A question for you, escapists.

[phantasmalWordsmith]

I wouldn't push it. Not because of morals but because life wouldn't be as interesting if I got everything I wanted and I'm pretty content at the moment.

 

[Gimelbub]

No. I would never kill five people just to make my life easier. I could never live with myself.

However, since I'm about as close to Neutral Good as you can get in the real world, I would do it if "every whim" means I was able to help more people than I harmed.

 

[Mallefunction]

I honestly don't know. If I could choose who died (pick death-row inmates or criminals still on the loose), then yes. I wouldn't want 5 innocents dying just for me to have a nice life...although I guess that kind of stuff happens every day, doesn't it?

 

[MegaManOfNumbers]

As long as it doesn't kill my siblings nor my two close friends, DONE!

What?

 

[JackKrauserFtw]

I would honestly press the button without a seconds thought, and if I could press it again and make my friends/family's lives incredible I would press it for all of them aswell

 

[Futureman]

ide like to say no. but yes, I would press it..

 

[Blastinburn]

i wouldn't press the button. yes i know that millions die every day, but i refuse to add to that.

....Of course not. this really isn't even a choice. I mean seriously? I don't deserve an awesome life more then they deserve to live.

VS.

Well, if my "every whim" can include an end to world hunger, or if I can use some of my newly obtained wealth to save lots of lives, then sure.

I really don't have anything else to add to this. My thoughts have been summed up pretty well by others already. About the only reason I would press it is to make the world a better place and make everyone happier, but I still wouldn't be sure. Even if I would never meet their loved ones, due to the terms of agreement for the button, I would still be uncomfortable with the thought of explaining to them why I choose to kill these people.

EDIT: (could someone tell me how to do the "cross out text" thing?)

 

[DoomyMcDoom]

I swear I've seen this kinda thing before... I said yes I would to other ones... So I guess my calousness and general disposition toward my fellow man leads me to another hypothetical life of luxury?

Just puttin it out there, who's to say that those 5 people weren't gonna die whether the button was pressed or not... A LOT of people die daily... so yeah I'd have no mark on my conscience, and no regrets... I've lived at the bottom my entire life, it would be rather something to not be poor... or in and out of work constantly...

Also, my worldview is simple, WE ALL DIE, it's just how it happens, my day will come dunno if it's today, tomorrow, the next... But in this world when you're stuck going between bummin money of everyone, and in debt to barely surviving workin at a gas station or a fast food place cuz you can't get a loan for educational costs, and can't get yer arse into the buddy list of anyone with a few million, yer kinda gonna die poor, and live in poverty. I mean havin an internet connection means I'm doing alright right now, but lookin in my fridge lately has been almost enough to make me cry, runnin outa food again... and I dun got the cash to buy more... just a hint at why I'd take a chance at that button thing with no second thoughts...

 

[esperandote]

Yes, and then i would commit suicide over the guilt.

Oh if that's anything like the movie with Cameron Diaz then next victims will be me or my family so that sucks.

 

[DracoSuave]

Pressing the button is the definition of evil.

 

[lacktheknack]

My laziness is not worth more than five people.

So no, I wouldn't.

 

[Gunner 51]

If those 5 people happen to be my neighbours, sure. They're the most horrid chavvy swines around, the kind of people who if they aren't effin' and jeffin' through the walls, playing loud music, littering or hoovering (one of them has OCD) at all hours of day.

So yes, I'd hit that button. Those people need to die horribly.

 

[Jonabob87]

No, because there is no logic in taking five lives to improve one life. There is negative logic. In fact it's the opposite to logical.

 

[Aetera]

I'd press it in an instant and not lose any sleep over it. I'm one of those "fiercely loyal to those I care about and completely ambivalent to everyone else" types.

 

[OhSnap]

After reading everyone else's replies, I feel like a terrible person for immediately thinking that yes, I would press the button.

Ah well. <<;

 

[neppakyo]

I'd slam that button so fast, those five people would explode. And I'd hit it a few more times, cause I'm a dick like that.

 

[retyopy]

If those 5 people happen to be my neighbours, sure. They're the most horrid chavvy swines around, the kind of people who if they aren't effin' and jeffin' through the walls, playing loud music, littering or hoovering (one of them has OCD) at all hours of day.

So yes, I'd hit that button. Those people need to die horribly.

People you DON'T KNOW.

 

[Xaio30]

I would press it and use the resources I'm given to improve life for as many people as I can. And everything would be made in the name of those five people, to honor their involuntary sacrifice.

 

[New Frontiersman]

Quick question, do five people die every time I press the button or only the first time? And also, can I use the button to revive the five (or more) people I killed already by pressing the button? Because the answers to both those questions would influence my decision on weather or not to use the button.

I think at first though, knowing I would kill people, I wouldn't use the button, but the longer I kept it around the more likely it is that I would eventually give in to temptation and press it and gain the sweet sweet benefits within. After I pressed it and began wishing for video games, money, women, and more free time with which to enjoy them I would probably use my powers to get world peace and end world hunger, just to even it out.

 

[sinterklaas]

You press it, your every whim will be catered to for the rest of your obscenely long life, and you will stay fit and healthy throughout.

I would. Provided of course that 'every whim' includes that my words alone will stop wars, ignorance, religion in the ancient sense and make the human race collectively progress towards a better future. I'll take the burden on me of having killed five innocent people, even though I believe every life is worth infinity.

I doubt you meant to include all that in 'every whim' though, my answer would be no in that case.