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Hypothetically speaking - lets say you have an opportunity to win $1,000,000 in a contest. To win - you must choose from one of the following five options:

"Punch" option ---- You will be punched in the face, just once, by a big fat man. The punch is guaranteed not to be fatal nor to cause brain damage, but you will likely sustain a nasty injury such as a split lip, black eye or perhaps even a broken nose. After being punched - you will be given the $1,000,000!

"Bomb" option ---- Nothing will happen to you. However, you will start the countdown on a huge bomb that is hidden deep inside the center of the Earth. The bomb is large enough that, when detonated, it will cause devastating earth quakes and floods all over the planet. The bomb is completely undetectable and can not be disarmed. However it will not detonate until exactly 5,000 years in the future. As soon as the countdown has started - you will be given the $1,000,000!

"Insults" option ---- Twenty people will shout terrible insults and obscenities at you for one full hour. These people will not come into physical contact with you nor harm you, but they will say all sorts of horrible and upsetting things to you. After one full hour of intense verbal abuse - you will be given the $1,000,000!

"Magic" option ---- Your personality and ethical convictions will be painlessly altered in some unknown way by a magic spell. The alteration will be instantaneous and will not affect your memory, cause brain damage nor result in any physical harm of any kind. After the alteration - you will be given the $1,000,000!

"Nothing" option ---- None of the above. Nothing happens to you or anyone else, but you will NOT be given any money.


Which option would you choose first? Second? Third? Etc...???

Please list them like so ... (with "1" listed as your first choice, "2" as your next choice, and so on...)

1 - option name
2 - option name
3 - option name
4 - option name
5 - option name
 
1 - Punch
2 - Insults
3 - Magic
4 - Nothing
5 - Bomb

i'm liable to get punched in the face by a fat man WITHOUT getting a million bucks at some point.

and the magic one sounds disconcerting, and the bomb one just isn't very neighborly
 
I'm gonna go in the same order as MJ. I would probably take either of the punch or the insults for a LOT less money. The Majic would require that amount, but I would probably still do it, and the Bomb is just not being nice.
 
1 - Insult: The most painless of options, I would choose without blinking an eyelid. I can handle an hour of insults. Frankly, I'm used to that.
2 - Nothing: I'd rather take nothing before choosing one of the other options.
3 - Punch: This'll hurt, but only myself (and the boxer whose hand will hurt too).
4 - Bomb: One of the two worst options: Some people might get killed in 5,000 years. I doubt it would be worth the money. On the other hand, I could say "the floods after me," and just go with it. ;)
5 - Magic: Definitely, to me, the worst of all options. Because I wouldn't know in which ways my personality would be altered. Perhaps I might not even enjoy the money afterwards, give it away to charity (yay!), or in the worst case, would use it to hurt other people, if so altered. Like, by magic, I might turn into the Antichrist Himself and join Al-Quaeda to blow up a couple of Christians, or something. :lol:
 
1. Insults. I get insulted on a weekly basis anyway, so what the hell.
2. Punch.
3. Nothing.
4. magic - too sceery. i'd rather forfeit the money than go for this option.
5. bomb - no way
 
1. Nothing (While I could use the money, not that much of it!)
2. Insults (I get it at work, doesn't bother me much)
3. Magic (You never know...could work out well)
4. Punch (Wouldn't be the first time)
5. Bomb (Not really a considerable option for me. It's consenting to terrorism on a global scale & profiting from it to boot.)
 
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