[Carl Palmner]

I'd choose teleportation, personally.

[Kohdi]

I'd choose a healing power, as it would make a lot of dangerous things more do-able. For instance, I could take a hike through the tsingy formations of Madagascar without worrying about tripping on a shoelace and subsequently decapitating myself. XD

[Layn]

Flight! ...not an option
Fire! ...actually pretty useless for me. cool though

so teleport or healing.... mhm. teleport would be useful, but i'd become utterly lazy, and sometimes the journey is as important or even more so.

so healing. lots of good can be done with that

[DimensionTraveler]

I went with Teleportation as well.

When it comes to suddenly appearing infront of a crook who's thinking you're halfway across town, the supprise on their face is totally worth it!

_DTC

[D'nial]

The ability to instantly block any "Palmner Posts a Pointless Poll" topic.

[Carl Palmner]

D, on 28 July 2010 - 12:07 PM, said:

The ability to instantly block any "Palmner Posts a Pointless Poll" topic.

Jerk.

[Jn Pathfinder]

Of this list it is a three-way tie..

teleport, sense, and healing ...

when doing "custom" abilities, then it is usually the mini, dimensional portal/window/door that I can open at will both for myself and others...

[Teedyo]

Other: Russia

[laojim]

Teleport: the final solution to the arthritis problem. I could teleport to the other side of the room or into the kitchen. I could teleport to Buenos Aires for a bit of Tango music. I could teleport to a more comfortable position without all that dreary moving the joints and all that. I like it!

[orrinjelo]

Like someone else said, teleportation will make you lazy.

Turn invisible? I'd suspect I'd become a very lonely creepy guy with declining morals.

Read minds? Seeing everyone's thoughts would make me go crazy. No man is meant to go through that.

Pyrokinetics? An accident just waiting to happen.

Ability to heal? No doubt a power driven by a person's good will, but you will always find yourself out of breath and dismayed that you cannot heal everyone.

Super strength? Man, just opening a door would be a wreck. Also giving hugs.

Ability to sense location of person/thing? As an arachniphobic, this would drive me insane.

Good looks like Carl Palmner? Next best thing to a turkey and munster cheese sandwich.

[laojim]

orrinjelo, on 29 July 2010 - 09:04 PM, said:

Like someone else said, teleportation will make you lazy.

Turn invisible? I'd suspect I'd become a very lonely creepy guy with declining morals.

....

It is interesting that people associate invisibility with doing naughty things. There is a short story of a fellow with invisibility who uses it to sneak into a harem. He does this at night only to realize that invisibility is unnecessary at night and that anyone can find an invisible person in the dark. In his case it was the harem guards that snagged him without turning on the light.

[orrinjelo]

Well, not just naughty things, but also...uhm...I forgot the word. Let's call it snaggerlistening, which means listening in to conversations you have no business in hearing. Also causing all sorts of mischief.

[zib_redlektab]

I'd want the ability to understand why flight, the most commonly-desired superpower, isn't on the list at all.

Once that's granted, I'd want flight.

And failing that, invisibility.

[laojim]

zib_redlektab, on 31 July 2010 - 07:40 PM, said:

I'd want the ability to understand why flight, the most commonly-desired superpower, isn't on the list at all.

Once that's granted, I'd want flight.

And failing that, invisibility.

Why go through all that noisy and windy flying when you could just teleport to where you wanted to go?

[Carl Palmner]

I didn't include flight because I wanted to include teleportation, and it seemed to me that no one would pick flight if teleportation was an option.

Then again, based on the poll results, apparently no one wants to pick ANYTHING else when teleportation is an option...

[laojim]

Carl Palmner, on 03 August 2010 - 12:08 PM, said:

I didn't include flight because I wanted to include teleportation, and it seemed to me that no one would pick flight if teleportation was an option.

Then again, based on the poll results, apparently no one wants to pick ANYTHING else when teleportation is an option...

Well, if you can wink out from place to place you don't have to worry about things like invisibility and flight. Things like super strength are like a lot of other things, easily done in simpler ways. It's like when someone told Tagore that he had meditated and gained the power to walk on water. Tagore wept for him because he had wasted his life doing what other people did just by giving a penny to the boatman. Who needs super strength when there is an equipment rental place down the street? You could teleport there and get the tools.

[CrimsonMatt]

I don't think teleportation would necessarily make you lazy. I spent 26 hours flying to Australia plus some another 5ish hours of waiting in between flights, and I would have MUCH preferred to get here instantly. It would save so much money and time on traveling. Heck, I still walk to the supermarket instead of taking/waiting for the bus. Imagine how many more interesting places you could see if you teleported there!

THEN again, healing would be cool too.

AND in conjunction with teleportation, you could teleport around the world and just heal a lot of people who are really sick.

[Likonan]

I'd choose teleportation, but only to teleport between Ages/Countries/Very large spaces, or as a means of escape.

[Meef]

Wow. Teleportation is the popular one. I'm glad I'm not the only lazy person in the world.