A truly sadistic choice

[Bloodshadow]

A sadistic god offers you two choices. You must choose one.

A) You are subjected to continuously experience your absolute worst nightmare for all eternity. All suffering is removed from the rest of the world forever. The god will then make everyone in the world believe that you're the sole cause of all suffering that has been removed.

B) The world stays the way it is right now. The god makes everyone in the world aware of all the details of this bargain. He will then tell everyone your address, phone number, email, and every other possible way that they can find you.

Now, there are two questions that I want to ask you.

1) Be honest. If you're in this position, what will you choose?

2) If you just found out that someone chose the second option, and you now know how to find that person, what will you think and do?

[TheCrazyMango]

this is a tough choice to say the least, my first thought upon reading this was choose option one and then kill myself

[Pineapple]

My absolute nightmare is much, much worse than being chased around by people or dying.
So option 2.

And if I knew someone picked option 2, then I'd be like "meh." People do selfish things all the time, it's nothing new.

[Nepycros]

1. I'm not especially selfless. The choices define it as either Make the world hate you, or Make the world hate you. I'd rather not go with the first one. An eternity of suffering, compared to an off-chance that the people of the world will understand your situation, and not kill you outright, makes me realize that, hey, even though I could've rid the world of suffering... I would never be able to take in that fact. Losing my sanity ultimately makes all of my actions mean nothing to me.

I'd choose the 2nd option. Humans have the ability to find their own ways to cover up suffering, so I won't interfere.

2. What the hell am I supposed to do? Kick their ass? They've just gone through the same decision I would make. I can't be a hypocrite about such a massive thing. If I were to condemn them, it would be for not giving up their sanity just for my sake. That's no reason for me to hate them. The world wouldn't change, and suffering would continue, even I would suffer. But I'd rather not have a person be condemned no matter what he/she chooses. I wouldn't do anything to them. I'd even advocate their situation to make people understand that just because they could make the 1st option happen, doesn't mean they're better than him/her.

[Saynt]

1) If by absolute worst nightmare you mean something I'd imagine, but didn't actually experience, I'd choose B. A if it's the worst nightmare I've personally experienced thus far.

2) I doubt that sending hate mail or calling them would make much of a difference since there would be plenty of that anyway, and of course there must already be someone there at their home. The person would probably be dead before I'd get to do anything to them. Additionally, I'd be rather indifferent to the whole affair, since if option B was chosen, nothing would have changed, instead of increasing the suffering of the world beyond the rate at which it is already increasing.


Edit: wouldn't this be more of a masochistic choice rather than sadistic?

[Bloodshadow]

this is a tough choice to say the least, my first thought upon reading this was choose option one and then kill myself

Suffering for all eternity means you won't be able to kill yourself.

[RootRanger]

1.)
I would choose B.
The eternal nightmare is an infinite amount of times more painful than anything someone in the current world could suffer, since it lasts forever. I don't think anyone should suffer it. When my information is released to the public, a lot of people will try to kill/torture me, but I can commit suicide. It's much better than eternal pain.

2.)
I don't want them to die, but there is nothing that can be done; someone is going to kill them. So I would do nothing.

[TheCrazyMango]

this is a tough choice to say the least, my first thought upon reading this was choose option one and then kill myself

Suffering for all eternity means you won't be able to kill yourself.

then choice two. i should think about the posts before responding outright.

[Xenocidius]

1. Option 2. Meh.

2. Put a flaming bag of poop on their doorstep.

[TimerClock14]

1) In the end, we're all going to die. It's just a matter of time. So I would rather not spend that time + eternity doing nothing but putting myself in pain for people who are going to die anyway. I choose B.

2) Read 1.

[Scaredgirl]

1. I would go with option B. Anyone who says A is either lying or fooling themselves. If given those choices, no sane person would go with A, nor should they.

2. I would do absolutely nothing because nobody deserves eternal suffering. The idea that someone has to make that kind of ultimate sacrifice for me is just silly. Only one I would blame for this that sadistic God, although since this would prove the existence of that God, I would probably start worshiping him, her or it.



The choice was easy. It would have been much more difficult if instead of eternal suffering I would just die instantly and painlessly. I a situation like that I would go with A but I don't think I would blame anyone for going with B because self-preservation is in our genes.

[Xenocidius]

Wow, this God doesn't sound like much of a God. It sounds more like a - *puts on sunglasses* - false God!