Would you choose invisibility or teleportation?

3 years ago by hungryphrog to c/asklemmy

You could turn invisibility on and off as you like and there would be no time limit. Your clothes would turn invisible too, and you could decide whether the items you are holding would be visible or not.

There would be no limits on how many times or where you could teleport. The items you hold while teleporting would be teleported too. You would also have the ability to know if the place would be safe to teleport to, so you wouldn't teleport and get impaled by an icicle or teleport inside a wall and get your insides filled with concrete or something.

Personally, I don't know which one would I pick. Invisibility would be awesome for pranks and stuff, but teleportation probably would be more useful for everyday life.

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onevia 22 points 3 years ago

Teleportation is the queen of all powers. Invisibility can be basically mimicked with quick teleportation work if needed.

Although my legs would probably atrophy from lack of use, lol. Why walk to the kitchen when I could blink there and get a sandwich and blink back in no time at all?

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LanternEverywhere 9 points 3 years ago

Time control is the pinnacle of superpowers. Most aspects of every other super power can be achieved or closely appreciated with full time control.

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onevia 7 points 3 years ago

Interesting view point. I would have to consider whether time still passes for the user of the power? If you freeze time for everyone else, do you still age? And if so, I would still take teleportation over that as travel would be instant vs "appearing" instant to outside perspectives.

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dandroid 5 points 3 years ago

Absolutely. You could never fail at anything, or you could try it again. You would have full control of probability, which is fucking insane.

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SpaceNoodle 5 points 3 years ago

Why visit the kitchen at all? Just teleport that sammich straight into the tum-tum.

Also, what's the king of all powers?

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boomer478 6 points 3 years ago