Seen at Post Secret:
It always amazed me that the “What Kind Of Superpower Do You Want?” thought exercise usually involved dudes finding ways of doing gross, sexual things to women and getting away with it. It really, really shouldn’t shock me by now, but it nevertheless does.
The worst was when, after watching that stupid invisible man movie in which Kevin Bacon stalks and sexually assaults Elizabeth Shue, my boyfriend at the time insisted that “all guys think that way,” including him.
Dumped his ass.
OMG – the creepy invisible Kevin Bacon movie! I *hated* it in no small part bc of the “wee – no one can see me, assault! assault!” aspect. If I remember correctly, he started with a woman who lived in the next building over. (He used to watch her disrobing after her day at work.) But, it’s okay, because she’s a woman and puts herself out there for it. (Otherwise, she’d shut the drapes, right?)
Gross.
Sorry, all men thinks what way?? Creepy.
I might be weird, the superpower I’ve always wanted is the ability to teleport, so I don’t have spend so much of my life in transit between places.
Power of healing, like Jesus! I also like teleportation though.
I was really disgusted when I saw that card on PostSecret. Yech.
You’d think the guy behind Post Secret would have so many submissions he could pick a better one. Why go for the default?
I’d like invisibility just for the ‘fly on the wall’ aspect, but really, I’ve been bitching my whole life how all I want is a transporter. Time travel would be awesome.
Zapped!
I could live with the power to turn water into wine… or beer… or Cristal.
That would be awesome. :)
I have an occassionally recurring dream where each step I take lifts me a hundred feet in the air, so I can literally walk over tree and houses. So I want to be able to take really big steps.
As far as sexual superpowers, I’d like the abilty to turn a ho-hum orgasm into a curl-your-toes, oh-wow-that-was-great one just by zapping your (willing) partner with your super duper orgasm rays. That would be cool.
The sad part is, a guy could as easily think of really fun sexual superpowers as opposed to what this misogynistic fuck managed to imagine. For example, when one blogger posted on this topic saying she wanted the superpower of Medusa from marvel comics, I quipped that I’d like a similar power, but for a different part of my body! :-) [I blame Ron O for taking the thread in this direction.]
I hope you kicked his ass too!
I’d opt for the ability to freeze time (and reverse it) because it seems to slip away so quickly. Plus, I’d be able to go back and not make all the mistakes I’ve made in life.