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

1  Insults
2  Bomb
3  Punch
4  Magic
5  Nothing

Option one is easiest for me. It's no different than Sunday dinner with my family.


Matt.

Quoted from chism It's no different than Sunday dinner with my family.

haha, good one Matt

I thought a bit about putting the bomb first but decided to play it political correct and put insults first. Actually that could be pretty funny, to see who could come up with something original.

1  Insults
2  Bomb
3  Punch
4  Magic
5  Nothing

Rob

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


The bomb option was easy for me, cause I'm pretty sure that within the next 5000 years mankind will have invented a much bigger bomb and used it to destroy the planet several times anyway.

I'd chose the magic option and change the contest so that no more questions need by asked, as in the Kobayashi Maru.

Quoted from Blakkwolfe I'd chose the magic option and change the contest so that no more questions need by asked, as in the Kobayashi Maru.

The magic option doesn't grant you magic powers, you personality just "magically" changes.

The only one I'd go with is being punched in the face.  Been punched in the face before.  It's not so bad, really.  Stings for a few minutes, but it goes away.

I wouldn't do the insult thing because all they have to do is say something about my mom and I'd go postal on 'em.

I wouldn't do the bomb thing; nobody should have to suffer just so I can have a bigger bank account.

I wouldn't do the magic thing.  I like who I am, and am already ethical to the point where I'd rat myself out if I did something wrong.  I don't know very many people like that, so it makes me feel kinda special lol

The "nothing" option is a no-brainer.

Quoted from Lon The only one I'd go with is being punched in the face.  Been punched in the face before.  It's not so bad, really.  Stings for a few minutes, but it goes away

Tell that to Hasim Rahman at 1:46 of round 4   KABOOM!!!

Lewis v Rahman II

Quoted from Lon I wouldn't do the bomb thing; nobody should have to suffer just so I can have a bigger bank account.

This is easily defended. By not giving EVERYTHING you can spare of every pay-check to starving kids in Africa, through inaction you're making them suffer. In effect just so you can have a bigger bank account.

In 5000 years, do you honestly believe mankind will still be around? Either we left earth or we wiped ourselves out.

Unless you're an environmentalist, the bomb is a pretty moral choice.

Quoted from sniper Tell that to Hasim Rahman at 1:46 of round 4   KABOOM!!! Lewis v Rahman II

OH!  Talk about a sledgehammer!

Thankfully, this hypothetical question stated it would just be a fat man doing the hitting and not a pro boxer, else I might have to reconsider.

Interesting concept.
I'm use to insults, I have a 20 year old son, still at home.
I hate violence, so I suppose if my fifth came to be I would miss out  on the money anyway, as I have placed it after nothing.

Oh well, destined to be poor.

1  Insults
2  Bomb
3  Magic
4  Nothing
5  Punch

1/ Punch. That's easy. In fact you could punch me ten times for $1,000,000.

2/ Insults. I could take four hours of them for $1,000,000

3/ Change of ethics. Again this is no big deal, because as any survivor will tell you, you need to adapt your ethics and goals to survive in a constantly changing world.

4/Nothing.

5/ Bomb. It's morally wrong to make other people suffer for your own gain. However, if the magic option changed my view on this then maybe this would go to number one.

1. Insults. If you've got one million dollars, there's definitely going to be more than twenty people who hate your guts. I can stand an hour of twenty people chucking insults at me because I'm rich.

2. Punch. Over in a second, assuming, as I do, this guy will put my lights out. Still, insults don't leave you with a headache for the next few days.

3. Nothing. I can live without a million dollars. I've been doing it for the past twenty-one years.

4. Magic. I'm pretty sure a change in my personality and ethics will affect my current relationships, possibly for worse. Assuming the worst, I'd rather keep my family and friends than be alone with one million dollars.

5. Bomb. I couldn't live with that on my conscience, even if humanity's probably going to destroy the world in less than 5,000.

1. Insults - You've heard one, you've heard 'em all.  

2. Bomb - Humans have been on earth for 1.8 million years.  We'll be gone well before the next million, let alone 5000 years simply because we're violent, stupid creatures.

3. Punch - Eh, I'd take one for a million bucks.  No biggie.

4. Nothing - Honestly, changing myself for money...nah.

5. Magic - I thought about this, but just being myself has brought a lot of blessings into myself, so I'd rather stay the same rather than changing my personality.  

Sweet.

Quoted from suncrafter "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!

This option sounds like the "day in the life" of every service worker in the world.

When was the last time you thanked a worker at Mcdonalds for being there to serve you fat fuckis the egg mcmuffin you crave?

Everyone says, "Get an education so you don't have to work at Mcdonalds", but if there was no one to make the great fattening decadence that we have become accustomed too, what would we do, oh no! Eat fruit?!

Respect people and respect their station in life at the time.

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--Kotton