The Super Amazing Heartbeat-hearer Person.

One of the questions I ponder about quite a lot is the hypothetical "If you could have a superpower/supernatural ability what would it be?"

I hate it so much because I'm often caught off guard when this question is brought up. Not in the sense that I am preoccupied with another activity which prevents me from answering the question, but rather the fact that I hate the person asking it because they expect me to answer immediately with such little amount of time to think about it. (and then I remember it was hypothetical)

Now there are obvious choices like being able to fly (but then you'd have to adjust to a whole new way of traffic and avoid bumping into birds or... airplanes), invisibility (perv), superhuman strength (with this technologically advanced society...seems quite useless) etc.

I think I'd like something simple. I'm too self conscious to want to know directly what people think, however I would be interested in hearing heartbeat-- hold the phone. I have a small hunch that you may be thinking "But that is the worst answer anyone could ever think of on this hypothetical question."Ah, mi amigo you are wrong (well...).

Think about this, when we see someone we like, our adrenaline level increases along with physiological arousal with the given fact that our heart rate would be higher than normal. The same may go if we see someone we dislike, some sort of evolutionary instinct of fight or flight. I could probably hear if there's something wrong with people's health-- except if I was a superhero (or an individual who possesses the supernatural ability of hearing people's heartbeats) it would be difficult to explain or be believed because the conversation would go like this:

me: Excuse me sir/ma'am, I believe I could hear some sort of irregularity in your heartbeat. I suggest you get it checked out immediately before something dire happens.

man/woman: Say what?

me: Seriously, I could hear it. It's going like an angry train on a bumpy rail track.

man/woman: That's a really specific metaphor. Your metaphors are an equal balance of humorous and informative aspects.

me: Thank you. Wait, stop trying to get off topic.

Though I imagine being plagued constantly with the slowing sounds of heartbeats... which seems rather depressing. I'll go with teleportation.