Timeline for What job could someone do better with super-strength, but without actually revealing that they have it?
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| Nov 23, 2022 at 11:51 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | @Nosajimiki: it's not unusual for people whose job title is "journalist" to do some or even all of the things you describe stalkers doing. Many journalists are not stalkers in this sense, however plenty of them are. Some of the ones that aren't employ other people to do the stalking for them. But sure, there's a difference between the paparazzi attention you get in sport and the paparazzi attention you get as a billionaire. Billionaires get papped, but perhaps not so constantly. | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 16:48 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | @SteveJessop Sure they do, but they generally get fewer stalkers than a pro athlete. Journalists show up to conventions and press conferences to interview rich people. Stalkers hang out outside your home, they try to intercept your personal communications, they dig through your garbage, etc... it's a bit different. | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 16:36 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | @Nosajimiki: whereas the richest person for hundreds or thousands of miles in any direction (Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark) very rarely attracts any press interest whatever ;-) | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 14:30 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | Pro athletes, attract a lot of public attention. This does not just mean you need to show up for games, but that people will be literally stalking you both online and IRL. Getting away to fight crime will be virtually impossible. | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 13:59 | comment | added | Michael | Winning competitions might not be enough to earn a reasonable amount of money. You’ll probably also have to work with companies for sponsorships which can be time consuming and exhausting. | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 9:33 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | Some athletes have had hairy moments where they haven't been where they thought they'd be, and hence weren't there to be tested, and had to face hearings to establish whether or not their absence was reasonable. "I can't account for my whereabouts on the morning in question because I don't want to break my cover as a superhero" isn't going to fly. It is genuinely a restrictive lifestyle that you have to sign up to as the price of admission to some sports. Not that an Olympic athlete is going to skip many training sessions, so they can be reasonably confident when they say where they'll be. | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 9:29 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | @Daron: ish. For example here's the UK process ukad.org.uk/violations/testing-process See "Requesting a Delay". That doesn't go into what happens if the tester can't locate you to "serve papers", as it where, but I'm sure I remember reading about how athletes need to notify the authorities of their whereabouts in advance for a certain proportion of the time, so that they can't just vanish off to a secret training location to avoid testing. | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 9:15 | comment | added | Daron | @SteveJessop Are professional athletes really ambushed with doping tests without warning? Where can I read more about this? | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 3:04 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | Or I guess baseball you can make the money younger because of different rules in the pros, but I don't watch baseball so I dunno. Soccer works: you can earn millions by age 18, but you might have to fake an injury to explain why you're quitting, because it's so rare that people just get cut and walk away from the sport. If you're even half-decent there's always a team that wants you. | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 2:53 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | So, I offer you "former professional athlete". Excel at college football, first round draft pick, take your rookie contract, invest it wisely and retire age 25. Ryan Leaf and Tim Tebow are definitely both supers. Peyton Manning missed the memo about quitting as soon as he had his nest egg, and I think arguably was over-cautious about concealing his super-speed ;-) | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 2:22 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | Fictionally this is a great idea, but for hard-reality be careful that for example in athletics you have to be available for doping tests close to 24/7/365. If the bat signal goes off and you're away saving someone's life one time too many when you should be at home ready to give a sample, then you will take a ban. In a pro team sport it'd be hard to keep secret from your team if you skip practice, but on rest/home days when they think you're recovering from the game, or working out in your home gym, your time hopefully is your own. | |
| Apr 25, 2022 at 23:53 | comment | added | DKNguyen | @KevinKostlan As far as money making goes, I think the other Dash's initial proposal was better: "To be the best by just a teensy tiny bit." | |
| Apr 25, 2022 at 23:48 | comment | added | Kevin Kostlan | The Incredibles made sure their son only got second-place on his races... | |
| Apr 25, 2022 at 22:48 | comment | added | Owen Reynolds | The obvious drawback is putting themself in the spotlight, advertising their super-skill. Like if Peter Parker's day job was "famous free-climber". | |
| Apr 25, 2022 at 16:07 | comment | added | John O | @CyrusDrake "But the bank's vault can only be broken into during the big game! It's not a game, it's the game!" | |
| Apr 25, 2022 at 14:52 | comment | added | Cyrus Drake | Imagine if his archnemesis never put two and two together that he's never around to fight crime during his games... because his archnenesis is a huge fan of him/his team and never schedules his crimes during game time. | |
| Apr 25, 2022 at 14:48 | comment | added | Escaped dental patient. | Unless a pro-wrestler (showman), cape etc. becomes almost mandatory. | |
| Apr 25, 2022 at 14:47 | history | answered | GiantSpaceHamster | CC BY-SA 4.0 |