Poll: Would you press the button

[dagens24]

I have a hard enough time satisfying one woman; why would I want more?

 

[GmonXyZ]

Only once!?

It'll probably piss off a lot of people..

I'll do it!

 

[ElPatron]

How funny since manslaughter wasn't being talked about here

It's "removing someone from existence in some manner". Death is not a linear thing, it rarely is equivalent to murder.

 

[cryogeist]

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If it killed the all the ugly, fat, females? Then hell fuckin' yes. Otherwise... no.

so basically if they don't give you a hard-on then they should die?
no offence but that's equally fucked up.

 

[cryogeist]

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If it killed the all the ugly, fat, females? Then hell fuckin' yes. Otherwise... no.

so basically if they don't give you a hard-on then they should die?
no offence but that's equally fucked up.

Fucked up as it may be it's more than sensible. The whole freakin point was that ridding these % of the gender would give you more chance of getting laid.

In you're mind that's sick no matter what other preferences are involved no? So why does it matter of they have to give him hard on?

If you need a % of the population to die in order to increase your chance of getting laid then maybe it's your fault somewhere.
(i may have misread your post a bit)

 

[Woodsey]

That sounds like something that's been dreamt up on one of the Escapist's relationship threads.

And no. (Not that I love sausage fests, but 30% is pretty extreme.)

 

[Mike Laserbeam]

Ridiculous question. Kill millions of people, just to get marginally more attention from the opposite sex?

No, obviously.

Movin' on...

 

[AngloDoom]

Who the hell isn't being noticed by potential partners because there are 'too many people'?

"I met this awesome girl the other day, but I don't think she really paid me much attention because 30% of the male population was in the way."

Chances are if you're not finding a partner, the problem doesn't lie with other people.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

What happens if you just hammer it?

Will you kill yourself eventually?

 

[Woodsey]

virtually the same as

"Irregardless", manslaughter is not as serious as murder. Otherwise it would result in similar sentences.

i could care less about getting laid

The irony being that 'could care less' is supposed to be received in a sarcastic manner. You know, that thing that us Brits keep saying Americans don't 'get'.

Which is why whenever you point it out to someone they always say "huh, I never thought about it, but you're right".

(Likewise, sarcasm doesn't become apparent just because what they're saying is completely retarded; it has to have some degree of intonation, which is always non-existent whenever someone says "I could care less".)

 

[Canadamus Prime]

What?

What kind of person would say yes to that?

'Push this button to have a better chance of getting laid at the expense of erasing millions of people.'

Millions would say yes because "Humanity sucks!" or something silly.
Although humanity is awesome and brought us amusing videos of kittens!

OT: Nope, I wouldn't press it.

Yes humanity does suck, but I'm not going to be part of the reason (or rather one of the many) why it sucks by pushing that damn button.

Besides, it's not like it'd be of any benefit to me anyway.

 

[Eamar]

What sort of sad, desperate excuse for a human being would say yes to this?

I wasn't initially going to comment since the question is so clearly ridiculous, but after seeing the result... here's hoping that 30% were trolling :S

 

[Dryk]

Don't need to, I already have a crack in my wall for getting rid of people I don't like

 

[nathan-dts]

I'd press it. If they become non-existent then myself and everyone else wouldn't care. Also, the already stated better odds of relatioships. Finally, 7 billion people in the world is too many, i'm helping the planet by taking out a few million.

 

[Twilight_guy]

So commit genocide in order to get a slightly better chance at getting laid? Well I'm not completely batshit insane so, no.

 

[Epicspoon]

Agreed that you'd have to be a total asshat to press that button.
Man up and buy a new suit.

Yeah but "Asshat" is such a fun word.

 

[Psychedelic Spartan]

I probably wouldn't, unless I knew the people who disappeared deserved it.

 

[WanderingFool]

Okay so theres this hypothetical button and you happen to be next to it.
If you press this button, 30% of (your gender)s will disappear from (your country) into nonexistence(as if they never did).
If pressing this button almost ensured youd get more attention from (the opposite of your gender) because yours was now more rare or rather just not as abundant, would you?
It may also rid the world of many people in that gender you dont like
or
It could be you?
What do you do?

So, If I press the button, there would be 30% less males in America... and I could be part of that 30%? or if I press the button, am I exempt from that?

 

[Living Contradiction]

Not only would I not press the button, I would break that sucker with a very large hammer and find the unspeakable wretch who built it for a very stern talking to.

Remove thirty percent of a gender from the planet indeed. I'll remove thirty percent of that dirty sod's body mass. With a putty knife.

 

[Daeggreth]

Hmm. I am in favour of buttons in general but if I'm interpreting the question correctly, the results of my hypothetical button pushing would be as if they never existed? While I still enjoy the odd button push for its own sake, I've moved on to more serious button pushing. Buttons that make interesting noises or dazzling lights appear, for example. (Although never both at once. That shit's for the real button addicts)

No, I think just the act of pushing a button does not, in this case, satiate me. I shall move on in search of more interesting things to push.