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GeorgieGuy asked in Social ScienceSociology · 1 decade ago

If you could either fly like Superman or become invisible at will, which would you choose?

Imagine that you could choose the ability to either fly or become invisible at will. Which would you choose? Why? And how would you use your chosen superpower during the next week of your life?

Update:

Gee Sofrage93.. and we were going to grant you your choice of "flying LIKE SUPERMAN" or being able to become invisible at will. The Committee will be moving on to another person who won't be bored by our offer. :)

Update 2:

I wish I could award more then one best answer. Some thought-provoking and funny responses indeed! Wishnuwelltoo had the most touching and revealing response. BTW, this question has been used as a projective technique in some social-psychological research. One quick finding.. more men want to fly and more women want to be invisible. Thanks to all!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I would choose to fly like Superman and I would choose to fly to destinations to visit my contacts who live far. I would never want to be invisible again. I spent too much time being married and being invisible.

  • Hootie
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    1 decade ago

    Although becoming invisible at will would obviously be more mischievous and exciting, I feel that I could accomplish more if I could fly like Superman. I could complete tasks in just a fraction of the time it takes now. I suppose that I would also have the ability to take someone with me as Superman flew with Lois Lane. I could visit places that I have never been and see people that I have never been able to visit because I never had the time to fly commercial. Assuming I able to fly like Superman, I would hope that I could do so without being hindered by the back pain I get every time I fly commercial. I could make such a contribution to society serving as a courier between nations and going to areas of the world that have never been able to accommodate aircraft. The selfish aspect would be whenever I got bored...all I would have to do is to take a leap and fly across the sky - doing what no other person in the world is able to do.

  • 1 decade ago

    Both of these powers are boring to me, they're both powers that are geared towards avoiding/escaping the situation.

    Unless this is like Invisible Woman's version of invisibility where she can extend invisible force fields as weapons and use them to float on, then totally invisibility.

    But otherwise, invisibility is kind of the ultimate coward's power because all you can do is literally just hide really well.

    As for flying, would you just be able to fly, or would you get sub-powers that would help you deal with things like altitude shifts, pressure change, and temperature? Because if a normal human body could fly as high as many planes, you could die from freezing or the rapid shift in air pressure, which would suck.

    Also you didn't say how fast you could fly, so really, since you can just fly, say at running speed, you could still get picked off by a good helicopter, fighter jet, or sniper.

    I'd much rather have Wolverine's powerset or even just Batman's combination of skills and resources compared to these powers, because flying and invisibility without any other powers would just be kind of lame.

  • 5 years ago

    completely fly, being invisible might get so lame after a whilst. you may genuinely keep those with flying skills, and fully cheat at basketball, with particularly incredible dunks.

  • 1 decade ago

    Fly like Superman. That way I could avoid using crappy airlines like EasyJet and avoid the chav cattle market queing at the checking desk.

  • 1 decade ago

    invisible I would love it so much i would look behind every door that says keep out lol

  • 1 decade ago

    invisible at will. i would go around and mess with my friends all day. i would probally take their ice cream or cookies at lunch >:)

  • 1 decade ago

    invisable umm trick people excape from stuff

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