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skia4life89
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just a random thought i had this am, and i asked all of my friends just to see what they would say..hahaha!
dont get technical, just read the following scenario:

your on a plane that is about to crash. The passangers are a random 5 year old kid, and you, you being somewhere at the age of 25-40.
the question is, there is 1 parachute and only one of you can use it. so what do you do? give it to the kid and let them live their life and you die, or you take it and come back to the life you've known for so long and let the kid die?

kind of random i know, but it wud be interesting to see what everyone's answer is..
Nov 11 2009 1:14PM
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.thedude
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depends on whether or not the kid was an obnoxious little punk during the flight...
Nov 11 2009 1:16PM
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short_and_steezy
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Let the kid live
Nov 11 2009 1:18PM
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wh@t
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how long has the little fucker been crying? cuz the other guys probably gonna wanna off himself anyway and no one likes whiny kids.
Nov 11 2009 1:18PM
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Arabian.
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Depends on if the kid's fat. Because if he's a normal 5 year old, he'll probably weigh around 60 lbs,and I could carry him in the straps or in my arms for a good 30 minutes before I'd be exhausted - more than enough time to land safely.

If he's a chunky 100lb motherfucker, that tubby bitch ain't gonna survive in the wild or swim to shore, so I'd take it for myself.
Nov 11 2009 1:18PM
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GORlLLA
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This question is stupid cuz i could just take the chute and then hold the little kid
Nov 11 2009 1:18PM
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D_War
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probably take it for my self
it sounds bad but i really like living
Nov 11 2009 1:19PM
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charmander
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that's what i was thinking...
Nov 11 2009 1:45PM
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skia4life89
Posts: 2400 - Karma: 172
i said dont get technical, only one life can be saved
Nov 11 2009 1:46PM
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Number_9
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The kid will probably die from fear while gliding down to earth anyways.
Nov 11 2009 1:46PM
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Nicholas.
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theres no way a five year old is going to be able to operate a parachute by himself and get to safety even if he somehow managed to land without dying. get real and i wont get technical.
Nov 11 2009 1:49PM
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Arabian.
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That's not getting technical. That's a quick assessment of someone's weight. If I go "DAMN HE'S CHUNKY" I'm jumping out with middle fingers a-blazin'. If not, I save his/her life.
Nov 11 2009 1:50PM
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I_Am_Mod
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honestly?

i'll have to do whatever it takes to get that chute and get out alive...

even if it includes beating the crap out of a 5y old....
Nov 11 2009 1:50PM
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sk1er
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im going to assume he wont know how to use the parachute, so kill him and jump out
Nov 11 2009 1:54PM
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304NordMan
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so, are u planning on jumping out of a plane with a 5 year old anytime soon?the kid will die, i will live.
Nov 11 2009 2:00PM
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*rkp*
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I know this sounds immoral, but I would take the parachute for myself.
Like it was previously said, "I like living."

Nov 11 2009 2:03PM
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GorillaChop
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FUCK YEAH!
Cryin' little babys on planes and shit.
Nov 11 2009 2:09PM
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SDrvpr
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id take it, i hate 5 year olds
Nov 11 2009 2:11PM
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kepler.
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I'd grab the kid and hold on to him as we both jumped out together. The parachute would easily carry both of our weights.
Nov 11 2009 2:27PM
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kstanz
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yea i would just take the parachute aand grab onto him or strap him onto me to and hope that works
Nov 11 2009 2:29PM
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Slinger1x1
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use the little kid as a landing cushion
save the parachute for another time when there is two people and only one parachute, because then there will be 2
Nov 11 2009 2:41PM
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da-bling
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someone had to say it lol
Nov 11 2009 2:45PM
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quixotic
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The 5 year old wouldn't know how to work the chute and would die anyway, which means both you and the kid die.

I would take it for myself and hold onto the kid. If we land safely, that's chill. If i accidently drop him, well he had a better shot at living with me trying to save him than leaving him on the plane.
Nov 11 2009 2:45PM
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_CC_
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id probably hold on to him and jump out or let him live.
Nov 11 2009 2:52PM
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J-Wallz
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what i would do too
Nov 11 2009 2:58PM
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skia4life89
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i mean this is just all hypathetical...like im just trying to see who would choose themselves over the kid...

remember you can choose yourself or the kid..not both!
also i no a kid wudnt no how to work a parachute but in this scenario it would know how!
Nov 11 2009 3:23PM
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VPP
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exactly.
Nov 11 2009 3:25PM
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q_sketch
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fuck death. get money.

Nov 11 2009 3:26PM
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horner
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Put a death lock on the kid, jump with parachute while hanging onto kid, we both live, international hero, live a rich life with all the money you'd get.
Nov 11 2009 3:27PM
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ski_ENDUB
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amazing nobody else has said it
Nov 11 2009 3:30PM
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nickyp
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Bullshit.

In that situation, you would grab the parachute. Political theory and psychology all state that the thing humans fear most is their own extinction. That is the reason why we create states, have laws, go to work: to preserve ourselves.

To suggest that you would let a random little kid, who you've never met, live, and as a direct result, you die, is nonsense.
Nov 11 2009 3:31PM
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Arabian.
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READ THE THREAD. It was said in the first 5 posts.
Nov 11 2009 3:34PM
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nickyp
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Sorry, /rant


A better question is this:


You're a doctor, with the resources to treat only one patient.

There are two patients. Once is an 18 yr old student who just crashed his car, after driving drunk. Another is a 70 year old woman.
They'll die if they don't get treatment.

Which one do you save?
Nov 11 2009 3:35PM
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yuck
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thats what i was gonna say
Nov 11 2009 3:35PM
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omIV
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it depends if the little shitter was kicking my seat or not.

if he was: fuck 'em

if he wasnt: he wanted to, but was afraid i'd fuck 'em.  so fuck 'em.
Nov 11 2009 3:41PM
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MatRich
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in soviet russia, the parachute does the chosing
Nov 11 2009 4:05PM
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TheButterHashira
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I would put on the parachute and find something to tie the little fucker to me. If in some strange circumstance only one life could be saved I would probably save myself. I'm 17, I have a life ahead of me and all human actions are selfish at their core anyways. If I knew he had no chance I would probably knock him unconscious with something so he wouldn't have to be conscious as he died.

Just saying.
Nov 11 2009 4:10PM
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omIV
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in soviet russia, pilot is content to die in firery crash to save the people $150 for a parachute
Nov 11 2009 4:10PM
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TheButterHashira
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Since I am a doctor, I would not know anything about the people I am practicing medicine on, so I would pick the 18 year old. I would have no way of knowing whether the 18 year old was a crack dealing woman beater and the grandma had 6 grandkids that she loved and spoiled, but emergency doctors aren't supposed to previously know their patients so I would have no way to know if someone was more worthy of living or not.
Nov 11 2009 4:15PM
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Jimmy.
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this. but most likely i'd just hold him.
Nov 11 2009 4:17PM
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skia4life89
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haha this is too good!
Nov 11 2009 7:31PM
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LMPJibbin
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thats what i was thinking. and it depends on the kid honestly, was a doucher during the flight, how about when we find out there is only 1 parachute does he bitch out and say he should have it? theres a lot of stuff that would change my mind but the most legitimate idea is just to hold him
Nov 11 2009 7:35PM
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jack+
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carry the kid in my arms
Nov 11 2009 7:36PM
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daringharry8
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If i was eheath i would let the kid go, so i could get myself out of the gene pool.
Nov 11 2009 7:40PM
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BlackieChan
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this
Nov 11 2009 7:52PM
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vincepru
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im selfish. i would save myself.
Nov 11 2009 7:54PM
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1337
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holy shit this
Nov 11 2009 7:54PM
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.AR6rider.
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Yup.  This pretty much sums it up.  However, if in this hypothetical situation we did know, I would save the 70 year old.  I don't care how old or sick she was, I would never save someone who crashed driving drunk.  Anyone who drives drunk deserves to die.
Nov 11 2009 7:55PM
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t-roy
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i'd take control of the plane and fly it to safety.
Nov 11 2009 8:33PM
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sTr8_JiBbiN
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same feeling

but i think i would put on the pack jup out holding the kid. we both live then i shoot him if he was a bitch on the flight

Nov 11 2009 8:40PM
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OhMyBosh
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1. Choice is an illusion.

2. Nobody would give the kid a parachute, if you did, you fail at life, literally. You'd all use the parachute for yourself and try and save the kid some other way.
Nov 11 2009 8:43PM
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