# Superpowers:  Practical drawbacks or problems

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpowers-practical-drawbacks-or-problems/526151>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 23, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpowers-practical-drawbacks-or-problems/526151 "2010-01-23T19:31:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpowers-practical-drawbacks-or-problems/526151/21 "2010-01-24T05:11:29Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> Nightmares would cause lots of problems with potentially destructive powers. It would be quite common for some super to wake up and blast a hole in his bedroom, or tear his bed in half.
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> The high speed maneuvers you often see high end guys make - moving “faster than a speeding bullet” to dodge or block an attack, or flying at those speeds to the rescue - would cause all sorts of damage thanks to sonic booms.
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> And the same goes with flipped genders; a man might not even be able to penetrate a superstrong woman. And even if he did, as soon as she gets excited it’s Woman of Steel, Man of Toothpaste.

“Yeah, Supergirl, let’s just cuddle, we’re not ready for sex…no, honey, not even a hand job”

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpowers-practical-drawbacks-or-problems/526151/22 "2010-01-24T05:51:59Z")

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Wolverine has an adamantium skeleton, that has to be heavy as shit, can he swim? He regenerates, but that sounds like a living hell when you’re standing at the bottom of an ocean.

It’s got to be lonely for dudes who can’t stop their super power looks (Thing, Blob, Juggernaut).

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