You are granted one of the following super powers: which one do you choose?

lower right - the ability to use public transportation.

Telekinesis is a lot more versatile than people make it out to be. Yeah sure I lift heavy things with mind but also I can

• nuclear fusion and fission (depending on the amount of force I can inact and its precision)
• pull air from a room or someone
• use pinpoint force to shatter and break things
• fly by lifting something below me (if you want to allow that)
• compress gasses into a liquid or liquids into a solid, possibly also weather control
• heat objects by rapidly moving their molecules (if you allow that sort of precision) therefore allowing for combustion as well
• call lightning by manipulating ions in the atmosphere
• possible light manipulation and production if you moved electrons up and down energy levels or rapidly heat certain materials
• hell you could do fire bending if you compress the oxygen and add some sort of powdered fuel then heat it
• create magnetic fields by compressing and aligning electrons in a substance
• fucking compress air to make the sharpest blade known to man and use it as a wind shear or just throw telekinesis sharpened metal at people idk
• you could fuck people up if there is even enough dust in the air, just use telekinesis to hold the dust in place. Guarantee you they can't beat 22,246N of force, so suddenly all those tiny particles cannot be moved by them.

Most of these ideas can also be used for strictly non combative purposes but I think if combat when I think of superpowers. With enough understanding of the world around you very subtle manipulations that require very little amounts of force/energy when done rapidly in combination with each other can have drastic effects.

Telekinesis is an absurd power if you don't put enough limitations on it

22,246N is a lot of force if you use it right. Granted I have not done the math on this because I don't feel like it but I guarantee that some of these would be possible and even 1 would be absurd. I would give a no to nuclear fusion though, probably not that.

Let's see...

• Flight - Seems pretty useless to me if you can't go over 30, you couldn't easily fly to other countries for example.
• Speed - Reminds me of all the times I missed my train by literally two seconds but bumping into people while running inhumanly fast would be even worse IMO
• Invisibility - I don't know what I'd do while invisible. Spy on others? Pull shitty pranks? Not really. I guess crimes but I'm not that kind of person.
• Telekinesis - Pretty overpowered compared to the rest, being able to lift/manipulate up to two tons with your mind sounds incredibly useful

Invisibility - bank robbing, free movies, tasting expensive food right in the kitchen, hiding from people I know in the grocery store that I don't want to talk to, ect.

Telekinesis would be the most useful, but flight is the most fun.

Question about Telekinesis: can you use it on something that you are standing on or strapped onto?

everyone is forgetting that the invisible picture shows you get to ride a cool train

I stand on a man hole cover and use telekinesis on it to fly myself through the air. Boosh.

I don't know how anyone can watch the Quicksilver segments from the X-men movies and not be hot for speed.

well, since terminal velocity of a falling person is around 150mph, does that mean I can gain speed falling, then turn on my flying powers to slow down/maneuver? If so, then flight.

If not, then telekinesis.

How about the power of flight? That's levitation, Homes...

Flight > Speed. Just get yourself a wing suit and you have free horizontal velocity, and a path over basically any obstacle.

Telekinesis doesn’t seem to have a range or speed limit. This minor oversight has disastrous consequences.

Invisibility is just invisibility, but it has a niche. I could think of a few uses, most of them unethical.

I might pick flight, though. It might encourage me to actually go outside.

Telekinesis. Build a platform, stand on platform, lift platform.

Now I get flight along with it, and without the speed limit.

I think telekinesis is the way to go.

• You can only fly so high before the cold or lack of oxygen get you.
• Poo is technically not part of me, so you'd see shit floating around when the rest of me is invisible.
• Speed is only good until you need to turn, and i see no mention of an adamantium skeletal system.
• Moving all kinds of shit with my mind? I'll be over here not jerking off with this empty velvet glove

Telekinesis. It's not even a context

Telekinesis (especially at the "multiple tons" level) is an extremely flexible tool, a weapon, and a defense. There's an endless amount of creative stuff you can do with it.

It can also still be used somewhat discreetly which is important.

Flight would probably be the most fun, though.

Telekinesis, for sure.

Even if you can't use it on your own body, it'll work against the ground. And 5,000 pounds of thrust will get you going pretty fast. So that covers both flight and speed.

Or does telekinesis make me gain 5,000 pounds? If so, then maybe flight. lol

I'd defs take telekinesis, I can't lift myself but I can always just lift my clothes or something; and if I can lift 2270kg I could probs throw smaller things (ie my clothes (with me in them)) pretty quick.

Telekinesis, obviously, so I can get the stuff I want without disturbing the cat.

[The cat has approved this concept, and wishes to know when it'll be implemented.]

That's Telekinesis Kyle!

Telekinesis. Definitely. That way I don’t have to get out of the bed where I forget to close the blinds

Telekinesis, imagine what fun sex could be with a consenting partner. Probably a limit on distance, but until there..

Also, inner mechanisms of locks and vaults.

This is a good selection of powers, and much more interesting (to me) than the usual array this is done with. For me, it's very difficult to choose between Flight, Telekinesis and Invisibility... I think telekinesis is probably the most useful. The only way I would choose speed is if both:

1. It is controllable, i.e. you can switch it off
2. It affects how fast you're able to think

Super speed and win a lot of olimpic medals with no effort. Apart for the obvious sprint race, there's marathons. Also long jump (with that inertia could easily win). Swimming. Javelin. Also sports like football and basketball (and rugby and American football and maybe hokey) I guess. Smash one olimpic games, play a couple of years of other super paid sports. Retire and take it slow

Another question: Does the use of these super powers tire you out?

I can run 5km in 20 mins. Will running 5km in 2 seconds make me as tired, or no effort from my end? The same goes with the other powers, will I be tired from a whole day of sitting invisible in a women's locker room, or from ripping people's clothes off with my mind? Will that tiredness mean I need to eat more, or the potential that I accidentally become visible again mid-robbery?

Cannot move faster than the speed of sound or run on penetrable surfaces (e.g., water).

Sure do if you run almost the speed of sound.

Telekinesis. I just lift a cushion I'm sitting on and I also have flight.

Assuming current universe rules apply here is my order of preference. First 2 seem useful, do not see much practical use for other 2.

• Speed - Assumption is that my brain / eyes can comprehend the increased speed, otherwise this is a useless power. Primary use wouldn't even be running although you could become a top marathon runner. You can do chores and learn much faster essentially allowing you to become better than everyone else and in a sense prolonging your life because you could experience all the same things faster than everyone else.
• Invisibility - You can do fun stuff. Seems like all of it would be unethical or illegal though, cannot imagine a use case that is not questionable besides hiding from someone you do not wish to meet.
• Telekinesis - You can also do fun stuff, but I have never thought I need to move something without touching it or wish I could move something really heavy. Good pickpocket and powerlifter skill.
• Flight - Almost useless in my opinion. It is a high profile power so you would probably get kidnapped and experimented on by someone quite quickly unless you just use this to hover in your room which admittedly would be cool.

With telekinesis, I could technically both fly and have super speed by telekinetically launching myself places. So I'd go with that.

How does the telekinesis weight limit work with attached objects? E.g., can I exert unlimited force to detach 5000 pounds of rock from a mountain, or do I lose lifting ability in relation to pulling force? If it's the former, telekinesis hands down.

If not, probably speed. I could clean up at the Olympics one year and secure lucrative endorsement deals for life.

If there are no monkey's paw-like downsides to any of these, then super speed by a mile.

Telekinesis. Lift weights, use their descent to drive generators. Profit and clean energy.

Invisibility, basically live life like that guys from jumper just without the teleporting. Walk into banks fill up with money, steal art and stuff from rich people, become the world's greatest thief, fly free as you can just walk aboard any plane.

Let not forget that any of those choices would make you instantly and legaly rich, except maybe for super speed since that is a purely physical trait.

The speed restriction on flight is way to harsh for it to be useful. You basically have the ability to fly but are still going to be late for work.

Superspeed is neat, but there are too many unknown factors to this power. Are you immune to damage while running or will hitting a single fly at almost Mach 1 kill you? What about agility, do you have inertia or can you turn or stop on a dime? Do you move normaly while everything else is in slow motion, or do you have to react to things coming at you at Mach 1 in real time? Do you have to consume an insane amount of calories to speed up or is it just magic? Can you still breath normally or will the air rushing past you nostrils make your lungs collapse? This power justbseems to be and accident waiting to happen.

Invisibility is solid. As side from the obvious pervy things you can do, you could be an insanely good journalist. Exposing corporate or goverment fraud by basically being a fly on the wall in closed door meetings. But since no light is hitting your retinas when you are invisible, you would be essentially blind during invisibility. This curbs this power a lot.

Telekinesis is the obvious choice. 2 tons is a lot of weight to lift. And there are no restrictions on how many or how small the things you can manipulate can be. You could be the worlds best mechanic. Taking apart an engine by turning all the screws simultaneously, exploding it into all components, replacing the broken one and putting it all together withing seconds. And this is only one of the many things you could do, to make use of your power. Basically any physical labor or craftsmanship you could do better, safer, faster and cheaper than anyone else. Not even counting the self serving advantages.

Instead of invisibility, can I just have the ability to turn off sound and sight so that I don’t have to hear or see the “it’s show time!” Folks. Fuck those guys.

Telekinesis hands down

Speed. Im true fan of flash. Btw what do you mean, you cant run on water? If you can reach speed of sound you can defenitely run on water

As usual with "would you rather"s, so many people just boil it all down to how they can make the most money, and most not even in creative ways. Y'all need bigger imaginations.

Do objects in my hand also disappear?

Cuz I would do so much shoplifting

If Telekinesis can work like Steelpushing in Mistborn, I’d just get that.

Do you get required side powers? Speed especially requires enhanced durability and strength to avoid injuring yourself when using your power.

Firstly, I take issue with your running on water limitation. I realize this is a for-fun conversation and everything but even Sonic the Hedgehog knows that water surfaces are nearly solid when there are adequate forces working on them. Geez. Anyway, I would use all four powers to invisibly float above a major city and telepathically-super-speed-manipulate a masturbatory aid onto myself and rain ejaculate on pedestrians. It would also cut down my commute considerably.

Telekinesis.

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