In this week’s episode of Top 5 (secretly my favorite of our shows, though they’re all a lot of fun to make), we discussed a list of super-powers that Rodrigo, Stephen and I would love to have, many of which fall under the heading of “useless.” But in a world where there isn’t a Superman, anybody could make a living with their powers, out-magicking Penn & Teller with your minor telekinesis, out-thinking a computer with your ability to factor multiples of ten. If you had even the simplest super-power, you could change the world, leading to today’s seemingly innocuous query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) will remind you that Cypher’s power to read and understand any language would be incredibly useful in nearly any setting, asking: What super-power that others would call useless do you still want to have?
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Doug Ramsey’s original Cypher powers. Funny that it came to mind the second the topic came up! I guess it’s a sore spot for me!
Jack Hawksmoor, I think. His powers are really vague but I’d like to able to speak with cities, they probably got lots of great stories to tell.
The ability to be invisible, but only when nobody is looking at you.
The ability to eat matter in all forms.
The ability to triplicate yourself.
Agreed. Having three of me would be awesome, except for the triple-sized food bill.