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Pretty much the title. I've been watching more realistic super hero shows like The Boys and Invincible. The reoccurring themes is that with great power comes great immorality.

I think it's easy for us normies to respect other people and their property because there are clear consequences for violating social norms. But what would the average person do if they had super powers?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

People don't need super powers for that, it's so easy. Crack open the way for the ego drug and they do anything. Nobody is immune. The "holier" the person, the easier it is.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Is there a question here?

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

My only hope is that the first time I stepped over the line when using my powers, I’d feel so bad about it afterwards that it would prevent me from doing it again… mostly.

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

The reoccurring themes is that with great power comes great immorality.

I mean, this is a thing irrespective of superpowers. Just check out the latest headline about billionaires or how your country's government is doing.

With great power comes great responsibilities, but also makes it very easy to skirt accountability, regardless if you are "super" or not.

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

I think many people act decently until the stakes are high. The higher the stakes, the less people you will find sticking to moral principles.

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

I’m stealing within the first day, pulling off the most ridiculously elaborate pranks within the week, and suicidally bored once the dopamine kick is killed after a month of world-befuddling shenanigans that will hopefully destroy even the conceptual understanding of bureaucracy. Loathe me some bureaucracy.

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

Depends on the person. You can see a clear discrepancy in what a person does without super powers. Some work toward a better planet, others toward a more secure life for the self. Adding super powers would just amplify existing MOs.

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

I might do some questionable things, but come on, I'm not gonna do that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah. I'd definitely steal a lot of money.

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

Prove it. Give me the power.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd just help people about to fall or get hit and not yell after my dog to come back anymore. Also do some woodwork while kids are sleeping unbreathing and Americans are patiently frozen waiting to get burgers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Nah... well maybe... a little 😁.

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

Not really.

Rob a bank? Thanks to serial numbers they can tell it's you who is using the money.

Steal from your neighbor? Same deal. Someone will notice.

It's all risks and consequences. Most big acts of "evil" still have those risks and consequences even if you can stop time or whatever else. And your ability is going to be worth so much fuck you money to scientific and other use cases that you really won't have reason to steal or whatever.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

You're thinking too small. Why steal money when you could just steal the thing you'd be buying with the money? Why steal from your neighbor when you could steal from a megacorporation that won't know it's you?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It would depend on how the power actually functioned, but my descent into time-stopping degeneracy would probably happen in stages. I would take care of money first, doing whatever to get my house paid off and. Basic needs taken care of for life. Not really sure the quickest and/or easiest way, but robbing a bank maybe? Though that seems a bit too out there for me. Maybe money doesn’t even matter when you can freeze time, you can just grab whatever you want anyways, apart from paying your rent/mortgage. I’d still work my job, but my weekends would probably last awhile. Hell, I’d probably take a day off in between each day. Probably the biggest danger with time-stopping is that I’d prematurely age from all the extra time I’d be taking off (assuming I aged normally while time was still).

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