# Choose a Superpower...first come, first served! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822 "2018-10-11T21:37:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/1 "2018-10-11T21:37:11Z")
For the purposes of plot I have access to a device that is capable of giving people comic-book style superpowers, its simple and painless to use, the catch is that its only able to give a specific superpower to a single person at any given time. So if someone chooses super-strength for example then no-one else can have it at the same time, its first come, first served. In addition the new abilities are impressive but not godlike, someone with super-strength can bench-press a truck at maximum effort but not anything more, someone with super-speed can break the sound barrier with a long enough run-up but not zip-around at close to light-speed…you get the idea, impressive but limited. And no abilities that are over-powered by definition, like ‘omnipotence’ etc So what new superpower do you want, and what do you do with it? 🙂 Bonus points for a Straightdope superhero team name. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/2 "2018-10-11T21:41:55Z")
I’ll take super speed, please. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/3 "2018-10-11T21:43:12Z")
I’ll take the ability to manipulate time, please and thank you. ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/4 "2018-10-11T21:46:29Z")
Flight! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/5 "2018-10-11T22:31:50Z")
Super luck. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/6 "2018-10-11T22:51:16Z")
I’ll take the ability of knowing every other language, in the universe, including those of aliens and animals. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/7 "2018-10-11T22:58:15Z")
Superintelligence ---
**Author:** ![JB99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JB99)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/8 "2018-10-11T22:58:59Z")
Green Lantern Ring. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/9 "2018-10-11T23:01:57Z")
Superhealing – ideally Wolverine strength, but I’ll take what I can get ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/10 "2018-10-11T23:13:04Z")
Precisely controlled shapeshifting with unlimited duration (i.e., once I change, I stay in that form until I make the effort to change again). Mental faculties retained across changes, of course, but otherwise I would assume the natural abilities of anything I turn into, with the reflexes to use them. The “precisely” is specified to cover being able to change only partially or make fine adjustments to an assumed form. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/11 "2018-10-11T23:15:30Z")
Mind control. ---
**Author:** ![K2500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/12 "2018-10-11T23:16:17Z")
Telepathy please and thank you! ---
**Author:** ![a\_dudes\_thought\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@a\_dudes\_thought\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_dudes_thought_s)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/13 "2018-10-11T23:23:08Z")
Bro I want the greatest power in this world. I want the ability to create unlimited money out of thin air.:):D;) ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/14 "2018-10-11T23:23:19Z")
The ability to control the density of objects and people including myself. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/15 "2018-10-11T23:55:39Z")
Telekinesis, such that cars can easily tossed and collapsing building caught with a thought. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/16 "2018-10-12T00:01:49Z")
Invisibility for me. Oh, the places I’d go and the things I’d see!!! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/17 "2018-10-12T00:08:46Z")
I want the power of super-knowledge - knowing everything that is known, from Steven Hawking’s last work on black holes to the latest iron-forging techniques, to with whom Mrs Miggins downstairs is having an affair. ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/18 "2018-10-12T00:11:33Z")
The ability to transmute matter on a molecular level. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/19 "2018-10-12T00:12:48Z")
I’d team up with **Wesley Clark** to form the Straight Dope Brainiac Team. I’ll be the librarian to his super-intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822/20 "2018-10-12T01:18:07Z")
Do I get an additional one or do I need to trade my webs in? > [@Baker](#): > > Invisibility for me. Oh, the places I’d go and the things I’d see!!! **Hint:** It’s mostly the old guys, who you don’t want to see nekkid, who are nekkid in the locker room. :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-superpower-first-come-first-served/822822.md?page=2)