# What would you do if you had the Flash’s powers for a week? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075 "2021-05-14T14:25:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cmyers1980](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyers1980/32/11814_2.png) [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/1 "2021-05-14T14:25:15Z")
You’re given the powers of the [current comic book version of the Flash](https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/dq5det/respect_barry_allen_the_flash_new_52rebirth/) (except for time travel/manipulation). You’ll be able to move at light speed, have a nanosecond reaction time, conjure lightning/electricity and turn intangible with no issues or side effects. The catch is that you only have 7 days (though with super speed you’d be able to stretch it indefinitely from your POV) before the powers vanish and you become a normal human again. What would you do in the meantime with the Flash’s powers? ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/2 "2021-05-14T14:52:50Z")
I could destroy every sport’s record book _forever._ ⚽ ⚾ 🏀 🏈 🏏 🎳 🎾 🥌 ⛳ 🚴‍♂️ 🏋️‍♂️ 🚣‍♂️ 🏄‍♂️ 🏃‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/3 "2021-05-14T15:23:45Z")
I would look for ways to monetize the situation. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/4 "2021-05-14T15:31:11Z")
Clean the house properly. That should take most of the week. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/5 "2021-05-14T15:39:46Z")
Drinking contest. Also, take out some truly toxic people in this world. It’s probably best I don’t get these powers. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/6 "2021-05-14T15:41:14Z")
Can’t Flash speed read and retain all the knowledge? Time to read all of Wikipedia and then go on Jeopardy. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/7 "2021-05-14T15:46:06Z")
Finish my honey-do list. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/8 "2021-05-14T16:38:37Z")
I’d probably open a transportation business. $10,000 to anywhere in the world in the next minute or its free. 8 hours a day with 2 minutes chatting on each side + getting to the next pick up works out to 11.2 million in the week and then I could retire. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/9 "2021-05-14T16:45:59Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Also, take out some truly toxic people in this world. This is my initial thought. But I’m afraid others would fill the void. I’d do it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/10 "2021-05-16T00:46:27Z")
Panty raid! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/11 "2021-05-16T00:59:50Z")
I will spend a lot less time walking back and forth to the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/12 "2021-05-16T02:26:30Z")
So… no one here thought “fight crime”. Interesting. . > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I would look for ways to monetize the situation. That’d be me, too. Maybe combined with other features… like take out evil people, right after I find someone to pay me for it. Fight crimes that have a reward attached. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/13 "2021-05-18T00:21:28Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > I’d probably open a transportation business. $10,000 to anywhere in the world in the next minute or its free. 8 hours a day with 2 minutes chatting on each side + getting to the next pick up works out to 11.2 million in the week and then I could retire. Wouldn’t the g forces experienced by the non-superpowered customers kill them? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/14 "2021-05-18T00:26:19Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Can’t Flash speed read and retain all the knowledge? Time to read all of Wikipedia and then go on Jeopardy. Yeah, this, plus world tourism. I can see the Louvre, the Parthenon, the Kremlin, Tokyo, the Library of Congress… While I myself am adverse to taking lives, I can see myself pranking Mr. Former’s Mar-a-Lago resort quite heavily. How many ping pong balls does it take to cover a golf course? ---
**Author:** ![Cmyers1980](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyers1980/32/11814_2.png) [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/15 "2021-05-18T16:22:43Z")
The Flash can interact with people and objects at super speed without issue so you’ll have the same power in this scenario. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/16 "2021-05-18T21:00:46Z")
That should be over enough time to wipe out the human race… OK, (slightly) more seriously - that should be enough time to do a lot of real-world wealth redistribution, some rapid-fire refugee migration including very real on-file documentation, place some very dangerous dictatorial assholes in custody/deep holes, and time left over to get any real dirt on the 1% and publish it - passwords and locked safes should both be no problem. ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075/17 "2021-05-18T23:15:02Z")
The lottery is up to what $400 million? I’d win that. Then build a Pizza Joint/Comic Book Store/Bar and then retire and live upstairs.