Hypothetical Question...

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suncrafter · #1 Post by **suncrafter** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:11 pm

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

#2 Post by **Anonymous Game Creator 2** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:33 pm

"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!

Sounds a bit like the AGS forums... only without the payout. :lol

Gronagor · #3 Post by **Gronagor** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:12 pm

All 4 the first choices seem like your everyday job. Most of us take physical and mental abuse for the purose of getting pay at the end of the month... and most of us know that our actions will probably have a bad effect on the world some time in the future, but what can you do...it's your job. And obviously your job forcibly changes your personality everyday.

Hmmm... and it includes 5 that you'll probably never get that type of pay-day.

But 5 is the safest way to go. For a million $$ you'll most probably end up getting 1-4 anyways.

Broomie · #4 Post by **Broomie** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:32 am

I've been punched in the face by a big, fat man before. I'm not afraid to have it happen again. (if it's only one punch, and I get to dropkick him afterwards) :)

Renodox · #5 Post by **Renodox** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:34 pm

1. Insults option - Bah! I've been dealing with that sort of thing for years. What's one more hour compared to the thousands that I've already endured?

2. Punch option - I'm not the kind of person who likes to endure pain, but for a cool $1,000,000, I can take it. Even if it's a really bad injury, it'll heal.

3. Nothing option - Well, that's mostly what I do now, so why take chances?

4. Magic option - Having my ethics and personality altered can be too dangerous. That kind of gamble is not one that I'm really willing to take.

5. Bomb option - I don't care if it takes 5000 years or 5000 seconds, I won't cause any kind of devistation to countless others just so I can rake in some cash.