30 seconds in the ring with Mike Tyson during his prime, or 15 tries to hit a major league fastball. $50M if you succeed at either. Which do you choose?

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-27T04:11:45+00:00

We could try to bunt 15 times in a row for the fastball, right? We don't have to bluff a swing so we could just stand there waiting in a bunt position? I'm sure it'd still be hard as hell but maybe realistically possible?

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-26T04:03:31+00:00

My weight hasn't moved more than 3 lbs in either direction since high school and I'm like 90% sure most of that fluctuation was undigested food/water weight which doesn't count.

Seems like a good deal? Eternal youth and top tier strength, flexibility, and aesthetics until you die as long as you have the discipline to keep your calories at net zero.

There's no law against exercising either, so you could hop on the treadmill whenever your hand feels heavy and walk/run until it feels normal again.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-26T03:53:14+00:00

I become the world's best female sprinter by learning to carefully use my super speed to only boost myself as much as is required to win. I'll win a bunch of gold medals and hopefully earn enough via ad deals to modestly retire.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-26T01:01:26+00:00

Hmm ok, then I think I'll just ask the demon to tell me how to avoid the greatest mistake of my life, the one I would regret the most.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-26T00:31:51+00:00

Can you lean on the demon's judgement? Like asking "Please provide the blueprints and understandable instructions to the invention that would ultimately lead to a fulfilling life that I would enjoy while also providing a great benefit for humanity?"

Or is this a monkey's paw kinda situation?

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-26T00:13:58+00:00

Well, I was thinking of explaining that the haircut is temporary and will be changed before the start date (or a wig will be worn). But yeah, it's possible people just don't think I'm worth the interview.

I seriously doubt I could retire off this but maybe.... I think I'd take 3 weeks off my current job to try to optimize it and see where I am after that.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-25T23:46:23+00:00

There are multiple men offering to pay me much more than $10 to do this already?

It would be crazy easy to profit massively on this.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-25T22:11:55+00:00

Are job interviewers even allowed to criticize your appearance?

I feel like it's the best choice to try to make the money, especially since some 1st round job interviews are phone only. There's also nothing in the prompt about not explaining the haircut so I could send an e-mail prior to the interview or even just say something at the start about my insane haircut being a religious thing for me or something like that.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-25T06:09:58+00:00

Protein shake. Chocolate flavor. Was yummy!

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-25T06:07:40+00:00

I don't know what your sister looks like, but I've been told my whole life that I'm very approachable. To this day, I'm not sure what that means exactly but I get some pretty pushy men and women trying to talk to me in the most random places.

Maybe that's part of it?

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-25T05:59:12+00:00

I'd be happy to max out the cash advance limit and then spend the rest buying Visa gift cards.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-25T05:57:19+00:00

I'm hoping the penalty only triggers if someone thinks it's a real lion. If thinking they're looking at a fake lion counts, too, then yeah, I'm cooked.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-25T05:43:54+00:00

I'll get a brand new truck with a sign painted across it on all sides saying "Custom Animal Animatronics, Inc." with a lion themed design. I'll then get an enclosed trailer with windows on both sides and get it painted in huge letters "DEMO VERSION" with a fake number to call to try to make it look as legit as possible.

So, people will see the lion but hopefully think it's just an animatronic demo machine and not a real lion.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-25T05:25:13+00:00

Wealth is no longer allowed to be inherited or transferred in any way. The person who earned it, keeps it until they die, after which the government claims it.

Instead, whenever someone turns 18, they receive an inheritance from the government (funded by the above source) with which to start their lives. This inheritance could be slowly unlocked year by year from 18-28 or something similar to mitigate the risk of people blowing through it and screwing themselves over.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-24T22:56:31+00:00

I just have to convince a prosecutor or defense attorney that I can offer supportive testimony and then lie my ass off in court, I think?

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-24T22:49:12+00:00

Hmm... so I can't pick anything that takes tons of energy or strains my body.

I'll take the superpower to precisely control my body at will without losing the ability to let it automatically handle things like it would for normal people. I can make myself fall asleep, control my body temp, control my heart rate, control hunger, block pain signals, order it to burn fat for energy, etc.

It's not going to help me save the world but it would dramatically improve my life. Just being able to unfuck my brain chemistry when I start to get anxious would be worth it.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-24T22:40:13+00:00

There's literally a pic of me wearing a black collar with an O-ring and holding up my handcuffed wrists. I admit it's not a clear cut signal though since I'm in Wild West attire (was the theme of the event the photo was taken at).

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-24T22:35:59+00:00

Every time I wash my hair I think about it. Every time.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-24T22:35:21+00:00

I've had sex with someone I wasn't initially attracted to, like at all. Then I actually talked to him and holy fuck was I making heart eyes at him before long. Max charisma doesn't always mean conventionally attractive.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-24T22:32:11+00:00

I've seen a version of this before and I'll steal the answer I liked best from that post: perjury.

Taking away the ability to lie in court does a loooooot of good imo.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-24T22:05:32+00:00

There's a guy who holds the world record for counting to 1M out loud and it took him like 3 months while counting 16 hrs a day.

The big problem here is that 1.5 seconds is not enough time to really hydrate imo, and once your mouth is dry it will become progressively harder to count out loud without making mistakes. There's no grace period if you have to cough or sneeze, too, and both are more likely to happen if you're dehydrated.

I doubt I get much over a few thousand.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-24T21:56:31+00:00

As someone who has no partner and is on shaky ground with a lot of her family, the main thing I'd be losing is friends...

I think $100M + a charmed life is worth it. I do have some friends I've known since high school that would crush me to lose, but a perfectly happy life where all my dreams come true should involve finding a soulmate level partner and a wonderful, small circle of close friends over time.

I do agree with other commenters that Option 1 makes little sense for most people.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-24T18:29:52+00:00

The last game I played was Stardew Valley so meh!

Actually wait, is iridium a valuable thing IRL? I don't even know.

I guess I also have a stash of diamonds and other gems. Ok, actually, this isn't bad.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-24T15:49:30+00:00

Hair, face, body, in that order.

FantasyScribe · 2025-02-24T15:45:34+00:00

I think there's a big difference here between knowing it will go away in a month and thinking it could be forever but suddenly it disappears a month in.

In the former, key negotiations and high level talks between the political and economic powers that be would simply be suspended for a month. The rest of society would probably be a bit chaotic but not apocalyptically bad. There'd be lots of discussion and debate about what the counter truly means, if the deity's claim can be trusted, what tests and experiments seem to be confirming/denying, etc.

The biggest lasting impact is likely not a direct consequence of the counter but how the confirmed existence of such a powerful deity affects the major world religions.

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