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[โ€“] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Everyone within my earshot has to tell the truth.

Works with TV, radio. Any real time communication.

I think this should also work on myself

[โ€“] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I would use this power to make a communist organization of my choice completely immune to infiltration

Imagine an America without COINTELPRO

[โ€“] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

God of Toilet Paper.

You might laugh, but I would own the world.

If you were in my favor, you would get the softest, never-chafing, cleanest single-wipe-clean TP ever. No matter what you ate, no matter how spicy, no matter how ill, you could be assured of pain-free, cooling, soothing, wipes. It would be beautiful. Rainbows and peace, no matter how violent the shit

Piss me off? Anything you choose to clean your backside with is then designated TP. I will clog all the toilets, all the plumbing, all the sewers. I can make it all gympie-gympie leaves, sandpaper, wax paper, or just vanish mid-wipe. No matter how much you wiped your already raw ass, there would still be more. I would be a scourge on the Earth, and all would have to bow down before me. You would love me. You would hate me.

He who controls the comfort of the sphincter, controls the world.

[โ€“] olafurp@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Power to make people have empathy.

[โ€“] Reil@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago

The ability to shapeshift doesn't really get affected by this caveat, so that remains about as appealing as it was before.

Taken to an extreme, one can get a controllable/turn-off-able biological immortality and at-will violation of conservation of matter/energy.

[โ€“] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

super good luck. like the the chick from deadpool 2 I think or longshots if it always stayed on.

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[โ€“] nutsack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

a whole gallon of jizz every time i cum

[โ€“] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[โ€“] nutsack@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

yes ๐Ÿ‘

Kegel would hate you

[โ€“] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I'd chose telekinesis. Heck man i'm sick of having only 2 hands and i'm lazy. I'm ready to use it everytime.

[โ€“] knocks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Sixth sense/ Intuition

[โ€“] Maggoty@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Healing of all kinds. Ageing, sickness, and wounds.

[โ€“] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Can't die. It's gonna suck in 800 trillion years. Imagine if you can't sleep either because you don't need to recuperate.

[โ€“] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The dream of engineers: they can't get sick so no depression, they don't need to sleep so infinite focus and learning, and half a million years would be sufficient to build a large underground automated city and preparing space travel to find solutions for their curse

Ah yes, I also play factorio/satisfactory/dwarf fortress/rim world. I could easily do 1000 years with each of those, but a million might be streatching it

[โ€“] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I didn't say Immortal. Death by violence is certainly possible.

[โ€“] Arfman@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Recuperate? I don't sleep to recuperate, only to pass time.

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[โ€“] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] papertowels@lemmy.one 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You are now Cyamites, the god of beans. Use your powers wisely.

[โ€“] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Could be worse. Highly nutritious foodstuff providing plenty of vitamins, protein, and fiber. I could do a lot to alleviate some world hunger immediately. Making people fart all over the world would be fun, too.

I could also put beans in the no-bean-chili gatekeepers chili. Evil bean god could be fun, too.

[โ€“] papertowels@lemmy.one 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love the idea of evil bean god! Thought it was a nice easter bunny chocolate? BAM, BEANS.

THATS WHAT YOU GET FOR CELEBRATING ANOTHER GOD, HERETIC.

[โ€“] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is petty revenge and then there is this.

[โ€“] papertowels@lemmy.one 2 points 23 hours ago

Revenge is a dish best served with beans.

[โ€“] Stomata@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Just stay fit

[โ€“] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 66 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Make billionaires turn inside out when they're on the same planet as me

[โ€“] Toribor@corndog.social 2 points 1 day ago

A couple of multi-millionaires would pay you to stop and then you'd implode.

Still a net win for everyone else though, I support this.

[โ€“] rbn@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you don't specify a currency or a grade of inflation, this might kill far more people than expected.

1 billion Iranian Rial for instance is just about 23752 USD.

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[โ€“] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Never becoming deaf and always having good hearing. I'm not sure I'd be able to enjoy life anymore if I became deaf, so just having good hearing would make the rest of my life worth living, without any major side effects I could think of.

[โ€“] olympicyes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Reading this reminded me that my ears are ringing. I can ignore it but if anything draws attention it can get pretty bad.

[โ€“] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Ringing sucks. I'm used to random ringing occuring, so I'm good there.

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[โ€“] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The power to see through clothing. Because it would remind me that no one is really important.

[โ€“] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Umm... Sure that's why you want that

[โ€“] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 23 hours ago

I mean, why else? Unless you're surrounded by swimsuit models, most of what you'd see isn't that pleasant. Plus everybody's body would be smushed from their clothing, so it'd look kind of wonky.

[โ€“] beesthetrees@feddit.uk 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

I would have the power to be naturally skilled at anything I do and having it always activated would be a bonus.

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[โ€“] PanoptiDon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Recon countering regret

[โ€“] Doombot1@lemmy.one 55 points 2 days ago (9 children)

How pedantic do we get to be? Like, Iโ€™d be fine with flying because I could just hover a millimeter from the ground instead of standing, I would think

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