"I Missed The Part Where That's My Problem?"

[The Two Jerseys]

I stop the robber, because that motherfucker is stealing $2900 of my money.

By some strange coincidence, the rest of the money is equal to the exact amount of interest that the manager owes on his debt to me, so I'll be keeping that as well...

[Big Jim P]

I'd let the robber go. Screw the manager. Not my problem.

[Destyntine]

I'm not going to put my own life on the line for someone who just scammed me out of all of that money. I really wouldn't for anyone unless they were my family. Sorry manager, not my problem.

[The Republic of Fore]

I'd call the police and tell them what I saw. Y'know those people we pay to handle situations like this.

[Big Jim P]

I'm not going to put my own life on the line for someone who just scammed me out of all of that money. I really wouldn't for anyone unless they were my family. Sorry manager, not my problem.

I have a fluid hierarchy as to where I will put my life on the line. The absolute is myself. Very high is my family (blood or otherwise). It descends from there.

[Infected Mushroom]

I'd call the police and tell them what I saw. Y'know those people we pay to handle situations like this.

The manager will definitely call

[The Republic of Fore]

I'd call the police and tell them what I saw. Y'know those people we pay to handle situations like this.

The manager will definitely call

Then I'll be a good witness.

[Engadine Mcdonalds 1997]

The goody little two-shoes in me says to stop the robber, but the realist says let the cunt go, manager can go fuck himself for all I care. So I'll go with the realistic option

[Sundiata]

I'd die for a stranger.

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

I'd die for a stranger.

The emergency food rations that the UNHCR uses costs about 50 cents a day to keep someone out of starvation. What’s the market value of the electronic device you’re currently using to post on NationStates?

You’d die for a stranger? You can start with things that are way less important to you than your life, in situations that are much more real than this movie-inspired hypothetical.

[Sundiata]

I'd die for a stranger.

The emergency food rations that the UNHCR uses costs about 50 cents a day to keep someone out of starvation. What’s the market value of the electronic device you’re currently using to post on NationStates?

You’d die for a stranger? You can start with things that are way less important to you than your life.

Unless, of course - and I rather suspect that this is the case - you’re just putting empty words out there to boast of how Christian-virtuous you are.

Charity is a virtue. I give but I don't brag.

[Big Jim P]

I'd die for a stranger.

Once, yeah, I would have too. Now, my definition of stranger has evolved.

[Big Jim P]

The emergency food rations that the UNHCR uses costs about 50 cents a day to keep someone out of starvation. What’s the market value of the electronic device you’re currently using to post on NationStates?

You’d die for a stranger? You can start with things that are way less important to you than your life.

Unless, of course - and I rather suspect that this is the case - you’re just putting empty words out there to boast of how Christian-virtuous you are.

Charity is a virtue. I give but I don't brag.

You just bragged.

I give in a very limited sense.

Those secret Santa crap from my job, I always asked for a toy suitable for a child. Due to my personal religious beliefs, I did not wish to celebrate, but if forced to, the that toy went into a toy drive. A child benefited.

Almost all my charity is driven into children's charities.

Yes, I am bragging.

[Sundiata]

I'd die for a stranger.

Once, yeah, I would have too. Now, my definition of stranger has evolved.

To what? I think that dying for a good cause is better than a long life of mediocrity.

[Sundiata]

Charity is a virtue. I give but I don't brag.

You just bragged.

I give in a very limited sense.

Those secret Santa crap from my job, I always asked for a toy suitable for a child. Due to my personal religious beliefs, I did not wish to celebrate, but if forced to, the that toy went into a toy drive. A child benefited.

Almost all my charity is driven into children's charities.

Yes, I am bragging.

Depending on who you ask, dying for a stranger could be considered foolish.

[Kilobugya]

Well, I find it very hard to answer to such kind of questions, because even as a teenager I wouldn't have acted that way. If granted superpowers I wouldn't have used them to cheat in a sports, for obvious ethical reasons, and if I really were forced to do it anyway (such as needing that money for a life-or-death issue for me or a loved one) I would have done my best to avoid hurting the competitor. So... if I ended up in such a situation, I would really have acted "out of character" quite a lot, and I would probably have felt so ashamed and disappointed in myself that I would try my best to redeem myself, which probably means trying to stop the robber without hurting him.

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

Once, yeah, I would have too. Now, my definition of stranger has evolved.

Same.

When I put down a thousand dollars for a good laptop instead of settling for something half that price, I am demonstrating that the difference between a laptop I can comfortably play video games on and one that will stutter is more important to me than other things that I could be doing with that same extra $500 - such as, for example, saving multiple lives by helping charities with basic sanitation, nutrition, or health work.

I have a demonstrated preference for video games over the lives of strangers.

I cannot honestly square that with an image of myself as a good person, so I stopped pretending that I’m a good person a few years ago. I can be a very polite person, but not an altruistic one.

I advise everyone else here to try out that exercise, if you haven’t already. Look critically at what you actually spend most of your time, effort, and resources on, and think about what they say about your priorities and your personality. It’s an excellent shortcut for shattering bloated self-images, and I suspect most people will find that they’re a lot more selfish than they imagined themselves to be.

[Big Jim P]

Once, yeah, I would have too. Now, my definition of stranger has evolved.

To what? I think that dying for a good cause is better than a long life of mediocrity.

Killing for a cause is worth doing.

Dying to save another? Only certain others, while I live.

Once I die, I am an organ donor. Anyone can benefit.

[Big Jim P]

You just bragged.

I give in a very limited sense.

Those secret Santa crap from my job, I always asked for a toy suitable for a child. Due to my personal religious beliefs, I did not wish to celebrate, but if forced to, the that toy went into a toy drive. A child benefited.

Almost all my charity is driven into children's charities.

Yes, I am bragging.

Depending on who you ask, dying for a stranger could be considered foolish.

Dying indiscriminately for a stranger is foolish.

Assuming you are an American, I once signed and swore to a document that put my life on the line for you and the rest of the country. At 18, I would have said "fuck you". Now, as an older man, I say the same.

[Sundiata]

Depending on who you ask, dying for a stranger could be considered foolish.

Dying indiscriminately for a stranger is foolish.

Assuming you are an American, I once signed and swore to a document that put my life on the line for you and the rest of the country. At 18, I would have said "fuck you". Now, as an older man, I say the same.

You're fortunate to have reached old age but we shouldn't be greedy and selfish with our lives.

[Ostroeuropa]

I commend the robber for their initiative and have them be my first henchman as I start a supervillain gang.

[Big Jim P]

Dying indiscriminately for a stranger is foolish.

Assuming you are an American, I once signed and swore to a document that put my life on the line for you and the rest of the country. At 18, I would have said "fuck you". Now, as an older man, I say the same.

You're fortunate to have reached old age but we shouldn't be greedy and selfish with our lives.

We shouldn't be greedy and/or selfish with OURSELVES, not our lives.

Our lives are the only treasure we ever have.

[Infected Mushroom]

I commend the robber for their initiative and have them be my first henchman as I start a supervillain gang.

Heroes are overrated in this age?

[Infected Mushroom]

It surprises me that a majority went the other way to Peter Parker according to polls

[Ifreann]

I'd die for a stranger.

You're Spider-Man, you're not in any danger of dying.