Random hypothetical: You can change any one person's personality.

[AstralFire]

Sort of. You can completely direct how they will outwardly act. If you want them to squeal happily while slamming their head into a brick wall and to portray no signs detectable even to a master body reader that they are unhappy, they will. They can't break out on conditional loopholes; they have to follow the spirit of your orders. The only order they will not follow is anything that will obviously end in death, but they will, for example, leave themselves near-dead with the same activity if reasonably achievable. Your choice of person selected can never be changed.

Here's the trick though. Their mind itself isn't altered. They're aware of everything that's going on, but they are no longer in control unless you decide they have freedom to act. But every time you make an order and every half-hour that they are doing something that they don't want to be, you get a minute of psychic static where you can hear their thoughts, their mental screaming of being trapped in their body.

Do you use this ability? Who do you use it on? What do you use it for?

EDIT: And yes, you can use it on yourself.

[Nox_Noctis]

Yeah, I would use it. And, yes, I would use it on myself. I would use it because I know exactly what I should be doing and can never motivate myself to do it, even when it's clear that I'll suffer for not getting things done. So whenever I need to get something done, I would use it to compel myself. Sure, living on auto-pilot might seem unnerving, but there's also a certain thrill that comes from getting things done (personally, I love the thrill of anything physically taxing like moving heavy objects, shoveling, hacking weeds out of the ground [but I hate pulling small weeds], etc.).

I would never suffer hearing "mental screaming" either because as is, I very much want to actually do things, but I can never manage to care enough to make myself do those things.

I think, primarily, I would use it to make myself spend less time on my computer and more time doing push-ups, running/jogging, etc. I've let myself become very out-of-shape (not fat, actually rather skinny ).

[X-Codes]

I'd use it all the time, and about 99% of the time I would give the command "Tell me what you're thinking."

In fact, I actually try doing that a lot already, but since I don't actually have any superpowers like that it typically doesn't work.  I'd like to know how I wound up being such an untrustworthy guy.

[Agita]

I'd use it on Carlos Slim Helú, probably. The one guy who's richer than him (Warren Buffet) is planning to (or has already, I'm fuzzy on the details) give most of his fortune to charity, and this one pretty much controls almost a whole country's telephone communication network. Plus, executing an order of "give me money" doesn't require anywhere near half an hour, so no psychic static. The problem would be that he, like pretty much any of the world's richest people, has most of his fortune's worth invested in stocks and stuff, but I figure even then, he has a nice amount of cash and/or money on his bank account(s).

[AstralFire]

it's every time you make an order and every half-hour afterwards. No way to avoid that part without simply controlling yourself.

[Agita]

it's every time you make an order and every half-hour afterwards. No way to avoid that part without simply controlling yourself.

Oh. Well, in any case, there is no stated negative effect from the static except for inconvenience and possibly loss of sanity (which I don't have in the fist place anyway).

[Runestar]

I would never suffer hearing "mental screaming" either because as is, I very much want to actually do things, but I can never manage to care enough to make myself do those things.

I think, primarily, I would use it to make myself spend less time on my computer and more time doing push-ups, running/jogging, etc. I've let myself become very out-of-shape (not fat, actually rather skinny sad).

I know that exact feeling. I keep telling myself that I want to go out and run, but just end up finding some excuse at the last minute... :-[

[PhaedrusXY]

I'd make George W. Bush give Dick Cheney a BJ on national television.

Edit: Of course, now the Secret Service will probably show up at my house later today...

[CountArioch]

I would reserve it for if it looks like someone is about to kill me.  I'd alter that person's personality so he no longer wants to kill me.

Past the get-out-of-being-capped free card, I wouldn't use it.  I consider one's ability to find their own path one of the most sacred laws, and I wouldn't interfere with that for any other reason than to save my own life.

[Ubernoob]

I wouldn't use it.  Redundant.

[Sunic_Flames]

I wouldn't use it.  Redundant.

We have a winner.

[Nox_Noctis]

I wouldn't use it.  Redundant.

We have a winner dumbass who thinks it's cool to be the lone one who disagrees simply for the sake of being different.

I fixed it for you. :couch

[Ubernoob]

I wouldn't use it.  Redundant.

We have a winner dumbass who thinks it's cool to be the lone one who disagrees simply for the sake of being different.

I fixed it for you. :couch

You're not aware of what you're talking to, are you?  OW4 was right when he said you don't think before you speak.

[PhoenixInferno]

]You're not aware of what you're talking to, are you?  OW4 was right when he said you don't think before you speak.

I don't lend much credence to anything OW4 says.  The poor guy had that "LOOKIT ME - I IZ AWESOMESAUZ!"-list whipped out so fast you'd think he was getting his rocks off.

[Nox_Noctis]

I wouldn't use it.  Redundant.

We have a winner dumbass who thinks it's cool to be the lone one who disagrees simply for the sake of being different.

I fixed it for you. :couch

You're not aware of what you're talking to, are you?  OW4 was right when he said you don't think before you speak.

... Why do you think I add that smiley to what I say? It's because it's a joke. You need to take a relax.

EDIT: That said, I don't give a fuck who or "what" I'm talking to. I'll talk the same way regardless. I don't think anyone here has any special status that makes them need to be treated any more favorably (or in this case, literally, I guess, since joking is apparently forbidden) than anyone else.

[AstralFire]

Well:

You're not aware of what you're talking to, are you?

I am Become Death Destroyer of Worlds

I'd guess we're talking to Rudra-Siva. And, as a religious studies major, I happen to have some interesting information, Mr. Rudra-Siva! I always love this quote:

"Then the god who wields the Pinaka bow realized that this was the demon's magic power of illusion, and he laughed a little and placed a dangerous weapon upon his phallus and satisfied the demon's desire. The demon screamed terrible screams and died."

Forget "I am become Siva, destroyer of worlds!" No, it's "I am become Siva, the first historical combination bondage/transsexual/gay/snuff porn star!" (The demon was a male who had turned himself into looking like Siva's wife.)

Let's calm down, this is the silly board.

[Ubernoob]

Well:

You're not aware of what you're talking to, are you?

I am Become Death Destroyer of Worlds

I'd guess we're talking to Rudra-Siva. And, as a religious studies major, I happen to have some interesting information, Mr. Rudra-Siva! I always love this quote:

"Then the god who wields the Pinaka bow realized that this was the demon's magic power of illusion, and he laughed a little and placed a dangerous weapon upon his phallus and satisfied the demon's desire. The demon screamed terrible screams and died."

Forget "I am become Siva, destroyer of worlds!" No, it's "I am become Siva, the first historical combination bondage/transsexual/gay/snuff porn star!" (The demon was a male who had turned himself into looking like Siva's wife.)

Let's calm down, this is the silly board.

Thank you for capitalizing on the setup.  Someone else missed it.

[AstralFire]

And they said a religious studies major was useless to an atheist! Ha! I SHOWED YOU, JOB MARKET! I GET INTERNET JOKES!

[Tshern]

Taking the Pope to a rave party would be damn cool.

[Sunic_Flames]

I wouldn't use it.  Redundant.

We have a winner dumbass who thinks it's cool to be the lone one who disagrees simply for the sake of being different.

I fixed it for you. :couch

You're not aware of what you're talking to, are you?  OW4 was right when he said you don't think before you speak.

+1. Nox, if you knew what you were talking about you'd understand why he said what he did, and further understand why I would say the same damn thing.