Hypothetical Question...

[suncrafter]

Hypothetically speaking - lets say you have an opportunity to win $1,000,000 in a contest. To win - you must choose from one of the following five options:



"Punch" option ---- You will be punched in the face, just once, by a big fat man. The punch is guaranteed not to be fatal nor to cause brain damage, but you will likely sustain a nasty injury such as a split lip, black eye or perhaps even a broken nose. After being punched - you will be given the $1,000,000!



"Bomb" option ---- Nothing will happen to you. However, you will start the countdown on a huge bomb that is hidden deep inside the center of the Earth. The bomb is large enough that, when detonated, it will cause devastating earth quakes and floods all over the planet. The bomb is completely undetectable and can not be disarmed. However it will not detonate until exactly 5,000 years in the future. As soon as the countdown has started - you will be given the $1,000,000!



"Insults" option ---- Twenty people will shout terrible insults and obscenities at you for one full hour. These people will not come into physical contact with you nor harm you, but they will say all sorts of horrible and upsetting things to you. After one full hour of intense verbal abuse - you will be given the $1,000,000!



"Magic" option ---- Your personality and ethical convictions will be painlessly altered in some unknown way by a magic spell. The alteration will be instantaneous and will not affect your memory, cause brain damage nor result in any physical harm of any kind. After the alteration - you will be given the $1,000,000!



"Nothing" option ---- None of the above. Nothing happens to you or anyone else, but you will NOT be given any money.





Which option would you choose first? Second? Third? Etc...???



Please list them like so ... (with "1" listed as your first choice, "2" as your next choice, and so on...)



1 - option name

2 - option name

3 - option name

4 - option name

5 - option name

[ari]

1 - Insults - Please, if you knew what I've been through you'd realize an hour would be nothing to me.

2 - Bomb - No kids, no plans on having any, fuck the world 5k years from now.

3 - Punch - My teeth are wretched, and this may save me $$ on having some removed. Was going to be last option, but then I realized I'd have the money to get them fixed.

4 - Magic - Hell, this one I may do for free.

5 - Nothing - Fuck that, give me some money.

[Speed]

thats kinda ghey. insults, punch, nothing, magic, bomb. I'd rather have nothing than a million dollars and something fuck with the way my head works randomly, and even though its five thousand years away, I'd still not want to be the one to destroy the earth.

[angelamia]

i think the insult one is the only thing i would agree to. other than that i pick nothing.

[Ghaleon]

i agree with speed.

insult - i deal with that shit everyday i log into mud.

punch - for a mil? fuck yeah id get punched in the face.

nothing - better than the last 2 choices

magic - i dont want my thoughts changed. forget that shit.

bomb - um... nah with my luck id spend the million on a house only to see it crumble due to the earthquakes that follow.

[ari]

Quote:





Originally Posted by Ghaleon


bomb - um... nah with my luck id spend the million on a house only to see it crumble due to the earthquakes that follow.







Umm, if you're still around 5k years from now when it happens, I think you'd probably welcome the end.

[Ghaleon]

oh didnt see the 5,000 year thing



Guess what option just moved up to the #1 slot then!!!

[Hobo_Bill]

I think my choices would mirror Ari's in this case.

1- Insults - Nothing you can say hasn't been said already. Knock yourself out!

2 - Bomb - Hopefully we'll all be dead anyway.

3 - Punch - I've got a hard head, punch away!

4 - Magic - As long as none of those creepy freaks touch me...

5 - Nothing - Wouldn't change anything, so why not?

[AdmiralAcid]

1 - Punch - getting punched don't hurt

2 - Insults - much worse than a punch. Things can be said that break spirits, this only effects ME, so, it's number 2

3 - Nothing - i'd take nothing and no million before i...

4 - Magic - opt to change me into whom i'm not or...

5 - Bomb - destory the world for everyone else





the Magic option is kind of freaky. some say The "man" is trying to change us and who we are. Most option lists that include this only have one other option. the Knife - Drone Life or Death, that is the question.

[Raybdbomb]

1) magic

2) bomb

3) insults

4) punch

5) nothing