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Given that NS is in itself based on totally hypothetical/unrealistic situations, I figured you people might enjoy these...

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?
2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?
3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?
5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?
6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?
7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?
8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?
9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?
10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?
11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?
12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?

Hmm, some of these are pretty fun!

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?
I think I'd rather be one of those third-world workers... I think I'd actually be a happier person, in a sense.

2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?
Well, at first I thought, "Of course I'd lose!" But I would lose respect for myself if I lost anything on purpose, unless I were coerced into doing so. So basically, if my friend asked me to lose on purpose and threatened our friendship if I didn't, I might lose the contest - and then choose to lose the friend.

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?
I'll get back to you on that one.

5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?
I'd abolish it - I think a sudden raise to $75/hour would bankrupt the economy before inflation or increased spending kicked in, resulting in the majority of people having a worse quality of life than if we eliminated the minimum wage altogether.

6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?
Long and dull - I really like living, and if I put my life on the dull-glorious scale it's probably on the dull side, but that's okay.

7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?
Meh. *shrugs*

8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?
Date 20 people. (Nothing says they won't get back with you later on, anyway!) In any case, I think this is right in line with the whole "It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" theory - which is one I endorse.

9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?
Live. I think I'd choose life over just about anything - at least, if I were forced to make the decision beforehand rather than with 20/20 hindsight. (And I think a lot of people are like that - hence all the money spent fighting death sentences vs. sentences to life in prison w/o parole, or the number of people who still hang on to life after tragic, crippling illnesses.)

10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?
Dictatorship, absolutely. On political scales I tend to be slightly to the anarchy side, I think, but if we're talking about the total polar extremes, I think life would be better under a dictatorship (even a corrupt one) than under anarchy.

11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?
:confused: I think you forgot something here.

12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?
Hmm... probably of America for 4 years: I don't think I'd want to be a life-long ruler. American presidents age too quickly (due to stress) during their time in office as it is, and I can't imagine that ruling a third-world country would be any less stressful!

1. I'd rather be the owner of the company which expolits third world sweat shops and embezzles money and blah blah. Not even on politcal grounds, I'd just personally rather live a much easier, happier life.

2. I don't really understand the American system of grade averages. I probably wouldn't deliberately loose at that kind of thing if it would mean anything detrimental for me.

3. I'd do anything to save my own life. I'd renounce whatever he wanted me to renounce, if it was certain that not doing so would result in death.

5. I would abolish it altogether.

6. That depends on the degrees of length and glory you have in mind. I'd rather live a hedonistic life, drinking whiskey, smoking cigars and earning lots of money whilst dying a few years earlier, instead of living an uneventful, boring life which was extended. I think if the "long boring life" option was several decades longer than the "short fun life", I might consider the former.

7. I'd buy a more comfortable house, a nicer vehicle, some expensive alcohol, retire, keep enough money for the remainder of my life and any medical treatment I might require in my later years, and give the rest to a deserving charity.

8. I'd rather date 20 people.

9. I'd rather live. I almost always choose the option which involves "not immediately dying".

10. I'd rather take my chances with a "dictionary" anarchy (see the anarchy/capitalism thread). I'd also prefer a direct democracy to a dictatorship, so I choose anarchy pretty much however you define it.

11. Sit around, think about life, probably masturbate a lot unless I was provided with a consenting woman. Or, perhaps in desperation, any woman, willing or otherwise (unless law still applies in this isolated room). Maybe write a book which I could sell for a large profit once I was released. "My 10 year life in the same room: an autobiography".

12. I'd rather be the leader of some random third-world country. In my lifetime, I would hope to transform it into something as great as most western countries, by introducing a policy of libertarian capitalism for the populace.

1. I'd rather be the owner of the company which expolits third world sweat shops and embezzles money and blah blah. Not even on politcal grounds, I'd just personally rather live a much easier, happier life.Don't you think that you would be miserable, though, knowing that you were the kind of person who freely embezzled money, etc.? I think I'd lose respect for myself and feel pretty damn depressed, and not feel like I was striving for something.

Given that NS is in itself based on totally hypothetical/unrealistic situations, I figured you people might enjoy these...

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?
As much as I would to come on all sefless and humble etc. The former.

2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?
I'd lose. Probably not on purpose. I have this amazing ability to fuck things up.

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?
Yes, leave it a while then convert back after I felt safe.

Probably get someone to protect me too.

5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?
Abolish it. Raising it would do far more harm then good.

6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?
Short and glorious.
7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?
Give it back to the people it came from
8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?
Ask me after I have gone out with 20 people. Probably the latter though.

9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?
Die painlessly.
10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?
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11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?
Funny you should ask that....

12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?
POTUS. The sentence is shorter.

Don't you think that you would be miserable, though, knowing that you were the kind of person who freely embezzled money, etc.? I think I'd lose respect for myself and feel pretty damn depressed, and not feel like I was striving for something.
The fact that he would be prepared to embezzel in the first place probably means that no he wouldn't.

The fact that he would be prepared to embezzel in the first place probably means that no he wouldn't.
Hmm... and do you think you would be happy in that situation, too? (Does the post you just made apply to yourself as well as him?)

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?

Neither. :p

2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?

I would lose, but not by much! :)

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?

No.

5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?

Neither! :p

6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?

Short and glorious.

7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?

Fund basic research, build a massive fortress here in North Carolina, and buy a fleet of Hummers! :D

8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?

Depends on what the dates were like! Heh!

9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?

Die painlessly, unless the "re-education" was such that later on I could have a chance of recovery and escape!

10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?

Dictatorships can be overthrown, but with anarchy you have to wait until another dictatorship forms and THEN overthrow it.

11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?

That would depend upon what ( and WHO ) I could have in the room with me! :D

12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?

America for four years.

Hmm... and do you think you would be happy in that situation, too? (Does the post you just made apply to yourself as well as him?)
Well I'd probably kill myself ultimately.

That would be after being told the choices though. I want an easy life, but I could not live with myself if it meant that it caused the misery of a great many persons.

Don't you think that you would be miserable, though, knowing that you were the kind of person who freely embezzled money, etc.? I think I'd lose respect for myself and feel pretty damn depressed, and not feel like I was striving for something.

Sure I'd feel a twinge of morality. But the rampantly luxurious lifestyle I would recieve would outweigh any kind of compassion. Also, desire not to be in the alternative position, as provided in the intial question, would outweigh compassion again.

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?
Meh...neither?
Work, I s'pose.
2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?
Throw it...at least, I hope I would...I like to win, and I don't like to cheat...which I suppose that's like cheating..

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?
Uh, yeah, no. Meh, he can kill me.
5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?
Meh...I'd have to think about it. I go for a compromise in the middle.
If I had to choose between the two, I'd go for abolishing it...inflation's a bitch.
6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?
Short & glorious. To quote a Bond movie, "What's the point of living if you can't feel alive?"
7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?
Force myself to give 10% to various churches. Then I'd go on and all-out spending binge, including a kick-ass custom car(s), as many Mark VI saxophones as I can get (and a bunch of other nice ones...and a bunch of other instruments), a big, fancy, high-tech house, an island to put that house on, some boats, a plane, and random junk that looks cool. Then I'd save the rest for a rainy day. When I died, I'd give what's left to various charities. And donate all my stuff to charities, and all my instruments would go to schools that need them.
8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?
My inner cynic says none. Getting dumped is a bitch.
9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?
Die...Life ain't all that important.
10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?
Depends. Not all dictators are bad ones...so, if the dictator is tolerable, I go with that. If it's like Hitler, anarchy.
11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?
Pull an "Emily Dickinson" and write 1000-some poems and what-not. Also depends on what I had in the room.
12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?
Third-world. I can do more for them.

Side note: you might want to expand "America" to something more general, like, "your country" so the Brits and Aussies can have fun too...

Well I'd probably kill myself ultimately.

That would be after being told the choices though. I want an easy life, but I could not live with myself if it meant that it caused the misery of a great many persons.

Aw, c'mon. Embezzlement is a pretty victimless crime to kill yourself over, and as for the unhappiness of your employees, well, if you weren't employing all those sweatshop workers, they'd be even more starving and unhappy.

Given that NS is in itself based on totally hypothetical/unrealistic situations, I figured you people might enjoy these...

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?

"I'd rather be a happy contented person, so neither choice is acceptable"

2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?

"Of course, if he's my friend I'd want to help him....after all tests can be so arbitary"

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?

"I would try to get him to change his mind and accept that intimidation is ultimately a failure and further, seek to get him to change his approach...and political percption"

5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?

"I'd rather live in a society where money is meaningless"

6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?

"A long life needn't be a dull life, there's too much going on"

7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?

"use the money to begin influencing people's political thoughts"

8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?

"well, thats life, I'd want more than 20"

9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?

"I think that positive re-education is a good thing"

10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?

"Of course, I'd rather have Anarchy"

11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?

"with who?"

12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?

"Neither"


I hope that answers your questions.

Given that NS is in itself based on totally hypothetical/unrealistic situations, I figured you people might enjoy these...

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?
A: Uh... the first one.

2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?
A: I'd probably want to do that, but not be able to because I'm greedy and prideful and crud.

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?
A: Not a chance. :mad: :sniper:

4. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?
A: Raise the minimum wage to $75 an hour.

5. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?
A: A short and glorious one. I tend to assume I'll only live once.

6. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?
A: I'd buy a better computer. I'd buy a lot of video games. I'd soundproof my room. I'd donate some to charity. I'd put the rest in the bank to grow. Yay, me!

7. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?
A: Never date.

8. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?
A: Uh... the first one.

9. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?
A: Anarchy! GO ANARCHY! WHOOOO! :D :cool: :D

10. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?
A: Study foreign languages, write stories, poetry, songs, etc, blast music as loud as possible so that people would want to let me out.

11. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?
A: A random third world country for life! WHOO-HOO! :D :cool: :fluffle:

"Of course, if he's my friend I'd want to help him....after all tests can be so arbitary"I'm not sure that throwing the contest would be all that helpful to your friend, and it might cause a bit of resentment on one side or the other (or both).

Besides, it's not like getting a "B" is the end of the world!!

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?
I'd rather be the owner of the company. :rolleyes:
2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?
Hell no.
3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?
Sure, I'd be willing to bullshit to save my hide.
5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?
Abolish it.
6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?
Short and glorious.
7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?
Spend and invest.
8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?
Date 20 people.
9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?
Die painlessly.
10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?
Anarchy.
11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?
Read.
12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?
Third world.

I'm not sure that throwing the contest would be all that helpful to your friend, and it might cause a bit of resentment on one side or the other (or both).

Besides, it's not like getting a "B" is the end of the world!!
Yeah. I don't have any friends that would get a "B", tho. They'd all rather kill themselves. No, seriously. :(

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?

I, being human, would prefer to be the leader. But I would change things as the leader so the question becomes null and void.

2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?

If my friend was up to winning without it being an obvious sell out, then she would deserve the A.

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?

Verbally yes, physically no. I can always rescind my arguments later.

5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?

Abolish

6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?

Short happy one. (Glorious is a null concept for me)

7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?

Live a short happy life

8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?

Date twenty, life is to be experienced.

9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?

Die painlessly. I value my freedom of thought too highly

10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?

Benevolent dictatorship of course. The best government that exists. Anarchy over malevolent dictatorship, long live the revolution.

11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?

Go mad


12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?

America for four years, assuming I have the power to enact the laws I want to (No kowtowing to congress or the senate). The third world countries would be a lot better off afterwards, and I would probably be given honorary life president staus in any of them.


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1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?

I would rather by the leader.

2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?

I would win. He needs to earn his grade.

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?

I would rather die than fight against my country and my people.

5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?

I would raise it.

6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?
Short and Glorious.

7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?
Raise an army and conquer all of Central America, from Panama to Guatemala and Belize.

8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?

I would rather never date.

9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?

I would rather die painlessly.

10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?
Dictatorship, deffinetly.

11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?

Enlarge the room and then make it into a fortress.

12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?

Well, if I still had my trillion dollars a random Third-World country ^^.

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?
The owner of the company
2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?
Yes - getting a 104 does nothing for me, getting a 91 may help him.
3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?
Yes
5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?
Abolish it
6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?
Short and glorious
7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?
Never work again and start spending
8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?
Date 20 people
9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?
Die painlessly
10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?
Depends on the details, but I'll go with dictatorship
11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?
NM misread the question - probably go insane, unless new things happen in that same room
12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?
America for 4 years

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?
The CEO. Definitely. It's not exploitation, it's providing jobs to people who would have none other wise.

2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?
I'd lose then sue the teacher/school district for unfair practices or whatever. That way your friend gets and A and you get money.

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?
Don't have religious beliefs, so sure I'd "fight" for the other side, I'd just try not to be too effective.

5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?
Abolish it. 'Nuff said.

6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?
A dull one I suppose. I don't really know how to have a good time anyway.

7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?
Use corrupt business practices to get even more.

8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?
Date twenty people. Duh.

9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?
Re-educated by...aliens?

10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?
Dictatorship. That way you have the opportunity to rise to power and share in the corrupt wealth.

11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?
I've thought about this before and I don't know whether I'd spend it mastering (really really mastering) some trivial skill (like twirling a pencil with insane skillz), or doing some sort of research to better mankind.

12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?
America IS a Third-World country!

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?
The CEO. Definitely. It's not exploitation, it's providing jobs to people who would have none other wise.And how do you rationalize the embezzlement?

Am I the only person here who would truly prefer to be the worker?

And how do you rationalize the embezzlement?

Am I the only person here who would truly prefer to be the worker?
I think the slight guilt of embezzlement coupled with the most luxurious lifestyle imaginable is a much better deal than a moral but wrteched life spent in poverty and suffering. But that's just me.

I think the slight guilt of embezzlement coupled with the most luxurious lifestyle imaginable is a much better deal than a moral but wrteched life spent in poverty and suffering. But that's just me.How do you know that the life would be wretched? It could be that the worker's work life sucks, but he/she has a happy home/family life with good friends! (I mean, I know that sounds corny, but I think the worker might have a better chance of being surrounded by decent people than the CEO.)

How do you know that the life would be wretched? It could be that the worker's work life sucks, but he/she has a happy home/family life with good friends! (I mean, I know that sounds corny, but I think the worker might have a better chance of being surrounded by decent people than the CEO.)
Money buys happiness. Trust me, it really does.

Given that NS is in itself based on totally hypothetical/unrealistic situations, I figured you people might enjoy these...

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?

Super wealthy leader

2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?

Yes

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?

I would take his offer, and then charge him with kidnapping

5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?

abolish

6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?

Long and dull

7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?

Car collection and private race tracks

8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?

Date the twenty

9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?

Live

10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?

Dictatorship

11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?

Suicide

12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?

Random third-world country for life.

Money buys happiness. Trust me, it really does.
A couple peer-reviewed articles that suggests otherwise:

"Winning the jackpot and depression: Money cannot buy happiness"
Abstract: "Life event research examines the effect of life events on the course of psychiatric diseases, but the published literature considers almost only negative events. We describe the cases of two female patients, aged 45 and 60 years, who had to be hospitalized for depression after lottery winnings of over 1 million Deutschmarks. The 4-year follow-up shows a good outcome in both patients. Case analyses suggest that in both patients, winning was a life event relevant to the development of the depressive episode. Desirable life events might influence the course of a psychiatric illness just as negative events do."

"Will money increase subjective well-being?"
Abstract: "Four replicable findings have emerged regarding the relation between income and subjective well-being (SWB): 1. There are large correlations between the wealth of nations and the mean reports of SWB in them, 2. There are mostly small correlations between income and SWB within nations, 3. Economic growth in the last decades in most economically developed societies has been accompanied by little rise in SWB, and increases in individual income lead to variable outcomes, and 4. People who prize material goals more than other values tend to be substantially less happy, unless they are rich."

So not only do my intuitions scream out that money doesn't buy happiness, so do scientific findings!

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?
I would say that I would rather be a "Third-World worker", but since I haven't been confronted with the conditions some of those people live in, and the things they have to deal with, I can't say that I would take that situation instead of taking the morally wrong, but much more comfortable path....

2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?
Sure I would let them win

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?
Depends, if I had a family I might think about them abd end of renouncing everything I believe in, but if I didn't have a family I would probably not take his offer.

5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?
Abolish it altogether

6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?
Short and glorious!

7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?
Shop :D, I would also donate a lot of it, and invest some of it

8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?
"Better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all" I think I'd date the 20 people, at least things would always be interesting

9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?
Die painlessly, I'm not really one for pain

10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?
I suppose an anarchy.....

11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?
Do I get to bring other people into this room? Whats already in the room? Details!

12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?
I would rather be the leader of a Third-World country

who needs morals when you're rich beyond comprehension?

4. People who prize material goals more than other values tend to be substantially less happy, unless they are rich.

so money can buy happiness. it just tends to be rather expensive.

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?
I'd be one of those third-world workers because I would lose respect in myself if I exploited money like that.
2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?
I won't lose anything on purpose. I allways give it my all because I'm a very competitive person.
3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?
No, I wouldn't take his offer. I would rather die with honor than live a traitor.
5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?
I'd abolish it all together for pretty obvious reasons.
6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?
A short and glorious life would be better than a long dull life. I'd rather enjoy it while I am alive.
7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?
I'd do some good to the animals and people that were harmed in the tsunami because they may be in a nother countrie but they are our neighbors too and we should do all we can to help.
8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?
i'd rather date twenty people that break up with me because I believe it's better to be loved once than never.
9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?
I'd rather live and be painfully re-educated. Then, maybe, I could still do some good.
10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?
A dictatorship because I think I would see it better than an anarchy.
11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?
I'd repeat to myself every fifteen minute "I will not harm anyone in the next fifteen minutes." and then take out my kodachis to ensure they don't get near me.
12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?
A random third-World country because there maybe I could help a bit more than in America.

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?

Being wealthy has never been a dream of mine, and even now if i do something even remotely negative to someone, i feel bad. I don't think i would like myself much if i exploited people. If i could live on the dollar a day, that would be fine with me, i only need enough to live. If i got desperate though, who knows, people do crazy things when they're desperate.

2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?

I'm horrible at math, so this would never apply to me...lol. Seriously though, no, i wouldn't, and my best friend wouldn't expect me to. If both of us were getting A's, which is what an 86 is at the school i went to, i would just look at it is a fun thing to do for extra credit. It might be different if she was failing and the extra percent would bring her up to a pass. I'm a bad liar though, most people would probably know i was letting her win..lol.


3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?

We all have a strong survival instinct, but i would like to think i would never give up what i believe in most strongly. I'm a pacifist, i wouldn't physically fight for my own side, let alone someone else's. As for the verbal part, as i said, i am a very bad liar, i would never be able to convince people i had abandoned my entire belief system. I once had to argue the view opposing my actual belief in a debate, and my partner and i lost because i just couldn't do it...lol.


5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?

Raise it, though $75.00 an hour is an insane amount. I would never want to abolish it though because for some people, minimum wage is all they have to survive.

6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?

That depends on what you mean by glorious. If you mean fame and fortune, than i would much rather have a dull life, fame and fortune have never appealed to me. I don't want to die in battle, as i said, i'm a pacifist. I just want to know i was loved, and that i lived my life in my own way. If i have that, i will accept death whenever it comes.

7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?

Move out of my parent's house, buy my parents a house in Vancouver because my mom wants to retire there, travel to all the places i have always wanted to go, give money to my favorite charities, which i already do now anyway. Spend my life writing, which i also do now, but i wouldn't have to worry about whether i ever sell any of it or not. The rest i would just live on, it's a lot of money, i could never think of enough things to spend it on.

8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?

I pretty much never date now anyway, and it's really not that bad...lol. I would rather have a few meaningful relationships, even if we end up breaking up, than many casual ones.

9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?

Die painlessly. I really don't have a high pain threshhold. I'm also quite attached to my ideals and my beliefs.

10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?

Anarchy. I prefer chosen chaos to forced sanity.

11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?

Read and write. There are so many books i want to read, it would probably take me ten years to get through all of them anyway, and hopefully it would produce lots of my own work.

12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?

Leader of the US for four years, simply because i never want to be leader of anyone, so i would prefer if the job wasn't permanent.

@ Sirinaia and Rangerville: thank you for your answers to question 1! You have helped restore my faith in the values of NS general posters! :)

;) Good to know. It's surprising how many people would gove up evetrything for fame and/or fortune.

You're welcome:)

Side note: you might want to expand "America" to something more general, like, "your country" so the Brits and Aussies can have fun too...

Well, America has a lot of international influence that other countries don't have, and that was supposed to have been built into the question and such.

Do I get to bring other people into this room? Whats already in the room? Details!

Eh, I don't know how many people would be willing to stay in a room with one person for ten years unless they were forced.

And you can bring anything you want into the room, as long as it fits into something about the size of a hotel room.

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?

Well, in theory, I'd probably choose to be the worker.

2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?

Nope, grades are meant to be a rational reflection of how good you are.

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?

I would. But after getting him off my back I'd call the police on him

5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?

Abolish it. It'll produce working-class revolution.

6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?

Probably the latter.

7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?

I'd give it to several worthy causes.

8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?

Eh. I dunno.

9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?

Oh, I'd die. Wow, I just realized this question was similar to #3.

10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?

Definitely the latter.

11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?

Read, think, write, learn, post on too many forums. Etc.

I'd like spending ten years in the same room. It'd be fun. Sadly, I've better things to do with my life.

12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?

I'm guessing leader of America, as given all the checks and balances it'd probably give me less immediate power.

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?

Sadly, I would rather be the owner and have the better standard of living.

2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?

I'd just do my best and expect him/her to do so as well

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?

Nah, I'd rather die. I'd rather die than live, in general.

5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?

Abolish it. I find it doesn't seem to mean much anyway, but that's just with my own work experience.

6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?

"Life fast, die young" - James Dean. I'd like to follow that, but in truth, it will be long and dull for me.

7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?

Anything and everything I could. This reminds me of something my family was talking about: America's Debt. We were saying how the government gets to spend money it doesn't have, and my uncle wanted to be able to do that. My mother (his sister-in-law, he's my dad's brother) said "How would one person be able to spend all that?" and my uncle's reply was "Give me a chance." So yeah, I would do some crazy stuff. Build bomb shelters, buy a ton of neat scientific equipment and run expirements, oh, and become a mad scientist.

8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?

Tough one. Since I've never dated, I'd say I'd rather date 20 people, but possibly only because I haven't had the experience of being broken up with.

9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?

Die painlessly. I'd rather die than, oh, just see answer to #3.

10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?

Dictatorship, definitely. Dictators aren't always all that bad, especially if it's someone who's really actually pretty good to their OWN people.

11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?

Eat, sleep, go crazy.

12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?

Tough one... I've always wanted to be a dictator though, so I'll have to go with the Third World Country. (Not that all Third-World Countries are led by dictators, just that I'd have an easier time being one there than in America)

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day? The super-wealthy leader. I'd be unhappy either way, so I might as well be rich
2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript? Yes
3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer? Yep. There's very little I feel strongly about, and my religious beliefs are not one of them
5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether? Abolish it. Both would fuck the economy, but abolishing it would be the lesser of two evils
6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one? Short and glorious. Because it's shorter
7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it? Waste it, probably. Some would go to my friends, some to charity, but I reckon the majority would be wasted.
8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you? The latter. I reckon I'd be used to it by the 10th or so
9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated? Die painlessly.
10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy? Depends on what you mean by anarchy. Anarchy as in no leader, or anarchy as in a total breakdown of civil order? If the former, then anarchy, if the latter, then dictatorship
11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them? Sleep for the most part. What do I have in the room with me? Are we talking in an Oldboy sense - a film where a guy's held against his will in a hotel room for 15 years. He has a tv, a bed, a shower and a toilet. In which case, I'd do jack shit
12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life? Random 3rd-world country. I can exploit the natives and piss off all the civil-rights campaigners in the 1st world.

How do you know that the life would be wretched? It could be that the worker's work life sucks, but he/she has a happy home/family life with good friends! (I mean, I know that sounds corny, but I think the worker might have a better chance of being surrounded by decent people than the CEO.)

I live in a third world country. Believe me a minimum wage worker has a wretched life here. Happy home, a shanty hut next to an open sewer. Family life, starving kids and a complaining spouse. Good friends, maybe until someone aaccuses you of snitching to the police.
No, you have no idea. Be the CEO. Change the policies; but moral comfort, good though it is, does not compenstae for the misery of poverty line existence in the third world.

For some reason, I thought this was going to be yet another furry fanfic thread, but it turns out I get to answer questions, so I'll do that instead ...

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?
I'd rather be the worker. I could spit at the Capitalist dogs by making slight differences in stitching that would make size 6 pair of jeans actually a size 2 and then laugh with glee as I watch suicide after suicide by American high school girls who think they've gotten "soooo fat".


2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?
Yes, I would, but only if I could mount him and howl like a monkey as I humped his spine into submission during the contest.

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?
No, I would not. I would, however, convert him to my way and then run a school on how to properly behead Americans on camera for fun and profit.

5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?
People should be paid in empty beer cans and smelly socks.

6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?
I have a feeling I will be living a short, dull one.

7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?
I'd buy a lot of tacos.

8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?
Only if I can date all twenty of them at once and the reason they break up with me is because they find out about each other.

9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?
Oh, I dunno. I've seen what it's like to live ... death might be a welcomed change. If I don't like it, I can always take it back.

10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?
Both at once. (you figure it out)

11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?
Wrap my arms around my knees and roll around the room like an egg.

12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?
I will be the leader of America for life when it becomes a Third World country and I, and my merry band of turban clad tickle monsters, form the NAR (New American Resistance) and take over Texas.

1. The leader

2. I would lose

3. No

5. Abolish

6. Short

7. Give alot away, pay off all my debts, go to every top University in the world

8. Date 20

9. Die without pain

10. Dictatorship

11. anything I wanted

12. Third world, there is too much in America to fix in only 4 years.

I live in a third world country. Believe me a minimum wage worker has a wretched life here. Happy home, a shanty hut next to an open sewer. Family life, starving kids and a complaining spouse. Good friends, maybe until someone aaccuses you of snitching to the police.
No, you have no idea. Be the CEO. Change the policies; but moral comfort, good though it is, does not compenstae for the misery of poverty line existence in the third world.Well, I was answering the question on the assumption that I couldn't change the policies if I were to take that option, and that I couldn't overthrow the corporation if I were the worker.

Who knows - maybe, in RL, I'd choose the CEO option. But I hope I wouldn't.

1. Would you rather be the super-wealthy leader of a major clothing corporation that employs lots of Third-World workers for less than a dollar a day and from which you embezzle lots of money without getting caught, or would you rather be one of those Third-World workers making less than a dollar a day?
Though I can't imagine being that person, if I was just popped into that position, I'd change things pretty fast. If I couldn't I suppose I'd rather be the worker, at least I'd like myself then. Though being rich sounds good. I don't think I could do enough with the money to salve my conscience.

2. Suppose you had a 99 in math and your best friend had an 86. Suppose further that on the last day of the semester (for some odd reason) your teacher wanted the two of you to go up against each other in a math contest; whoever won the contest would get five points added to his/her average. Would you deliberately lose so your best friend could have an A, assuming that in the end only letter grades show on your transcript?
I suppose it would depend on how much it meant to my friend. I'd rather keep the five points myself, but if the lower score really freaked them out, I'd give it to my friend.

3. Suppose you are kidnapped by someone who loathes everything you stand for. He is willing to spare your life provided you renounce your religious beliefs and fight for the opposing side (verbally or physically). Would you take his offer?
I'd take his offer, but slip away as soon as possible. Unless he demanded I kill or torture someone. Then I guess I'd die. I don't know for sure if I'd have the courage for that, though. I suppose I'd go along to save my life and try to squirm out off it as soon as possible.
5. Would you rather raise the minimum wage to $75.00 an hour or abolish it altogether?
Argh! I'd raise it to $75.00 if I thought the economy would survive at all.

6. Would you rather live a long and dull life or a short and glorious one?
Very hard. I'd like a long glorious one. Dull and short are equally undesirable. But at least if it were short and glorious I'd feel like I'd lived. Especially if I did something that benefited the world in a long term way.

7. If you had a trillion dollars, what would you do with it?
I'd buy a billion acres and start a couple big nature preserves. I'd build a bunch of free housing for the disabled. Especially for the mentally ill. I'd like to have a big ranch and run a cat recue, big and small. I'd hire a personal trainer and lose some weight. I'd buy lots of clothes and books and travel the world.

8. Would you rather never date or date twenty people, all of whom later break up with you?
Twenty people, at least I'd have some fun.

9. Would you rather die painlessly or live but be painfully re-educated?
Life is being painfully re-educated, so that's my choice.

10. Would you rather have dictatorship or anarchy?
Dictatorship if I got to be in charge. I'd be a benevolent dictator. If I wasn't in charge I'd rather have anarchy. I don't trust other people to make my decisions.

11. If you were forced to spend ten years in the same room, what would you do with them?
Probably the same thing I'm doing now. :D

12. Would you rather be the leader of America for four years or of a random Third-World country for life?
Both sound good. I love America, but maybe I could do more good in a third world country. In America the power is limited by having to get the legislature to cooperate, plus one term isn't enough to do everything I'd want to. With more power and more time you could do a lot.

Fun, but why did you make me have to think so hard? :p

LOL @ Keruvalia......


Tacos indeed. And I'd love to see you rolling aorund like an egg.