Would you push the button?
Would you push the red button?
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no way i'd push the button. With my luck, i push it and one day i would be driving down the road and i'd hit a kid... then their insane sibling would come and kill me.
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Random person? Yeah, I'd press the button. It's about a 1/7,000,000,000 chance its someone I care about and a million bucks? Fuck, a million bucks would solve my problems, my parents problems, and the problems of at least three random strangers. (thus approximately making up for the death of one person by improving the lives of three others).
As for my best friend...well, I could give a fucking rats ass about my best friend (if I had any to begin with) so its a him-or-me scenario. Duh, its me!
As for my best friend...well, I could give a fucking rats ass about my best friend (if I had any to begin with) so its a him-or-me scenario. Duh, its me!
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Hell yeah i would press it...
In the world there are more assholes than nice people so with a little luck..
In the world there are more assholes than nice people so with a little luck..
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Depends.... How will the random person die? like deadly slow painful death....no. But instant death with no pain? sure.
Unless when i push the button i'm the one that dies?
since you have 24hours to decide..... can you try to open the box with the button on it? like drill it open?
Unless when i push the button i'm the one that dies?
since you have 24hours to decide..... can you try to open the box with the button on it? like drill it open?
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FYI, The Box is based on a short story by Richard Matheson called "Button, Button," which was also made into an episode of The Twilight Zone, as Rbz mentioned.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button,_Button_(The_Twilight_Zone)
It's hard to talk about the story or the episode without possibly spoiling the movie, and my response will talk about both, so I'm putting it in a spoiler. Don't read if you plan to see The Box (or the Twilight Zone episode or short story).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button,_Button_(The_Twilight_Zone)
It's hard to talk about the story or the episode without possibly spoiling the movie, and my response will talk about both, so I'm putting it in a spoiler. Don't read if you plan to see The Box (or the Twilight Zone episode or short story).
Spoiler:
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Read enough books and watched enough anime to know it's either a trap or ulterior motives.
If you where going to kill someone to get money there's much more "sure fire ways" probably..
If you where going to kill someone to get money there's much more "sure fire ways" probably..
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Don't think I'd do it. I am way to paranoid to press anything I don't know (except when it comes to computers).
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mibuchiha
Fakku Elder
Lol, a question. When the button is pressed, will the one to die certainly someone I don't know, or it's just that the selection is random and we can't know exactly who is going to be killed?
I think this has some weight on my reasoning because, if it's the former, then gladly I'll press the button. I don't care about those I don't know. But if it's the latter, then I gotta think for a while, since there's always chances of my loved ones being the target. Even worse, it might be me who's that unfortunate random guy.
Well, I think, even if it's the latter, I'll press the button anyway. My curiosity needs to be satisfied...
I think this has some weight on my reasoning because, if it's the former, then gladly I'll press the button. I don't care about those I don't know. But if it's the latter, then I gotta think for a while, since there's always chances of my loved ones being the target. Even worse, it might be me who's that unfortunate random guy.
Well, I think, even if it's the latter, I'll press the button anyway. My curiosity needs to be satisfied...
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I'm glad someone else knows about this movie! This is written and directed by Richard Kelly, who also wrote and directed Donnie Darko (my avatar) and Southland Tales. Cannot wait for this movie! As for the Moral Dilemma, I would most definitely press the button. I need money badly. Actually, Maybe I wouldn't. Okay, I don't know, I guess I'd flip a coin and say tails i press it. It was heads. I don't press it.
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It really is a perplexing scenario. If you decide what to do by thinking which option would do the least amount of harm, the choice is quite obvious; don't press it. No one will die, and you will come out of the situation the same as you were before, albeit somewhat shaken by the experience.
Picking an option based on the price of your principals(if you find murder wrong) makes it more difficult. The money could obviously do much for you personally, and you could even use the money to do a lot of good for others. But you could also cause a lot of harm by killing a random individual. You may even do some good by pressing the button. There's no way for you to know who kill die, or if the chances happen to be higher for certain persons over others. You could end up killing a wanderer that no one has any attachments to; or a serial killer that has been terrorizing people for years; or a doctor in a third world country that is treating the poor at his own expense.
If I were to receive such a box, I would probably press the button and use the money for anything but myself. I've grown attached to my current quality of life, heh.
Picking an option based on the price of your principals(if you find murder wrong) makes it more difficult. The money could obviously do much for you personally, and you could even use the money to do a lot of good for others. But you could also cause a lot of harm by killing a random individual. You may even do some good by pressing the button. There's no way for you to know who kill die, or if the chances happen to be higher for certain persons over others. You could end up killing a wanderer that no one has any attachments to; or a serial killer that has been terrorizing people for years; or a doctor in a third world country that is treating the poor at his own expense.
If I were to receive such a box, I would probably press the button and use the money for anything but myself. I've grown attached to my current quality of life, heh.
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I'm fairly sure I would press the button. I would spend a lot of the money in one go if I'm not careful though.
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Sorry, but i would push the button! Not for the cash but because....Lets let this Explain:
Like Dee Dee, I too wonder what that button does!
Also even if i knew, i would still press it cause its a big Red button!
Like Dee Dee, I too wonder what that button does!
Also even if i knew, i would still press it cause its a big Red button!
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Hoshi wrote...
Sorry, but i would push the button! Not for the cash but because....Lets let this Explain:Like Dee Dee, I too wonder what that button does!
Also even if i knew, i would still press it cause its a big Red button!
lmao
I wonder why big red buttons are so irresistible to some >.>
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I would press the button as many times as I could before someone stopped me to alert to word to the dangers of the mysterious button (For example say I just pushed it once or didn't at all and alerted the authorities they'd just laugh at me, but if thousands of people die for no good reason someone might pay attention), also assloads of money. I'd probably then destroy the button and kill the guy who gave it to me, just to be safe.
