Poll: If you had a Death Note...?

[ElephantGuts]

A Death Note is a book where if you write someones name in it they die within 40 seconds of writing the name

Really? That sucks. Takes all the fun out of killing the people you hate. What idiot thought of this thing?

I would sell it for shitloads of money to raise funds to travel the world and kill my enemies up close and personal. That's the old-fashioned, satisfying way.

Nope, it lets you be creative. After writing the name, you must write the specifics of the death within 6 minutes and 40 seconds. You can orchestrate an accident if you want. However, if what you write is impossible (blasting your target to the moon, having him commit suicide by jumping off the Eiffel Tower when he's on the other side of the world, etc), it just reverts to the default heart attack.

I'd still rather do it myself. How else will they know who's killing them and what they're dying for? I want them to know these things before they die. Or else they might think they got away with whatever terrible thing they did.

What is this thing from anyway? A book or show or something? How come I never heard of it?

It's an anime/manga. One of the better ones, I can assure you that. Well, the whole point of it all is that you can kill someone, anyone, covertly, without any evidence pointing back to you. As long as you have the name and the face (so that you can kill the person you want without killing someone with the same name) of your target, you're good to go. And as for them not knowing who killed them after they did something terrible? Let's just say that Karma's a *****.

Manga, huh? No wonder I never heard of it.

Now I'm embarrassed for discussing it.

 

[DigitalJedl]

Have you ever questioned why USA never found Saddam Bin Laden?;]

*Camera zooms in for dramatic effect*

 

[SharPhoe]

Look at it, throw it out and then go lay down and watch TV.

This.

Also, these threads are not liked much by mods, so...

Really? I'm strting to hink mods hate everything...

Well considering this has gone on for three pages now, I guess it's not considered the same as a "Who should die/wou would you kill" type of thread.

 

[ExaltedK9]

well you tell me, you came up with it (im fairly sure).
besides, the last time i made refference to him i put letters in bold through out the post spelling his name and that din't work. and before that i was totally complex and gave them a riddle:

Rainbow colour 6. below points. wild australian dog.

(indigo. underscore. dingo)

I did in fact come up with it.
But I called him it to his face as a silly joke.

Keep it for a rainy day/emergency, but never touch it any other way. I don't want to go crazy like Light.

What rainy day Emergency could possibly be solved by using a death note?

Your wife cheats on you?
Someone robs your house and you know who it is?
Honestly, the possibilities are endless.

A SERIAL RAPIST IS RELEASED FROM PRISON BECAUSE OF GOOD BEHAVIOR
I think you know what to do.

That's a good point. If I had a death note...well, Max I think we both know where this is going...

 

[USA2018]

A Death Note is a book where if you write someones name in it they die within 40 seconds of writing the name

Really? That sucks. Takes all the fun out of killing the people you hate. What idiot thought of this thing?

I would sell it for shitloads of money to raise funds to travel the world and kill my enemies up close and personal. That's the old-fashioned, satisfying way.

You can write in your own time of death, as well as the cause, though.

I don't watch/read much of the series, but I recall the main character writing a 2-to-3 page long one describing a man getting on a bus, jacking it, demanding he be driven somewhere, going insane and shooting at the air, then running off the bus. (I believe he was then hit by a car. Not sure.)

EDIT: Sorry, hadn't read the whole topic yet. You already got told that... >.>

OT: Me? I'd use it... Not entirely sure on whom. But I can guarantee that at least a few people would be kissing my feet within a year of me getting it.

EDIT: I'd like to change my answer. I would use it to write something to the extent of "Osama Bin Laden: Boards a plane on xx/xx/xx, flies to [insert a town near me here]. A government tip causes the plane to be tailed by US jets, so he leaps out of the plane with a parachute, while over [my home address here]. The parachute fails to open, and he dies on impact, with his head intact.". I then claim the $25 mill bounty on his head.

you little [word deleted]!! that was my idea! is there a price on that korean guy's noggin yet?

 

[WhyteBoy]

I'd have to first make sure there arent any orphanages that have the super children in them.

Then ill take over the world.

 

[GloatingSwine]

I believe that taking over the world is the standard practise for these things.

 

[ravensshade]

i'd write my own name and eleborately plan out my life then die satisfied at the age of 90 or so

 

[yeah_so_no]

I wouldn't use it, because of the fine print, yo--you use the Death Note even once, and when you die, that is IT, because your soul won't go to Heaven OR Hell, which means you are SOL in the end. It's not worth it.

All that said, I died laughing when I saw how some Japanese soccer fans responded to the president of the Japanese Football Association Saburo Kawabuchi pissed them off (I don't remember what it did; I think it was keeping Zico as the national team coach):

 

[ShawnRiles]

I'd sell it on Ebay.

Exactly what I would do.

 

[IrrelevantTangent]

Can they be burned, and thus effectively destroyed without harming anyone? I haven't read the complete rules in a while, so I wasn't sure.

 

[Kinguendo]

A Death Note is a book where if you write someones name in it they die within 40 seconds of writing the name

... of a heart attack if you dont write anything specific, you can set time, date and way they die.

 

[ErGo]

OP you really should have specified the rules of using a death note!

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

All world leaders, criminals, people who disagree with me being the new global emperor, people who breathe loudly over your shoulder when you're reading something and people who looked at me funny.

 

[IrrelevantTangent]

A Death Note is a book where if you write someones name in it they die within 40 seconds of writing the name

... of a heart attack if you dont write anything specific, you can set time, date and way they die.

Shinigami, the guardians of the Death Notes, can't be affected by Death Notes the way humans can, and Death Note owners can't be affected by Death Note scribblings unless they write their own name in there.

Additionally, if a Shinigami uses its notebook to kill someone and effectively prolong the life of someone they care for, that Shinigami dies. That's the only way a Shinigami can die, to the extent of my knowledge.

 

[Kinguendo]

I would write that I die on my 1 millionth birthday in perfect health all the way through life and never physically or mentally aging past 21, and dying of being bored and walking straight into the sun.

Also, I would write Ricky Gervais' jokes in the Death Note but that would be a waste.

Disclaimer: I actually like some of Ricky Gervais' jokes, he was just the first comedian that came to mind that I didnt find that funny.