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Sorry I'm late but i still pick invis. If it truly is a super-power, then that means I can control it and its scope/duration. Otherwise it is an inconvenience; a mutation, and not a boon.
So cool to be invis, when I fly I want a plane.
So cool to be invis, when I fly I want a plane.
Something about Libertarianism always bothered me. Then one day, I realized what it was:
Libertarian philosophy can be boiled down to the phrase, "Work Will Make You Free."
In Libertarianism, there is no Government, so the Bosses are free to exploit the Workers.
In Communism, there is no Government, so the Workers are free to exploit the Bosses.
So in Libertarianism, man exploits man, but in Communism, its the other way around!
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Libertarian philosophy can be boiled down to the phrase, "Work Will Make You Free."
In Libertarianism, there is no Government, so the Bosses are free to exploit the Workers.
In Communism, there is no Government, so the Workers are free to exploit the Bosses.
So in Libertarianism, man exploits man, but in Communism, its the other way around!
If all you want to do is have some harmless, mindless fun, go H3RE INST3ADZ0RZ!!
Grrr! Fight my Brute, you pansy!
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First choice: flight. Then I realized that flight didn't necessarily mean quick flight. For all I knew, I fly with the speed of an unconscious fly. Thus, invisibility. I can get away with spooking girls in the locker room! (No offense, ladies)
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For those that keep asking
Invsibility is Complete, Is on and off with either mental or voice command, It makes YOU invisbile and anything CLOSE to you but not other people, basicly just enough for thin clothes, heavy Jackets and whatnot will be visable as will thick things like rollex watchs or carkeys and wallets
FLIGHT is Flight, You can carry people on your back only if you can do so now and still manage a heathy run, Flight is as fast as you want it but phyiscal constraints are present, IE Faster than 60 MPH and you can't see much and its rather cold as well, You can fly but your not protected from the elements or the temepure up there
Invsibility is Complete, Is on and off with either mental or voice command, It makes YOU invisbile and anything CLOSE to you but not other people, basicly just enough for thin clothes, heavy Jackets and whatnot will be visable as will thick things like rollex watchs or carkeys and wallets
FLIGHT is Flight, You can carry people on your back only if you can do so now and still manage a heathy run, Flight is as fast as you want it but phyiscal constraints are present, IE Faster than 60 MPH and you can't see much and its rather cold as well, You can fly but your not protected from the elements or the temepure up there
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Invisibility takes the cake, then.Mr Bean wrote:For those that keep asking
Invsibility is Complete, Is on and off with either mental or voice command, It makes YOU invisbile and anything CLOSE to you but not other people, basicly just enough for thin clothes, heavy Jackets and whatnot will be visable as will thick things like rollex watchs or carkeys and wallets
FLIGHT is Flight, You can carry people on your back only if you can do so now and still manage a heathy run, Flight is as fast as you want it but phyiscal constraints are present, IE Faster than 60 MPH and you can't see much and its rather cold as well, You can fly but your not protected from the elements or the temepure up there
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I chose flight. I'd make hella money just showing off my powers. Invisibility is lame, people don't wanna pay to see that.
So all you hard-up invisible freaks can go around stalking your high school crushes, and I'll be making the green on the Today Show.
So all you hard-up invisible freaks can go around stalking your high school crushes, and I'll be making the green on the Today Show.
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Re: Two Options...
Flight. I'm scared of heights, so flying would remove that completely (it's hard to fall when you can fly ). Plus the saving on international flights would be great and I would never get a parking ticket (warm jacket and a Bike helmet means i can safely fly at 100 mph - who needs a car?). I'd never be able to drown in a shipwreck, die in a climbing accident, be trapped in an Avalanche while skiing, stuck in a burning building. An absolute boon.Mr Bean wrote:
The question is this, Choice of Superpowers
1. Invisibility
2. Flight
Questions are welcome but answear first, if you change your mind do it in the follow-up the next day
Who needs invisibility unless your robbing a bank? You want naked women? Try talking to clothed ones for a while, they can become naked if you try hard enough.
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Seeing as I have no stamina, definitely invis.Mr Bean wrote:For those that keep asking
Invsibility is Complete, Is on and off with either mental or voice command, It makes YOU invisbile and anything CLOSE to you but not other people, basicly just enough for thin clothes, heavy Jackets and whatnot will be visable as will thick things like rollex watchs or carkeys and wallets
FLIGHT is Flight, You can carry people on your back only if you can do so now and still manage a heathy run, Flight is as fast as you want it but phyiscal constraints are present, IE Faster than 60 MPH and you can't see much and its rather cold as well, You can fly but your not protected from the elements or the temepure up there
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I would say flight. Invisibility just doesn't interest me that much. Dunno why, just doesn't.
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My first thought was invisibility...
But finally I chose flight. From ten thousand feet in the air (about the max a human flyer can comfortably go without needing ANOTHER supernatural ability so they can survive with a lot less oxygen,) I'll be pretty invisible anyway to the ground observer (unless they are searching for me with telescopes.) If I want to stab someone, being able to deliver my blow in flight gives my blow almost as much surprise.
Besides, let's say my target has a supernatural counter. The counter to invisibility would be the ability to detect invisibility. Thus he sees me coming at him anyway and I get no advantage. If I'm sneaking up on him from the back, either he turns or he doesn't. Once he turns, I lose all my advantage.. But if I choose flight, the counter to flight would most likely be flight itself, so if I can get him before he chooses to fly up off the ground, I still retain the advantage, and will retain the initiative in the whole fight afterwards if my first blow doesn't get him - unless I make a mistake, of course.
Besides, let's say my target has a supernatural counter. The counter to invisibility would be the ability to detect invisibility. Thus he sees me coming at him anyway and I get no advantage. If I'm sneaking up on him from the back, either he turns or he doesn't. Once he turns, I lose all my advantage.. But if I choose flight, the counter to flight would most likely be flight itself, so if I can get him before he chooses to fly up off the ground, I still retain the advantage, and will retain the initiative in the whole fight afterwards if my first blow doesn't get him - unless I make a mistake, of course.
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I knew it wasn't too long before the decisions became based on sex.StupidWhiteMan wrote:My first thought was invisibility, but I have decided that flight would be much cooler....many sexual positions would be easier to perform when levitating.....or when the lovely wench says "elevate me" I can oblige in a more unexpected way.
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The counter to flight isn't flight itself, it's a damned shotgun. People blast birds out of the air all the time, and they're a lot smaller than you are.But if I choose flight, the counter to flight would most likely be flight itself
Invisibility has many more novel uses. Off the top of my head, you could team up with a partner, sneak into stupid peoples houses, convince them they have a poltergeist, and sell them "ghostbusting" services.
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Yeah, being able to go invisible is superior to being able to fly except for a few things, like falling off a building for some reason and being able to fly so you won't kill smash down onto the floor.
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2) Flight
It would making getting to work a hell of a lot easier, and save me a bundle on gas.
It would making getting to work a hell of a lot easier, and save me a bundle on gas.
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