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The Random Thread of Random Randomness

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Here are some additional rules/guidelines/clarifications for each ability (so we're all on the same page):
  1. You can access it via any of your computers (even mobile phones, tablets, etc.).
  2. Instead of seeing through your eyes as normal, it would be as if your eyes located above you or to the side of you, etc. You can shift back and forth at will. If for whatever reason you were blinded or visually impaired, you'd be equally blinded or visually impaired across all views.
  3. As presented.
  4. Let's skip this one because it is too ambiguous. How much does 5 exp improve each of those stats?
  5. You can carry 99 unique/different items in the bag and up to 99 multiples of each of your items. As stated, the item must be able to fit through the top of the bag. You can choose one bag size (you can't change it afterwards) ranging from the size of a small purse to garbage bag. Once the item is in the bag, it is weightless until you remove it. Your bag remains in good condition and does not wear out. You can choose any style of bag that is available to you.
  6. Your code works for life and acts as a master key for all electronic codes. It is a bypass of sorts. It would not allow you to open a purely mechanical device (i.e. one that requires a physical key). You can still get into trouble if you are caught using your code inappropriately/illegally.
  7. You can change your character within the realm of what is humanly possible (i.e. you can't be 100 feet tall etc.). Assume that your physical traits would change along with your cosmetic ones (so if you made yourself more muscular you'd be stronger). Your memories, skills, knowledge remain unchanged. You must use the ability now... you can't save it for later.
  8. As presented. One use only.
  9. Everything is paused besides you, including electronics, environment, time, etc. While paused, you can't interact with the world. You are able to stand up, sit down, lie down and change positions as long as you don't move from the spot where you paused the world... and when unpausing you always re-assume the exact same body position you had when you paused the world. You can sleep or think to yourself or sing to yourself. You can pause the world anytime you want, for as long as you want and as many times as you want.
  10. Let's assume that when you return to your save point, that save slot is used up. So you can only return to your save point twice (which can be the same save point twice, or two different save points once each). You can return to your save point for any reason, including death. You must set your save point before you can use this ability, and once set, it cannot be changed.

I have my two selected, but I'll let a few people weigh in before I do.
 
Save point, thats too good to pass up. My life could basically become skyrim. Cheat code as well is also incredible, unlimited warhammer miniatures :D far too good to pass up. Honestly when you get down to it there are some clear winners and some others that really arent worth it
 
I’m liking this challenge. I’m assuming these abilities are applied in real life as if it were a video game, rather than free abilities to use in every video game you play?


If so, then I’ll analyse them thus:

  1. Surely you know what objectives you have in life, what objects you possess, what friends you have, e.t.c.? Surely all of that information is stored in your own inbuilt computer (your brain)? Of course if your memory isn’t up to scratch I can see how this would help, but as I have a pretty decent memory, I’ll pass on that.
  2. I can’t really see the point of this in real life unless you’re looking for something you’ve lost and you want to use another viewpoint to try and locate it.
  3. This one is nice - if you were attacked by a gang of muggers, you could escape by jumping to the top of a building, or off the edge of a canyon as you’d be able to land on your feet every time. The trouble is, only you’d be able to do it, so if you’ve got friends or family with you, they won’t be able to join you and will still be at the mercy of your foes. Would save yourself and abandon them to their fate? I wouldn’t.
  4. N/A as we’re skipping this one
  5. This one is also pretty good if you want to take anything around with you (as long as it isn’t furniture or anything), as 99 items or less will have you covered on any trip out you may have, and 99 of each of these will mean you won’t run out of them anytime soon. It’d even be good for taking your Warhammer minis to a friend’s house to play a game, as your bag would fit up to 99 of 99 different types of Warhammer miniature!
  6. Hmm, near-unlimited power... but with that great power comes great responsibility. Do you use it only for the greater good, such as to obtain money to help friends or family who are hard up, or do you use it to become one of the most reviled but also successful villains on planet Earth? This ability doesn’t give you invulnerability to being caught by the police for stealing or any other crime that you could commit with this ability, so you’d still have to rely upon your own wits to get out of trouble alive. I feel as though I could avoid being tempted by the Dark Side with this power, some of the others are much more useful to me personally.
  7. Could be fun if it allowed you to transform yourself at will into a Saurus Oldblood to tear apart someone who was giving you hell, but you can’t change back, it has to be used immediately and is limited to what is humanly possible. I’m largely happy with how I am physically, and I want to be respected the way I am, not as a different-looking human with my brain. Pass.
  8. I’m definitely having this one, a lifeline against death itself. If the Death God tries to call me before my time, I can simply play that trump card. That’d help cure my fear of learning to drive being a potential death sentence with all the idiots on the road these days...
  9. As an introvert, this could be especially helpful during conversation as it’d give me more time to think of what I want to say before saying it, so that can I say it clearly rather than hesitantly and I can avoid looking like an idiot. However, I’m studying how to fix this part of my personality while I have time to do so during lockdown, so I may not need this power. We’ll see.
  10. Save points, love ‘em. If something went badly wrong in my life that I could have had the power to change, I can use this to change it and preserve my life for the better. As long as I use them wisely and not just to experience the alternative choices of what if scenarios, these could prove pretty handy indeed.
If you decided to skip all those paragraphs of ruminations, I’ve decided upon abilities 8 and 10, Extra Life and Save Point, because that combo gives plenty of safety nets to use in my life, and I like safety nets.
 
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