I would like to know which scratch off lottery tickets are winners and for how much. If I had that power I could either go buy a couple of multi-million dollar winners and live a life of leisure or I could just perpetually pick up hundred dollar winners that are cashed out in the store and essentially go off the grid.
if you watched 4400, theres a little girl that can predict outcomes, after given the abilties by humans of the future, and the aunt was taking advantage of her to win lotteries.
Timelord
invulnerable. If you can't hurt me you can't stop me from making a point and swaying opinions.
The ability to memorize and recreate any object at will, including people. I won't have to worry about wealth, and can offer my services for all sorts of purposes. Mamdani wants to simultaneously be mayor AND run for president? Eh presto, two Mamdanis!
The ability to convince people even the hardliners.
Time manipulation, easy! I have so many projects and my work schedule is all over the place.
Teleportation for sure.
Oh mine is very simple and not much to ask at all: I just want pure, unlimited, godlike omnipotence.
I promise to use it in every irresponsible way imaginable.
Hmm, reminds of this part of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory
Be able to do stuff, at will.
!adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com is leaking again
I feel personally attacked
Nothing personal, we’re all in this together. I’d take that power too.
My answer to this question is always teleportation, including my clothes and anyone I’m touching (and their clothes). And the ability to not appear inside solid objects. No more traffic. No more passports or visas. No more long multi-hour drives or long haul flights.
Have fun figuring out the point of reference of your new powers. It would be hillarious if it was not the nearest grvitational well. Earth moves, the sun moves, our galaxy moves. Watch it be not the most obvious thing, and you teleport into empty space.
This flaw in teleportation logic hinges on the assumption that there is an absolute reference frame- which as far as I'm aware there isn't. There is real science behind teleportation, and from what I've seen the frame of reference of the origin is what determines the endpoint. If you COULD manipulate the frame of reference as well, you could teleport a small rock an inch forward, but with the frame of reference of a near lightspeed object to create a crazy projectile.
Basically, you'd still need to follow the rules of conservation of momentum and energy, or it could be broken.
…and that always comes up as a response. Ok fine, I’ll add another line to the fine print: The ability to teleport at the exact place I want to be. If you want to counter that still, then make it places I’ve been to before. It will limit my destinations, but it still saves me time and effort. I’ve never been to France, but I’ve been to Germany, so that still reduces my travel from almost a day of flying and layovers to a train ride.
Bend probability to my will.
Example: Jump out of a plane (see a bowl of petunias and a sperm whale on the way down), bend probability so that against all odds; I start to fly.
Is there a monkey's paw clause in this? Does probability snap back like an elastic on the things you aren't focusing on?
Well, a high probability doesn't mean it will happen, and a low probability doesn't mean it won't.
(A tossed coin that shows head the first 5 times and after that it always shows up tails still has a probability of 0% head and 100% tails, assuming you don't know which coin toss this is.)
The power to instantly, constantly, automatically, and effortlessly transmute the bone marrow of every single individual on Earth who is being harmful to humanity's progress and wellbeing (fascists, billionaires, global warming denialists, mimes, and so on) into molten lead.
The power in Jumper would be damn legit. Teleportation.
Criminally under rated movie.
That is still one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies. It's so good! It got so much flak but I really enjoyed it. The concept was very interesting and I really wanted to see where it could've gone. I felt like they could've done better in the movie but still, I'll take what I can get.
I always wondered why the jumpers were even struggling against the paladins, though. I mean... they could jump literally anywhere in the world instantly. How are the paladins even able to catch up at all even with the tech they had? It was ridiculous. They also didn't use guns? I didn't get it, lol.
Being able to stop time. Unlimited sleep.
Make sure to add that you don't age or need food/water/oxygen while time is stopped, otherwise this is more of a curse
Unlimited do overs. I can save, load and redo any point of my life at will. Caveat, death grants me access to the load game function.
Shapeshifter: it’s broken as hell if you take it to the molecular level. Shapeshift into something that can fly, into a very thin transparent film on the ceiling of a room, into something which can withstand great temperatures or bullets, hell, you can even shapeshift into something that photosynthesizes.
I want a familiar named Git that obeys me.
Hey! That annoying guy that you hate speaking with is coming towards you
Git, push!
Would you look at that! What an amazing thing
Git, pull!
Oooh. What a great idea!
Git, commit!
There’s no way I said that, you must be remembering wrong
Git, diff!
So many possibilities
Edit: bonus points if you guess what I’d be stashing all the time
In order of preference:
The ability to reset my life from and resume from any "save point".
For the purposes of this power there are two kinds of "save points":
Why? Who hasn't indulged in the what-ifs of life? What if I can revisit certain points in my life and relive those what-ifs myself?
I want time travel like a video game or Git handles it. I want to be able to save and load timelines.
Normally I would say teleportation or the ability to fly but in 2025 I think I could solve some big problems with mind control.
I wanna teleport things. I'll use this to make money, among other things.
Super Siri that can answer any questions.
"How do I build a time machine?"
"Is there any hidden treasure around here?"
"How do I make myself immortal?"
Really close to mine: reach into my pocket and pull out whatever I want to. Time machine? Treasure? Functional immortality tied to my intent to live pill? Pants with a huge pocket so I can pull out this big thing that wouldn't fit in my normal pocket?
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