cumberboi (any/all)@slrpnk.net to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 18 hours agoIf you had to choose one superpower that you could never turn off, what would it be?message-squaremessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareIf you had to choose one superpower that you could never turn off, what would it be?cumberboi (any/all)@slrpnk.net to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 18 hours agomessage-square99fedilinkfile-text
For example: You can fly but you can never stop flying You can turn invisible, but never be seen again
minus-squareDoombot1@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up42·18 hours agoHow pedantic do we get to be? Like, I’d be fine with flying because I could just hover a millimeter from the ground instead of standing, I would think
minus-squareLallyLuckFarm@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 hours ago“I forgot one thing about the guy who had gained the ability to fly - it was actually only for a foot or two, and only an inch or so high” The Vandals, An Idea for a Movie
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up27·17 hours agoThat’s like Arthur Dent’s girlfriend Fenchurch.
minus-squareEvilBit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·18 hours agoMy stepson asks all kinds of questions like this and highly scientific pedantry is my go-to move. “Technically if you were invisible, your retinas would stop working, so I’d go with flight.”
minus-squarestinky@redlemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·18 hours agoSometimes pedantry is beautiful
minus-squarecumberboi (any/all)@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·18 hours agoHmm I think anything is fine really hah. I feel like it’d get weird never being able to touch the ground again, like I’d feel so detatched from things
minus-squareAchyu@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·17 hours agoTechnically, you can fly towards the ground while being upright(unless the feet are the sole thrusters), to get that feel, right?
minus-squarerbn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·13 hours agoGood point. If you fly feet forward towards the ground with an acceleration of 9,81 m/s2 it should feel pretty much like normal standing with gravity.
minus-squareMyPornViewingAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·18 hours agoFlyings fine as long as I have variable velocity.
How pedantic do we get to be? Like, I’d be fine with flying because I could just hover a millimeter from the ground instead of standing, I would think
“I forgot one thing about the guy who had gained the ability to fly - it was actually only for a foot or two, and only an inch or so high”
That’s like Arthur Dent’s girlfriend Fenchurch.
My stepson asks all kinds of questions like this and highly scientific pedantry is my go-to move.
“Technically if you were invisible, your retinas would stop working, so I’d go with flight.”
Sometimes pedantry is beautiful
Hmm I think anything is fine really hah. I feel like it’d get weird never being able to touch the ground again, like I’d feel so detatched from things
Technically, you can fly towards the ground while being upright(unless the feet are the sole thrusters), to get that feel, right?
Good point. If you fly feet forward towards the ground with an acceleration of 9,81 m/s2 it should feel pretty much like normal standing with gravity.
Flyings fine as long as I have variable velocity.