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VincentLauw
05/08/12 7:47:00 AM
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Considering the world ends up being ****ed up anyway I'd rather be happy about it than miserable.


So evil.

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DeepsPraw
05/08/12 7:47:00 AM
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Incompetence duh.

Why would anyone want to be evil?

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AlecTrevelyan006
05/08/12 7:48:00 AM
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SCENARIO: You find out that some 20 years from now, you will be responsible for the destruction of the world. It does not matter how you found out... it could be time travel, predicting the future, whatever works for you. What does matter is that it is 100% set in stone.

Even if you believe that predicting the future with certainty is impossible due to free will or for whatever other reasons, let's pretend for the sake of this topic that it can happen.

Would you rather find out that you will destroy the world due to your own incompetence or because you had become evil?

Side note: If this were an Extha topic, Smuffin would be RKO'd right now.

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ninkendo
05/08/12 7:49:00 AM
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the only thing worse than being evil is being stupid

so evil

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AlphaRayAllen
05/08/12 7:55:00 AM
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Evil.

If you're going to do something, do it right.

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Hrezs
05/08/12 7:59:00 AM
#6:


ninkendo posted...
the only thing worse than being evil is being stupid

so evil

Sounds about right

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wg64Z
05/08/12 8:00:00 AM
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Id say Evil.

Then you can tell all the ladies "Maybe if someone can find the good in me, we won't all die."

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Altimadark
05/08/12 8:00:00 AM
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Neither.

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AlecTrevelyan006
05/08/12 8:01:00 AM
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From: Altimadark | #008
Neither.


As in you have no preference, or because you are being that guy?

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pjbasis
05/08/12 8:02:00 AM
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Evil?

Incompetence means you did it by mistake and you're a total loser. You will greatly regret what you have done.

Evil means not only are you ambitious, but incredibly talented as you manage to succeed. You will laugh gloriously as the world crumbles.

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muddersmilk
05/08/12 8:02:00 AM
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As a direct result of my attempts to stop myself from destroying it.

So Incompetence.

Self fulfilling prophesies are fun.

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Altimadark
05/08/12 8:03:00 AM
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AlecTrevelyan006 posted...
As in you have no preference, or because you are being that guy?

Probably a bit of both.

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XIII_rocks
05/08/12 8:03:00 AM
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Evil. I'd rather do it on purpose if I'm going to do it.

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expaniol
05/08/12 8:04:00 AM
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Evil is the easy choice here. I'm not evil at all but who wants to be stupid? And if I'm supposed to destroy the world I don't want to be remembered as a failure.

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foolm0ron
05/08/12 8:05:00 AM
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Could it be for irony? I guess that would fall under evil though.

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Kotetsu534
05/08/12 8:06:00 AM
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Evil. Probably enjoy events leading up to it much more if I become a crazed schemer than an incompetent buffoon.

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GenesisSaga
05/08/12 8:14:00 AM
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Evil, duh.

I wouldn't want to be known throughout the galaxy as "that idiot that accidentally destroyed the Earth". If the other alien races believe me to be a threat rather than a buffoon, I gets mad respect.

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DeepsPraw
05/08/12 8:20:00 AM
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ITT people are selfish, terrible human beings.

This is the death of billions of people and an entire planet's-worth of life. Do you really want that to be the result of your conscious actions?

And incompetence doesn't necessarily mean "stupid", but even if it did, that's still way more favorable than being responsible for mass-genocide.

expaniol posted...
And if I'm supposed to destroy the world I don't want to be remembered as a failure.

Being remembered as the single greatest mass murderer in history is SOO much better, right?

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KingButz
05/08/12 8:24:00 AM
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evil, since presumably I will enjoy myself while it happens

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Liquid Wind
05/08/12 8:27:00 AM
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I'm going to say 'intentionally', evil implies that there's something inherently wrong with destroying the entire world
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Pram_the_Oracle
05/08/12 8:27:00 AM
#21:


Neither of course.

But if I have to choose... Evil. Incompetence is just sad.

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AlecTrevelyan006
05/08/12 8:30:00 AM
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This was all a stealth topic to find out how many people believed in either an afterlife or our ability to colonize space within 20 years.

Thank you for this data.

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metroid composite
05/08/12 8:32:00 AM
#23:


Define "destroy"

Like...if I turn the world into this:



Would that be considered "destroyed" and "evil"? If so, sign me up.

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Altimadark
05/08/12 8:35:00 AM
#24:


AlecTrevelyan006 posted...
This was all a stealth topic to find out how many people believed in either an afterlife or our ability to colonize space within 20 years.

Thank you for this data.

Actually, no, my answer stands at neither. Just because of this malarkey.

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KanzarisKelshen
05/08/12 8:42:00 AM
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Evil in theory and incompetence in practice.

Speaking of which, here's an interesting addon to this dilemma: if you could prevent the destruction of the world by committing suicide, would you do it? Before anybody asks, yes, you CAN live out those twenty years, but the closer you get to the Big Day, the more likely it is you'll get things done too late and the world will still end up destroyed. What would you do?

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VF1MS Metal Siren
05/08/12 8:43:00 AM
#26:


Put me down for the 'evil' camp. Everyone's going to die either way, I might as well get something out of it. Even better if it's Well Intentioned Extremist evil, like using the Devil Gundam to wipe out all human life so the planet can recover from our environmentally-destructive habits.

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Bokonon_Lives
05/08/12 8:46:00 AM
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Evil is relative. Stupid is as stupid does. I'll take evil, because that means I'm doing it for some purpose, be it foul or fair. It means I'm getting something out of it, and probably something other than just seeing the world end. If it were an accidental world-ending scenario, then everyone would be screwed. If it were my deliberate, evil intentions, then odds are I'm living in a space station or Terraforming Mars or something, with my elite group of minions whom I've allowed to live.

Picking "evil" is actually the "good" choice here.

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metroid composite
05/08/12 8:52:00 AM
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KanzarisKelshen posted...
Speaking of which, here's an interesting addon to this dilemma: if you could prevent the destruction of the world by committing suicide, would you do it? Before anybody asks, yes, you CAN live out those twenty years, but the closer you get to the Big Day, the more likely it is you'll get things done too late and the world will still end up destroyed. What would you do?

Live out as much of the 20 years as I felt safe doing; probably like 15, and then suicide.

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VF1MS Metal Siren
05/08/12 9:05:00 AM
#29:


KanzarisKelshen posted...
Evil in theory and incompetence in practice.

Speaking of which, here's an interesting addon to this dilemma: if you could prevent the destruction of the world by committing suicide, would you do it? Before anybody asks, yes, you CAN live out those twenty years, but the closer you get to the Big Day, the more likely it is you'll get things done too late and the world will still end up destroyed. What would you do?

If you throw in this twist, then I would probably go the suicide route.

Noble sacrifice > Evil grand-master plan > Oops I accidentally the Earth

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LOLContests
05/08/12 9:07:00 AM
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Incompetence. What is wrong with you people?

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Dark Young Link
05/08/12 9:11:00 AM
#31:


Evil.


The story of how I was turned will surely be one of legend.

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muddersmilk
05/08/12 9:31:00 AM
#32:


Dark Young Link posted...
Evil.

The story of how I was turned will surely be one of legend.

Too bad nobody will live to tell it.

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CycloRaptor
05/08/12 9:35:00 AM
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does destroy the world mean like literally explode the planet earth?

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AlphaRayAllen
05/08/12 9:36:00 AM
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From: LOLContests | #030
Incompetence. What is wrong with you people?


Board 8 has something fierce against those less educated than they are. It's quite frightening.

I picked evil because incompetence implies failure. Every other post seems to be a jab against "stupid" people.

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VincentLauw
05/08/12 9:40:00 AM
#35:


From: AlphaRayAllen | #034
Board 8 has something fierce against those less educated than they are. It's quite frightening.

I picked evil because incompetence implies failure. Every other post seems to be a jab against "stupid" people.


My post wasn't, lots of people's posts weren't, stop generalizing, etc

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CycloRaptor
05/08/12 9:42:00 AM
#36:


also if you destroy the world do you survive or die?

if i die then i totally would pick incompetence, if i survive then i would pick evil. because if i am evil then i could live with destroying it, if i am not evil and survive then i would not be able to live with it.

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VincentLauw
05/08/12 9:44:00 AM
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From: CycloRaptor | #036
also if you destroy the world do you survive or die?

if i die then i totally would pick incompetence, if i survive then i would pick evil. because if i am evil then i could live with destroying it, if i am not evil and survive then i would not be able to live with it.


this was my train of thought, if I die then I'd pick incompetence too so yeah

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Dark Young Link
05/08/12 9:48:00 AM
#38:


muddersmilk posted...
Dark Young Link posted...
Evil.

The story of how I was turned will surely be one of legend.

Too bad nobody will live to tell it.

Ah crap, that's right!

Switch to incompetence I suppose? I don't think destroying the world is something God "forgives" though... =/

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azuarc
05/08/12 9:50:00 AM
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One of my favorite Outer Limits episodes is about a ship being sent to the homeworld of an alien species that is in a war with Earth, and they have Earth on the ropes. Humanity's last hope is to just trash their homeworld with one massive bomb. Only the ship comes under attack and barely survives, and the few remaining crew members all black out for a time. Two of the survivors are spies from the aliens who turn the ship around back to earth. The last human on-board defeats them, gets to the planet he believes is the enemy and releases the bomb just in time to find out that he actually released it on earth.

His efforts were so heroic, and yet...boom.
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AlecTrevelyan006
05/08/12 10:19:00 AM
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From: KanzarisKelshen | #025
Speaking of which, here's an interesting addon to this dilemma: if you could prevent the destruction of the world by committing suicide, would you do it? Before anybody asks, yes, you CAN live out those twenty years, but the closer you get to the Big Day, the more likely it is you'll get things done too late and the world will still end up destroyed. What would you do?


So if you die before you commit suicide, does the world end?

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bryans7
05/08/12 10:27:00 AM
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Incompetence.

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Senjougaharaism
05/08/12 10:33:00 AM
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if it's incompetence, I can say I accidentally destroyed the world right? that would be pretty cool.

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LeonhartFour
05/08/12 10:46:00 AM
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I would say the last episode of "Dinosaurs" is an excellent example of destroying the world through incompetence, and I don't think I'd want to deal with the guilt of maybe trying to do good and destroying the world instead. At least if I do it through evil, I probably won't feel bad about it.

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AlecTrevelyan006
05/08/12 3:43:00 PM
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From: azuarc | #039
One of my favorite Outer Limits episodes is about a ship being sent to the homeworld of an alien species that is in a war with Earth, and they have Earth on the ropes. Humanity's last hope is to just trash their homeworld with one massive bomb. Only the ship comes under attack and barely survives, and the few remaining crew members all black out for a time. Two of the survivors are spies from the aliens who turn the ship around back to earth. The last human on-board defeats them, gets to the planet he believes is the enemy and releases the bomb just in time to find out that he actually released it on earth.

His efforts were so heroic, and yet...boom.


I want to see this ep.

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Lopen
05/08/12 3:51:00 PM
#45:


Evil > Both > Incompetence

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DeepsPraw
05/08/12 3:55:00 PM
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AlecTrevelyan006 posted...
I want to see this ep.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/6340/outer-limits-the-light-brigade

Wiki says it's a sequel to "Quality of Mercy", so you might want to watch that first.

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AlecTrevelyan006
05/09/12 7:57:00 PM
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Up

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