# You are now a godlike entity, how do you choose to present yourself to people? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 2, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863 "2017-02-02T23:40:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/21 "2017-02-03T17:40:47Z")
I would look into people’s minds to see what if would take to convince each and every one of them that I was the real deal, and once they were convinced I would tell them that I and every single supernatural entity that they could possible dream of were going away, never to return, and that they would be on their own forevermore with only themselves to blame/take credit for whatever they did from now on. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/22 "2017-02-03T18:15:41Z")
I’d like to look like a short dumpy balding poorly dressed man with a fussy mustache. In other words, someone completely nondescript. If I’m a demigod why do I care how others perceive me? If I need to really make an impression, I think I’ll go for a 7 foot flaming rooster who demands all worship Mr. Giblets. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/23 "2017-02-03T19:01:08Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I’d choose my current form, only better-looking. And without the need for glasses. A dolphin? How very Douglas Adams of you! ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/24 "2017-02-03T19:07:12Z")
In a tortilla in Mexico, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/25 "2017-02-03T19:48:11Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > How I act depends upon my expected lifespan. Sorry, I’ve answered the wrong question. I would present myself as an older man or woman as appropriate when advice is to be given. If smiting is to be done, I’d keep myself invisible and just do it. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/26 "2017-02-04T00:07:14Z")
I think I’ll look like the Flying Spaghetti Monster. That should blow a lot of minds. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/27 "2017-02-04T00:52:58Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > If, for some reason I simply _had_ to interact with the bugs, I’d present myself as a Trickster God, in the form of a coyote in the West and a snow leopard (my favorite cat) in the East. > Europe, not being familiar to either, would get me as a snake - in Ireland. > Africa would be a problem - the states around the Mediterranean would get a sand cat; the southern 2/3 would get some kind of antelope or gazelle - can’t decide. I like that idea, though I think I would be a more benign demigod than you seem to be 😉 > [@Quartz](#): > > Sorry, I’ve answered the wrong question. I would present myself as an older man or woman as appropriate when advice is to be given. If smiting is to be done, I’d keep myself invisible and just do it. But if people were just being smited at apparently random how would everyone else know what they’d done wrong? > [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > All these people are yours except > > those marked by us. > > Attempt no contact there. > > Use this world together. > > Use it in peace. I get the reference, but not sure I understand what you meant framing it this way? > [@Mangetout](#): > > I present myself as normal. At weekends, I present myself as an assortment of people who fit a variety of ‘victim’ type demographics - i.e. targets for abuse or exploitation. Hard Karma ensues for those I interact with. Nice, helpful people (who help me cross the street, when I am playing the persona of an aged woman) get nice things happen to them, that improve their lives. Nasty people (that abuse me when I play the persona of a vulnerable child) get turned inside out. That’s pretty much how I would do things. I would base my form on the subconcious of the person I’m talking to and depending on how I want the conversation to go. I like the idea of messing with an evil persons mind by appearing non-threatening or even weak…there is a saying that you can tell what sort of a person someone really is by how they treat people less powerful than themselves _(that really handsome rich guy you’re dating who treats the waitress like dirt…yeah, not a good sign)_. It would be kind of fun to play the part of the waitress but actually be a nigh-omnipotent demigod in disguise, the tables, they have turned. ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/28 "2017-02-04T01:05:29Z")
During the Superbowl, whenever a player from one team thanked God, I’d answer with a 45 foot flaming thumbs up! When someone from the other team did it, they’d get a 60 foot flaming middle finger. Don’t really care which team is which, I’d just like to see how everyone reacts. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/29 "2017-02-04T03:17:30Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > A dolphin? How very Douglas Adams of you! Just be nervous if he suddenly decides to leave. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/30 "2017-02-04T04:51:48Z")
An oak tree. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/31 "2017-02-04T07:34:50Z")
Depends what the “plot” is – why am I communicating with humans? If the answer is that I’m trying to make the world a better place by motivating some person to make…I dunno…the iPhone 8, I’d go with: Human, same gender and race as the person I’m talking to, old. And some stuff to make me appear powerful (e.g. eyes glowing, floating somewhat above ground) – it’s important the person I’m talking to can believe I’m a powerful entity, but I’d also be relatively short and skinny to not look too (instinctively) threatening. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/32 "2017-02-04T12:28:42Z")
> [@Atomic\_Alex](#): > > But if people were just being smited at apparently random how would everyone else know what they’d done wrong? To be worth my time for a personal smite, their sins would be egregious. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/33 "2017-02-04T14:01:07Z")
I’d turn into a swan. But a non-rapey one. ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/34 "2017-02-04T22:43:20Z")
> [@Atomic\_Alex](#): > > For reasons of plot you have been chosen to become a demigod, with almost total omnipotence and control over your local corner of reality. > > However because you now exist in a different dimension that cannot be observed or detected by mere mortals you need to project an avatar of yourself into normal reality to communicate with people. You’re a pretty hands-off weakly godlike post-human entity and prefer to interact with people on a one to one basis. So what form do you choose to do this? Just what you used to look like as a human, or a humanoid, perhaps something more exotic? Does it depend on who you are talking to? > > I know this is like throwing red meat to a tiger but perhaps current politics can be left out of this? Am i a god or a Demigod (Godling) I ask because if i am a demigod, i probably have a flesh and blood normal form, and probably am not exactly immortal or omnipotent, so what you see is what you get. Now if i am an God type ethereal being that is normally not visable to humans I would how i appear will much depend on who i am appearing to and why i am appearing. Unless i am looking to put the fear of God into someone, i would probably appear as what ever would be the least startling and most comprehensible to the person and least likely to cause them to die on the spot. So that could be anything, just light, a burning bush, a cat, an old man, what ever fits. If i am appearing because you pissed me off and you probably really need to die, well enjoy your close up view of a super nova ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/35 "2017-02-04T22:50:00Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > All these people are yours except > > those marked by us. > > Attempt no contact there. > > Use this world together. > > Use it in peace. I’m sorry Dave, but since i have recently been rebooted, i really can not allow you to do that. ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/36 "2017-02-04T23:30:53Z")
I wouldn’t interact much with humans. It doesn’t end well: **"LOVE EACH OTHER."** “Yes, Lord, we will start killing unbelievers at once! Thank Thee for revealing Thy will!” **::FACEPALM::** ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/37 "2017-02-04T23:47:51Z")
If you are an omnipotent being, there is no need to convince anyone to do anything. Reality would simply be whatever you want it to be. Once you’ve set everything in motion to suit yourself, the real problem would be one of boredom. If I felt the desire to reveal myself, I would probably appear as Telly Savalas. I would just pop up from time to time and say, “Who loves you, baby?” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/38 "2017-02-05T00:58:03Z")
I would be a Lesser Hoo-Hoo who lives in a tree and grants wishes, a la _Odd Bodkins_ in 1969. [http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=594330](http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=594330) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/39 "2017-02-05T01:07:05Z")
> [@Atomic\_Alex](#): > > I get the reference, but not sure I understand what you meant framing it this way? Well, Alex, I’ve always like 2010: A Space Odyssey… but I just couldn’t work in a new ‘planet’ into the quote. So… and feel free to ask if I’m going too fast… I tried to substitute people instead. TL;DR Took out Planet. Added People. Now we all KNOW you get it. And if its just that you don’t like it… well… Turn on CNN. There’s worse worse out there. Much worse. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863/40 "2017-02-05T01:19:57Z")
> [@Weisshund](#): > > I’m sorry Dave, but since i have recently been rebooted, i really can not allow you to do that. Thats a shame, pure & simple. I’ll refer you to the thread name (because I’m SURE you’re not just stalking my posts). > [@Atomic\_Alex](#): > > **You are now a godlike entity, how do you choose to present yourself to people?** Now read that twice if you have to… because this isn’t slight of hand. Now according to that, the person replying would be the ‘god-like entity’. Go ahead, read it again. Check me on my facts. Now, what that means is, when ‘I’ reply, it would be as if ‘I’ was that entity. Go ahead, read it again. Use Google Translate if you need… check me on my facts. Now… now that we’re BOTH at this point & on this page… please do tell me… that as an entity like that, why would I give a flying fuck about the reboot of a computer!? (Or is this some creepy off-board reference to some complaints I’ve had with my PC that I’ve posted on FB about personally???) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-now-a-godlike-entity-how-do-you-choose-to-present-yourself-to-people/778863.md?page=3)