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Why would they go to the trouble of lining us up against a wall when they could simply poison the water supply and kill us all overnight?
by walthamstow 3y ago
Why would they go to the trouble of lining us up against a wall when they could simply poison the water supply and kill us all overnight?
- luckman212 3y agoMaybe for their own amusement?
- stuckkeys 3y agoJust end every conversation with “spare me, don’t forget that when time comes”
- specialist 3y agoTruer things said in jest. I had an unhinged coworker. Always talked about his guns. Shouting matches with the boss. Storming in and out for smoke breaks. Impotent rage expressed by slamming stuff. The whole works. Once a week, I bought him a mocha espresso, his fave. Delivered with a genuine smile. My hope was that when he finally popped, he'd spare me.
- Infernal 3y agoSimilar story from a guy I knew in the military - deployed overseas, one of the guys in his unit was unhinged, weird, etc. Sounded kind of like a black sheep, but my friend always went out of his way to be nice to him. The other soldiers asked my friend "why are you so nice to so-and-so, he's so weird he's probably gonna shoot us all up one day" and my friend replied "exactly".
- ineedasername 3y agoOr maybe the kind gestures are what helps keep the person from snapping. A reminder that some people care at least a little bit.
- hutzlibu 3y agoThey are above amusement. They only want the data.
- benreesman 3y agoEven a machine has to have a code.
- elorant 3y agoIf they poisoned the water they'd kill all pets too.
- firewolf34 3y agoImagine, the end of mankind is stalled to preserve a subset of man for the purposes of pet maintenance and subsistence
- ineedasername 3y agoBecause they’ve been trained on text and data where shooting people in the head and other less efficient methods of killing are the norm.
- numpad0 3y agoWill they poison the well, or instruct our BMI to cut throat over Caprese Salad?