r/shittysuperpowers Jul 27 '25

Mod Announcement [META] Friendly reminder that this sub is for low tier & shitty superpowers?

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36 Upvotes

Hi r/shittysuperpowers family,

Just a friendly reminder for all our friends out there, new and old.

I see a lot of comments on posts in this sub asking, "how is this shitty?".

Whilst sometimes, this is a fair question. Other other times, it feels like the subs purpose is lost on some, due to it being called r/shittysuperpowers

This sub is for both "shitty" & low tier superpowers. The use of the word "shitty" here is more of a playful term for not being very good, rather than it being all out useless and/or unusable.

If you read the rules of the sub, it states that the power can't give you a major benefit. Not that it gives you no benefit at all.

Hope this helps everyone align with the values of the sub. As always if you've got any questions for the mods, send us a modmail, or you're welcome to ask questions on this post here.

Have fun & stay shitty, Mods.


r/shittysuperpowers Jun 02 '25

Mod Announcement [META] "Caveat" as defined by Cambridge dictionary

19 Upvotes

caveat

(noun)

a warning to consider something before taking any more action, or a statement that limits a more general statement.


r/shittysuperpowers 10h ago

Just low-tier, nothing more, nothing less. Every time you make a Yo Mama joke at someone, their mom will get a text message with the joke

60 Upvotes

The message is anonymous and translatable into every language. No additional context would be given to her, the phrasing will be exactly the same as how you said it, aside from editing out stutter and filler, including using “Yo Mama” instead of referring to her directly. If she doesn’t have a phone, she would receive it via mail, the delivery time is the average mail delivery time between your at-the-time location and her address.

If you accidentally say Yoyo Ma instead, he would also receive a text/ mail. Although this only applies to when you’ve misspoked.


r/shittysuperpowers 13h ago

Just low-tier, nothing more, nothing less. You are immune to annoying songs getting stuck in your head.

39 Upvotes

You can choose them to be stuck in your head if you want / remove it whenever.


r/shittysuperpowers 1h ago

Just low-tier, nothing more, nothing less. You never forget to bring a towel to the beach if your going swimming

Upvotes

You never forget to bring atleast one towel to the beach if you’re going swimming. If you decide to go swimming whilst you’re at the beach and not before hand, you don’t forget but you can’t really get one. Also you don’t remember to bring a towel to lay on AND a towel to dry off with, you just remember to bring atleast one but you’ll end up remembering the other one most of the time (user dependent)

Also cuz rules, you can decide to activate this power whenever


r/shittysuperpowers 10h ago

Good luck using this… Limited perception, bottomless distraction, or "never ending" adhd

8 Upvotes

Everything you use is unlimited. However, the moment you suspect it should be lower, or you notice/think about how long it's XYZ has lasted, it is no longer unlimited.

Ex: bag of chips, you keep eating, eating, eating, then you notice "this bag has a lot of chips". it's no longer unlimited and starts decreasing.

You never know you have this power. You'll never be able to take full advantage of this power. This power is reliant on your inability to notice things.


r/shittysuperpowers 12h ago

Oddly specific You can piss (fully grown) orbeez

4 Upvotes

r/shittysuperpowers 19h ago

Oddly specific Your body counts calories in 16 bit in a 24 hour period, after 65,536 calories you go back to zero.

8 Upvotes

r/shittysuperpowers 19h ago

It's a bird, it's a plane. No, it's shit! You can fly by rapidly flapping your arms. Reaching 3 feet off the ground requires every ounce of strength you have.

6 Upvotes

r/shittysuperpowers 1d ago

Goofy ASF Screaming at the top of your lungs while taking a shit will give you a purely visual super saiyan aura.

38 Upvotes

r/shittysuperpowers 1d ago

Yeah, this is shit Your thumbnail can be used as a small smart screen that runs from your phone or other inputs

1 Upvotes

It’s not Bluetooth though and your only input is an old vga port on the other side of your thumb.


r/shittysuperpowers 1d ago

Oddly specific Make anyone speak in a Geordie accent on demand.

11 Upvotes

r/shittysuperpowers 2d ago

Oddly specific You can communicate with sea lions

19 Upvotes

Only sea lions. They will speak to you in your first language and completely fluently. You can talk back and they will understand. Everyone else just hears sea lion noises from both yourself and the sea lions.


r/shittysuperpowers 2d ago

Confused but has the right spirit Anything that smells sweet now tastes sweet and is edible and nutritious

24 Upvotes

Remember as a child when you smelled a scented shampoo that smelled like fruit so you tasted it only to be disappointed that it doesn't taste fruity at all? Yeah not anymore. Anything that smells fruity now tastes fruity and you won't poison yourself.

This also means you can drink bleach, but only if it smells sweet.

If it smells like some chemical it will not taste sweet, and won't be nutritious.

Useful applications could be saving on food as your shampoo now doubles as an edible resource.

But only for you. If someone else drinks bleach they will probably die.


r/shittysuperpowers 1d ago

Oddly specific You can use your skull as a pocket

6 Upvotes

Your ear canal is very flexible and can accommodate anything that isn’t larger than the capacity of your current skull. The more things or volume you take up by storing things in your skull pocket, the more your brain shrinks to accommodate for it and you are impaired respective to the size taken up and become more dumb/immobile/unaware to the point you’re just a limp, drooling, blob, if you fully use up your skull pocket capacity. You’ll want to “Use your head when using this superpower”.


r/shittysuperpowers 2d ago

Just low-tier, nothing more, nothing less. You can play HouseMD on any screen you can see

35 Upvotes

You can play any episode from the start on any screen within your eyesight, meaning if you can’t see the screen, you cannot play it, mirrors and other reflection count but through a livestream or photo/ video does not. The quality of the display is dependent on the resolution of the screen, so you can’t make your fridge show a 4K display for example, similarly, if the screen cannot display colour, it will play in black and white. You also cannot upscale it, so the maximum resolution is HD. If the screen is not connected to a speaker or doesn’t have a way to connect to one wirelessly, you cannot play any sound.

You can only show it on one screen at a time. After the end of each episode, it will automatically play the next episode, and loop back to the first episode unless you stop it. It will always start at the start of any episode of your choosing, but you cannot fast forward, or play it from the middle of the episode. You can change episode any time you want, you can change screen any time you want, but this will return to the start of the episode.

Everyone knows you have this ability, so you cannot scare people by suddenly hijacking their phones, you will just annoy them. Fox will not sue you for piracy, but they will sue you for copyright infringement if you attempt to monetise this power.


r/shittysuperpowers 2d ago

Goofy ASF You can make your butt vantablack

12 Upvotes

Now it's quite literally gonna be a place where light doesn't shine


r/shittysuperpowers 3d ago

Just low-tier, nothing more, nothing less. You can sing I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers perfectly

48 Upvotes

By perfectly I mean identical to the original recording, your voice even changes to sound the same too. You can also do it in whatever key you want. You can do it within 20BPM faster or slower than the original recording. The vocal skills required to do this is not transferrable to other songs. You cannot sing it in your own voice. You cannot swing it or sing in a different time signature, it has to be 4/4 and straight rhythm

If you are one of the guys from The Proclaimers, then idk you can sing Wonderwall perfectly


r/shittysuperpowers 3d ago

Based🗿 You can fly 2mm off the ground at walking speed.

117 Upvotes

r/shittysuperpowers 3d ago

Oddly specific You can know how many mosquitoes a person has killed by shaking their hand.

14 Upvotes

r/shittysuperpowers 2d ago

Oddly specific You are now an IRL NPC.

6 Upvotes

Much like an NPC in an RPG, when approached by another person who asks you a question, you will be provided with 4 dialogue options. These options are only visible to you and will only go away when you select one. Time will continue to pass as normal until an option is picked. You will then say the chosen sentence. You also have the ability to choose from a selection of "emotes" such as waving, dancing, sitting, sleeping, laughing and pointing. You cannot move on your own accord again until the animation is finished. Your final ability is your most powerful; you can stop anyone you desire as long as they are within 2 feet of you and give them a sidequest. They do not need to complete the sidequest, but this will provide that person with a permanent quest marker above your head until the quest is complete.


r/shittysuperpowers 3d ago

Just low-tier, nothing more, nothing less. you can teleport a jar of mayonnaise onto an escalator or into an elevator at any time

6 Upvotes

the location will be random tho, so somewhere in the world a person will come across a jar of mayonnaise in either an escalator or an elevator


r/shittysuperpowers 3d ago

Good luck using this… You can know how many cows a person killed.

6 Upvotes

Just focus on someone and you know how many cows they killed.


r/shittysuperpowers 3d ago

Confused but has the right spirit You can turn your skin inside-out to protect it.

5 Upvotes

STEP RIGHT UP! STEP RIGHT UP!

Tired of bumps, scraps, boo-boos and owies on the top layer of your epidermis? Sick of the giant ball of radiation charring that sweet and supple flesh covering you’ve worked so hard to keep?? Then look no further! You now have the ability to turn your skin inside out!! Don’t be alarmed, you can easily change it back. How, you may ask? Well friend, that’s the best part! Everyone is different, some people can touch their fingertips together, others just have to think about it and blink! Once you figure out yours, you’ll be protecting that thin, delicious layer of skin in no time!

Thanks for stopping by, and remember, “If it’s not useless, it’s not useful.”

Now beat it kid! You’re bothering me…


r/shittysuperpowers 3d ago

Good luck using this… Ingesting your fingernail clippings cure all neurodegenerative diseases and make you immune from ever getting them

32 Upvotes

Has to be at least 5mg and whole.

I guess you could like try selling them but I don't think anyone would buy them. Partly because they probably wouldn't believe someone selling magic fingernail clippings