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    Most Useless Super Powers

    I'm not sure if this type of thing has popped up in the past, but a friend and I sometimes do this, thinking, and stating the "most useless super powers"

    I'll start off:

    Being able to fly... afew centimetres off the floor
    The ability to become invisible, when no one is looking
    You can teleport anywhere you like, within a range of five feet (maybe not ALWAYS useless, but mostly)
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    Being able to hear the grass grow.

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    Being able to control dust particle. Dustomancy (Adventure Time)

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    Quote Originally Posted by 3DTyrant View Post
    I'm not sure if this type of thing has popped up in the past, but a friend and I sometimes do this, thinking, and stating the "most useless super powers"

    I'll start off:

    Being able to fly... afew centimetres off the floor
    The ability to become invisible, when no one is looking
    You can teleport anywhere you like, within a range of five feet (maybe not ALWAYS useless, but mostly)
    I can imagine lots of scenarios when those could be useful. You could never be ambushed or snuck up on! And you could run on water!


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    Oh fun!
    How about the ability to control slime!
    or
    Spoon Manipulation.

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    Just going to leave this here:



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    Ability to change the eye color at will.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 3DTyrant View Post
    I'm not sure if this type of thing has popped up in the past, but a friend and I sometimes do this, thinking, and stating the "most useless super powers"

    I'll start off:

    Being able to fly... afew centimetres off the floor
    The ability to become invisible, when no one is looking
    You can teleport anywhere you like, within a range of five feet (maybe not ALWAYS useless, but mostly)
    being able to fly a few centimeters off the ground would actually be amazing. you could rob high security areas without triggering floor sensors and you could sneak up on people without making any footsteps. you could also use it to get away from people without leaving tracks and assuming you have good enough control over it you could fall from any height without being hurt.

    OT: being able to turn invisible. but only your skin.
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    Time-travel, but it only works forward and at regular speed

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roangut View Post
    Time-travel, but it only works forward and at regular speed
    We all are using this. Nice one
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    Oh, I got one, though I'm not sure if I made it up or heard it somewhere.

    You can detect if there's a wi-fi signal available.


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    The ability to see 5 seconds into the past.
    The ability to time travel, 5 seconds into the future.
    Being able to shoot bubbles from your fingers!

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    A super power that knows all the useless superpowers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xeion View Post
    Being able to hear the grass grow.
    THIS! And maybe being able to talk to Manatees too. They're cute but can't do anything for you except swim at a snail's pace.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shamantime View Post
    Being able to control dust particle. Dustomancy (Adventure Time)
    what the fuck? How is that useless? You could clean your house in no time by gathering all dust in one place.

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    The body becomes immortal if you're decapitated.

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    being able to levitate, but only at 1,000,000 miles above closest planet

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    a power to do the opposite of cross-eye

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    Quote Originally Posted by timehascomeandsohaveI View Post
    what the fuck? How is that useless? You could clean your house in no time by gathering all dust in one place.
    You could also choke your enemies, create smoke clouds to escape, create distractions... hell, you could even create forces strong enough to fly on a cloud of dust.
    “Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
    Quote Originally Posted by Wells View Post
    Kaleredar is right...
    Words to live by.

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    a power to identify exactly the object you just sat on, just from the feeling of your bottom - like if they give you two manufactured toilet seats of same type, model, etc, and you sit on one, you would know exactly on which one.

    ability to stop your own heart, but not start it

    ability to grow fingernails really really quick.

    ability to turn diamonds into sudafed

    ability to count to a million in under a second
    Last edited by someotherguy; 2013-08-17 at 01:13 AM.

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