# What is your most mundane superpower? Which one would you wish for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782 "2020-07-20T00:39:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/1 "2020-07-20T00:39:14Z")
I’m pretty good at knowing what to add to any recipe or dish to make it better. (Answer: cream, feta cheese, seasoned salt, lemon). I can also summon my dog at will. Provided he is in the general area. But it would be great to be able to run through walls 50% of the time, or more. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/2 "2020-07-20T00:45:40Z")
Without looking at a clock, I can estimate the time of day within 15 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/3 "2020-07-20T00:49:34Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > But it would be great to be able to run through walls 50% of the time, or more. I cal almost run through walls 100% of the time. And I can locate the position of the sun any time of day. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/4 "2020-07-20T01:03:11Z")
I have perfect pitch, which is pretty mundane. As a composer, I would wish for the ability to evoke whatever emotion I want my listeners to feel. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/5 "2020-07-20T04:30:13Z")
I general know which way is north. I can read 1000 wpm. I want new knees or to be super lucky. Not “win the lotto” lucky, but “cop gets called on his radio when he pulls you over for speeding” lucky. Or not tripping and falling on my fat ass lucky. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/6 "2020-07-20T04:38:30Z")
I can work around the clock and enjoy doing it. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/7 "2020-07-20T11:31:40Z")
I can always pick the correct size tupperware container to use for leftovers. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/8 "2020-07-20T11:36:41Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > I can work around the clock and enjoy doing it. Is that how you explain why the clock is lying on the floor? ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/9 "2020-07-20T11:43:27Z")
Maybe I’m an astronaut. 🚀 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/10 "2020-07-20T18:26:10Z")
I can identify almost any pop or rock song within 3 seconds. Very mundane, it only helped me once in my life at my company’s Christmas party when we played a song identifying game. I won in a landslide and everybody was stunned. My short moment of glory 😁. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/11 "2020-07-20T22:31:42Z")
I have prehensile toes. It’d be nice if I could grow pest-free African violets. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/12 "2020-07-20T23:10:36Z")
I can wake up at any time of my choosing with out an alarm clock. I would love the ability to teleport back and forth from work. It would also be nice to bypass the temp check guys at work’s entrance. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/13 "2020-07-21T05:23:53Z")
I have what my wife and daughter calls parking mojo. There is almost always a parking space waiting for me close to the entrance I want to use. Anywhere. Any time. Any season. If I set a timer for something my internal timer triggers an interrupt request 1 minute before the original timer expires. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/14 "2020-07-21T16:18:53Z")
I have a good internal timer. Parking mojo would be nice - I just might have the opposite condition. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/15 "2020-07-21T16:28:41Z")
I forgot to mention there is a flip side to the power. When I go to exit the parking lot there’s a mile of traffic coming to prevent me leaving unless there’s a light at the exit. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/16 "2020-07-21T16:34:31Z")
I can sometimes, but far from always, instantaneously determine the geology of a place. One time I got lost while driving in north-central New Mexico, when I crested a ridge and saw Taos Canyon which I recognized from pictures, so I knew where I was. My second thought was “that’s totally a lava plain.” This weekend I was looking at a topo map of central Alaska and was amazed that it hadn’t been recently heavily glaciated. Then I was amazed that I was instantly amazed rather than wondering if I was right. However, the closer I get to a rock, the harder it becomes for me to tell anything about it. (Although there is a conglomerate layer at Hovenweep National Monument which I did manage to identify as riverine conglomerate due to the intermediate rounding and sorting of the clasts, but that’s not really a superpower because I had to think about it.) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/17 "2020-07-23T21:28:10Z")
I can pack the right amount of food for any size group when going on a trip. However, I never pack the right amount of clothes (too many). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/18 "2020-07-23T21:55:36Z")
I plug USB devices in the right way on the first try. When any one needs some random item, I’m always carrying it on my person. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/19 "2020-07-23T21:57:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I plug USB devices in the right way on the first try. I think I’m the anti-Chronos. I always fail at first try, turn it, try and fail again, turn it once more, and then it fits. ETA: and I’m an electrical engineer 🤦‍♂️ 😄. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782/20 "2020-07-24T01:40:50Z")
I heal rapidly; a (not too deep) cut on my finger is gone 36-ish hours later. If The Shop finds out, I’ll probably disap [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-mundane-superpower-which-one-would-you-wish-for/915782.md?page=2)