Be honest: if you had the power to stop time, your morals would go out the window. - eviltoast

Pretty much the title. I’ve been watching more realistic super hero shows like The Boys and Invincible. The reoccurring themes is that with great power comes great immorality.

I think it’s easy for us normies to respect other people and their property because there are clear consequences for violating social norms. But what would the average person do if they had super powers?

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    1 year ago

    I’d definitely fuck with people who were being shitty, not straight up evil, just mischievous:

    Park in a bike lane? Oh no, all your valve stems have disappeared!

    Attack someone? Your shoelaces are now tied to your belt, which is also now fastened around your arms.

    Steal from a person? Your shoes are now hanging from a lamp post and the stuff you stole got unstolen.

    Be a shady company that screws everyone over? Your infrastructure keeps breaking and funds keep disappearing, how weird!

    Invade Ukraine and commit hundreds of war crimes? Oh no, you fell out of a window and also I have now been “recruited” by the CIA because they found out about my ability to pause time. Now I’m forced to do morally ambiguous things under the guise of national interests.

    Oh shit, OP was right!

    Also, hey Netflix: Hit me up if you wanna do a series, I know you’ll literally hire anyone. I do comedy too.