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Death or Insanity?

I'd choose death. I'd rather be dead then be considered crazy/psycho. Plus, sooner or later I'm going to die, so yea. :x
 
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In answering the question, insanity FTW! Apart from people touching my neck, I have a big thing about dying. (OK, that sounds stupid... but my self-preservation instincts are relatively high.) The lack of human contact angle would certainly be challenging, but I'd rather be alive than anything else, when push comes to shove. If I can get anything I want, I'd also ask for at least something to have contact with the outside world; a computer or a television or anything! It'd certainly be horrible... but it would be over in 25 years; as opposed to death.
 
Easy. Take the first room. I practically live that way in my spare time as it is. I'd go insane stuck in the room with different clones all the time faster than I would alone. I'd swap the clone for a book, or video game, or computer. [/nerd]
 
I'm not horribly social anyway, so I'd go with the first room. First I thought I was weird for going with that one, until I saw that Erica and Audy's posts pointed out the same things I thought of. The clone could be anyone you wanted, and there would be minor things to do. If you were allowed to read, or write, or even keep your own creative thoughts, you could stay sane. People manage that in prison. Plus, you'd still have the clone(s?) to talk with at times. I'd rather tough that room out for 25 years, rather than die and miss all the years of my life after that. If I went insane to any level, there's recovery after the fact. =u=
 
Drew said:
I'm not horribly social anyway, so I'd go with the first room. First I thought I was weird for going with that one, until I saw that Erica and Audy's posts pointed out the same things I thought of. The clone could be anyone you wanted, and there would be minor things to do. If you were allowed to read, or write, or even keep your own creative thoughts, you could stay sane. People manage that in prison. Plus, you'd still have the clone(s?) to talk with at times. I'd rather tough that room out for 25 years, rather than die and miss all the years of my life after that. If I went insane to any level, there's recovery after the fact. =u=
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For the same reasons, I'm going with the first room.
 
First Room: Anything I want? Including an anti tank bazooka and 3,000 AK-47's to get the hell out of there?

Sounds great.

But if no armory, I'd still go with the first room as long as they can give me at least any book I want. Internet would be a big plus. 25 years sounds like enough time to study up engineering, physics, philosophy, and mathematics to the PhD level.
 
twocows said:
I don't see why you would go insane just from having the only social contact coming from a clone. A clone's still a different person from you. Assuming you mean a copy with identical memories and such, it's only the same at the moment of its cloning. After that, it starts to differ from you. I think I could have a lot of intellectual discussions where I take one side and my clone takes the other and we figure out some of the deeper mysteries of the human condition.
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Seriously, you have human contact (albeit in a strange way). I think so long as you have a clone to remind you that you're not the only one stuck here, you can still live without going insane. There are plenty of things to do with your time that keep you from going insane, especially if you have access to unlimited resources. Hell, all that would do would give me time to learn everything I'd ever wanted to - and with a person to bounce theories back and forth, it's not like you're a madman sprawling in his own designs. I'd muchmuchmuchmuch rather pick the first one... and like Drew said, even if I did by chance go insane, I've got the rest of my life left to sort it out. IMO, there's hardly ever a time when suicide is the right option.
 
Yeah I'll go with the clone. I wouldn't kill myself even if there wasn't a clone, (assuming I had food). Also, I'd probably try to escape, cause that sounds kinda illegal. :3

I'm already insane so it wouldn't affect me. :D

though seriously, clone + no death sounds fine
 
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I would say first room... though tough choice. In one way i cbf wasting like 25 years of my life... But having anything I want and whoever I want sounds cool too. I don't think I would get TOO bored. I could have a laptop and go on PC :3 So I guess second room then. I just hope it doesn't get boring having anything in that room for 25 years. Some people are so unhappy and they are able to buy anything they want and have a lot of human contact, so it is a tough decision overall.
 
I would probably go for the first room, basically because I don't believe I would go insane.. If I can get anything I want, 25 years isn't much. Hell it'd be just like being at home, but being in a room. I'd have food cooked for me regularly, internet access, books and music galore, movies, TV. It'd be fine. I'd get a bad case of homesickness, but I think that'd pass after the first few years.

Considering all the time I'd have to myself, I could better myself in so many ways. 25 years is a hell of a long time. And I would take a big part of that to think over who I'd like to clone to have with me. Obviously I would take advantage of the only human contact in a sexual way, meaning it would definitely be a female, but I also need someone with who I can have decent conversation with. Nothing passes the time like a good argument.

Plus, jesus, think about what a story that'd be. I was locked up in a room for 25 years and look how I came out.

The Death room is the pussy's choice. Doesn't wanna have to deal with pseudo-hermitism for 25 years.
 
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