The Box

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So you are cleaning up in the kitchen when the door rings. You wonder who it is since it is 2pm, and everyone is gone at work. You answer the door to see a sleek black sedan speed away, and you look down to see that the person has left a box. You take the box inside, and decide to wait until your spouse arrives home from work. You both open the box, and inside is a single-button mechanism. However, the button is protected by a glass dome that needs to be unlocked. There seems to be no key, and there is also a letter that says, "I shall call upon you at five o'clock this evening." At around dinner time, you hear the doorbell ring. You answer the door, and there is a man in a long overcoat waiting in the rain. You invite him in and upon eye contact, you immediately feel as if the house has suddenly dropped in temperature. He says, "I see that you have opened the box. The rules are simple. I give you the key, and you can unlock the mechanism and press the button. Once you do that, someone that you do not know will die. You will also receive a million dollars." You look at him, bewildered. "Die?"

He smiles at you at the doorway. "You have until five o'clock tomorrow evening to decide."

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Posted: 2010-03-16 00:06:33
Psst.

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Math
Math
Rank: #7
Someone you don't know dies every second!
No contest for me!
Posted: 2010-03-16 00:31:17 Report Reply
Agreed.
Posted: 2010-03-17 05:05:27 Report Reply
Barbazul
Barbazul
Rank: #261
Right there with you. I'm a selfish bastard, ik. But by God i want the best i can get for my family.
Posted: 2010-03-17 17:10:22 Report Reply
That's a very good point, but by doing it you're killing a part of someone else's family. Besides, you can certainly provide well enough for your own family by getting a job and working, among other things.
Posted: 2010-08-12 21:57:56 Report Reply
cant disagree with that logic
Posted: 2010-03-18 13:58:25 Report Reply
Naugron
Naugron
Rank: #101
Now you have to kill your wife or your son will live on blindly and deaf. (If you've seen the movie)
Posted: 2010-08-12 22:07:42 Report Reply
CaptinCrunk
CaptinCrunk
Rank: #5
I've killed for less
Posted: 2010-03-17 15:58:45 Report Reply
Dannyl
Dannyl
Rank: #4
I would do your mum.

Nah j/k, i'd give it back to him, never going to be worth it. I can get by on my own.
Posted: 2010-03-16 00:41:12 Report Reply
wazzcore
wazzcore
Rank: #147
fuck that i saw the movie. id close that shit.
Posted: 2010-03-16 16:58:47 Report Reply
ember
ember
Rank: #50
no I don't need the money I'm going to be rich when I'm older.
Posted: 2010-03-16 17:13:57 Report Reply
can I press it twice and get $2 mil ???
Posted: 2010-03-17 06:47:22 Report Reply
justjim
justjim
Rank: #240
I'd bang that bugger all day long if I got to choose who it worked on... I'd even do it for half of the names on the list. And to be nice and honest... I'd make a sizable, charitable donation for each and every bang and I'd pay my taxes like a dutiful citizen too.
Posted: 2010-03-17 06:53:55 Report Reply
Paul
Paul
Rank: #24
Make it a billion dollars. I still wouldn't push the button.

I may not know the person, but that could be someone's mother or father, daughter or son. That's the greatest pain you can give to anyone.
Posted: 2010-03-17 16:22:13 Report Reply
ghettoshen
ghettoshen
Rank: #76
I agree with Paul, give the damned thing back. Someone cares about that person. That persons picture is in somebody's wallet. Imagine if your mother died for a million dollars. There's no price on life.
Posted: 2010-03-18 13:51:40 Report Reply
justjim
justjim
Rank: #240
Push the damned button....... we're all going to die sometime anyway.
Posted: 2010-03-16 20:30:41 Report Reply
Logos385
Logos385
Rank: #181
The intrinsic value of life will always be worth more than the unrealistic assigned value of currency. The calculation is simple (the risk calculation, that is).

Option 1: Press the button, receive one million dollars.
pros- Money, no need for work later in life (if you invest intelligently)
cons- Police find out, you are in prison for life, once you realize what you've done you possibly could irreversibly ruin your psyche. No work for life would drive me insane anyway : ).

Give the thing back, call the police on the bastard, get some kind of community medal : P.
Posted: 2010-03-17 06:17:21 Report Reply
justjim
justjim
Rank: #240
Oh boy a medal! That'll get you far when it comes to anything important in life.
Posted: 2010-03-17 06:51:28 Report Reply
Logos385
Logos385
Rank: #181
Thanks for replying seriously to the only joke in my entire response : ).

I'll respond anyway though:
And killing someone will?
Posted: 2010-03-17 07:43:08 Report Reply
justjim
justjim
Rank: #240
We're all headed down that long final road anyway... Somebody goes a little sooner, well that's life.
Posted: 2010-03-17 07:50:46 Report Reply
Logos385
Logos385
Rank: #181
So, it would be perfectly fine, then, if someone caused you to die right now if they received one million dollars?
Posted: 2010-03-17 08:05:38 Report Reply
justjim
justjim
Rank: #240
I've been ready to go for years.... Don't ever worry about what the future holds for you, just be proud of what you've done in your past.
Posted: 2010-03-17 09:07:34 Report Reply
Logos385
Logos385
Rank: #181
You say you've been ready to go, but would you really be willing to go against every in-built instinct you have and plunge into the realm of the dead?

According to the Freudian school of thought (among others) that is an unquestionable sign of insanity.
Posted: 2010-03-17 15:54:57 Report Reply
justjim
justjim
Rank: #240
My religion tells me that God has a special place for me... Why would I hold back when my Lord God calls me home... Like I said previously... ready to go whenever He makes the call.
Posted: 2010-03-17 16:51:52 Report Reply
Logos385
Logos385
Rank: #181
So you would kill one of his creatures for monetary gain?
Posted: 2010-03-17 17:26:51 Report Reply
iGreenDay
iGreenDay
Rank: #144
Ooh me!
Posted: 2010-08-12 22:08:59 Report
justjim
justjim
Rank: #240
one?
Posted: 2010-03-17 17:31:30 Report
Logos385
Logos385
Rank: #181
Or more?
Posted: 2010-03-17 17:46:01 Report
GuErRilLa
GuErRilLa
Rank: #721
since i saw the movie I wouldnt push it
Posted: 2010-03-17 17:01:53 Report Reply
xxkisamexx
xxkisamexx
Rank: #35
id press it soon as i meet someone new cause then i can say i know them
Posted: 2010-03-17 17:38:02 Report Reply
Luke8D
Luke8D
Rank: #452
i'd just keep pressing it :P
Posted: 2010-03-18 13:53:28 Report Reply
Luke8D
Luke8D
Rank: #452
no im kiddin, i could never do that, conscience wud tear me apart ^^
Posted: 2010-03-18 14:07:01 Report Reply
tyduran13
tyduran13
Rank: #82
it would be different if it was somebody I knew and hated haha jk I could never do that or could I.... hmmm I guess we will never know huh :P
Posted: 2010-03-20 19:52:41 Report Reply

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