Darj Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 This is an interesting question I thought about a while ago for the classic "truth or dare" game: Let's say a war, disease, whatever is coming and threats humanity. But your are given the opportunity of choosing only 1 person who will be saved. You cannot pick yourself. Don't worry about picking a person of the opposite gender: other people will be given their chance to save another person too and thus repopulation won't be an issue; plus if no one else chooses you, you may not make it anyways. You don't have to worry about choosing scientists or important people either; chances are they will be chosen by someone else and will survive. Don't worry about the person you care not surviving afterwards; there will be enough people to support each other and rebuild. Also non-human being won't be affected by this threat. That said, who would you choose? You don't have to post your reasonings if you don't want to share them. I'm posting this on General section because it would be nice to get serious answers, whereas in another section, such as Games or Misc., users could just come up with funny or unrealistic answers. The idea of this thread is to think on which person is the most precious to you. EDIT: Added the [Serious] tag to the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slinky Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Does it have to be a person? Can it be a pet instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darj Posted January 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Does it have to be a person? Can it be a pet instead? A person. Again, the goal is to think on who is the most precious person for you. And for the purposes of this dare/excercise/test, non-humans are not threatened by this world-scale threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slinky Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Okay, that's easy then. I'd save my childhood friend. She was the first person I ever crushed on, and to this day, I still cannot forget her no matter how hard I try. Everyone else is pretty much insignificant to me (yes, even my family) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 How many "other people" get to make this choice? I'm assuming not everyone, since then everyone picks someone who hasn't already been picked and no one dies. Frankly, no one that's close to me would be able to survive very long in a post-apocalyptic world, so I'd rather pick someone who can do something once everything's said and done. I'm not sure who, exactly, but it'd be someone big, an expert in their field, probably medicine, or maybe a scientist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonk Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 My mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darj Posted January 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 How many "other people" get to make this choice? I'm assuming not everyone, since then everyone picks someone who hasn't already been picked and no one dies. That's uncertain, but does the answer really matter? I mean, even if everyone gets to choose, would you risk not choosing your most precious person hoping that someone else will choose him/her for you? Frankly, no one that's close to me would be able to survive very long in a post-apocalyptic world, so I'd rather pick someone who can do something once everything's said and done. I'm not sure who, exactly, but it'd be someone big, an expert in their field, probably medicine, or maybe a scientist. You don't have to worry about choosing scientists or "big" people; chances are they will be chosen by someone else and will survive. With answers like this it looks like you are evading the challenge. Don't worry about the person not surviving afterwards; there will be enough people to support each other and rebuild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Neil-Patrick Harris. Though he probably doesn't need saving, because he's LEGEN - wait for it - DARY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 I'd panic and everyone would die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darj Posted January 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Uh, even in General section I get non-serious answers. This is one of the reasons I once suggested a subsection for serious threads exclusively. EDIT: To be fair, I forgot to include a [Serious] tag on the thread title. Will fix it right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Uh, even in General section I get non-serious answers. This is one of the reasons I once suggested a subsection for serious threads exclusively. EDIT: To be fair, I forgot to include a [Serious] tag on the thread title. Will fix it right away. That's why you report and move on. :3 Anyway. I'd save....this would be hard. There's my best friend, who matters to me more than basically anything and anyone. But then there's a couple of my cousins that I truly love....I think I'd have to go with my best friend. Of course in reality it would be Aix but that's too obvious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Uh, even in General section I get non-serious answers. This is one of the reasons I once suggested a subsection for serious threads exclusively. Well, I gave a serious answer but you didn't like it and changed the rules. So now I say Morgan Freeman. He's precious to all of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darj Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Well, I gave a serious answer but you didn't like it and changed the rules. It's not that I changed the rules, but I wasn't specific enough in the OP. Anyways, whatever you answer it's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchermitcher Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Just ask something among the lines of 'in your list of precious people, who is at the top and why?', that'd get you a more direct answer without having a needlessly convoluted setting. Me? I'd pick my mom or my dad, depending on my mood at the time I'm being confronted with the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darj Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Just ask something among the lines of 'in your list of precious people, who is at the top and why?', that'd get you a more direct answer without having a needlessly convoluted setting. Good point. To be honest I didn't think about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simping For Hina Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 This question is seriously stupid, though. Who would I choose? My best friends are my real life and Roddy. I also don't want my girlfriend to disappear. How about I just die for them to live? It is worth letting one person and I to live for anything in the end? That's just plain selfish and idiotic, it would also be boring fast. I like sex, but not to that amount. Society strives on the communal group. Lose that and group dynamics is a list of society, and then a restless point in repetition. Also, don't give me shit about Futurama's ending. It was sad, but unrealistic to any means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 My twin brother. My genetics will survive in full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madsen Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Real life? No idea. I hold my brothers extremely dear. Maybe a friend. On ycm, maybe like catman. So that amir and tormfag bitch i didn't choose them kek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ P O L A R I S ~ Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 My father. This question is seriously stupid, though. Perhaps you'd find it less so if you read the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simping For Hina Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Perhaps you'd find it less so if you read the OP. You're right. I should read the OP. And I find it more stupid. But to be relevant, why would you choose your father? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasυ Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Such a brutal, uncomfortable question you choose to ask. I'm guessing most folks who are not in a committed relationship would choose a parent or a brother, unless they had a shitty family or were shitty people themselves. Now, assuming that I had neither my mother nor my brother... I'd save my best friend, I would also prefer to keep it a secret from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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