Would you throw yourself on a grenade?

[Lekonua]

...strangers.

Window.

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

I would push one of the four strangers into the grenade then jump out of the window thus "saving" 3 and survive without injuries

this, or pitch myself/grenade out of window. definitely toss the grenade if I can hear passerby outside the window.

 

[Shoes]

I would most likely stand there and say "What the f*** is th-" before it exploded.

Hahaah this made me laugh so hard haha I don't even know why, maybe just the sheer honesty in the statment.

I mean how many of us would honestly recognize a live grenade and react properly in a real life situation? God this was funny to read though

 

[nomadic_chad]

So the point is to try and determine who is selfless and who is a self-preservationist? I don't think there's enough info to determine what I would do in that brief instant (and it would likely be very brief).

Do I know these people? Do I like these people? Is there anything else in the room I can wedge into the corner where the grenade landed? Is the grenade's pin actually pulled, thus making sure this isn't a faggy logic test? What is my proximity as compared to the other people's? Are they aware that in a grenade situation, one should become one with the floor?

I ask these questions, because they seriously matter and though you'd think "bullshit, there's no way you'd weigh all those possibilities in that instant," then piss off, because we're not asking about knee-jerk reactions here, in front of computers, about as far from a live grenade as one can be.

Truth is, nobody would truly know what they'd do in that situation. Sure, people who want others to think they're noble, or brave, or selfless would say, "I'd jump on it in a heartbeat." Those who don't give a sh*te or want others to think they're badasses or whatnot would say, "F those other people, I'm out the window."

What I'm saying is, you won't get a serious answer, nor an accurate one. This question is akin to stroking one's ego, or whatever happens to be dangling around at the moment.

That being said, I'll play the game. I'd shout "Down!" whilst belly flopping to the floor myself. Jumping up and out a window would leave you more vulnerable to flying shrapnel if it went off before you got out. Even if you got out in time, who's to say you won't cut something vital on a shard of glass or land on your friggin' head wrong and snap your neck. I say hit the floor because jumping on a grenade will likely just send your bone fragments whizzing lethally around the room anyway.

 

[Shoes]

To all the people who say they'd toss the grenade out the window....
What if a small line of children on a field-trip are resting outside your building?
Congratulations you inconsiderate bastards: Mrs.Livingston's entire 5th grade class is now decimated...because you didnt take the time to consider whether or not tossing a live grenade out a window would have certain......unforseen consequences.

Well done *slow claps* well done indeed.

 

[Stevo_s]

hmm hard to say i would probably hesitate for an extremely long time and die with the rest of them if not jump out the window.. i guess you could say it all depends on my mood..

If there's a window, why can't I be practical and throw the grenade out the window?

haha because practicality has no place in a event as random as that.
Edit: welcome, hope you have a great time here, as I'am.. btw no one really cares about noobs here so dont expect much feedback lol

 

[Shoes]

well children shouldn't be playing around a building they don't know. And isn't it irresponsible for a teacher to let children do that, especially when there are adults who are obviously strangers to the children, thus one could be a pedophile and do something terrible to that child. Way to go shoes, you win the derp award for what if questions.

I said resting not playing therefore your argument is invalid.

Lelelelellele

 

[BrownGaijin]

I would throw the grenade out of the window. No wait that's not one of the two choices. Dammit! I never get these things right!

 

[Mr. Gency]

I would like to throw the 'nade back out the window, but instinct would kick in and instinct says GTFO.

 

[silentsentinel]

Interesting... just so you know... about half of all Medal of Honor winners have won their awards for jumping on grenades to save their comrades... posthumously, of course.

 

[Mr. Gency]

This should be a poll.

 

[Rhade]

Warn them, then escape. I didn't do anything to hurt them and I shouldn't be forced to choose sacrificing myself just because it's the greater good or whatnot, there's far too many humans about anyway. At least in a random situation like this. I'd be more apt to help some situation in which doing so wasn't automatically instant death for the sake of what we'll assume are adult randoms.

Young kid falls down into the subway tracks while playing about. Assume he's okay, aside from some bumps/bruises and there isn't/he hasn't touched any power rail or is that ignorant. I'd definitely help him out, even if there was a good chance only he would be able to evade being hit by an oncoming train.

 

[Aesir23]

Jump on the grenade. I become a hero, they survive and I don't have to deal with hearing about idiots on the news anymore. Win-win.

 

[Pendragon9]

I would only jump on the grenade if I was given a comical last line to go out on.

"THIS REALLY BLOWS! *BOOM*"

"I'm not going out with a whimper. I'm going out with a bang! *KERBLAM!*"

"[insert other cool movie action line]"

 

[JohnnySex]

The only person I'd do that for is my girlfriend. Anyone else, and it's the window. Fuck people. Self-preservation ftw!