Hypothetical Question...

suncrafter · 09-28-2007, 04:12 AM

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

Nautipus · 09-28-2007, 08:59 AM

Well, a million dollars is alot of money, so I'll be entirely honest....
I'll take 1.

tolkienfan · 09-28-2007, 11:05 AM

1 - Punch
2 - Insults
3 - Nothing
4 - Bomb
5 - Magic

I thought the hardest choice was between the Bomb and Magic options, both would be awful.

***Jonathan*** · 09-28-2007, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tolkienfan

1 - Punch
2 - Insults
3 - Nothing
4 - Bomb
5 - Magic

I thought the hardest choice was between the Bomb and Magic options, both would be awful.

I'd pick the same order and I agree that the Bomb and Magic are potentially terrible.

Acalewia · 09-28-2007, 12:09 PM

1 - Punch (been punched in the face before. no biggie)
2 - Insults (been there)
3 - Nothing
4 - Magic
5 - Bomb

Just knowing that somewhere in the future I'll be responsible for the deaths of millions of innocents will be the worst thing for me

sisterandcousinandaunt · 09-28-2007, 01:01 PM

I don't want your money.

Or Survivor's.

I just don't have the Lab Rat mentality.

For me, this is just the outcome of other such choices. You can be a doctor (and make big bucks) if you want to live through that selection process. Or be a porn star. Or sell drugs for big bucks, with some risks. Or become a contract worker in Iraq. All issues of trade-offs.

Naw. Not for me. Il faut cultiver son jardin.

BeardofPants · 09-28-2007, 03:03 PM

I agree with you sis with a bit of a caveat: up the stakes then I'd perhaps consider. One mill just isn't worth any of the stuff listed.

Miss Cassandra · 09-28-2007, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeardofPants

I agree with you sis with a bit of a caveat: up the stakes then I'd perhaps consider. One mill just isn't worth any of the stuff listed.

I wouldn't get hit square in the face for one mil either. maybe two, I would think about it. One million doesnt even buy a home these days! Lol

**Mari** · 09-29-2007, 07:58 AM

1 nothing
2 insult
3 punch
4 magic
5 bomb

I would not allow anyone to insult me unless I really needed the money, I don't like the idea of anyone hitting me, change my personality and morals in some unknown way is not worth 1 milion dollars and having people 5000 year in the future pay for my greed is not really an option.
I could use the money at the moment though, but I guess I'll just have to work more hours.

Miss Cassandra · 09-28-2007, 03:04 PM

Thats a funny question. No one has chosen to be hit by magick. I find this the safest bet, as others magick has no affect on me what so ever.

So I would counteract and far succeed one million!

...The bomb is pretty cool too. I would probably do that as well.

The insults option seems too easy, I am very good at blocking out things and could not hear them at all. Selective hearing is a learned art!

So am I a three time millionaire then?...

09-28-2007, 04:12 AM	#1
suncrafter Hobbit Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 21	Hypothetical Question... 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 __________________ Proud webmaster of: "Orc Magazine" Visit my Forum too!

09-28-2007, 08:59 AM	#2
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	Well, a million dollars is alot of money, so I'll be entirely honest.... I'll take 1. __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there

09-28-2007, 11:05 AM	#3
tolkienfan Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Internet Posts: 803	1 - Punch 2 - Insults 3 - Nothing 4 - Bomb 5 - Magic I thought the hardest choice was between the Bomb and Magic options, both would be awful. __________________ Don't be hasty! Thanks so much to Last Child of Ungoliant, Twista, and BeardofPants for my avatar!

09-28-2007, 12:09 PM	#5
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	1 - Punch (been punched in the face before. no biggie) 2 - Insults (been there) 3 - Nothing 4 - Magic 5 - Bomb Just knowing that somewhere in the future I'll be responsible for the deaths of millions of innocents will be the worst thing for me __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

09-28-2007, 01:01 PM	#6
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	I don't want your money. Or Survivor's. I just don't have the Lab Rat mentality. For me, this is just the outcome of other such choices. You can be a doctor (and make big bucks) if you want to live through that selection process. Or be a porn star. Or sell drugs for big bucks, with some risks. Or become a contract worker in Iraq. All issues of trade-offs. Naw. Not for me. Il faut cultiver son jardin. __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

09-28-2007, 03:03 PM	#7
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I agree with you sis with a bit of a caveat: up the stakes then I'd perhaps consider. One mill just isn't worth any of the stuff listed. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

09-29-2007, 07:58 AM	#9
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	1 nothing 2 insult 3 punch 4 magic 5 bomb I would not allow anyone to insult me unless I really needed the money, I don't like the idea of anyone hitting me, change my personality and morals in some unknown way is not worth 1 milion dollars and having people 5000 year in the future pay for my greed is not really an option. I could use the money at the moment though, but I guess I'll just have to work more hours. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

09-28-2007, 03:04 PM	#10
Miss Cassandra Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northwest USA Posts: 160	Thats a funny question. No one has chosen to be hit by magick. I find this the safest bet, as others magick has no affect on me what so ever. So I would counteract and far succeed one million! ...The bomb is pretty cool too. I would probably do that as well. The insults option seems too easy, I am very good at blocking out things and could not hear them at all. Selective hearing is a learned art! So am I a three time millionaire then?... __________________ DIMMU BORGIR Antichristus Spiritualis

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