If You Could Have One Marginal Super Power...What Would it Be?

[ProudLib72]

For instance, you can teleport yourself ...but only a foot at a time

I think I'll go with the ability to levitate ...but only two inches off the ground

[CentralMass]

1. To be able to see the future.

[LonePirate]

3. I agree. See the future even f only five minutes into the future.

[ProudLib72]

10. Damnit all, I'm going to stub my toe in the next couple minutes!

Seeing into the future would have to be limited, like only to bad things that happen to you. You couldn't guess the winning lottery number five minutes before the drawing. That's completely out. Sorry. Marginal superpowers means marginal.

[Leith]

23. That would be terrific!

Poker room, here I come!

[dameatball]

27. But does being able to forsee stubbing your toe allow you to alter that? Otherwise the future

you see would not exist. At least it would give you time to change from flip-flops to boots.

[ProudLib72]

61. It does not allow you to alter the future

This is the truly interesting part of seeing the future as a marginal super power. It absolutely must not allow you to prevent major events because... paradox! The Greeks understood this when they invented Cassandra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Partial invisibility.

I could make myself invisible around the edges and look thinner.

[krispos42]

6. That reminds me...

...of something that's been bothering me for years.

Assuming you can become invisible, how the heck do you see anything???

Your retinas are invisible so the light isn't stimulating your rods or cones, right? So how does an invisible person see?

[dameatball]

28. What if you were not actually invisible but had your own cloaking device?

[krispos42]

49. Whether the light passes through my retina without interacting with it...

...or whether the light is bent around my body so I can't be seen, the question still stands... how can I see?!?

[Funtatlaguy]

30. This. Only my buttocks (my best feature) would be visible.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Rose colored vision.

Captain Optimist.

[krispos42]

5. Telekinesis with a 6-foot range from my brain

Then I could put on my socks and tie my shoes without using my hands.

I could pull hot pans out of the oven with no mitts!

And it would be an asset in the bedroom, too.

[ProudLib72]

7. I'm not sure you are allowed a 6' range

Maybe 1' max. That's the trouble with marginal super powers. In your case, you would be able to lift your reading glasses to the top of your head and put them down on your nose again. That's it.

[krispos42]

9. Well at least I could still use it in the bedroom.

I just have to get closer

[Cartoonist]

8. X-Ray Vision

Can only penetrate through three layers of fabric.

[ProudLib72]

11. I'm not sure everyone is following the rules of marginal superpowers

They tend toward the ridiculous. For instance, suppose you want to have the ability to talk to animals like Dr Doolittle. Well, guess what. You only get to talk to frogs. But hey, it's a super power, right? It's something you can put on your resume!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

12. Ability to force any Republican I see discussing politics to tell the truth....

at least once a day....

[Laffy Kat]

15. Sorry, that would take more than "marginal" power. nt

[Anon-C]

13. I can teleport to where I am!

[First Speaker]

14. The power to stretch any part of my body like Reed Richards...

...but only for a few inches. That would be enough...

[ret5hd]

51. Just remember...

The stretched "part" gets thinner as it is stretched.

[RainCaster]

16. Fluorescent green boogers by the gallon

[ProudLib72]

17. You would be a hit at children's birthday parties!

[RainCaster]

44. I'm planning for when I have grandkids ;)

[Floyd R. Turbo]

18. Speak any language I want but only the

profanity!

[Harker]

19. I'd like to be more powerful than

a stationary locomotive.

[ProudLib72]

35. Steam or electric?

There's potential energy in a stationary locomotive. You could billow smoke and spit boiling water or zap the living crap out of people.

[Harker]

59. EMD FT...

The ubiquitous choo-choo of my youth.

I miss that machine.

[samnsara]

20. telekenesis so i dont have to get up and down all day to let the dogs in and out

[Dr Hobbitstein]

21. The ability to turn on a lamp with your mind... Once. Nt

[Harker]

22. I used to shut off streetlights routinely.

Not anymore.

[happybird]

29. Do you quickly drain watch batteries, too?

[Harker]

46. I don't wear a watch...

so not sure. I sometimes drain beer and wine bottles, though.

[smirkymonkey]

24. To be able to teleport myself anywhere within 3000 miles.

Am I stretching the meaning of the word "marginal"?

[ProudLib72]

25. Ok SM, I'm going to allow you to teleport 3000 miles

BUT you can only stay in the location for 30 seconds!

That gives you just enough time to teleport into the Senate and slap McTurtle.

[smirkymonkey]

31. I'll take it!

I'll teleport in, smack the living crap out of him, and teleport out before anyone can even figure out what is going on!

[OneBlueDotBama]

26. The ability to make....

wacko repubs, shit their pants...

[True Dough]

33. A lot of them

are already piles of shit wearing pants, so they're essentially there.

Unrelated, should be an interesting Game 5 with the Bruins tonight!

[OneBlueDotBama]

37. Looking forward to this evenings game

Playoff games and success has been hard to come by, for long suffering long time leaf fans... last time the leafs were in the news, was due to Bobby Hull saying Hitler had some great ideas, he was misquoted, he said Sittler.

[True Dough]

39. What do you think about Mike Babcock's job security?

He should be there next season, right? It's kind of crazy but the Toronto sports media (sometimes a crazy lot) started speculating that Babcock's services could be in jeopardy with a first-round exit this season. First of all, the Leafs aren't gone yet, of course, but even if they do bow out against Boston, it's not Babcock's fault the Maple Leafs drew Boston in the opening round. And they still need to improve the defense as part of their five-year plan to hoist the Stanley Cup.

[OneBlueDotBama]

43. The TO sports press is always...

speculating...lol.
They have a very good team, they know how to win, they're young, many with some awesome hockey skills. If they could pick up someone like a Brent Burns to anchor the blue line, Hainsey & Muzzin, both have a wealth of experience, sadly they didn't pick up Dougie Hamilton.

Forever hopeful, when I was a kid in the 1960's in Toronto, the team was great with young hockey players, lots of community events, open practices, with the glass off the boards, back in the days when many players had summer jobs to pay the bills. Different world these days.

[dameatball]

32. The ability to have a great voice, but only in the shower. Oh, wait. I already have that...:)

[True Dough]

34. Having a sense of direction

It's hardly a super power, but I'd happily settle for it!

[Tikki]

36. I could hold on forever to the curiosity, about nearly everything, I had....

as a child.


Tikki

[ProudLib72]

38. Now that is sweet!

And luckily, I do have that marginal super power. Gets me into trouble, but makes life interesting.

[CrispyQ]

40. The ability to guess 5 out of 6 LOTTO numbers.

I've matched 5 out of 6 twice in my life. The payouts were just over $400 & just over $600. But if I could have that every week...

[SummerSnow]

41. I would like the ability to become invisible at will

[ProudLib72]

42. No, no, no! Total invisibility is a real super power

Did you see how Velveteen Ocelot wanted only partial invisibility to look skinnier? The super power must be marginal.

So maybe you can become invisible only when no one is watching...

[krispos42]

45. being able to predict coin tosses with perfect accuracy

Amazing, but virtually useless

[IcyPeas]

47. mind reading

I'd love to be able to know what people are thinking.

[ProudLib72]

56. But it needs to be made marginal in some way.

So maybe it could only work on certain people whose minds you really wouldn't want to read anyway.

[Shrek]

48. Deliver electric shocks to the keyboards of those who disagree with me on the internet n/t

[Generic Brad]

50. The ability to fly, but...

...no ability to safely land.

[Scully]

52. Marginal, hmm. The ability to heal...

...myself and others- but only of ingrown toenails and paper cuts.

[LakeArenal]

53. Make anyone tell the truth for 30 seconds.

[NotASurfer]

54. The Great Lakes Avengers have some marginal powers

Doorman, for example, can become a portal to anywhere, as long as it's on the other side of the wall of whatever room he's in. Useful for rescuing children and animals from locked cars in summer.

I'd take that

[lpbk2713]

55. To make massive lightning bolts strike on command.

I heard Trump and Limbaugh were playing golf today.

I'd only want that power for two minutes.

[ProudLib72]

58. But you had better save it because you never know when someone really bad will come along

[mikehiggins]

57. The Purple Man

could implant instructions/commands in other's minds. That could come in handy.

[milestogo]

60. Everyone in the world stays frozen in place for 5 minutes

except me.