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If you discovered you were unbreakable, do you think you would use that for good, be tempted to misuse it, or would simply keep is a secret, and not tell anyone?

Asked by Hypocrisy_Central (26879points) September 6th, 2011

You discover you are unbreakable, maybe you accidently burn yourself, smack the heck out of your thumb hammering a nails, etc. You realize the pain felt more like a pinch, and that spit thumb you wacked with a hammer starts to heal in front of your eyes, and in minutes appears as if it were never injured. If you tested it out to your satisfaction to know you can’t be harmed, burned, crushed, etc, what would you do with an ability such as that? Make a disguise and play a super hero? Do you think you’d be seduced by the power of it and eventually misuse it? Would you be afraid everyone will test you, or the government will try to make a lab rat of you to figure out your ability to weaponize it? To keep your privacy would you keep it a secret?

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lucillelucillelucille's avatar

I keep it a secretsecretsecret

Cruiser's avatar

I would tell my best friend.

downtide's avatar

I would keep it a secret. Otherwise I might end up getting kidnapped by the government and experimented on. You know how the X-men universe turned out.

ucme's avatar

I’d let the local kids use me as a six foot Pinata! Beat the crap outta me & let the sweeties flow, I felt nowt I tell ya…. nowt!!

boxer3's avatar

i’d be the best boxer, ever.

DrBill's avatar

I would use it for good

marinelife's avatar

I would use it for good, but in a low-key accidental way.

picante's avatar

I’d likely try to keep it a secret and use it only for good. However, the one thing about me that is fallable is my human nature—and when I realize that the ability can be monetized in some way, I’m sure greed would take over, turning me toward evil. Happens all the time.

smilingheart1's avatar

I would try to be as discreet as possible so that I could help more people with this gift without drawing attention. When any thing out of the ordinary good or bad gets found out, it seems to go public at some level.

FutureMemory's avatar

I would become a superhero like Batman or Spiderman. Secret identity, costume, the works. I would definitely avoid the authorities, for fear of them wanting to dissect me/use my powers for less-than-noble purposes. Interesting question, Hypo.

gailcalled's avatar

Hits myself over the head with grandma Birdie’s Meissen shepardess statue.

martianspringtime's avatar

I would rewatch Torchwood from the beginning and start taking notes.

Berserker's avatar

I’d like to say I’d keep it as a secret, but I would probably be too tempted to be a jackass and use it for evil.

King_Pariah's avatar

I wouldn’t tell anyone but I’d definitely use it for whatever the hell I want. “Good” or “Evil” regardless.

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