# If you had the superpower of seduction, how many people would you sleep with?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 27, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-superpower-of-seduction-how-many-people-would-you-sleep-with/276883 "2004-11-27T16:19:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-superpower-of-seduction-how-many-people-would-you-sleep-with/276883/41 "2004-11-29T23:35:19Z")

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She the problem isn’t _my_ SO, the problem is that of the five people I’d even consider shtupping, four of them have SOs of their own. (And a number of kids, too.) This make it impossible for me to consider any seduction scenarios.

And if I can’t shtup any of those four (including Sting and Julianne Moore) then the superpower is really no good to me.

Darn my upstanding moral convictions!

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-superpower-of-seduction-how-many-people-would-you-sleep-with/276883/42 "2004-11-29T23:56:43Z")

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So the Q is really what if I magically became Mr. Irresistible for real.

Much like **AFG** I think I would end up going for _quality_ rather than quantity. But yes, I’ll admit it, now and then an ocassional “just to prove I could” encounter. (“Your Honor, may we discuss this in chambers?”)

This could have a potential for misuse even if you’re this discriminating, because you would be tempted to enthrall people just for their usefulness as contacts with the ones you really want to bag.

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