# What would you do if you had superpowers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-superpowers/361251>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 19, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-superpowers/361251 "2006-06-19T04:09:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-superpowers/361251/41 "2006-06-26T20:27:11Z")

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I’d grab my exwife by the hair, fly her up to about ten thousand feet and drop her. Then, I’d swoop down and catch her at about the fifty foot level and do it all again until I got bored. Then I’d set her down safely and tell her to watch her step. After that, all organized religion would be eliminated and any politician who even mentioned religion would be vaporized. I would also appoint my darling Marcie as Supreme Commander and take orders from her and only her.

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-superpowers/361251/42 "2006-06-26T20:47:11Z")

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> [@LouisB](#):
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> I’d grab my exwife by the hair, fly her up to about ten thousand feet and drop her. Then, I’d swoop down and catch her at about the fifty foot level and do it all again until I got bored. Then I’d set her down safely and tell her to watch her step.

Actually that sounds pretty fun. Can you do that for me too?

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**Author:** ![Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_of_the_Lake)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-superpowers/361251/43 "2006-06-26T21:03:11Z")

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My power would be the ability to create a _Globe of Protection_!

I’d need something to protect myself from the rest of you. Plus, I could save people by expanding my globe if buildings started falling on them and stuff…if I felt like it.  
Funny thing though! A friend and I were talking about this very thing after watching the last Xmen movie. She wanted to be able to travel anywhere - like teleportation, so she could finally see the world. I thought my _Globe of Protection_ would come in handy because she has a really poor sense of direction and I could see us teleporting to the middle of the ocean. (The _Globe of Protection_ is an enclosed life sustaining environment.)

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**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-superpowers/361251/44 "2006-06-26T22:03:37Z")

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> [@Der Trihs](#):
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> Probably start my own war against much of America; the warmongers, Christofascists and corporate elite. Vaporizing the tobacco industry comes to mind. Oh, and I’d blow up the Vatican and Mecca.
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> One power I’d need would be the ability to _make_ people into atheists; to burn out whatever it is in people’s brains that produces religiousity. Religious fanatics might not fear death, but _that_ would scare them.

And my opinion of your opinion gets set further into stone.

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