Mar 21, 03 11:51 am — [sort of a conundrum, I guess]
If you could, would you rather (i) have the ability to read people's minds, or (ii) have the power to render oneself invisible?
Would you trade either of these for the ability to fly?
Just curious.
Alright everyone stop looking behind me.. I am trying to make a point here!
Pay attention to the boob! No! The *OTHER* boob!
No captoin but a depressing story:
Ashcroft apparently got fed up with having his picture taken and the statue in the back being purposefully put in time and again. He ordered that the statues (There is a male one too) be draped in toga-esque things. Total cost: $8,000.00
that is depressing. what an idiot. hell, gimme the 8k and i'll make togas out of burlap sacks for three-fiddy-fi'.
it's so pointless it makes me sick.
Embarrassing moment in politics #8473: Ashcroft realizes he wasn't alone with the purty statue.
and a twelve inch turkey sub on wha? boobs behind me?
I am abreast of the situation and will take matters in to my own hands....like this!
"Where'd the other titty go? I like to touch them. I like to squeeze them. Screw Afghanistan, where's the other titty?!"
"I grabbed them just like this!"
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I want invisibility!
I'm with you all the way juggalo. If you are invisible, you can go and hear/watch people. That way you wouldn't need to read their mind.
Shit. you are invisible, who cares what anyone else thinks???? You've got showers to watch!
You've got showers to watch!
zactly.
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Don't forget Victoria's Secret dressing rooms, plus free movies.::grin::
definately read minds
more useful in the long run I think.
true....yet invisibility could be as useful as mind reading, provided that whoever you are listening in on is telling the truth.
Listening???? Watching
Read minds....but I might give it up to fly...
Read minds. You could make so much money being able to read minds that being invisible would be useless.
Out fun. What .. so you don't think money is the root of all happyness?
reading minds might tend to be a bit confusing, unless of course you mean that I would be able to focus on one particular persons thoughts with ease. Invisability- might come in handy
flying- depends, how fast would I be able to go, how far, etc...
Yes, I do mean that you would be able to focus on one person's thoughts...
Flying...I'm talking like Supeman-style....very fast and very far.
I think having the ability to read minds would not be as fun as we think if it was actually possible. I think it would probably screw me up.
If you want to be invisible to snoop on people, you can easily spy using all kinds of stuff with today's technology and be there without being there.....
Being able to fly would be my choice.
Other 2 things i would of liked to do but not possible, stop time and or move back or into the future.
I was thinking of the invisible thing for not so much snooping, but, for example...I'm a big ice hockey fan, so in effect I could attend all the Stanley Cup finals games (and watch from center ice or a luxury box)....or go anywhere and witness anything....with my power of invisibility....
but you'd be all alone...
still 
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Turtles all the way down
Invisibility! I would love to follow people home and scare the shit out of them.. Moving objects, depression in chairs... I could even catch some cutties having a little private time before hitting the bed... Hmmm A ghostly lover... lol ::grin::
Definitely invisibility. i've always felt that way. i think that the
ability to read minds would backfire on a lot of people and we
fail to realize that. i guess the same goes for invisibility, but i
just tend to be more worried about reading minds.
Plus, I would never, ever want anyone to read my mind.
And I would not trade my invisiblity for flying b/c i fly a lot in my
dreams and that's enough. I've alway secretly wanted to be able
to follow people around and observe what they do all day, why
they do it, where they go, and what they do in their spare time or
when they're alone. I think that would be really neat.
Being invisible would definitely be pretty cool, but I'd rather read minds. Think of the possibilities.. besides, if you were invisible, you'd have to take the time to go "sneak in" on every person and listen to see if they say something about you. But, if you could read minds, you could instantly find out pretty much anything.
but don't you worry what you WOULD find out..? there are some things i'd just rather not know. if i want to know some thing bad enough, i ask.
Yeah, that's true. I think having a power as great as that (whether it be invisibility or read minds) would be a lot of stress and probably annoying as hell sometimes. Sort of like that movie, "What Women Want," where Mel Gibson could read womens minds. That must be pretty aggrivating not being able to shut that shit off. ::grin::
yeah. and i'm afraid of for example, finding out a signifcant other' real feelings, or a co-worker's, or your boss, etc. finding that you're adopted, learning what your dad is thinking while he's boinking your mom.. or something along those lines. i just think it would be awful.
LOL it could certainly have disastrous psychological effects.....
great idea for a post!!! thumbs up. i hope we can get more like these...
while i think reading minds could be the most useful, i can definitely see negatives. i would definitely want a way to turn it off. and even then, sometimes we really don't want to know what others are thinking.
being invisible would be fun, but it's never really appealed to me.
flying would be cool, but it'd be a tough decision on that or mind reading.
if I could read minds, I'd sit at the poker table all day
if I were invisible... well shoot.. I can't thnk of anything I could do while invisible that I couldn't do now... except that it would be illegal for me to do it now. If that were the case, I couldn't quite go around telling people about my invisible powers and couldn't tell people what I did with them. And how would I explain the scream in my house when someone shuts the door and didn't realize my hand was in the jam? wtf? I like hockey too, but I couldn't PLAY hockey invisible.. cold and naked on ice would look goofy.. "look at the skates and stick playing!" if I fell, I could scrape up my satchel.
Too many cons to being invisible.... I'll take mind reading
As for flying... I dunno... people would expect me to do things if Ic oudl fly.. shit like "dude.. can you give me a lift to Chicago for the weekend?" or some crap. screw that. I don't owe you jack. This flying shit is too much of a burden and doesn't do anything for me.. other than the fact that I could watch baseball games from the top of the stadium... BUT SHIT! What do I do if I get drunk and fly around? Do I get invincibility as well? I could run into a plane or something. That would suck. And what if I hit a bird flying at like mach 1? That's like FOD and it could split me in half... screw that too
I'll stick to mind reading.
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy
Turtles all the way down
That whole invisibility thing didn't end up working very well for Kevin Bacon (blessed by thy name .. heh.. kidding) in Hollowman.
How about this.
Would you rather be Magnetto or Professor X?
[Comment was edited by DarkAmbition on March 21, 2003 at 08:04:41 PM]
if this power was permanent then read minds. but i could kinda turn it on and off at will than invisible!
Interesting conundrum. Since it's a "what it' I'll call my own shots. The invisibility would be turn on and off and it would also be my clothes. I'd hate to have undress every time I wanted to take a "trip" so to speak. Plus you'd have pockets to play lightfinger Louie at various places [yikes, it would make me a crook].
I like the idea of mindreading when gambling but you'd have to be able to pick and choose who you were listening in on. Have any of you kids ever seen the old Twilight Zone episode where a guy (Dick York from Bewitched) tossed a quater and it stood on edge? He got the mindreading power for the day (until he knocked the quarter down buying another newspaper at the end of the day) and while it had it's ups and downs (he got the girl and the promotion) it showed how this "power" could backfire.
Good question, made for fun reading, pondering and posting. Lemme see if I can come up with one as good. Way to go Shifty. ::grin::
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