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  1. #101
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    Earth bender

    Control the very earth!

    Downsides? Potential for catastrophic destruction!

  2. #102
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gabriel View Post
    There would be literally zero drawbacks to my superpower of choice. The ability to make anyone I can think of to have anime intensity orgasms when I wish so.

    Literally none.

    I'd be called The Great Orgasmo.
    I'll find your contact info and call you every time I'm fapping so you are ready.

  3. #103
    Quote Originally Posted by Vjnzen View Post
    Which is - kind of - what superspeed would be.

    Interesting tho.
    While it might have some use for some close call type of situations I wouldnt think of it as a super speed, because to yourself you would still need to do everything in real time and that would really suck

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yvaelle View Post



    Not at all true, humans put a lot of effort into tailoring their appearance for others - an omniscient person would always see everyone in their entirety as a person. They would see all the bad of humanity - imagine if you had an omniscient lover - they'd see you each time you farted, or took a nasty shit, they'd know the weirdest porn you've ever been aroused by, all the times you've laughed at something that you wouldn't laugh at in front of them, etc. They would see all your embarrassing moments in your life, all your failures, all your stories - you would never be able to tailor your stories to their interest, or omit parts you didn't think were interesting to them.

    Think of it from the omniscient perspective too, they see all of that - for everyone - everybody would have countless things about them that make them less appealing to the omniscient person - think about the view of humanity that would develop from seeing all of that.

    An omniscient person would at best become jaded from humanity like Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen, but perhaps more likely - would almost certainly become a Villain: because they would be incapable of seeing anyone as 'good' - everyone would be either 'gray' or 'black' in their eyes. The only person capable of appearing 'good' to them - would be themselves.
    Already said before, I would know how to filter away unwanted information.

  5. #105
    Quote Originally Posted by omeomorfismo View Post
    actually i think the problem is exactly the inverse, if we are invisible we havent emission of infrared (under red? i dont know the translation D. so we cant "consume" the excessive energy made by our metabolism and will become like an engine without intercooler
    That's an interesting point.

    It begs an important question about invisibility: would such a person only be invisible on the visible spectrum, or on the sub-visible spectrum as well? If it's only the visible spectrum, then we'd still be able to give off infrared radiation. If we're invisible on the sub-visible spectrum as well, then at what point would be simply stop being corporeal?

    Hmm, that actually brings up another super power:

    The ability to pass through matter - Wouldn't you have to be invisible then? If matter passes through you, why wouldn't photons as well? There's the other obvious downside of falling straight to the center of the Earth, but lets pretend that won't happen *wink*.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nakloh View Post
    Already said before, I would know how to filter away unwanted information.
    You would have to see information to filter it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nakloh View Post
    Already said before, I would know how to filter away unwanted information.
    Maybe but you would still instantly know everything before you can do anything to stop that information

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    I'm not even going trying to understand this invisibility crap. Because I am far too dumb to try and understand, and too lazy to google. Would it be the same, if the ability was to not reflect light, hence you wouldn't be seen?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yvaelle View Post
    You would have to see information to filter it.
    Quote Originally Posted by Wikko View Post
    Maybe but you would still instantly know everything before you can do anything to stop that information
    Yes and after seeing it I can filter it out and forget about it.

  10. #110
    Quote Originally Posted by Wikko View Post
    Maybe but you would still instantly know everything before you can do anything to stop that information
    It would also require the ability to control one's memories. Omniscience does not guarantee control over ones own mental faculties. Being willfully able to forget something you know is a separate power to omniscience entirely.

  11. #111
    ITT: OP just finished Physics-101 in undergrad and decides to apply it in an incredibly arbitrary and inconsistent way to fictional universes.

    You're the kind of person nobody wants to go to the movies with, aren't you?

  12. #112
    Quote Originally Posted by Nakloh View Post
    Yes and after seeing it I can filter it out and forget about it.
    See my following comment. What about "knowing everything" would give you the ability to control how your mind functions? I mean, would you be able to control how your liver functions? If you don't have complete autonomous control over your body, why would you have complete autonomous control over your mind?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pawstruck View Post
    ITT: OP just finished Physics-101 in undergrad and decides to apply it in an incredibly arbitrary and inconsistent way to fictional universes.

    You're the kind of person nobody wants to go to the movies with, aren't you?
    ITT: No. And no.

    Why are you guys so fucking jaded you have to be condescending? I just do not get it.

  13. #113
    i would like the superpower of Futanari~!

  14. #114
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jotaux View Post
    There is a downside to that just ask Deadpool. His healing factor has resulted in tumors all over his body because it accelerated his cancer.
    I mean there doesnt have to be a downside even if you make it realistic. I mean sure, you can invent a downside to everything and find examples from comic books.

    But if you go with OPs post, its not about it. Just being a normal human with super fast healing isnt bad and doesnt come with any downsides.

  15. #115
    Quote Originally Posted by Crackleslap View Post
    I'm not even going trying to understand this invisibility crap. Because I am far too dumb to try and understand, and too lazy to google. Would it be the same, if the ability was to not reflect light, hence you wouldn't be seen?
    If you absorb light but don't reflect it, then what people would see instead of the thing behind you is a black silhouette of you. In that case, you wouldn't be invisible, you'd be a solid black shape.

  16. #116
    Quote Originally Posted by Cherise View Post
    I mean there doesnt have to be a downside even if you make it realistic. I mean sure, you can invent a downside to everything and find examples from comic books.

    But if you go with OPs post, its not about it. Just being a normal human with super fast healing isnt bad and doesnt come with any downsides.
    Deadpool has the exact same healing factor as wolverine, if you take powers like his there are downsides.

  17. #117
    Flight would be fun. I don't need to be a hero, I'd just fly around and enjoy the experience.
    Horseshit.

  18. #118
    Nope. Super powers are awesome.

  19. #119
    Quote Originally Posted by Cherise View Post
    I mean there doesnt have to be a downside even if you make it realistic. I mean sure, you can invent a downside to everything and find examples from comic books.

    But if you go with OPs post, its not about it. Just being a normal human with super fast healing isnt bad and doesnt come with any downsides.
    There are a few reasons why this might not be true.

    Let's say the super fast healing makes you immune to basically all lethal forms of damage (perhaps being dropped into the sun or a black hole will kill you, but anything Earth-based, like drowning, falling into lava, decapitation, etc, won't), then you run the very serious risk of not only living a very long time (perhaps "forever") but of actually eventually finding yourself trapped indefinitely. Imagine you get buried alive (lots of ways this can happen, from humans being dicks, to a landslide, to being encased in lava), you will live and be conscious forever in complete stasis. Your own personal hell for all time.

    Also, a healing factor does not mean you're immune to diseases, only that you heal from them. So you might end up creating a super virus that constantly eats away at your body, but your body repairs itself, only to be eaten away at again. Not only would this suck for you, but it would potentially wipe out the rest of humanity. You are, after all, the perfect incubator for super viruses and plagues.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jotaux View Post
    Deadpool has the exact same healing factor as wolverine, if you take powers like his there are downsides.
    That downside has nothing to do with hes healing factor however. Not in a way that stopping time would also stop photons from moving which means you cant see. Healing doesnt have to have any downsides.

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