These "Would You Rathers" are small, but they're meant to start debates.
Debates, not arguments!
Anyways, here's the first one:
"In a mystery novel, would you rather have a friend by your side helping you while risking his/her own life...
...or would you rather have your friend safe at home counting on you to solve the mystery and come out safely?"
Debates, not arguments!
Anyways, here's the first one:
"In a mystery novel, would you rather have a friend by your side helping you while risking his/her own life...
...or would you rather have your friend safe at home counting on you to solve the mystery and come out safely?"
Friend at home. I'm more of a heart over logic guy. :P
ReplyDelete(Or so people say...)
After much deliberation, I disagree
DeleteI'm also a heart-over-logic kind of person, but I'm a strong Hufflepuff, and Hufflepuffs are strongest with their friends. So, statistically speaking, the best chance for my friend to have a happy ending is if I endanger him/her, since I'll start fighting for my friend in a more urgent capacity :)
Oh, so we are going Harry Potter? I wish I'd known that. But in terms of split-second decisions (like in real life without Harry Potter in mind :p), I would still go alone. After, chances are I have less value than said person, as I always do. :P
DeleteWell, first off, Hogwarts Houses are a generally great way to classify people and predict what they'll do; not foolproof, but a generally great way
DeleteBut you don't have less value than "said person". A life is a life, it doesn't matter who it belongs to, it's valuable
Deep.
DeleteWell, it's definitely not shallow, at any rate -shrug-
DeleteExactly! :D
DeleteI'd probably go with a friend. To be in such a dangerous situation, it's most likely I was with friends. I'm extra stupid when with other people.
ReplyDeleteI also work best with people, because we can bounce ideas back and forth. It'll also give me difference perspectives. Also, i work better when showing off.
PLUS, if we're investigating a serial killer and he starts chasing us, i have better endurance than all my friends, so i'd escape. (JK)
You definitely have better endurance than ME, but I might be out of the way by the time I run out of endurance, as I AM faster than you, still :)
DeleteYour response is vaguely "Thrawn-ish", actually :/
Ditch your friends? Might as well not bring them. :P
DeleteAt this point, I'm questioning whether they're actually friends or means to an end xD
DeleteYou are definately faster, but i can easily out run you if it is something longer.
Deletemuhaha
Well, if I ditch my friends, the serial killer will stop to kill 'em before he gets to me. XD
Also, it's their fault for coming along
DeleteThey may be your friends, but you'll cease to be their friend xD
DeleteAnd trust me, once adrenaline begins coursing through my veins, you won't be able to outrun me. People do amazingly spectacular things when they are feeling the effects of adrenaline, and while it'd boost your speed, it'd boost everyone else's as well as their endurance, which'll give us an edge over you
Captain, what do you have to say to that?
DeleteYah. Cause they're dead.
DeleteBut I'm in slightly better shape than you. You may naturally have larger lungs, a heart, and the ability to naturally retain muscles, but I've started training for my 5k.
Also, girls have been found to be more reasponsive to the hormone Adrenocorticotropic, which regulates cortisol, which is released during times of stress and increases the heart rate, respiration, and other important things that happen in response to adrenaline.
Plus girls have been built with a high pain threshold thanks to childbirth, so we can run far past when it hurts
DeleteIn stressful situations, females tend to logically think through the situation and flee, whereas men are more prone to fight rather than flight (AKA they DIE)
DeleteAs the research of Rita J. Valentino, PhD, a behavioral neuroscientist, has shown us that females respond to corticotropin-releasing factor, because their brain has more tightly bound CRF receptors, while men actually reduce the quantity of CRF receivers in their brain, making them less responsive to everyday stress as well
Translation: Boys are slow.
Deleteyup!
DeleteOk. -Looks at freakishly fast older siblings- BOUT THAT...
DeleteIf a guy with a knife's chasing you, anyone can ran far past when it hurts :P Really, you just need enough fear, and I scare easily
DeleteMost guys, maybe. I tend to think and/or flee rather than fight
Anyways, even with all of that, I AM significantly faster than you, Kyra, so I'm still willing to bet you aren't going to be able to get rid of me that easily
Nice facts Kyra! I remember when I was in elementary school, I used to be faster than every boy on the playground xD
DeleteBut idk, I think since boys are generally taller, their long legs make them go faster too. It depends on the boy or girl ig, personally I have long legs and can sprint at a really fast pace and I can outrun my dad whos taller than I... so I guess it depends on the person and their lifestyle lol
Well, when it comes to running guys are faster, but girls react to adrenaline faster, and since adrenaline is known to enhance ones physical capabilities, they'll get a head start
DeleteYou are definately too nice to let me die. You might run at first, but you'd be like, "Why is Kyra screaming" then feel bad and help. Or completely leave me for dead. One of the two
Also, all my guy friends (who are definately faster than me) are nice enough to not let me die. My gal pals (who would abandon me to a serial killer) i'm faster than, so it's a great deal. lol XD
Thanks dad!
DeleteHmm...well, I'd probably abandon you. It's not personal, I just don't do my best thinking while terrified :)
Delete*gabby. I was watching Tv and someone said dad when i meant to say Gabby XD
Delete"it's not personal, it's business."
Gabby, henceforth you shall be known as "Dad"! :D
DeleteI wonder if Gabby will change her user name. XD
DeleteI literally laughed out loud at that Kyra XD
DeleteAnd ofc! I am officially gab dad, I had to keep my name too so I didn't freak out the world when they got a notif that 'dad' messaged them xD
P.S this name isn't staying forever XDD
@Gab Dad you are majestic! XD I love your new user name! i laghed so hard!
DeleteYeah, just Dad is a bit weird. I'd get creeped out if Dad messaged me. XD
lol, that's fine. :)
@Taco Queen Kyra as are you leader of the taco nation -courtesies- And thank you! I did too XD
DeleteSame XDD
XD
DeleteWow, this is interesting to come and see to catch up
DeleteHow come everyone would be creeped out by their dad messaging them?
DeleteI'd cheer, then be disappointed when I realized my dad doesn't actually read this blog, and it's just Gabby lol
Ouch XD
DeleteWAIT A SECOND! IRRELEVANT! IF THE CAPTAIN IS A TACO QUEEN, THEN THE TACOS COULD TAKE 'EM DOWN IN THE FIRST PLACE! :P
Delete@Mirrorant Idk tbh xD, my dad isn't the greatest at technology so I'd no nearly 100 percent it wasn't actually him messaging me, so... a message from some random person on the internet named 'dad' would freak me out xD
Delete@Poet XD
@ poetofSteel MY TACO ARE MY SHALL SLAY ALL WHO CROSS ME!
Delete@MirrorantIt definately wouldn't be my dad. It'll be a creep.
Wow. I need sleep. I made no sense.
DeleteXD
DeleteI'd go alone. If I had to endanger someone's life, I would rather it be just me instead of someone I cared about as well. Plus I work better alone, if I had to go undercover, I don't need some goofy friend shouting and laughing while we have a serial killer chasing us XD and tbh i'd probs be the goofy laughing one that gives us away, I don't need a laugh trigger in a serious situation. XD
ReplyDeleteWhelp, better not take me if you're following that logic O.O
DeleteHaha! Omg so true though, yep, I bet we'd die pretty quickly in that case scenario XD
DeleteI'd immediately go with you guys if you all choose to go alone. If anything happens, you run. -Pulls out ninja mask- I'll fight.
DeleteOk, yes, I DO have a weird obsession with ninjas, but nonetheless it should be my life over yours.
Hmm...nope, sorry, I already claimed that job :D
DeleteMostly because, chances are, I'd be the best at distracting people
Ok, if I was the SOURCE, like I previously stated. Alone.
DeleteHOWEVER, let's put this scenario to the test. A serial killer is chasing Gabby and I, and we have no idea if we can keep running. Due to me being a jerk to carpet and socks, and could EASILY slide underneath said killer and stall our enough for Gabby to get away. And if I go down...I'll walk it off.
Besides, we ALL know that she's to precious of a person. :D
You're not Captain America, you can't just "walk it off"
DeleteHmm...your reasoning is flawed. If it's possible to "slide underneath" the person chasing you, then chances are, you and Gabby combined could take 'em down. If you have to run, then you're doomed to fail literally immediately
So you did see my reference. :P
DeleteEverything I come up with seems to be flawed.
BuT lEt Me AsK yOu ThIs!
If we could both take 'em out, then why would we be running in the first place? Instead, I'd come up with a plan, confront, and THEN take them down with Gabby! (Chances are she's a better fighter, so I'd let her take the killer on and then I would probably just...
A. Take out Goons
B. If no goons present, help out Gabby with said fool)
Yes I did lol
DeleteEverything anyone on this blog comes up with will likely be flawed -shrug- Let's face it, none of us are really the smartest people on the planet. We've all got a lot to learn
I never said you'd need to run, you guys came up with that scenario xD All I said is that it's a mystery novel lol
What have I missed O.O XD
DeleteOkay first, @poetofsteel your life is super valuable and it is definetly not something to sacrifice
Second @poet thank you!
third okay, this scenario is awesome, tbh I'm a fast runner and with adrenaline, I can run a long ways, so running would probs be best, however, if we get trapped, I think we'd use wits, like running around him in circles to confuse him then take off in different directions and meet up in a public place where the killer wouldn't be gutsy enough to go to since there are other people present. Now, this is saying we're in like a city or something and we're able to run. If not, welp. I think we're in trouble because I doubt I'm a good fighter (never found anyone) XD
Well... -pulls katana- NINJAS can fight well!
DeleteOh I should've added that if my life IS valuable in anyway, shape, or form, than it is NOT above anyone else. In fact, I'd MAKE myself be the first to go, because I'm the stall. I'm always the stall cause I put myself there.
DeleteI never said above, just equal. Again, a life is a life
DeleteAnd there's no "If" about it
And since you're so bent on heroics and you wouldn't let me do my heroic thing, I'd prob try to knock you unconscious and lead the killer away from you so when you wake up, you really don't have many options
Knock me out? -Grabs mix tape-
DeleteMusic: "I CAN'T GO FOR THAT! NO, NO CAN DO."
Ok I'm not gonna lie I can see the whole a life is a life thing. But in this specific version of the "Would you Rather...?" wouldn't that be the logical step to go after the unconscious kid who can't defend themselves because...WELL, they're unconscious?
…… Good point, I mean if you're unconscious you really don't have a chance at defending yourself, unless you play dead ig but that's still not as guaranteed for safety as running would be XD
DeleteSee! I'm 10.26% logical!
DeleteUnless I've led that killer away, as I've previously stated :)
DeleteAnd nah, you're 10.265% logical, which rounds to 10.27%
Not sure why they'd go after the running man and not the unconscious kid but ok!
DeleteOoohhh, as an OFFICAL Jr. Detective, statistics are so intriguing! :D
They'll go after me over you because I can still hurt him, whereas you pose no threat. Even criminals have to consider whether something's dangerous or harmless before making a move
DeleteAhh, I see!
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