Poll: You must choose

[gabe12301]

You have one of these two choices:

1.kill half of the human race
2.93% chance or letting everyone live but 7% chance of killing everyone.

 

[NightlyNews]

Based on your picture I'm guessing you think 2.

If there's ever a choice in my life where one option could possibly end humankind as we know it, I'm picking the other option. It would be stupid and selfish otherwise.

 

[Jedoro]

I'd risk it, even if just to laugh at everyone right before we all died.

 

[Miles000]

Well I kind of want to kill half of the human race anyway...

So I have to go with option 1.

 

[ThatLankyBastard]

... I can't pick

Because I don't know whats in it for me!

 

[Kizi]

I'd risk it, although the first option would seriously help with the global population problem.

 

[crudus]

Do I get to choose who doesn't die? If not I would risk it. I wouldn't risk people I care about dying.

 

[uchytjes]

uhm one question tho. WHAT IS THE OTHER 90%!?

well, either way i'm going the safe route. We can recover from half of us suddenly dieing (well, unless by half you mean one of the sexes...) but we can't from everyone dieing

edit: my brain plays tricks on me. dang 2. 93%

 

[Olrod]

I'd choose to risk it.

I wonder how different the responses would have been if the poll was instead:

A) Kill 50% of Humanity.
B) 50% of killing either everybody or nobody.

 

[LordOmnit]

Can I choose to reduce the human population by one magnitude instead of only half? ... Just kidding!
Either way, you can see that I'd choose option one. If I could help it, I'd like to pick some people to spare and some to ensure die, but I doubt that's an option.

 

[teqrevisited]

The first one. We are vastly overpopulated and, while I have no right to choose who lives or dies, we could stand to lose at least some people until we figure out how to sustain these kinds of numbers.

 

[Turigamot]

I'd risk it, although the first option would seriously help with the global population problem.

The first one. We are vastly overpopulated and, while I have no right to choose who lives or dies, we could stand to lose at least some people until we figure out how to sustain these kinds of numbers.

There's really no such thing as a global population problem. Scientists have explained this already.


But really, option 1, and hopefully I get to choose who lives and who dies.

 

[Lazarus Long]

I'm gonna have to err on the side of caution and go with halfsies. Naturally, I would try to go all Literal Genie and try to get away with twisting the intent. Shift as many of those deaths as possible onto those already brain-dead, or in terminal stages of disease.
I'm not sure if it would be a mercy or a greater tragedy to include the unborn in that list. That's a question for another board, I suppose.

Captcha: Mark ssidandi - Apparently, Mark Sissydandy has to die too. Sorry, Mark.

 

[LordOmnit]

There's really no such thing as a global population problem. Scientists have explained this already.

What nonsense is this? And who are these crackpot scientists?

 

[Turigamot]

There's really no such thing as a global population problem. Scientists have explained this already.

What nonsense is this? And who are these crackpot scientists?

http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2011/07/20/the_world_is_not_overpopulated_106247.html


http://www.agricultureinformation.com/forums/shout-box/19818-overpopulation-myth.html

 

[Blastinburn]

Is it just arbitrary who dies or is it a type of person/groups.
(for half of humanity)

 

[Randomeaninglessword]

Kill half. As much as I dislike the idea of killing rougly 3.5 billion people, overpopulation is a very large problem.

 

[Zack1501]

number 2 i couldn't live knowing that many people died because of me.

uhm one question tho. WHAT IS THE OTHER 90%!?

well, either way i'm going the safe route. We can recover from half of us suddenly dieing (well, unless by half you mean one of the sexes...) but we can't from everyone dieing

edit: my brain plays tricks on me. dang 2. 93%

I did that to at first!

 

[Dango]

Chance it, since it seems likely that everyone will live.