Would you push the button?

[Leros]

Originally posted by: adairusmc
Absolutely. 1 million dollars is over a million times more valuable than the lives of those who would die from the button.

What if you killed your wife or the president?

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: adairusmc
Absolutely. 1 million dollars is over a million times more valuable than the lives of those who would die from the button.

What if you killed your wife or the president?

I am not married, and if it killed any politician, I would ask if I could push the button again for free.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Sure, why not.

The "New" Twilight Zone episode "Button, Button" was very good. A little worried about this becoming a movie.

The movie is based on the Twilight Zone episode. And it's already a movie. I am not sure I understand your post.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: adairusmc
Absolutely. 1 million dollars is over a million times more valuable than the lives of those who would die from the button.

What if you killed your wife or the president?

I am not married, and if it killed any politician, I would ask if I could push the button again for free.

Your answer would be different if Bush was still in office, wouldn't it?

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: adairusmc
Absolutely. 1 million dollars is over a million times more valuable than the lives of those who would die from the button.

What if you killed your wife or the president?

I am not married, and if it killed any politician, I would ask if I could push the button again for free.

Your answer would be different if Bush was still in office, wouldn't it?

No, of course not. Most politicians need to be voted out of office from a rooftop.

 

[TwiceOver]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Sure, why not.

The "New" Twilight Zone episode "Button, Button" was very good. A little worried about this becoming a movie.

The movie is based on the Twilight Zone episode. And it's already a movie. I am not sure I understand your post.

Sorry I guess I should have said, "I'm a little worried about this being a movie. The original Twilight Zone episode was so good, I can only imagine how bad this movie will be.

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: adairusmc
Absolutely. 1 million dollars is over a million times more valuable than the lives of those who would die from the button.

What if you killed your wife or the president?

the button only kills someone you don't know. so unless your wife is a mail order who you haven't met yet, she's safe. and I think everyone knows who the president is, so he's safe. I assume "know" is liberally construed as in "know who the person is" not "met the person". I didn't make the button rules.

 

[slayer202]

Originally posted by: mugs
Yeah, then he brings the box to the next person and that person gets to decide if YOU die.

I'm guessing that is the plot of the movie out now? the trailer looks half decent, but fuck that

 

[theblackbox]

click click click click click click. yeah, no problem. much more fun if you could pick and choose, like deathnote.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I would probably say fvck it and push the button a few times ....

 

[Fritzo]

This would have been a better movie:

http://www.gifbin.com/bin/g600107907.gif

 

[lifeobry]

Originally posted by: theblackbox
click click click click click click. yeah, no problem. much more fun if you could pick and choose, like deathnote.

Your username is appropriate.

But yeah, I'd be playing fucking Simon with that button. Except there'd only be one color.. and no music.

Remember this?

 

[sandorski]

Who dies? The last schmuck who pushed the button.....you're next in line.

 

[DAGTA]

The responses in this thread are disturbing to me.

I would destroy the box on sight.

 

[syrillus]

I don't know, this type of thing didn't work out for the robot devil...


In honesty, I had this discussion with a friend of mine, and we both decided we'd push it.

 

[jonks]

fwiw, i vote no. the plain fact is that someone who otherwise would live is going to die because of you. million or no million, that's wrong. If the conditions were different and they said "here's a 90 year old with terminal cancer who will die tomorrow, will you press the button now for $1M?" then I'd strongly consider it. But as currently stated, the premise is too hinky for me to participate.

 

[yh125d]

I'd stick a brick on top of the button for like an hour. It's not killing people I know so its all good. I might get lucky and kill some abo's

 

[keird]

I'd script a macro and kill any fvcktards that I could think of.

 

[sdifox]

You are kidding right? There is like 6.7B people in the world. Hell if I knew who is going to die before hand, I would buy them insurance too! I would totally eclipse the monsters like Mao, Stalin and Hitler, combined.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: jonks

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: adairusmc
Absolutely. 1 million dollars is over a million times more valuable than the lives of those who would die from the button.

What if you killed your wife or the president?

the button only kills someone you don't know. so unless your wife is a mail order who you haven't met yet, she's safe. and I think everyone knows who the president is, so he's safe. I assume "know" is liberally construed as in "know who the person is" not "met the person". I didn't make the button rules.

Simple solution, press the button, then hijack a broadcast satellite and let the entire world know who you are. Rich AND safe!

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: jonks

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: adairusmc
Absolutely. 1 million dollars is over a million times more valuable than the lives of those who would die from the button.

What if you killed your wife or the president?

the button only kills someone you don't know. so unless your wife is a mail order who you haven't met yet, she's safe. and I think everyone knows who the president is, so he's safe. I assume "know" is liberally construed as in "know who the person is" not "met the person". I didn't make the button rules.

Simple solution, press the button, then hijack a broadcast satellite and let the entire world know who you are. Rich AND safe!

Until one of the billions of people without television pushes the button.

 

[Nik]

Since it's a hypothetical question, I would push the button before the dude finished speaking the offer.

 

[Noirish]

Originally posted by: sandorski
Who dies? The last schmuck who pushed the button.....you're next in line.

exactly my thought.

 

[Bateluer]

Wasn't this a Twilight Zone episode?

 

[Jeff7]

What might happen if I were to set up some sort of a rapid-fire solenoid over the button, and press it many times per second? Would the button get all the money? Would people still keep dying? Does it need a person to touch it in order for it to work?

What if I wire some of a PIC chip's peripheral pins to the switch's contacts and use the PIC to go through 20,000 complete on/off cycles per second? Could I exterminate humanity in 3.47222... days?