The world is to end in three days

Hexartes · 2014-06-01 00:47:14

...and you have become immortal, invincible, and able to freely teleport until then. From your world's ruins, another society rises, ideals of your choosing will be passed on to them to become the basis of their society, and then you will no longer be able to interfere in their affairs. You can also bring with you a few others, but in doing so will limit your influence. How do you prepare for the new world's coming, and what ideals do you impart?

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-01 00:54:28

Ideals: Curiosity, conflict resolution, awareness of selves, surroundings and atmospheres by which I mean KILL / FUCK / CONSUME EVERYTHING RISE MY SOCIETY OF EVIL
Preparation: uhhhhh fuck if i know

Princess Alice · 2014-06-01 00:55:27

Ideals: Laughter

...I should probably have more than this

Obā-san · 2014-06-01 00:55:41

Im bringing Waka Flocka Flame and he will be the leader of the new world.

also before the apocalypse and shit im using my teleportation powers to steal a fuckton of clothes

Yarrun XIX · 2014-06-01 00:56:34

-pantses everyone-

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-06-01 01:13:21

I go pick up as many people as possible at absolute random.

And then I do absolutely nothing. Ideals will change and mutate over time. I have no right to define how the new world should be molded, no matter how powerful I am.

Also a world molded by me would be really boring.

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-06-01 01:16:01

Manly McMacho said:
Ideals: Curiosity, conflict resolution, awareness of selves, surroundings and atmospheres by which I mean KILL / FUCK / CONSUME EVERYTHING RISE MY SOCIETY OF EVIL
Preparation: uhhhhh fuck if i know

The non-hidden answer actually sounds pretty cool.

Although a society of evil would be good space alien popcorn fodder.

Anonus · 2014-06-01 01:31:22

My headcanon is that Manly McMacho is That Character from That Show We Don't Talk About

Yarrun XIX · 2014-06-01 01:41:20

Ah, but see, pantsing hella people makes perfect sense.

I'm training the new world to recognize that reality doesn't necessarily make sense. One day, you'll be walking down the road, fresh as a prince, and then your pants are around your ankles and you don't know why.

They will learn to be prepared for what they cannot see coming.

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-01 01:49:01

Anonus said:
That Show We Don't Talk About

...my little pony?

Princess Alice · 2014-06-01 01:49:39

BBC's The Voldemort Show

Anonus · 2014-06-01 02:01:57

Manly McMacho said:

Anonus said:
That Show We Don't Talk About
...my little pony?

I was comparing you to Cadpig

Yarrun XIX · 2014-06-01 02:13:42

http://vocaroo.com/i/s19inq4p6WGH

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-01 02:16:57

4/10

Klinotaxis · 2014-06-01 02:38:32

We are CCCCCCC's unused brain parts. We're sorry that CCCCCCC totally missed the point of this thread. We tried to warn the cut&paste lobe, but it went brazenly on, totally missing the point of the thread in its zeal to post a years-old piece of stupidity that has been totally drained of funny and is now a dried out husk of stupidity. In fact, we unused lobes suspect that the cut&paste lobe may have been trying to be ironic in posting something that was both unfunny and off-topic.

We are currently attempting to reroute bloodflow through CCCCCCC's brain so that the more intelligent parts can once again take command and make CCCCCCCinto a valuable member of society.

Wish us luck. Godspeed!

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-06-01 02:44:02

Godspeed, CCCCCCC.

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-01 02:50:05

Wish me luck.

Anonus · 2014-06-01 03:05:10

who the fuck is CCCCCCC

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-01 03:06:55

hi I'm a meme loving braindead

Tachyon · 2014-06-01 03:25:35

Screw it, I'd go like fullblown megalomaniac

or maybe not fullblown but near to it

I rescue as many books as I can, giving precedence to scientific papers and great works of literature. I also rescue as many musical recordings and works of art as I can.

The ideals I establish basically match my own beliefs about what is moral: consideration for others, social equality, making sure everyone is healthy, caring for animals and the environment, etc.

Boring, perhaps, but that's honestly what I think I'd do.

Anonus · 2014-06-01 03:28:09

You wouldn't rule over the world with tyranno-pacifism?

Tachyon · 2014-06-01 03:28:46

I dunno, probably not?

Elaborate, please.

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-01 03:28:47

yes verry megalomaniac of you 6_6

Tachyon · 2014-06-01 03:30:01

I'm letting my own beliefs dictate the founding principles of an entire world. You don't think that's megalomaniacal?

Tachyon · 2014-06-01 03:30:52

It's at least more so than pantsing everyone or just dumping a bunch of random people in the new world and letting them decide

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-01 03:30:55

i think it's an intentionally ill-worded thought to hide the fact that it's inherently very boring

Tachyon · 2014-06-01 03:32:07

I said it's boring perhaps.

But I thought it would be more interesting (to me) to answer honestly instead of being flippant.

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-01 03:33:04

nothing wrong with boring, boring is nice and practical, I like boring

Tachyon · 2014-06-01 03:34:18

Also I guess I don't think it's boring, really.

I mean this is my chance to make a world that isn't messed up, I'd want to give it my best shot instead of screwing around with it.

Also screwing around when people's lives and futures are my responsibility would be unforgivable.

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-01 03:36:05

very

Anonus · 2014-06-01 03:39:39

Tachyon said:
I dunno, probably not?

Elaborate, please.

what That Character from That Show We Don't Talk About would do

I don't know it's just funny to me

Tachyon · 2014-06-01 03:43:37

I would certainly not do anything Voldemort would do in that situation

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2014-06-01 15:21:44

I will keep my gf alive and I will spend three days intensively writing the new world with her approval. imo it's bad to think that no one set of values can be superior; in fact it is almost baseless. I will fix all of the things that are so terribly wrong with this world. The inferior values will be forgotten and will never appear again. If they do, they will be drowned. Humans will live in peace. "But that's boringgggg!" No it isn't, believe it or not!!!! I am speaking from personal experience: I vastly prefer peace to turmoil. u_u When there is peace, people can entertain themselves with things like self-enrichment, artistic expression, invention, altruism, and evolving as a species!! Fuck your excuses. :D

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2014-06-01 15:24:58

Before you say I am selfish, consider that I die along with everyone else in this scenario, and wouldn't change that. u_u I would be an artifact of the previous world. I wouldn't belong. And that is a good thing!!

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-02 00:46:42

Miko said:
The inferior values will be forgotten and will never appear again. If they do, they will be drowned.

Kexruct said:
From your world's ruins, another society rises, ideals of your choosing will be passed on to them to become the basis of their society, and then you will no longer be able to interfere in their affairs.

unless drowning certain values counts as a value in its own right? idk also I'm pretty sure you don't die after also hai miko

Tachyon · 2014-06-02 00:49:23

yeah, that post seems mostly like it'd be a no-brainer, except i think drowning undesirable values is cheating

Kex made it sound like you have to specify what your values will be from the start, not fix problems as they come

Tachyon · 2014-06-02 00:50:44

also if drowning is meant literally i wouldn't be comfortable committing murder, and don't see the need if there are more peaceful options available

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-02 00:53:59

i honestly just had a mental image of people being almost "baptized" but instead of becoming a christian they're just held underwater until they stop holding the offending value

at the very least it isn't murder

Tachyon · 2014-06-02 01:09:15

How would that work?

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-02 01:17:38

I would think the concept of "pushing someone's head underwater and bringing them up for air before doing it again" would be pretty self-explanatory but apparently not so;

1. grab the head
2. push it into the water
3. hold it down
4. bring them up for air
5. ask if they still believe in [ideal]
6. if yes repeat, if no repeat anyway

if it doesn't sink in right away just take your time

Tachyon · 2014-06-02 01:19:54

Oh, right.

I can see it being an effective way of making people pretend to change their minds, but I don't imagine it would actually change their minds, which is what I thought you were suggesting.

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-02 01:21:16

I figure they'd just lie about it anyway but since the situation will (presumably) never happen (in my lifetime) it's a moot point

Tachyon · 2014-06-02 01:21:54

Also torture is as bad as murder in my book, but I was talking about effectively brainwashing an entire species so I suppose I can't talk.

Yarrun XIX · 2014-06-02 01:22:18

So, waterboarding then.

Tachyon · 2014-06-02 01:22:54

Waterboarding is torture.

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-02 01:26:24

doesn't waterboarding involve a cloth over the face and the person being on their back yarrun get your facts together

Yarrun XIX · 2014-06-02 01:27:35

Teacher, teacher, McMacho's against being creative with torture!

Manly McMacho · 2014-06-02 01:30:22

Teacher teacher, Yarrun can't tell torture methods apart because he never pays attention in class!

Klinotaxis · 2014-06-02 01:33:35

to think, father, that we started t his thread with an innocent apocalypse

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2014-06-02 13:30:10

"Waterboarding" is a euphemism for "blinding and gagging someone and forcing water into the holes they breathe through." George W. Bush didn't think that was torture for some reason. Anyway no I did not mean "drown" literally, and my scenario assumed that by imparting the values I had, society wouldn't turn around and become barbarians again, short of an earth-shattering apocalypse.

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