# Which of these two powers would you rather have?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 10, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-two-powers-would-you-rather-have/652521 "2013-03-10T02:59:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-two-powers-would-you-rather-have/652521/21 "2013-03-10T20:28:33Z")

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What’s the point of being able to teleport if the only thing I can do is teleport back? I can’t take anything with me, even money, so I can’t even buy a freaking hamburger, or a hotel for the night, so I can only stay until I get hungry or tired. I can’t go anywhere inclement or too cold. Because of the restrictions on carrying things, it wouldn’t even be practical to teleport to work, which is how I would use it since my daily commute is an hour and a half each way.

Given the choice of teleporting or telepathy, I’d choose teleporting in a heartbeat, but not with the OP’s restrictions, which would make things less convenient, and no fun at all.

On the other hand, I hate the idea of telepathy. Why would I want to burden myself with other people’s thoughts? I’m already convinced most people are self-absorbed, vindictive twits. I don’t need that slammed into my brain every single day.

I think I’ll pass on both “gifts”, thank you very much.

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