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

[wibble]

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

[Soul]

How is this a debate? This would be better off in G+S or in the dump.

[MacAttack]

Oh, insults, #1. Easy

[Quadros]

Easily Insults. That's like getting £500,000 for karma. I don't see a way to debate here. You either murder a load of people, get your nose broken, Get changed into someone else, or get called nasty names? That's not even a choice.

[BAN ME PLEASE]

I'd pick the nothing option because I don't need money to be happy.

[madeinmd89]

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

Interesting to see how many people choose the insult option first. I'd much rather take a punch than be insulted by horrible and unspeakable things for a whole hour.

[Vortex]

You're so deep, BMP! :heya:

I'd pick punch first, actually. What's a black eye for $1m ? And the Bomb option is pretty fair. You'll be long gone before 5000 years is up, and who knows if the world will even exist then? :dance:

1. Punch
2. Bomb
3. Insults
4. Magic
5. Touch myself.

edit:/ madeinmd89, I totally agree.

[Audioslave]

Wow, this is a great addition...


to the G&S forum, you utter moron.

[Hulabalooza]

Bomb, hell being responsible for the end of the world once im gone, Id do for free.

[afroman8675]

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

The only problem is that with my $1,000,000 I'd probably find a way to live for 5,000 years. Also Isn't there a rule stating nobody can post a thread until they have at least 25 posts, or did they remove that rule?

[Jallen]

What if there were no hypothetical situations?

[afroman8675]

What if there were no hypothetical situations?

Than it wouldn't be that hypothetical would it?

[DoaJ]

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

Being yelled at for an hour would get way too boring.
However, to argue myself, it would be possible to learn new swear words.
Too bad this is hypothetical. I'd do the first 4 of them for $200, to tell you the truth.

[Jallen]

Than it wouldn't be that hypothetical would it?

I dont think you understand.

[Oberlin]

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

I'd rather not have the money than be someone else, honestly. I'm fairly content the way that I am, the money would just be nice.

[Penis_Captivus]

If this was a gameshow, and you picked the bomb, I'd say you would get arrested.
And for the insults are you able to talk back to them?

[AidanC]

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

I can take insults. I can take a punch. I'd be fine with no money. I'd hate to end the world with the bomb option. And nobody is fucking with my brain.

[beermonster256]

1. Punch - Give it a week, maybe 2 and you'll recover from that
2. Insults - Easy to tune it out
3. Nothing - Rather have no money than be responsible for a world ending bomb or someone changing me in an unknown way
4. Bomb
5. Magic - People can get to fuck away from my personality.

[Con-Con]

Insults
Punch
Bomb
Nothing
Magic

[Mistook]

1 - Bomb - I'm fairly certain no one will still be alive in 5,000 years anyways. I know I won't be. And being to blame for the end of the world would be pretty awesome.
2 - Insults - I've probably heard all they have to say, anyways. That or I've said it to someone else. Besides, I'm a fan of self deprecating humour.
3 - Punch - Even if I do break my nose, that million could easily get me a new one.
4 - Nothing - I'm content with myself as I am, and I don't want to change my personality in a completely random way. I'd have to pass the million.
5 - Magic - Fuck. No.

[The Pirate]

1. "Insults" I don't get offended easily, and it'd be cool to learn some new insults. Plus twenty people at once I wouldn't understand a word they were saying
2. "Punch" I don't care if I get punched once for a million dollars.
3. "Bomb" They'll be in space by then.
4. "Nothing"
5. "Magic" It's my mind. I like it the way it is. And if I did this then I'd have a 10% chance of being an emo, fate nearly worse than losing $1,000,000.

[DrummerJon]

1) Punch in the face- the pain is worth even just 200 dollars
2)Insults- can just ignore it
3)Bomb -chances are humans wont be around when it goes off
4)Nothing-its just money
5)magic- I heart me

[teh_kyle00]

1. "Bomb" option - I don't give a crap about the world 5000 years ahead. I'll be dead.
2. "Insults" option - I've also been extensively verbally abused in the past, I can ignore it easily now.
3. "Punch" option - I like my face, even if you don't.
4. "Magic" option - don't wanna change.
5. Nothing - want that million.

[ArKaiN]

Insults first, and I'd have a huge smile all the way through it.

[blltmssgy]

1-insults (just words)

2-punch (can be taken, and with the million dollars you can easily
change any permanent damage, from say a broken nose)

3-nothing

4-magic (i do not want to change myself)

5-bomb (the whole world, albeit it will be a f*cked up world 5000 years in the future, is more important than me)

[Shagg]

1)Insults
2)Punch
3)Bomb
4)Nothing
5)Magic.

[Couch]

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

[RabidMonkey]

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

[SeckshualDrippings]

1.Punch
2.Insults
3.bomb
4.magic
5.nothing

[Niki]

1. Insults (Like I'd fucking care, I'm a million dollars richer than them.)
2. Magic (Eh. I've always wondered what being a whole different person would be like.)
3. Nothing (I want the money but I wouldn't die without it.)
4. Bomb (I don't like the idea of the world ending because of me.)
5. Punch (I have a horrible tolerance for pain)

[badniki]

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

Not that I'm a completely moral person, I'd still rather get nothing than be changed on an unknown fundamental level. As for the bomb, who knows, maybe humanity will stop sucking 5000 years from now... I'd hate to screw that up.

[afroman8675]

I dont think you understand.

No I don't, please enlighten me.

[thatdirtykid]

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

I can admit that i am greedy enough to let others suffer so i can make some easy $. but shit, if i pick magic before nothing what if i am altered to not want the money and like give it all away, that would suck.

[TwistyTie]

Punch
Insults
Nothing
Bomb
Magic

Is the money tax free? If so then destroying the world and messing with my brain really wouldn't be worth it. Well, maybe the bomb would be.

[BKS]

Insults - I am Rubber, they are Glue
Punch - Got punched in the face last Saturday. It hurt, I'm still here though.
Nothing - Don't wanna end the world
Bomb - Like I said above, I don't want that to happen
Magic - Why have money if you aren't the same person to spend it?

[Candystripe]

Punch
Insults
Nothing
Bomb
Magic

[Shadowpriest]

1) Insults (hahaha ur kidding right? plz unless that involves me getting kicked in the nuts this is obviously too easy to get through, besides i have a little something called an IPOD)
2) Bomb (in 5k years the world will have ceased to exist already, the world sucks and is no big loss, or we have moved to other planets because of running out of resources.)
3) Punch (wait the pain out, you're getting 1mil, that should sweeten your days in bed a bit)
4) Nothing (i dont want to run chances of losing the money right after i get it)
5) Magic (read the reason on top of this)

[Cobalt65]

I'd pick the nothing option because I don't need money to be happy.

LOL, FAG!!!

[afroman8675]

LOL, FAG!!!

He actually has a good point there, but don't come in here talking like a retard with your AOL isms or you will get banned quite soon. Read the rules and don't flame hate people in the wrong section.

side note: sorry for backseat modding, but I couldn't let someone that stupid go by unpunished, please continue.

[Hats of!]

1. Insults, hey, just ignore it.
2. Magic, I might turn out better!
3. Nothing, "money is the root of all evil today."
4. Bomb
5. Punch, man, this one hurts.