"Push this button for $100,000!" Edited

[Not G. Ivingname]

OP, First you say: 'truly put yourself into the scenario' and then you say 'this isn't about trying to beat the system'.

I have no idea what you want me to say now...

As I said, think of it as a magic button, there's no way around any possible shock. Saying that you should truly put yourself into the situation was to try to help prevent people from saying "yeah, I could totally do that" without really thinking of the pain.

With such properties the defy the laws of Physics, present it to scientists and get millions in papers on my landmark discovery (at the expense of all current science).

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

Now that button is something I'd touch with a ten-foot pole
I'd probably become the guys (one who got shocked) lawyer and I would help him sue whoever made that button for 1 million dollars! (Insert Dr. Evil face here)

 

[Whateveralot]

I distrust this technology.


Let's see what happens if I press that button.. I mean, if someone was able to write such a thing down, it must be right. Right?

If the button rewards up to 100.000 in 50-bills and each time you receive one you get shocked, I will eventually have to find a way to beat the system...but meanwhile I'm having the easiest payroll in the world.

 

[Kizi]

Enough with the clever workarounds, people.
I wouldn't do it. It's not worth it because there are other ways to make money.

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

For an hour of excruciating pain?!

Aww hell naww! Something that bad could probably kill you, cause a heart attack even.

 

[Racecarlock]

Probably wouldn't touch something that might leave me in big pain for an hour. That would suck. Especially if I only get paid 50 pounds for it. That's not even enough to buy a game with.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Ok, you people are really ruining this by thinking too much

There, in a nutshell, you have described the entire human race's behaviour!

 

[EHKOS]

Yeah, I'd do it. I'm poor and I'm in debt to my mom for $50 from when she lended me Skyrim money. Also I heard first day DLC came out for that but I'm not seeing it.

 

[Firoth]

I mean even the amount of money is kind of small if you want someone to risk their life.

How about, I point 10 other people at the sign one at a time to see what happens and then make an informed decision.

It isn't supposed to be an amount of money that sets you for life, just an amount that would be enticing, that someone would really have to weigh the pain vs the reward.

 

[Philol]

I'd get someone else to go up next and see what happens, if the results are similar I'll move on, if they're different I'll give it a try.

 

[Firoth]

I mean even the amount of money is kind of small if you want someone to risk their life.

How about, I point 10 other people at the sign one at a time to see what happens and then make an informed decision.

It isn't supposed to be an amount of money that sets you for life, just an amount that would be enticing, that someone would really have to weigh the pain vs the reward.

Right, so you should make it enticing. It's not like $100K does that much for you. Only an idiot would agree to torture for such a relatively tiny amount.

That's more than 2 years of income for most people.

 

[Lunacorva]

Once again Calumon, your logic is astounding

 

[lRookiel]

I'd get someone else to go up next and see what happens, if the results are similar I'll move on, if they're different I'll give it a try.

This basically, I'd base my decision on the next person who gave it a try.

 

[dave1004]

Sure, why the hell not? I'm a lucky person, so I'll give it a go. If you want, when I win my $100,000 I'll treat you to something nice, nice a hot cup of Kopi Luwak.

 

[Tax_Document]

I mean even the amount of money is kind of small if you want someone to risk their life.

How about, I point 10 other people at the sign one at a time to see what happens and then make an informed decision.

It isn't supposed to be an amount of money that sets you for life, just an amount that would be enticing, that someone would really have to weigh the pain vs the reward.

Right, so you should make it enticing. It's not like $100K does that much for you. Only an idiot would agree to torture for such a relatively tiny amount.

That's more than 2 years of income for most people.

The CHANCE at $100K in exchange for an hour of torture, that might even be more, and you'd be a complete idiot to go for that for just 2 years salary. Do people really have so little value for themselves? That's nothing for risking your life.

If you had said $10mil, then it could tempt people, and even then, with no evidence it wasn't a Darwin device well, no one with IQ near or above the average range wouldn't play the game.

You've obviously never been in poverty, living with only meal a day and no electricity until my parents finally got jobs. This sum of money is the world of difference for MANY people, and I'd be willing to risk it.