If you could instantly gain one REALISTIC ability?

[Shoggoth2588]

Eternal life.

Don't say it isn't realistic, those jellyfish have it.

Those jellyfish cheated god, now they must pay for their hubris.

Big stupid jellyfish.

Ssshh...they'll hear you and send in the little Jellyfish...you know the ones; the ones that can murder you to death. Being able to murder dudes with a single touch would be fun but it would probably get me into trouble.

So as for my ability...fluency in several languages (Norwegian, Korean, Japanese and, German). From there I'll just whore myself to the U.N. and various tourists. Or take up a job translating things for other countries.

 

[The Funslinger]

Eternal life.

Don't say it isn't realistic, those jellyfish have it.

Those jellyfish cheated god, now they must pay for their hubris.

Big stupid jellyfish.

I'm fairly certain they've already paid for their crimes by being 99% water, and having no brains, or anus. And being like that, forever because they're fucking immortal!

OT: I'd like to become skilled at playing the guitar, or drawing.

 

[SnakeoilSage]

To have enough motivation to get shit done. The rest is cake.

 

[A Satanic Panda]

Eternal life.

Don't say it isn't realistic, those jellyfish have it.

Those jellyfish cheated god, now they must pay for their hubris.

Big stupid jellyfish.

On that note, to live long enough to see Half Life 3.

 

[JamesStone]

Eternal life.

Don't say it isn't realistic, those jellyfish have it.

Those jellyfish cheated god, now they must pay for their hubris.

Big stupid jellyfish.

Your quizz awards are... ironic, mr. Blasto

OT: Having the highest IQ on earth. Turning my pleasent 160 into 260. Hell yeah.

 

[Dutch 924]

Extremely high intelligence

 

[soren7550]

I don't know which I'd rather have - to be able to do parkour (sp?) or read and speak fluent Japanese. I think I'd go with the Japanese since then I can understand game trailers that are in Japanese, read manga as soon as it's released (and not rely on translations that the quality of said translations vary), watch anime w/o having to have subtitles on, and a trip to Japan wouldn't pose much of a problem for me (except for that whole 'that cost money' thing).

 

[Malyc]

The ability to fully master the art of fighting with a pair of blades.

Surrounded by enemies? At least I have a second weapon to distract you with!

 

[DaWaffledude]

Social skills so good I can practically read minds (mwahahaha)

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

I want my archery skill back.

or the ability to compose music

 

[Jacob Haggarty]

Hmmmmm... INVISIBILITY!

Nah, either the skills of a master level martial artist (in at least 20 different styles), or the ability to understand and speak 20 different languages in all the country's dialects/accents.

 

[boyvirgo666]

Being tony stark.

 

[anthony87]

To have the guitar talent of Steve Vai and the bass talent of Victor Wooten.

I'd be fighting the adoring fans off with a stick.

 

[Hawk of Battle]

The ability to realistically have superpowers. What? You know eventually we'll have such sufficiantly advanced tech that we'll be able to replicate a lot of super powers.

Or if I can't have that, then maybe super marksmanship abilities, so I could be a badass sniper/assassin. Or maybe omni-linguisim. Or eidetic memory. Or hightened senses. Or superior intellect. Maybe some superior reactions. Hmm, I wonder if I can get all of these as a package deal? I know!; human perfectionism!

Yeah, that'll do me, and once I have that, I can work on figuring out how to get the rest of the powers I want...

 

[DJ_DEnM]

Perfect parkour abilities! Or close to perfect abilities. It would make losing weight and getting to places funner and faster.

 

[Agayek]

I'd make myself an omniglot. Being fluent in every language would be amazing IMO.

 

[bauke67]

Being smart enough to pretty accurately predict most of the consecuences of what I do without any effort, but only when I choose to.
Or maybe not exactly read people's mind but generally be able to guess their intentions and reasons correctly, that would come in handy.

 

[Use_Imagination_here]

A photographic memory.

That would have made university a hell of a lot easier.

Nooo! If I'm not the only one cheating by memorising the textbooks, then people may realise what's happening. Curse you Daystar for stealing my dream gift! May you forget where you put your keys.

If that's not an option, I'll go with a martial art. I'd like Aikido but pretty much any would work.

A couple of years ago I'd have picked a martial art to, but after I started kickboxing learning is just so much fun and no matter what I'd pick it would take at least some of the fun out of what I'm doing right now.

At the moment I'd probably pick craaaaaaaaaaaazy math skills , since math makes me feel faint (I'm not exaggerating there) right now and it's seriously interfering with my studying. I'd have picked writing a couple of months ago, but I started righting stupid stories for kicks and learning how to write is a lot of fun too.

 

[Souleks]

I want to play Piano, or be really good at drawing that would be cool.

 

[Rathilal]

Hmmm... I'd say the ability to be so good a persuading people and arguing for a viewpoint that I can persuade people no matter how much they disagree with me or my views. Then i'd simply run a presidential campaign and somehow convince people to become ruler of the world. Fix poverty, be open, no corruption, Problem solved.

I'm pretty sure that it is possible to get anybody to go with your way realistically with enough linguistic skill and figure bending