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11 (22%)

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8 (16%)

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2 (4%)

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2 (4%)

Total Members Voted: 49

[PanH]

40. Is that good?

You hardly count. Countless mouldering pseudopods are far superior to the two arms the rest of us have.

On the other hand that means we only need 40 brainwashed kids to stop an eldritch horror.

Well, 41. He can beat 40, but we need a survivor to finish him off.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Unfortunately, the informal blood sacrifice of that many children may be enough to summon multiple other abominations, thus creating a hydra problem.

[Xantalos]

Excellent! All I need to do is create a spell that turns the afflicted into me on touch.

[PanH]

Eldritch horrors = self replicating machine = Quantum energy generator
That guy wasn't full of shit, in the end.

[Graknorke]

23. Nice.
I reckon that I might have answered some questions incorrectly though. Like how morally bad I would feel about it.

[alexandertnt]

14...

[misko27]

Remember guys, the kids show no mercy. Only thing that can't be done is crotch-kicking (Because that'd make it to easy), and everyone has cups.

[Steelmagic]

25. Not bad, i need some preparation for the day vicious five year olds attack me though.

[Graknorke]

I never quite understood the compunction against "fighting dirty". If one is in a fight at all, there is no reason not to go all out.

The time I realized how differently some people think about this was back in high school, when one of the guys in my class and I got to discussing how we would hypothetically fight one another. I told him what I would do (bite ears/fingers/nose, sweep legs, jump on chest repeatedly) and he just gave me this horrified look and told me that's not how you are supposed to fight.

As far as I'm concerned it depends why you're fighting. I have no desire to permanently or severely hurt someone for life, especially if it's over something petty.

[MaximumZero]

I never quite understood the compunction against "fighting dirty". If one is in a fight at all, there is no reason not to go all out.

The time I realized how differently some people think about this was back in high school, when one of the guys in my class and I got to discussing how we would hypothetically fight one another. I told him what I would do (bite ears/fingers/nose, sweep legs, jump on chest repeatedly) and he just gave me this horrified look and told me that's not how you are supposed to fight.

As far as I'm concerned it depends why you're fighting. I have no desire to permanently or severely hurt someone for life, especially if it's over something petty.

If you're fistfighting over something petty, something has gone horribly wrong.

[alexandertnt]

Yeah, I never understood these fighting ethics/morals, it just seems like an oxymoron. If I were in a fight to the death, you could bet I would fight dirty (and clumsily ). What reason is there not to?

[MaximumZero]

Yeah, I never understood these fighting ethics/morals, it just seems like an oxymoron. If I were in a fight to the death, you could bet I would fight dirty (and clumsily ). What reason is there not to?

I've been in two different kinds of fights, one where morals and guidelines apply, and one where at least one of the combatants is out for blood. The first only take place in dojos and tournament halls.

[Darvi]

Pretty much. If you're going to actually hurt your opponent, you want to fucking hurt them.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

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Total Members Voted: 42

Let us say, that hypothetically, you have a button. If you press this button, the wealth in the nation you are currently residing in will undergo massive redistribution, effectively eliminating both the poor and rich of the nation through this redistribution and leaving the GINI coefficient of the nation under .05. This will happen every time you press the button. People will be aware that the wealth has shifted, but there will not be any practical way for it to be undone. The button's effects cannot be traced back to you by any method currently available to humanity, and to anybody else it just looks like a red plastic button. The button will effect other nations if you press it within their internationally recognized borders. The button is not particularly durable and could be destroyed with relative ease. Nobody alive today has the skill to even begin trying to reverse-engineer the button's technology.

[MaximumZero]

Does it redistribute resources, too? If we press the button in third world countries, the guys who still have their guns will just have a reason to terrorize the everyday people instead of doing it for funsies.