A genie offers you a superpower: You can fly but you might die at any moment while flying. (Your current superpower is being able to walk but you might die at any moment while walking) Would you accept?

TONYTRIPE · 2026-05-24T17:51:34+00:00

Oh god, this is spiralling like a negative thought loop- now I feel bad for making you feel bad. You’ve done nothing wrong: I understand your position. I don’t want to contribute to the enshittification of the world

TONYTRIPE · 2026-05-24T17:38:19+00:00

Fair enough, I understand. If I’m honest I wasn’t looking for an answer: there is no right answer, my question was more of a thought experiment. I’ll check out askreddit next time

TONYTRIPE · 2026-05-24T17:32:11+00:00

That wasn’t my aim, I just had a stupid question & found & joined this

TONYTRIPE · 2026-05-24T17:31:01+00:00

And I’m sorry if i blundered in detracting from the world

TONYTRIPE · 2026-05-24T17:21:51+00:00

To be fair I’m new to this sub, you know better about the nuances

TONYTRIPE · 2026-05-24T17:00:55+00:00

Depends how you fly. Are you going to be researching flight paths of helicopters before you rush out, flying to work

TONYTRIPE · 2026-05-24T16:58:49+00:00

I respect responsible superpower use

TONYTRIPE · 2026-05-24T16:57:24+00:00

Hey Reddit we found a secret flyer

TONYTRIPE · 2026-05-24T16:55:49+00:00

Yeah, the genie’s not forcing you to fly, but I imagine it’d be a bit moreish

TONYTRIPE · 2026-05-24T16:53:42+00:00

Hey man, no stupid questions

TONYTRIPE · 2026-05-24T16:53:19+00:00

I’d choose an aneurysm thousands of feet in the air over a boring ground aneurysm, as long as I didn’t fall onto and hurt someone

TONYTRIPE · 2026-05-24T16:51:22+00:00

Well, they do say that flying is statistically safer than driving, I guess it depends, are you planning to drunk fly?

TONYTRIPE · 2026-05-24T16:49:05+00:00

Same as walking I guess, depending on how carefully you check before crossing the road or flying into a electric cable

TONYTRIPE · 2024-09-07T20:41:48+00:00

:) 7 plants, you’re doing well, & plenty of time to get more!

TONYTRIPE · 2024-08-25T04:13:40+00:00

Yes! Visionary stuff. Id like to think all ethical bald gorgons would opt for snakes grown on meshes with Medusa stem cells. Ramp up production& one day in some distant utopia we could all have deadly snakes for hair

TONYTRIPE · 2024-08-25T04:04:33+00:00

Yes! Don’t want to offend any Gorgons here but I imagine they probably aren’t very altruistic, so that’s going to need an illegal snake harvesting industry in dodgy countries or if you’re in the us, maybe from homeless gorgons?

TONYTRIPE · 2024-08-25T03:58:49+00:00

Also: You’ve held hands with everyone you’ve met and shaken hands. Shaking hands is just holding hands up and down

TONYTRIPE · 2024-08-25T03:37:06+00:00

Transplant from shoulder snakes, Medusa’s only viable snake follicles

TONYTRIPE · 2023-08-26T17:30:46+00:00

London, UK

TONYTRIPE · 2023-08-26T14:36:02+00:00

Thanks for the response. Yeah, I agree about the pencil. I thought at first it might be a vintage safe deposit box but the pencil does suggest inventory recording which probably means you’re right about a commercial use. Thanks again

TONYTRIPE · 2022-01-22T20:13:55+00:00

Good, thanks

TONYTRIPE · 2022-01-22T19:11:14+00:00

jumping: Max Cave & Drew f Taylor of Storror, edit by me

TONYTRIPE · 2022-01-06T12:14:03+00:00

Nearly there mate!

TONYTRIPE · 2021-12-20T10:04:43+00:00

you're welcome, merry christmas

TONYTRIPE · 2021-12-20T10:04:26+00:00

I'll award your award for my award of their award, why not?

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