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Old 09-10-2007, 09:46 AM   #1
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Talking 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
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Old 09-10-2007, 09:48 AM   #2
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How is this philosophy?! No disrespect, but this sounds like "what if's" teenagers asked each other in high school.
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Old 09-10-2007, 09:48 AM   #3
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I'd take insults, and then bomb.
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Old 09-10-2007, 10:28 AM   #4
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can I get $4mil for doing all of the above?
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Old 09-10-2007, 10:29 AM   #5
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I would choose in the following order:

1, 3, 2, 5, 4
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Old 09-10-2007, 10:59 AM   #6
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I would be happy to actually receive money for all that...... for once. But alas.......no one seems to be that gracious.

This just means I am entirely excluded from #5.
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Old 09-10-2007, 03:05 PM   #7
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Insults
Punch
Nothing
Magic
Bomb
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Old 09-10-2007, 04:54 PM   #8
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No thanks.
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Old 09-10-2007, 05:00 PM   #9
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Yeah okay, insult me then give me a million bucks. I could go for that:P
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Old 09-10-2007, 05:42 PM   #10
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Insult option, I could give a fuck what people say to me.
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Old 09-10-2007, 06:13 PM   #11
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1, 3, 5, 4 then 2
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Old 09-10-2007, 08:12 PM   #12
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To make this more interesting, the insults should come from people who know you well and know all the neuroses, fears, shame, etc. that you try to hide from yourself. In other words, they will be insults that have truth behind them and hurt.

I'd take the punch, and maybe the insults, but none of the others. There's a decent chance that humans may still exist 5000 years from now, so the bomb would make me worse than Hitler. And the unknown personality change would be too risky. If I turned into a depressed person, I wouldn't even enjoy my money. What's the point there?
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Old 09-10-2007, 08:16 PM   #13
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#4 only. I'm a wuss.
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Old 09-11-2007, 12:13 AM   #14
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2, 3, 1, 5, 4
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We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark.

I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them,
I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period.



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Old 09-14-2007, 03:31 PM   #15
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