Alcotholic
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I would pee on people.
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If You Had a Stopwatch That Could Stop and Start Time, What Would You Do?
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bryanee
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Other than sleep for a ridiculous amount of time without worrying about getting up I would oddly enough go to Tesco, Asda or some place like that and have a walk around places customers arent allowed. My local Tesco has these big swinging doors I always want to got through and take a gander.
Oh and become a superhero. Or a super villain and rob a Toys R Us.
Oh and become a superhero. Or a super villain and rob a Toys R Us.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
I'd win all the FG tournaments.
Since I'd actually have time to practice travel while having a job.
Since I'd actually have time to practice travel while having a job.
Karsticles
Member
I would become the world's greatest procrastinator.
PaulExcellent
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ZA WARUDO!
TOKI YO TOMARE!
Also study a ton.
TOKI YO TOMARE!
Also study a ton.
ArgyleReptile
Banned
Legally change my name to Time Lord and become a super villain.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Tal Shiar Agent
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How do you think they really killed Kennedy?
Uhhh...
You wouldn't really even need to steal a lot of things, you could just use them for as long as you wanted and then leave the area before you restart time again. Boring example, but if you wanted to play a game on a console you don't have, just stop time, find a way into someone's house who has it, sit there and enjoy yourself, clean up before you leave, and then restart time. Nobody would be the wiser.
As far as any of it goes though, it depends on whether you would be getting older during that time period or not. If you did, I would probably use it very sparingly if there was some advantage I could get by stopping the time and getting some kind of information or manipulating some event while nobody was looking. If you didn't, I'd stop it all the time to do things like learn skills, get into shape, generally just make sure I was at my best whenever the rest of the world was active.
I would probably do something like steal a little bit of money from many different places, negligible amount, but that would add up to help me out. I don't feel like I'd be doing anything that hurt anybody in that case.
As far as any of it goes though, it depends on whether you would be getting older during that time period or not. If you did, I would probably use it very sparingly if there was some advantage I could get by stopping the time and getting some kind of information or manipulating some event while nobody was looking. If you didn't, I'd stop it all the time to do things like learn skills, get into shape, generally just make sure I was at my best whenever the rest of the world was active.
I would probably do something like steal a little bit of money from many different places, negligible amount, but that would add up to help me out. I don't feel like I'd be doing anything that hurt anybody in that case.
fastford58
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Nothing good. I should never be given this power.
Zod the Bear
Member
Get into med school. Unlimited study time. Eventual unlimited surgery time. Take that anesthesia limits.
Thatonemoor
Member
Make the best stop motion animated film ever.
ArgyleReptile
Banned
That's renting. In the Time Lord's dimension, all material things are mine.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Yep.
Yeah but if you age during the time period, what's the difference really. You'd just end up getting old very fast in comparison to everyone else.
Keep time frozen until I can educate myself to be the smartest mother fucker on the planet and a genius. That's assuming the world stays in a "stasis" field and doesn't age.
realistically, you'd see lots of murder, theft, as some in this thread already said rape/sexually assault people. People are sick when given real power.
Also if you start a thread about super speed and being invisible, just like this thread, you'd get two or three saying rape/molest/perv on women or dudes.
realistically, you'd see lots of murder, theft, as some in this thread already said rape/sexually assault people. People are sick when given real power.
Also if you start a thread about super speed and being invisible, just like this thread, you'd get two or three saying rape/molest/perv on women or dudes.
I know you mean by the people stopping time themselves - and yeah it's true, it would mostly be that, unfortunately (although I care less about theft depending on the circumstances) - but you could also stop a lot of bad stuff from happening ie, stop time on a friday night and just start wandering through areas where crime tends to happen and put obstacles in the criminal's path, take photos or set up a camera to catch it, or even just straight up drop them in front of a police station.
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
When the pee leaves your body, does it freeze in mid air?
Hyperfludd
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Make cash in a easy way that doesn't ruin someone else's life. Learn a whole lot of things. Cheat on exams at the same time tho. :>
sixteen-bit
Member
hyperbolic time chamber
Sr Kitsune
Member
If you stop time, and you move something, would that something become invisible for you? With light being also "freezed" and all.
In fact, wouldn't that also make it super weird to walk, at least visually.
In fact, wouldn't that also make it super weird to walk, at least visually.
And would it start accumulating something like when neo stopped those bullets in the matrix?🤔
100%TrophyMaster
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The first thing I thought of was Saved by the Bell--
"Timeout!!!" Lol
"Timeout!!!" Lol
whiteninja
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Draw a smiley face in a cloud from a warp core breach.
parrotbeak
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Are there rules to this, like you keep aging while the rest of the world is stopped? So if you use it too much, after a while you would be older than you should be?
Otherwise I'd probably use it a lot when doing stuff like browsing the internet, and then do actual productive stuff during the regular time.
Otherwise I'd probably use it a lot when doing stuff like browsing the internet, and then do actual productive stuff during the regular time.
I like your style.
I wonder how many poster here are old enough (at least in their mid 30s) to get that reference
Maintenance
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Being honest, I love to imagine stuff like this but I hate when my brain starts to ask questions.
I mean, what would happen to the laws of thermodynamics? Laws of physics? etc.
Without some bullshit like Speed Force (but for time), there are way too many problems.
I mean, what would happen to the laws of thermodynamics? Laws of physics? etc.
Without some bullshit like Speed Force (but for time), there are way too many problems.
Holy shit. I have never considered that light would also freeze. Damn. That changes everything.
beyond_death
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I wish for a device like this everytime I have to get up early on weekends for work.
🤔 dude
Prodigal Son
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Fight crime? Be the funniest dude in every room by having an infinite amount of time to come up with every joke and rise to the top of the comedy ladder
peepee wherever i want to
peepee wherever i want to
Snarky(HEART)
Banned
With that kind of power I'd honestly feel like I had a responsibility to do something about Trump
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Stop crimes and tragedies from happening, I guess.
Since it's travelling at the speed of light anyway, and has properties of a waveform, it might not.
Since it's travelling at the speed of light anyway, and has properties of a waveform, it might not.
littleworm
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Become a spy. James Bond would have nothing on me.
Freeza Under The Shower
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DESTROY IT IMMEDIATELY.
You forgot the mandatory secondary superpower: immunity from the stopwatch effect.
Someone would stop time, and never again would it start to move again. In this seeming eternity, you might have consciousness and ask yourself what the hell that gnawing sound is and why it's getting louder.
You forgot the mandatory secondary superpower: immunity from the stopwatch effect.
Someone would stop time, and never again would it start to move again. In this seeming eternity, you might have consciousness and ask yourself what the hell that gnawing sound is and why it's getting louder.
"You're scampering!"
CrazyDiamond
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Write a thesis on starfish.
Squall5042
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If i could stop time without aging, I would seriously complete my backlog of games 
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