Super-vision or super-hearing?

[Cheesesteak]

Super vision would be nice to win some big poker money, though you would really need to train yourself to avoid looking like a guy who can see all the cards. OK for looking at boobies, but then, of course, you’re still staring at her chest, so it’s not like you really get away with anything.

Super Hearing, I guess you could get some serious corporate intel, but you have to know who to listen to and when. Perhaps eavesdrop on a pre-announcement meeting and trade on the info, but you’ll have the SEC on your ass.

I’ll take the vision.

[Nars_Glinley]

@Skald_the_Rhymer

Even looking at only the perky boobies will eventually grow old.

Objection! Assumes facts not in evidence.

[Hypno-Toad]

I’ve been told many times that I need supervision. So that’s my choice.

[Alka_Seltzer]

Supe hearing for me. The ability to turn it off and get a good night’s sleep appeals more than anything else.

[Johanna]

I went with hearing. When I was in grade school, whenever they mentioned Helen Keller, they quoted her saying that of the two, losing one’s hearing was worse than losing sight, that if she could keep one, it would be hearing.

[robardin]

@Half_Man_Half_Wit

As usual, my choice is determined by what lends itself best to get-rich-quick schemes. In this case, super-hearing – just set up shop anywhere near some corporate/government/financial headquarters, tune in to whatever ‘this information must not leave this room!’-meeting is on, and then sell that information to rival corporations/governments/financial agencies.

Learn to lip read and there you go.

[nivlac]

You got me with penetra vision. Isn’t it obvious why?

[EvilTOJ]

I picked super-vision, but there’s lots of money to be made with insider trading with super-hearing. You could listen in on deals being made in the building across the street, and not even work with that company! Or even several floors away in an unrelated company.

You could get work as hunting guide, or as a spy somewhere too. Or sit on the DMZ in Korea and just listen to the breeze. Or be a crime fighter for the police! Go eat in a mob-run restaurant or casino or something. Hmmmm… I wonder if you could pick combination safes with super-hearing?

[Skald_the_Rhymer]

@EvilTOJ

I picked super-vision, but there’s lots of money to be made with insider trading with super-hearing. You could listen in on deals being made in the building across the street, and not even work with that company! Or even several floors away in an unrelated company.

You could get work as hunting guide, or as a spy somewhere too. Or sit on the DMZ in Korea and just listen to the breeze. Or be a crime fighter for the police! Go eat in a mob-run restaurant or casino or something. Hmmmm… I wonder if you could pick combination safes with super-hearing?

You want to be a crime-fighter with super-hearing as your only power? Are you feverish?

[Alan_Smithee]

Hey, it’s one more power than Batman has, and just think, if Batman could always hear his enemies’ plans, he’d always be prepared! He’d be undefeatable!

[Skald_the_Rhymer]

@Alan_Smithee

Hey, it’s one more power than Batman has, and just think, if Batman could always hear his enemies’ plans, he’d always be prepared! He’d be undefeatable!

Batman’s – no let’s be specific-- Bruce Wayne’s preparations get used against him and his friends as often as not.

[Anaamika]

I’ve worn glasses since I was ten years old and have bad vision as far as I can remember. I’d love to have even 20/20 normal vision without correction, so of course the supervision.

[Skald_the_Rhymer]

@Anaamika

I’ve worn glasses since I was ten years old and have bad vision as far as I can remember. I’d love to have even 20/20 normal vision without correction, so of course the supervision.

I’ve worn glasses for the same length of time – well, longer, since I’m older than you. Since the same age. I suspect i’d have a hard time adjusting to life without glasses; taking them off feels unnatural.

[Alan_Smithee]

@Skald_the_Rhymer

Batman’s – no let’s be specific-- Bruce Wayne’s preparations get used against him and his friends as often as not.

Taking memes literally: minus infinity points.
You lose the internet.

[Anaamika]

@Skald_the_Rhymer

I’ve worn glasses for the same length of time – well, longer, since I’m older than you. Since the same age. I suspect i’d have a hard time adjusting to life without glasses; taking them off feels unnatural.

I have worn contacts for multiple years, multiple times. I would be thrilled to go without.

[Zebra]

Unsupervised super-vision.

[Rachellelogram]

Super vision, no question. Free live porn anytime I want, just pick a random direction to look around 9 or 10 at night. Beautiful.

I could also diagnose my own medical issues, if I can zoom in like an electron microscope on my lymph nodes for example. Or spot blood clots before they become obstructions.

[Skald_the_Rhymer]

@rachelellogram

Super vision, no question. Free live porn anytime I want, just pick a random direction to look around 9 or 10 at night. Beautiful.

I could also diagnose my own medical issues, if I can zoom in like an electron microscope on my lymph nodes for example. Or spot blood clots before they become obstructions.

Even aside from the issue of getting the proper angle (you’d have just super-vision, after all, not Reed Richard’s stretchiness), I’m doubtful that you’d have the expertise to do that unless you’re a doctor. Here’s a blog postmocking Superman’s supposed abilities in diagnosis.

[Rachellelogram]

@Skald_the_Rhymer

Even aside from the issue of getting the proper angle (you’d have just super-vision, after all, not Reed Richard’s stretchiness), I’m doubtful that you’d have the expertise to do that unless you’re a doctor. Here’s a blog postmocking Superman’s supposed abilities in diagnosis.

Foiled by a foppish pimpernel! Blast and ham!

I’d still keep the super-vision, because sound travels too slowly compared to light.

[Erdosain]

There’s a funny bit in Nicholson Baker’s book The Fermata about how x-ray vision wouldn’t be very erotic. I believe the phrase was something like “nipples smushed up like a passenger’s face against a bus window.” Well, he wrote it better but the point stands.