Wealth as a superpower

    by Anissimov: Movies

    In a recent post, someone noted that being rich is essentially a superpower in its own right. While it may not involve shooting laser beams from your eyes, it does allow you to launch a constellation of satellites that can shoot lasers for you. The tweet highlights how wealth opens up a vast range of opportunities and capabilities that remain inaccessible to most people. I

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    . Barry Allen. Bruce Wayne. You said that like it explains why there's a total stranger in my place, sitting in the dark, in my second favorite chair. Tell me about this. This is a person who looks exactly like me, but who is definitely not me. Very attractive Jewish boy. Somebody who, I don't know, stole your pocket watch or railroads. I know you have abilities. I just don't know what they are. My special skills include viola, web design, fluent in sign language, guerrilla sign language. Silica-based quartz sand fabric, abrasion resistant, heat resistant? Uh, yeah, I do competitive ice dancing. It's what they use on the space shuttle to prevent it from burning up on reentry. I do very competitive ice dancing. Whoever you're looking for, it's not. The End You the Batman So you're fast. That feels like an oversimplification. I'm putting together a team. People with special abilities. You see, I believe enemies are coming. Stop right there. I'm in. You are? Yeah. I... I need friends. People are difficult. They require a lot of focus. They have like a rhythm that I haven't quite been able to... Like brunch. Like, what is brunch? You wait in line for an hour for essentially lunch. I mean... I don't know. People are a little slow. I'll try to keep up. Can I keep this? It's like this layer of dimensional reality, and it seems to manipulate space-time. I call it the speed force. It caused me to burn a tremendous amount of calories, so I am just a black hole of snacks. I am a snack hole. How many people are on this special fight team? Three, including you. Three? Against what? I'll tell you on the plane. Plane? What are your superpowers again? I'm rich. you