If you could be...One

[ItachiZaku]

Famous Actor could mean Randy Quaid or Gary Busey.

#Winning #SoMuchWin

[Hotmail]

I had a hard time picking one, but I had to go with cult leader. Wouldn't that get me everything in the most satisfying way possible? Money and sex is ultimately not that complicated to get, but entrancing people to willingly give those to me because they think its best for their afterlife or whatever would be truly amazing. No need for games or favors; ask and ye shall receive.

Bonus: All the other world leaders would be royally pissed, since everyone sitting at the table (including me) would know that I have no business being there; my entire ideology would be a fabricated croc of bullshit, which would mean that I would basically be living off one giant, gullible utopia where people would actually want to stay.

[Pony Soldier]

Being an actor sounds like a miserable experience. You're entire life is documented and photographed, whether you like it or not. Some do a decent job of keeping things closed off but you can only do so much. Super genius to a lesser extent, everyone wanting you to solve shit and constant stress if you can't. I'd rather be an unknown billionaire.

Well to be fair social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram do that too. Hundreds of pictures of yourself, your name, your birthday, some people update their friends letting them know where they're at and what they're doing and also taking pictures of that too. Yeah there's a difference of willingly providing pictures of yourself and having paparazzis taking pictures of you without your permission but I mean it's not like you'll be an unknown by not being an actor. If you have any social media accounts people can just type your name into Google and look you up. Pretty scary actually.

I will say though having paparazzis stalking you all over the place would be really annoying. I don't know how some actors tolerate them.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

#Winning #SoMuchWin

If you say so.

[Dug]

Billionaire easily. Could do like most of that list if I threw enough money around

[pateuvasiliu]

Billionaire.

I'm already really terrified by death and how we're just grains in the sand, our life pretty much meaningless before time itself.

So if I am to go down one day, I'd rather go down after a life of seeing the world and living like a king. And maybe that money will help me live longer.

If I were a super genius I'd probably spend my life depressed by the above.

[Alydael]

Super genius (honestly, nothing beats being smart). Even though being smart is somewhat of a curse (because most of the world isn't), I would never want to not be able to grasp or understand something. Must be a terrible feeling....

If not then billionaire.

The rest are more trouble than they are worth.

[Grym]

a super genius could invent something and then become super rich.

so, really seems u get two! plus chicks will flock to u since u will be rich & smart

Einstein was a genius.

[Alydael]

Billionaire easily. Could do like most of that list if I threw enough money around

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. Even the surgeon. If you have tons of money- you don't have to "work," so you also have a boat load of free time.

You could hire people to train you to be great at whatever you wanted.

For the porn superstar option you could just start your own company and be the superstar of as many porno's as you want. Although, if you were a billionaire- you could get more classy women than that. The porno stars nowadays do so much, not sure you would really want to touch them.

[Luckx]

In theory super genius can do nearly anything, but still there is things that even super geniuses cant control, like avoiding death?

Unless there is some one who avoided death but simply uknown.

[cubby]

If you could be only one in a instant, which would you pick?

I was torn between super genius and president - I think super genius could get me just about everything I want (a few of those choices just weren't my cup of tea, although they were good options). I went with super genius on the theory that i could get myself elected president, as super genius, if i wanted too.

Kudos on the poll - fun and interesting choices.

[Mackeyser]

Billionaire. Not even close.

I tried the "super genius" thing...kinda... in that I architected a billion dollar solution for a dot com that should have been a decacorn, but instead died an ignominious death because the idiots running the enterprise were so clueless and corrupt that they killed a nearly sure thing.

So yeah, if given a choice, I'd go with billionaire because as a billionaire, you get to be in charge.

You can be a Super Genius and... some random billionaire could buy your creation or use unlimited wealth to use the legal system to shut you down. Then?

You can be the most popular Rock Star and... (same)

You could be a would famous surgeon, the best... and... (same). Also, Ben Carson is proof that one can be an idiot and still be a brilliant surgeon, so...

You could be a successful porn star... presuming one can get past all of the potential medical pitfalls... almost no porn star owns their work. so... (same)

You could be a Famous Actor or Comedian... and if you don't sell out to the corporate interests (Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Bill Hicks), even in brilliance, you have to watch people like Dane Cook with his... "superfinger"...guh... sellout stadiums. And... your check ultimately comes from a Billionaire and some billion dollar company or person will ultimately own all of your stuff, so... (same)

You could be the worlds most powerful cult leader... Well, David Koresh says hi. And Jim Jones... Yeah, one way or another, this path doesn't end well.

You could be President of the U.S. What a shit job. Head of an entrenched system that's owned by billionaires to ensure nothing really changes. All the worst parts of royalty and civil servant wrapped up in a job that's like being prisoner. But you get to bomb brown people so, I guess if one's interested in that...

You could be a Billionaire. Live where you want, do what you want (wanna kill people? Hire a mob of high priced lawyers and claim Affluenza) and have no one to answer to. You could be a light in the darkness, funding charities, scholarships and NGOs (that'd be my personal choice without exception) or you could be darkness itself.

Every other choice ultimately is a dead end (cult leader) or still puts one into the hands of a Billionaire.

Also, if you're a billionaire, you can be just about any of those things, from famous actor (maybe not comedian) to porn star to "super genius" to President..as we've seen.

Sorry. I've probably just peed in the cornflakes of some folks. Still, occassionally wishes and dreams come true, so... knowledge is power.

[Dys]

A super genius can achieve everything else on the list with ease.

Rock Star? Go electronic.
Surgeon? Afternoon's light reading and basic skills practice.
Porn Star? Probably the most difficult since you'd have to modify your own body.
Actor or Comedian is just about research and memorization. Following a script or formulating your own isn't a challenge to a super genius.
Cult Leader? Come on, manipulating fools is child's play for a super genius.
President of the US? If Trump can do it, I'm pretty sure even a regular ol' genius could pull it off if they wanted to.
Billionaire? Super Genius plays markets. Super Genius assimilates markets. Super Genius becomes money.

Picking anything else is short sighted and foolish.

[Shadowferal]

If you're a super genius without unlimited resources, then you aren't a super genius.



My idol in that regard:

[EyelessCrow]

Well to be fair social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram do that too. Hundreds of pictures of yourself, your name, your birthday, some people update their friends letting them know where they're at and what they're doing and also taking pictures of that too. Yeah there's a difference of willingly providing pictures of yourself and having paparazzis taking pictures of you without your permission but I mean it's not like you'll be an unknown by not being an actor. If you have any social media accounts people can just type your name into Google and look you up. Pretty scary actually.

I will say though having paparazzis stalking you all over the place would be really annoying. I don't know how some actors tolerate them.

Having a facebook account and being stalked and hounded every time you are out in public are two...entirely...different things.

[Doctor Amadeus]

Billionaire. Not even close.

I tried the "super genius" thing...kinda... in that I architected a billion dollar solution for a dot com that should have been a decacorn, but instead died an ignominious death because the idiots running the enterprise were so clueless and corrupt that they killed a nearly sure thing.

So yeah, if given a choice, I'd go with billionaire because as a billionaire, you get to be in charge.

You can be a Super Genius and... some random billionaire could buy your creation or use unlimited wealth to use the legal system to shut you down. Then?

You can be the most popular Rock Star and... (same)

You could be a would famous surgeon, the best... and... (same). Also, Ben Carson is proof that one can be an idiot and still be a brilliant surgeon, so...

You could be a successful porn star... presuming one can get past all of the potential medical pitfalls... almost no porn star owns their work. so... (same)

You could be a Famous Actor or Comedian... and if you don't sell out to the corporate interests (Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Bill Hicks), even in brilliance, you have to watch people like Dane Cook with his... "superfinger"...guh... sellout stadiums. And... your check ultimately comes from a Billionaire and some billion dollar company or person will ultimately own all of your stuff, so... (same)

You could be the worlds most powerful cult leader... Well, David Koresh says hi. And Jim Jones... Yeah, one way or another, this path doesn't end well.

You could be President of the U.S. What a shit job. Head of an entrenched system that's owned by billionaires to ensure nothing really changes. All the worst parts of royalty and civil servant wrapped up in a job that's like being prisoner. But you get to bomb brown people so, I guess if one's interested in that...

You could be a Billionaire. Live where you want, do what you want (wanna kill people? Hire a mob of high priced lawyers and claim Affluenza) and have no one to answer to. You could be a light in the darkness, funding charities, scholarships and NGOs (that'd be my personal choice without exception) or you could be darkness itself.

Every other choice ultimately is a dead end (cult leader) or still puts one into the hands of a Billionaire.

Also, if you're a billionaire, you can be just about any of those things, from famous actor (maybe not comedian) to porn star to "super genius" to President..as we've seen.

Sorry. I've probably just peed in the cornflakes of some folks. Still, occassionally wishes and dreams come true, so... knowledge is power.

Maybe you peeing in peoples cornflakes might get all of us to realize were actually eating shit. I mean the worst those suffer who choose to anyways is they have to simply get up and get another easily available bowl.

Burt personally as someone who picked pornstar who considered what you said before by myself. I have to say you are one of the few to think outside the box, but really examined the reasons behind a choice.

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I was torn between super genius and president - I think super genius could get me just about everything I want (a few of those choices just weren't my cup of tea, although they were good options). I went with super genius on the theory that i could get myself elected president, as super genius, if i wanted too.

Kudos on the poll - fun and interesting choices.

Thanks I try to go for fun, interesting or thoughtful sometimes I crash and burn like the Hindenberg or was that burned then crashed. Lol either way thanks

[Halicia]

Most of those, besides genius & billionaire... come with unavoidable downsides... either fame or responsibility...

So... I'd rather have money and not be a genius, than be a genius and not have money.

[Beardless Man]

Some of these require effort. A billionare means I can buy whatever I want, shit out whatever I want. Hell, I can become a successful musical surgeon porn star with that kind of money.

[lockedout]

one what?

anything? a goddess.

THE ONE, like NEO.

[ItachiZaku]

Of the top 10ish smartest people I've known, only maybe 2 of them had the charisma and motivation to overcome some hardcore anxieties. I mean, you could say Rainman is a super genius. I'm not saying those 8 people I know are that crippled, but they aren't going to change the world, but I believe they could really do some good, if only they'd try or had some sort of help in doing so.

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To add, i think the one thing missing from the list would be super star athlete. It's akin to rock star, but with a far more limited window.