# Mind Control **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 2, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-control/287968 "2005-02-02T12:57:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-control/287968/21 "2005-02-04T14:25:39Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Do you just change someone’s mind for a little bit? Thirty minutes later, they are like “hey, those were my nachos!” My goodness, I wouldn’t have any problem using mind control to induce someone to give me their nachos. Unless it was their last meal, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-control/287968/22 "2005-02-04T17:41:58Z")
Screw that. It’s not like they’re going to miss them in just an hour or two, now is it? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-control/287968/23 "2005-02-04T18:44:20Z")
How many minds can I control at one time? One. Twins, I mean two? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-control/287968/24 "2005-02-04T20:33:43Z")
Oh, the fun that would be had… **Fred Phelps & Clan** : “Hmmm…filming and distributing incestuous gay porn seems like a terrific idea…” **Donald Wildmon** : “I think I’ll show up in full drag for every public speaking event…” **Ann Coulter** : “I must spontaneously and loudly orgasm every time I hear the name ‘Clinton’.” ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-control/287968/25 "2005-02-04T20:52:08Z")
I would like to think I would only use my powers for good, but knowing me like I do, after about 30 minutes I would have “convinced” some woman that I was completely irresistable and that she needed me like she needs to breathe. After a week I would have “acquired” some cultish compound somewhere and have an army of followers waiting to fulfill my every want and need with baited breath. A month later I would be an Evil Genius plotting to take over the world while all the world’s armies were aligning against me. Inside of six months I would either be the Emperor of Earth, or dead. Que sera sera. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-control/287968/26 "2005-02-04T22:30:01Z")
> [@Madd Maxx](#): > > I would like to think I would only use my powers for good, but knowing me like I do, after about 30 minutes I would have “convinced” some woman that I was completely irresistable and that she needed me like she needs to breathe. After a week I would have “acquired” some cultish compound somewhere and have an army of followers waiting to fulfill my every want and need with baited breath. A month later I would be an Evil Genius plotting to take over the world while all the world’s armies were aligning against me. Inside of six months I would either be the Emperor of Earth, or dead. Que sera sera. Why couldnt you control the minds of the other world leaders, or even just their armies? Then you could have the guily pleasure of shouting “Seize them!” and throw the other leaders in a dungeon somewhere. I’ve clearly put too much thought into this. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-control/287968/27 "2005-02-05T00:07:01Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > My goodness, I wouldn’t have any problem using mind control to induce someone to give me their nachos. > > Unless it was their last meal, of course. Y’know, if it was someone like, say, Charles Ng, I don’t think I’d miss much sleep over tricking him out of his last corn chips. (As long as he hadn’t touched them yet. Ick.) ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-control/287968/28 "2005-02-05T00:21:28Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Oh, the fun that would be had… > > **Fred Phelps & Clan** : “Hmmm…filming and distributing incestuous gay porn seems like a terrific idea…” > > **Donald Wildmon** : “I think I’ll show up in full drag for every public speaking event…” > > **Ann Coulter** : “I must spontaneously and loudly orgasm every time I hear the name ‘Clinton’.” If you want to casue some real destruction… **any politician** I must tell the truth. Myself, I would usually try not to use powers. I would think of that as being coercion, even worse than using some sort of threats. To invade someone’s mind would be a violation. I would however, be willing to use it as a weapon of defense against anyone trying to do real harm to me. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-control/287968/29 "2005-02-05T05:08:30Z")
> [@deena](#): > > Which means you have to work on your imagination. (assuming mind reading as well… ) “_Wilson!_” is rationalisation possible? maybe invoke a line of sight aura that makes you look pleasing to anyone looking at you? that can’t be any worse than being beautiful/handsome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-control/287968.md?page=1)