Super Powers

I always ask people what super power they would choose if they had the chance of having it bestowed upon them. It’s one of the many hypothetical questions I just love to ask. People think I just ask it to be annoying, but really, their answers tell me a lot about their personality and whether or not I would jive with someone. It also tells me if they put thought into the things they say.

There are some who make the obvious choices; flight, invisibility, super strength and so on. And there are those that make the more thought provoking choices which usually come with a drawn out explanation of why they chose it; teleportation, mind-control, going back and forth in time, etc.

Ever since, I’ve always had the same answer. The one superpower I would love to have is telekinesis. Moving things with your mind is just way too cool. Plus, you could play with people’s heads because they have no idea what’s going on, and because I was a lazy child. haha.

Today though, for the first time in all of the times that I’ve asked this question, I answered differently when I was asked the question. I said I wished that I could be in two places at once. I have no idea where the thought came from. But it seemed like such a good super power for me. Imagine being able to do so many different things and having so many great experiences if you could be at two places at once.

You would meet twice the people, make twice as many friends, drink twice as many, go to twice as many parties. I mean the list goes on and on. It’s incredible. Especially with my dillema right now, it would be extremely helpful.

Then someone stopped me short, being the negative git that he was. He told me to think about twice the pain I could feel, twice the mistakes I could make, twice the stress and so forth.

What a party pooper.

Addendum:

So, this is the reply most worthy of re-posting…this was from Ryan Oxby:

“I’ve given this issue some thought, and I’d totally pick not needing sleep 

as a power. 

Imagine the doors that would open. You’d double your useful time on this earth.

You’d have time to do everything you always said you’d do if you only had time

for it.

Plus, it’d cure my insomnia.”

 -Mr. Ryan Oxby

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-JP