I always thought this was a fun topic. What power would you choose?

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[–] 39 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Stop any confrontation by yelling "enough!"

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  • [–] 31 points 3 years ago (12 children)

    The power to stop/start time at will while still able to move & interact with stuff

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  • [–] 42 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    It only works when your eyes are closed.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Your side effect is super cool, specially if you imagine that even light would be frozen in time. People in this thread keep choosing side effects that would ruin the super power but this one would be a problem but still worth using the power. With some practice you might even overcome some of thrle drawbacks.

    Now I want a super hero with this power and side effect

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago

    What's funny is that the most obvious side effect to this is the most realistic: molecular manipulation in this way causes an incredible build-up of energy that either expresses as kinetic or thermal, depending, and almost always exponentially explosive from the moment you turn time back "on"... to say nothing of the disastrous effects at the fringes for such time-stop powers...

    tl;dr: The Flash would've incinerated the entire planet long before he discovered how to keep from glassing it simply by practicing his powers.

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    [–] 29 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Wherever I am, everything becomes peaceful. Nations at war start peace talks. Long standing conflicts are immediately solved.

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    [–] 27 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    The ability to speak and translate between any languages

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    The power of anti-cheeto dust fingers.

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    [–] 24 points 3 years ago (14 children)
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    [–] 23 points 3 years ago* (5 children)

    Immunity to side effects. I can take any drug, and it only does the thing it is meant to do. 😤

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    [–] 20 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Immunity to internet-reply-based side effects

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    The power to manifest any desired food in any quantity

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    [–] 17 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    How bout the power... to move you.

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    [–] 16 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Ability to controls technology with my mind.

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    [–] 16 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    The ability to resolve any kind of conflict!

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I’ll go first. The power to always know a person’s next move.

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    [+] 14 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)
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    [–] 14 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    You have the power to make people instantly be extremely hungry

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    [–] 14 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    The power to travel through time, at the speed of regular time

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Ability to eliminate others side effects.

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