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If you had to choose one superpower that you could never turn off, what would it be? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 day ago by cumberboi@slrpnk.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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You can fly but you can never stop flying
You can turn invisible, but never be seen again

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[–] Doombot1@lemmy.one 51 points 1 day ago (5 children)

How pedantic do we get to be? Like, I’d be fine with flying because I could just hover a millimeter from the ground instead of standing, I would think

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My stepson asks all kinds of questions like this and highly scientific pedantry is my go-to move.

“Technically if you were invisible, your retinas would stop working, so I’d go with flight.”

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 15 points 1 day ago

Sometimes pedantry is beautiful

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's like Arthur Dent's girlfriend Fenchurch.

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 13 hours ago

Just don't travel through hyperspace.

[–] cumberboi@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hmm I think anything is fine really hah. I feel like it'd get weird never being able to touch the ground again, like I'd feel so detatched from things

[–] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Technically, you can fly towards the ground while being upright(unless the feet are the sole thrusters), to get that feel, right?

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

Good point. If you fly feet forward towards the ground with an acceleration of 9,81 m/s2 it should feel pretty much like normal standing with gravity.

[–] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

"I forgot one thing about the guy who had gained the ability to fly - it was actually only for a foot or two, and only an inch or so high"

The Vandals, An Idea for a Movie

[–] MyPornViewingAccount@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Flyings fine as long as I have variable velocity.