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Invisibility
Flight
Follow up:
Would you use your power to fight crime or “do good?”
What does your superpower choice say about you and your identity?
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Question 28: If you could have invisibility or flight, which superpower would you choose?
Me: I would choose flight, no doubt about it. While invisibility would be nice for an introvert like me, flight would be amazing. Once in a great while, ever since I was a kid, I have had flying dreams, and I always wake up feeling euphoric.
i would probably just use my superpower to fly, fly, fly. I am not sure I would feel obligated to use it for anything, I would just enjoy it.
What this says about me and my identity? That I would love to do something that makes me purely happy, that at this time in my life I don't want to feel obligated to do things like fight crime or "do good" simply because I have the capability. Flight would be just joy.
My response: most certainly, flight
My comment: In all honesty, I would probably only use it to do good after I got bored of flying back and forth to random places.
Community responses: 3 flight, 1 invisibility
All responses were from females. None said they would use their powers to "do good."
25 - flight.
2 - invisible
almost everyone said that they'd want flight so they could visit relatives.
comment: "given the choice, either or, I'd fly. I don't know how I could use this super power to fight crime or do other good things, however I can think numerous ways to use it for mischief. So I would fly, and cause mischief."
Question: Superpower
My answer: Out of those 2, I'd pick flight. Doing good is, um, good, but I'd use it for basic transportation and for fun. I live next to the River and I could get places so much faster if I didn't have to travel so far to a bridge.
My friends answers:
Invisibility; I'm afraid of heights ; ) I'm thinking fighting crime can be the same as 'doing good'...as far as my identity...always like to do good ; )
Not me. Invisibility so I could raise heck!!
Out of those two choices I would take Invisibility. Yes I would do good. If I could have any super power it would be to teleport. Bamf...
Flight...I would do what I could...it's less crowded up there.
invisibility. I would do some good some not so good My choice just says I'm a sneaky lil devil =}
My highly scientific facebook report...
Invisibility, but only because I am afraid of heights, so flying would be wasted on me. I guess if I could find a way to use invisibility to do good, I would, but it seems like it might be better suited for fighting crime.
invisibility to do good and fight crime......and cause some mischeif!!!
Flight: because flying is awesome.
If I had to choose between those two the answer would be flight, but if I could have any power at all it would be teleportation. Can you imagine... "OK...bye boss, I'm going off site for lunch....in Paris!"
Flight. Have you seen the price of airline tickets these days? Plus, no more morning commute headaches. I would fly away from crime.
I'm pretty invisible already, but I too am not a great fan of heights so...
f you could have invisibility or flight, which superpower would you choose?
Invisibility
Flight
Follow up:
Would you use your power to fight crime or “do good?”
What does your superpower choice say about you and your identity?
My answer: Given that often times I feel like I'm invisible already and that invisibility would be too tempting to do bad which is totally opposite of myself, i'd choose flight. What does it say about me and my identity ~ That I am all to conscious of my invisibility and uncomfortable with it. Also, that I'm influenced/inspired by things I like. My favorite musical is Wicked. I think it would be exhilarating and amazing "to try defying gravity".
Community answers:
4 invisibility
30 Flight
Flight or Invisibility?
Me: Originally I was all for flight, but I think my co-workers put up a very good argument for invisibility.
All 4 of my coworkers, when asked separately, answered immediately: invisibility. They cited things like practicality, and the number of free things you could aquire like getting into concerts and movies. They also noted that flight is purely about mobility, and reliable transportation, public or personal, is not a huge concern in an industrialized world.
While I agree that flight would be more fun, a little more theatrical and it speaks very much to my draw to freedom, practically, invisibility seems to make more sense. It would be hard to fly without getting a lot of attention, and as I imagine flight, I imagine similar limitations as birds, so flying across the ocean...that's probably not very realistic. Instead, I would use invisibility to sneak on to a plane and fly free to Europe that way.
Results for Question #28: If you could have invisibility or flight, which superpower would you choose?
Invisibility, 19 responses
Flight, 67 responses
Total responses: 86
Check out this segment from "This American Life" on NPR: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/178/superpowers?a...
Graph 28Courtesy Experimonth
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