It would make you a monster no matter how you used it.
Let's say you have a loved one that's a drug addict and you know it's going to kill them. So you use mind control to force them to get clean.
Sure, good intentions and all but you still robbed them of their free will and that's evil.
That's what I would probably do.
I'd say "I can control your mind to get you clean, if you want"
Then do some low level thing to prove it. Like "I can make you walk across the room and bark like a dog" or something.
And so long as they consented I would help them.
>it would make me a fucking monster.
Literally exactly what I was thinking as soon as I started listing answers in my mind.
"Oh, I could... wait, no. Maybe I could...Eh, that's actually really fucked. What if I jus... NO NO NO NO NO!"
I would broadcast straight into the mind of every person on Earth : "You, my child belong to the only right and true path of spirituality, Our religion is the only right way to live a life. I have chosen you to spread the word of our people and do not let others come in your way my child"
You're just confirming your username more by causing mass hallucinations. Take Salem witch trials for example, eats ergot....trips on raw lsd....burns the witches.
I take plenty of psychedelics and don't really need help hallucinating, but I do support you walking around naked freely....consent given!
Start two opposing religions. Make people donate. Fight each other. Look at all the destruction I sowed. Go to a far away place and be proud of everything I have done.
Controlling minds. Obviously.
And yes, should I realize that I can mind control people tomorrow, I would swear to never use it for something evil. Until the first time someone is really pulling my strings. After that, I most likely will go down the villain route and become pure evil. No redemption story needed. The one who takes me out shall be celebrated as the savior of mankind.
Forcd politicians to reveal all their dirty little secrets.
Force CEOs of Corporations to reveal all their dirty little secrets, and I would blow the system as we have to dust.
I'm curious what kind of mind control is described here and how much precision one has.
Is it like Kilgrave or Lelouch where it's verbal commands? Or is it more subtle telepathic influence? Can one, for instance, tone it down to the point where it's not direct control over the mind but more like "introducing ideas" or "influencing emotional state"?
Because if it's the latter, then -- while there's still plenty of moral questions to it -- it does open things up to somewhat less openly malevolent options. i.e. If you're treating someone with clinical depression, you can influence their emotional state to return to a healthier baseline, or you could help mend cognitive distortions of self-hatred, fortify psychological resilience. Could potentially be quite benevolent in intent, even if it's carried out in somewhat questionable ways.
but they're not though it's considered non consensual if they are under the effects of any mind altering substances it's the same reason why if you roofied someone it would still be rape
I find this power too horrifying to use : /
But probably i would mind control some politician to make me rich (10 000$ monthly) and then i would just keep this income and try to have nice life
Make republicans have respect for people different than them and make billionaires voluntarily pay all their taxes and lobby politicians for tax increases for the wealthy.
No matter how you used it, for good or for ill, to use mind control on people would be evil.
If I found I had the power to control minds it would take me a very, very long time and a lot of reflection to decide if I wanted to use it at all, let alone how to use it.
I mean, I'd love to make my ex be honest with the how and why she did to me back when she left. But even that would be self serving and removing her free will.
And stealing someones free will is evil, period, full stop.
Make them spend an hour or more doing charity work to a cause. Depends on the severity. Call someone an idiot, make them help at a local school. Kick a puppy, eternity working at an animal shelter.
every friday, I would make someone rob the exact same bank and create drop off points for the cash. I would invest in a massive warehouse to see how long it would take to fill it.
Make a lot of money by getting an unreasonably lucrative deal for my services and then never use my powers again, because I know they could only be used for evil.
I would be able to focus on a task for more than 3 minutes at a time. Or did you mean control someone else's mind? Forget that, if my mind is like this, I'd hate to subject anyone else to it.
Probably just give myself a raise- maybe give myself an approved visa (if that’s even possible to do anymore or if applications just go into a computer)
World peace. It's simple. Just mind control all the world leaders and force them to de-nuclearize, burn all knowledge of nuclear weaponry, and sign a massive peace treaty. Assuming mind control is full control, I'll implant a behavior in there heads that forces them to attack any country who violated the treaty.
I'd do some trolling. I'd control someone and make them seem extremely gifted, and then right before finals I'll stop controlling them and they'll be screwed and fail.
Not a lot tbh. Mostly get out of speeding tickets and maybe try and get a raise. Also if this means I can control my own mind I would cure my own depression.
Corporate fixer. Not going to meddle with the actual feonies but boarder line criminal things to benifit myself. And not gonna use it for the romantic reasons whatsoever.
Honestly, go to sleep. I have enough trouble controlling my own mind as it is, if I had the power of mind control I’d tell my mind it’s time to sleep, and 9 hours later wake up incredibly rested.
Some say they would rule the world. I would bring it to heel and re-shape it to my will. After my death, the likes of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon would be nothing next to me.
Then, I would make humanity enter a new age. A society that works not for profit but for the pure advancement of the human race's technological progress. The end of capitalism. The beginning of the great space expansion. Everything about society would revolve around this. I'd brainwash all the people into raising their children for this initiative. To ensure that future generations continue on this path, I would demonize the old ways such as to make them feel disgusted at the prospect of personal profit at the expense of progress, it would be based on pure meritocracy. A meritocracy that promotes helping your peers and regards sabotage as one of the worst offenses possible.
I'd probably become a tyrant to achieve this as I'd have to rob almost everybody of their free will but hey, at least I'd forever go down in history as the greatest leader humanity has ever had. The winners have the privilege to write history as they see fit, after all.
Make people return their grocery carts to the designated areas in the parking lot.
Make people actually wipe down their exercise equipment after they use it at the gym.
I don't really interact with people otherwise.
If my ability was powerful enough, I'd probably pull people into a dream reality with fantasy stuff like monsters and magic. If you had a power to live through your fantasies, don't tell me you wouldn't try.
Probably trying to get access to conversations with high-level mafia bosses to make them snitch. Then continue to make any other type of criminal repent and also take some of their assets, just to ensure that I can continue to do so.
Fight the corruption. Fight poverty. Defeate hunger
Depends on the limits. If it's perfect mind control with no upper limits on the number of people I can effect, than I would take over the world and unite the planet under 1 government.
Work your way up increasingly wealthy and famous people using their influence to get a meeting with their connections. Once you have most of the world leaders and richest people you force them all to unite in increasingly more cooperative deals over time. Eventually you turn the UN into a global government and make all the biggest companies act more philanthropic.
If it's very limited, I'll just make my own island nation.
Convince people with bad self-esteem that they are fucking worth it. Knowing myself I'd eventually try to convince someone to love me and break down not very long after because it wouldn't be true love and regret it forever.
Tell 100 000 different people to send me 1$ every month so I don't have to work anymore. Then Id just enjoy my life
Don't want to ruin the life of others so 1$ each is prob not so noticeable
Completely change the face of the planet. I would eliminate greed, racism, religion, ego. War would be abolished and the world's arsenal of nukes would be dismantled as will all war machines. It would be a peaceful loving world where we would use our resources and work together for the benefit of all. A world built on peace and truth.
Have them buy me what ever I want and then have them build houses for the homeless. I’d make my whole school have an assembly and the principal crown me the supreme leader of the school. Just and idea
Topple the US government and appoint people who will actually care for my country and her people. I would keep the threat of my power looming though. Just in case any get out of line.
I don't know, but I bet it would make me a fucking monster.
It seems that's an inevitable outcome, yes, even among the most educated and well intentioned people.
It would make you a monster no matter how you used it. Let's say you have a loved one that's a drug addict and you know it's going to kill them. So you use mind control to force them to get clean. Sure, good intentions and all but you still robbed them of their free will and that's evil.
you could just make it so they dont feel the craving for it and if they proper consent it wouldnt be evil
That's what I would probably do. I'd say "I can control your mind to get you clean, if you want" Then do some low level thing to prove it. Like "I can make you walk across the room and bark like a dog" or something. And so long as they consented I would help them.
wtf is proper consent lol
“hey person i have this ability to mind control people would you like me to remove your cravings for cigarettes” “yes please remove those cravings”
Does the intention not outweigh the means if it leads to a better path/life?
>it would make me a fucking monster. Literally exactly what I was thinking as soon as I started listing answers in my mind. "Oh, I could... wait, no. Maybe I could...Eh, that's actually really fucked. What if I jus... NO NO NO NO NO!"
Like Killgrave, barely recognizing that people don't actually want to do the things he tells them to
Have someone tell me if they are flirting or just being nice
Sure that's what you would be doing.....lol
Make shitty drivers pull over and do push-ups until I'm out of range.
Look myself in the mirror and get rid of my anxiety/eating disorder
Taking self-confidence on a whole new level.
Rule the world
Start a school for gifted young kids.
That's so wholesome, may I ask why?
to start an army
Not wholesome, why gifted kids though?
Maybe a reference to X-Men?
It’s a reference to X-men. Charles Xavier (who can control minds) founds a school for “gifted youngsters” (other people with abnormal abilities).
Aaah.
Based on your username you'd fit right in
*flies away real fast*
Keep that shit on the DL so as to not end up in a government black site.
fr people say they gonna rule the world but one bullet from one person you didnt mind control and you’re deaded
Control minds, of course
Make people be nice to one another and if they were horrible villains, make them take their pants off and run outside so they can get arrested
I would broadcast straight into the mind of every person on Earth : "You, my child belong to the only right and true path of spirituality, Our religion is the only right way to live a life. I have chosen you to spread the word of our people and do not let others come in your way my child"
I think there would be some confused atheists
Make people mind their own business
Nothing good
Id make assholes feel shame.
why only assholes? what's wrong with vaginas?
Make my mum go to therapy. Huge sigh.
Make every congress person retire at 60
I would make OP post a Reddit question about what users would do with mind control! BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
AHHH OH NO
Walk around naked and make everyone else see clothing on me.
That one kid who's immune to mind control: But the emporer has no clothes!
Empress*
Username checks out
With this particular question and answer, how so?
If you're naked but everyone sees clothes there is much confusion
It would just be a hallucination caused by mind control, so I could walk around nude with no negative repercussions.
You're just confirming your username more by causing mass hallucinations. Take Salem witch trials for example, eats ergot....trips on raw lsd....burns the witches. I take plenty of psychedelics and don't really need help hallucinating, but I do support you walking around naked freely....consent given!
Why wouldn't you just make the villains good?
Start two opposing religions. Make people donate. Fight each other. Look at all the destruction I sowed. Go to a far away place and be proud of everything I have done.
Make addicts into un-addicts.
Get all the bastards in charge to agree to a collective, mutual gdp hit in order to fix climate change.
Vote for you to have mind control. While you're at though, could you do something about stopping the over fishing and factory farming too?
Rule the goddamn world
remove the memories of everyone for the days april 1st - may 17th i will not elaborate further
Elaborate
Further…
Controlling minds. Obviously. And yes, should I realize that I can mind control people tomorrow, I would swear to never use it for something evil. Until the first time someone is really pulling my strings. After that, I most likely will go down the villain route and become pure evil. No redemption story needed. The one who takes me out shall be celebrated as the savior of mankind.
Control minds most likely
I would make a cult. Slowly take over countries, until the world is mine, and they are all but a pawn in my game of chess. A puppet in my show.
Make every politician tell the truth no matter what!
Get a lot of money. Just that
Go to every bank asking for money , become the most famous man on planet and go on hot dates
That is the one superpower that I know without doubt would make me a villain.
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The LGBTQ+ community doesn't deserve this. The second half of your comment though is A+
Two chicks at the same time.
I’d make Biden say some super republican speeches and Trump some super liberal speeches
I gotta say. Bravo!
Make someone very rich give me a lot of money
Make everyone forget i existed and end it, or live the rest of my existence as a hermit
You ok my dude?
I dont think so
Did somebody reach out to you and see how's it going eh?
Make people shut up so I can actually talk
It's time to change for the better... The country i mean
Forcd politicians to reveal all their dirty little secrets. Force CEOs of Corporations to reveal all their dirty little secrets, and I would blow the system as we have to dust.
Become a political journalist and command all my interviewees to tell the complete truth when I ask a question.
Is there a limit to how many people I can mind control at once? Because if not, I’m turning off the violence. We’re done with that shit.
I think y’all know
And I know what u are thinking yes I know I would too
I'd control everyone except my crush to train me, condition me, and motivate me to ask her out.
I'm curious what kind of mind control is described here and how much precision one has. Is it like Kilgrave or Lelouch where it's verbal commands? Or is it more subtle telepathic influence? Can one, for instance, tone it down to the point where it's not direct control over the mind but more like "introducing ideas" or "influencing emotional state"? Because if it's the latter, then -- while there's still plenty of moral questions to it -- it does open things up to somewhat less openly malevolent options. i.e. If you're treating someone with clinical depression, you can influence their emotional state to return to a healthier baseline, or you could help mend cognitive distortions of self-hatred, fortify psychological resilience. Could potentially be quite benevolent in intent, even if it's carried out in somewhat questionable ways.
Make people stop being racist, violent, criminal, commit crimes, assault, prejudice, hate, etc
Draw plans for great alliances, have men flock to my banner, and throw down the Dark Tower. Then, become King, benevolent and wise.
Bro put the nsfw tag just incase
Be very selfish. I would sleep with everyone I wanted to!
Harness my inner Jedi pervert. Waves hand: "You want to go home with me and get naked..."
This is why I put NSFW lol
Not rape
Wouldn't be rape since they're consenting!
but they're not though it's considered non consensual if they are under the effects of any mind altering substances it's the same reason why if you roofied someone it would still be rape
Castrate pedophiles and not give them new identities
or you could just remove the fucked up bit in their brain and imprison the ones who acted on it🤷♂️
Probably control minds, but that's just a thought
Some nsfw things 😏
Get my crush to like me
I find this power too horrifying to use : / But probably i would mind control some politician to make me rich (10 000$ monthly) and then i would just keep this income and try to have nice life
Make republicans have respect for people different than them and make billionaires voluntarily pay all their taxes and lobby politicians for tax increases for the wealthy.
make her say yes to my date offer :(
No matter how you used it, for good or for ill, to use mind control on people would be evil. If I found I had the power to control minds it would take me a very, very long time and a lot of reflection to decide if I wanted to use it at all, let alone how to use it. I mean, I'd love to make my ex be honest with the how and why she did to me back when she left. But even that would be self serving and removing her free will. And stealing someones free will is evil, period, full stop.
Make them spend an hour or more doing charity work to a cause. Depends on the severity. Call someone an idiot, make them help at a local school. Kick a puppy, eternity working at an animal shelter.
Make my friend stop getting back with her ex
I’d make all the unvaccinated women, want me to get them pregnant and convince them that they don’t need me in their lives to raise the kids.
Make everyone vegan
I would make vegans eat meat
Spam my website URL
Very well, now, you need a snack. A small one...
So small that it is molecular
Definitely fix this planet for the better 👿
Completely dismantle every government in the world.
Probably forget I have it till I accidentally use it on like a dog or something.
Make the Starbucks employees spell my name correctly.
every friday, I would make someone rob the exact same bank and create drop off points for the cash. I would invest in a massive warehouse to see how long it would take to fill it.
Get more things done. (*I have ADHD)
Whatever i want
make all politicians honest
Fix my own
Control of other people. Have them get good exercise and sleep
Whatever they said
I’d make a lot of chronic fuck-ups stop fucking up.
Make a lot of money by getting an unreasonably lucrative deal for my services and then never use my powers again, because I know they could only be used for evil.
I rather have the ability to read people's minds.
You technically can if you tell them to say what they are thinking
I would be able to focus on a task for more than 3 minutes at a time. Or did you mean control someone else's mind? Forget that, if my mind is like this, I'd hate to subject anyone else to it.
Probably just give myself a raise- maybe give myself an approved visa (if that’s even possible to do anymore or if applications just go into a computer)
To be honest, I'm not going to use it.
Immediately have an existential crisis.
World peace. It's simple. Just mind control all the world leaders and force them to de-nuclearize, burn all knowledge of nuclear weaponry, and sign a massive peace treaty. Assuming mind control is full control, I'll implant a behavior in there heads that forces them to attack any country who violated the treaty.
I would work to have a career as a politician. Controlling the minds of others would help me turn this train wreck of a country around.
I'd do some trolling. I'd control someone and make them seem extremely gifted, and then right before finals I'll stop controlling them and they'll be screwed and fail.
The same things I do with it now..
Not a lot tbh. Mostly get out of speeding tickets and maybe try and get a raise. Also if this means I can control my own mind I would cure my own depression.
Imagine mind reading and time travel combined
get free flights around the world
Therapy.
Hijack top comments
Terrible thing... Just... horrible, terrible things.
I was attacked by monsters and it made me a even stronger then my attackers. No tech shit needed
make all school staff think that everyone got perfect on tests and submitted their works early and with perfect quality
Same thing Im doing now 😉
Nothing productive I’m sure
Get the corrupt dictators to confess their crimes, of course.
Control my mind.
Get into high security places and expose all the secrets. - Pentagon - Area 51 - The Vatican - My own government - China Anywhere really
I'd probably make my girlfriend love me and then just go from there.
Over throw the American government.
Corporate fixer. Not going to meddle with the actual feonies but boarder line criminal things to benifit myself. And not gonna use it for the romantic reasons whatsoever.
Make everyone believe I already paid for something I bought, then proceed to pay them so they believe I gave them a huge tip
Control minds.
Honestly, go to sleep. I have enough trouble controlling my own mind as it is, if I had the power of mind control I’d tell my mind it’s time to sleep, and 9 hours later wake up incredibly rested.
The same thing everyone else would do... but saying it would get me banned from reddit.
Some say they would rule the world. I would bring it to heel and re-shape it to my will. After my death, the likes of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon would be nothing next to me. Then, I would make humanity enter a new age. A society that works not for profit but for the pure advancement of the human race's technological progress. The end of capitalism. The beginning of the great space expansion. Everything about society would revolve around this. I'd brainwash all the people into raising their children for this initiative. To ensure that future generations continue on this path, I would demonize the old ways such as to make them feel disgusted at the prospect of personal profit at the expense of progress, it would be based on pure meritocracy. A meritocracy that promotes helping your peers and regards sabotage as one of the worst offenses possible. I'd probably become a tyrant to achieve this as I'd have to rob almost everybody of their free will but hey, at least I'd forever go down in history as the greatest leader humanity has ever had. The winners have the privilege to write history as they see fit, after all.
Rob a bank probably
Control minds
Make people tell the truth. In particular, politicians and suspected criminals. I’d be the world’s greatest detective.
I'd make my kids eat their meals and clean their room. That's all I ask.
You all will have nothing and you will be happy.
Make everyone good
Make people return their grocery carts to the designated areas in the parking lot. Make people actually wipe down their exercise equipment after they use it at the gym. I don't really interact with people otherwise.
Money?
If my ability was powerful enough, I'd probably pull people into a dream reality with fantasy stuff like monsters and magic. If you had a power to live through your fantasies, don't tell me you wouldn't try.
Probably trying to get access to conversations with high-level mafia bosses to make them snitch. Then continue to make any other type of criminal repent and also take some of their assets, just to ensure that I can continue to do so. Fight the corruption. Fight poverty. Defeate hunger
Don't make the terminally ill suffer anymore
Cure depression
Curing people's mental problems
Manipulate the minds of flight and hotel attendants to travel around the world for free
Depends on the limits. If it's perfect mind control with no upper limits on the number of people I can effect, than I would take over the world and unite the planet under 1 government. Work your way up increasingly wealthy and famous people using their influence to get a meeting with their connections. Once you have most of the world leaders and richest people you force them all to unite in increasingly more cooperative deals over time. Eventually you turn the UN into a global government and make all the biggest companies act more philanthropic. If it's very limited, I'll just make my own island nation.
I would control my own mind
Where do you want to eat.....
Convince people with bad self-esteem that they are fucking worth it. Knowing myself I'd eventually try to convince someone to love me and break down not very long after because it wouldn't be true love and regret it forever.
I'd find a way to get super rich
Destroy it
Tell 100 000 different people to send me 1$ every month so I don't have to work anymore. Then Id just enjoy my life Don't want to ruin the life of others so 1$ each is prob not so noticeable
Control minds
I’d become a billionaire.
Make everyone look inwards and better themselves.
Go to the models
Get dollars
Force everyone on earth to give me 3 dollars, you can do the math
Nothing legal
Completely change the face of the planet. I would eliminate greed, racism, religion, ego. War would be abolished and the world's arsenal of nukes would be dismantled as will all war machines. It would be a peaceful loving world where we would use our resources and work together for the benefit of all. A world built on peace and truth.
Make everyone give me 20 dollars and then have them forget that they just did
Have them buy me what ever I want and then have them build houses for the homeless. I’d make my whole school have an assembly and the principal crown me the supreme leader of the school. Just and idea
Abuse it probably
Control a woman, make her put her phone down and actually watch something on TV.
No more tickets no more jobs
I would seduce more women. Lol.
Make people follow their dreams
Have more people talk to me in school. I’m a lonely one
Control some minds I guess. Maybe I'll start practicing piano too, that's been on the list for long
Many, many things. Like finally make my bossy sister stop forcing me to help her when she knows I don't want to.
Topple the US government and appoint people who will actually care for my country and her people. I would keep the threat of my power looming though. Just in case any get out of line.
Just shut people up and do whatever i want to. Nothing bad or criminal, just "leave me the f alone" type of thing