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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

Shape-shifting to get unlimited free samples

[โ€“] Candelestine 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If I had a magic flying broom, I would use it to do parcel delivery in a small, idyllic city somewhere.

[โ€“] chardiemacdennis 17 points 1 year ago

Has someone been watching Kikis Delivery Service?

[โ€“] Antimutt 11 points 1 year ago

May find digs in a bakery.

[โ€“] ProfessorScience 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Various superpowers: Generating free energy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Psychological horror about the government taking all supers and putting them all in one giant box so they can use their powers to boil water. They all think it's for the greater good. Plot twist is that it's actually someone's basement

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You should read Fire Punch.

[โ€“] fubo 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Superman's X-ray vision would be awfully useful for surgery. For that matter, X-ray vision plus precise heat-rays could maybe be tuned to vaporize tumors in-situ.

[โ€“] postmateDumbass 1 points 1 year ago

He would get stuck as an inspector looking for micro fractures in metals, plastics, carbon fiber, and composites.

[โ€“] sixapples 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spider-Man web formula would make for a strong, cheap and light substitute for almost all materials used today.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

His webs are only temporary.

[โ€“] rayman30 4 points 1 year ago

Spider-Man wrapping your groceries and when you come home, the webbing dissolves ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] Antimutt 3 points 1 year ago

They're environmentally friendly.

[โ€“] AliceTheMinotaur 1 points 1 year ago

The formula could be altered to make them permanent if need be

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Any kind of mechanical work would be easy if you can selectively phase through matter, way better than evading assailants or sneaking around.