glock whenever I need one.

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Run down the beach to see how far I can get across the lake before I start sinking.

[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 6 points 4 weeks ago

Use a seesaw-style lever and fulcrum to give free rides into space. I want a turn, too.

[–] serpineslair@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

Picture this. The flintstones car, to help the environment.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

And have it drift where hurricanes hit hardest.

Alternatively, with some help:

So it can float away from Canada and Mexico.

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm gonna sneak up behind you, and...

MEEP! MEEP!

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[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago
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