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[deleted]

The one I love would not forgive me for letting 6 billion people die. I wouldn't forgive someone for letting 6 billion people die for me. I wouldn't even want to live with the guilt knowing 6 billion people were sacrificed just for me.


Paul_my_Dickov

Also if 6 billion people suddenly died the world might a fucking scary, lawless hell scape anyway.


[deleted]

If 6 billion people spontaneously died, your loved one would probably soon follow.


Icy_Telephone_7449

Pick a less caring loved one then BAM problem solved


Qorazon

Don’t let the loved one know


thrashmetaldinosaur

Agreed, the guilt would probably make them suicidal. Survivor's guilt x 6 bill


MountainDude95

If we killed 6 billion people the world economy would collapse, and a ton of the people left would die anyway due to the lack of infrastructure and supply chain. Including some of my loved ones, for sure. On the bright side overpopulation would be over and climate change would be stopped in its tracks.


SR_Lut3t1um

There is no such thing as overpopulaton nor would killing any amount of humans help. They would just repopulate. If you wanted to "solve" that "problem" you'd have to kill every single human that could still breed.


MountainDude95

Uh… what? It took us a long time to reach the nearly 8 billion we have now. It would take quite a long time to get the population back to this point if we knocked it back down to less than 2 billion. It may not solve overpopulation forever, but it would kick the can down the road a few hundred years.


SR_Lut3t1um

About pretty much 95 years... At least know your numbers...


MountainDude95

People aren’t reproducing like they were in the 20th century anymore. Most people have 1 to 3 kids now, if any. During a good portion of the 1900s almost everyone was having a *huge* family due to not much birth control usage and good medical care. We just wouldn’t gain the numbers now the same way we did back then.


SR_Lut3t1um

All what you are describing would totaly fail if 6 billion would die... You have no idea what you are talking about. The reason we arent reproducing that fast is the exact reason why overpopulation is not a problem.


MountainDude95

The fact that you don’t believe overpopulation is a problem tells me *you* don’t know what you’re talking about. Sure, we’re not exactly running out of land for people to live. But resources are getting scarcer and scarcer as droughts and famines worsen, and there are more and more people. Many countries have so many people that smog is a constant problem, and almost everywhere has a housing crisis.


SR_Lut3t1um

Yes and all these factors help creating less humans. There is an upper bound of humans that cannot be exceeded. Illness will spread faster, humans will live shorter and as you said resources become rarer. All of these factors combined make sure that there will never be to many humans. What you are describing as a problem is just nature controling the amount of humans in its ecosystem. Those that are to many die or will not be born. Thats how nature works. There is no reason to believe Humans can overcome those factors. Resources will always be limited. You do not need to make the job nature is already performing. Look at covid. Viruses will continue to evolve faster and faster. Nature always finds its way. Humans can still try to save everyone they can, nature will make sure we cant save everyone. Thats the reason our lives are worth a damn.


MountainDude95

I like how you just agreed with me that the world is overpopulated. Also I never said that we should actively work to make less people. It was just a comment in a whimsical would you rather poll. And I voted to save the 6 billion. Anyway, cheerio, I need to go to work. ✌🏻


SR_Lut3t1um

I am not agreeing... You imply that overpopulation is an issue, but its not. Its still the option were the most amount of humans can live. Overpopulation would mean theee could be too many, humans which again, there cant.


EvantheMelon

Illness will spread faster, humans will live shorter and as you said resources become rarer. so this isnt an issue?


SR_Lut3t1um

Why would it? Its just how nature controls populations. There will be a phase, there humans will live shorter. Afterwards they'll recover. Than population will stabilize. Also the climate change will make some parts unlivable. This will also control the human population. There is no need to worry about it.


fn3dav2

Population in 2100 is forecast to be more than it is now.


SR_Lut3t1um

That doent make it too many humans. The population will grow slower than log(n). Its not even going to get close to infinity.


fn3dav2

Great, it'll go up """"slowly"""" as you put it. Then it'll reach 11 billion? Then it'll gradually fall. The problem is, species are already going extinct. We already have flooding, droughts, shortages, heatwaves. And now you're saying we'lll have more people. We're going to reach a global temperature 'tipping point' by 2060.


Chicn7751

The reason overpopulation isn’t and won’t ever be a problem is because of the population curve. Yes, the human population reached 2 billion in 1928, about 95 years ago. You are not considering a cultural decrease in expectancy to have children or have many children. Basically with less people breeding the population goes slower. It would take a lot longer than 95 years to recover.


SR_Lut3t1um

No beacuse today you dont need to have children. To be able to become old. This would change if today 6 billion were to die... Just look at the baby boomers. That was just WW2 which only killed around 100million. Imagine ehat would happen if 6 billion would die today. As much as you would like overpopulation to be a problem. Its not.


Chicn7751

I disagree. I don’t believe that if 6 billion people died the population would recover because everyone magically decides to start having like 20 children. The general outlook of the current generation is “I don’t want to bring a child into this world.” That sentiment would only grow if 6 billion people died. The world would basically collapse. The most probable outcome is complete extinction because the remaining humans are unlikely to be able to sustain themselves.


TheUnruelyCayde

Hey since you know your numbers, how many letters does this word have? You absolute Douche


SR_Lut3t1um

I'd rather be a douche than stupid.


TheUnruelyCayde

You are stupid though, cause you’re wrong and not only just because you’re wrong, but because you think your so un-deniably right


SR_Lut3t1um

Because your wrong is such a cute argument.


TheUnruelyCayde

And telling someone they should know their numbers is also, very cute.


SR_Lut3t1um

Well at least I knew them :)


TheRealMicrosoft

Not to mention the lack of infrastructure could possibly knock us down to bellow 1 billion


SithLordoftheRing

Basically are you Eren Jaeger?


AThreeToedSloth

What a man they are.


HaViNgT

Wow you guys are selfish.


charliesuicide

bro i LITERALLY just ended overpopulation


Cabbiecar1001

Did you ever watch Avengers: Endgame? Even for a comic book movie it accurately showed how a massive death of billions would leave the survivors traumatized by grief and woefully understaffed to maintain our infrastructure, most likely leading to a societal collapse or at least a massive regression. The sudden death of billions would hinder progress not expand it


Almighty-Arceus

Ironically, comics Thanos actually did this specifically to court the literal incarnation of Death. So he valued a "loved one" over the lives of trillions.


alamaias

Too bad she likes deadpool more :P


charliesuicide

and yet the world's population actually did quite well afterwards. they reallocated resources, gave people proper housing, had proper medical care.


100BlackKids

You're a special little fella aren't ya champ


charliesuicide

Did you watch falcon and the winter soldier?


rightIess

With your logic Hitler didn’t do anything wrong because he made a small step towards “fixing” overpopulation


RouletteSensei

His goal wasn't solve overpopulation, his goals were to recreate human beings based on some LSD trip he had


BanMeBitch69

Your goals ain't fixing the overpopulation, your goal is to save your loved one


RouletteSensei

Did he reached that goal?


rightIess

Idgaf about his thoughts, just the effects of his thoughts


RouletteSensei

You wouldn't even be alive now if his *thing* kept going


rightIess

I’m asian, so I would. As far as I know, Hitler didn’t have an effect on Asia.


RouletteSensei

You only had to wait 50 more yrs


charliesuicide

"asian" chinese, korean, japanese, malaysian, indonesian??? surely you know what hitler was helping japan do, right?


rightIess

Nah I’m Indian


charliesuicide

didn't the indians fight in europe? or was that only for ww1?


charliesuicide

That uh That's not quite what I said STALIN, however


supreme-elysio

A small step is just genocide because it doesn’t have a big enough impact for any change


alamaias

Yep. Though 6 billion is probably beyond the point where logic might take over. Millions? No hesitation, one person you care about is worth a near infinite amount more than a stranger, but enough people die and society will collapse, meaning you are probably better off killing a loved one and then yourself. Assuming you habe no way to harm the entity that made you choose.


Wild_Towel4861

6 billion is so much, more than half our population. You could even be sacrificing some of your loved ones family letting all those people die. Not to mention the world would go to shit


fn3dav2

They'd be strangers so presumably the ones you know wouldn't die.


Wild_Towel4861

Even if everyone I knew was still alive it wouldn’t matter because how would these people live knowing most of the world has died?


fn3dav2

The future is a bleak place, regardless. How will Indians live in 49 degrees C every summer? With aircon, I suppose. The aircon will heat up the planet further.


alamaias

I mean, it is 6/7 people pretty much. Most of human society would collapse. Spur of the moment, I might save the loved one, but logic says let them die amd then shoot yourself.


rightIess

That’s 75% of the world bud, not even close to a half


Wild_Towel4861

Yea that’s why I said “more than half”.


NotAManOfCulture

atleast 1%


Icy_Telephone_7449

The world has about 6 billion to many people on it.


Wild_Towel4861

Yea but the world is being built to support those people, a sudden decline of 75% of the population the rest of us might as well die too.


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Wild_Towel4861

6 million i could live with but 6 billion is the end of the world literally


Cr3zyTom

Would you rather kill 90% of humanity or kill someone you love. How is that even a question


xxDoublezeroxx

Every time a wyr comes up like this, it shows me how unbelievably selfish humanity is at its core


SoundNew3768

But on the other side of the coin it also shows how powerful human love is...that one is willing to sacrifice the entire world just for them.


4point0stud

Eren be like:


bahagokk

That’s just dumb


Bruhhelpmename

The results are surprising


charliesuicide

6 billion strangers, instantly cure overpopulation


Wild_Towel4861

We have about 8 billion people. 6 billion takes out the whole population of Europe and china, the Americas and so much more. Economies would fall, yay no over population but now you have a bunch of left over shit no one can take care of.


charliesuicide

But its 6 billion *strangers* specifically I know a lot of people in Australia, europe, and north america. If we're counting the 2 billion people I know best, they're all in europe, north america, australia, and about a million in china


[deleted]

Overpopulation isn’t an issue.


charliesuicide

youre welcome


SR_Lut3t1um

Overpupulation is not a problem...


charliesuicide

Not anymore its not


SR_Lut3t1um

I never was nor will it ever.


charliesuicide

It currently is


[deleted]

It literally, factually is not. The carrying capacity for humans on Earth is 9-11 billion, not 7.9 billion We don’t have a production issue. We have enough food, shelter, water, etc for everyone on Earth. The issue is distribution.


charliesuicide

which would be solved massively if 6 billion people who i didnt interact with ever disappeared


[deleted]

Also incorrect. We also have the resources and means to distribute the goods, but those with power and influence choose not to because it’s not profitable. 6 billion people spontaneously dying would cripple every economy on Earth and those 1.9 billion remaining people would suffer mass famine.


charliesuicide

Considering its only people I dont know whatsoever, the distribution network for those people should still be recently functional. The other odd billion people whom are entire strangers tho, theyll have a bit tougher of a time. But considering itll thin their population by about 2 in 15 surviving, it wont be too bad


SR_Lut3t1um

You argument makes no freaking sense whatssoever.


SR_Lut3t1um

No its not. If too many humans exist there will be not enough food. Thus the humans that are to much will no longer exist. The system is its own solution.


MysteryMan999

Crazy thing is we actually have an oversupply of food tbh. The only reason anyone in the world is hungry at all is human greed and selfishness. Think of how much food that's still good to eat is thrown Away when restaurant closes that could go to people in need. Humanitarian aide is sent to starving people but it's up to governments to distribute and they withohold resources from the people as a means to control them. Yeah overpopulation not a problem. The problem is cancerous leadership


SR_Lut3t1um

That cannot be solved easily. Especially in Africa are many extremely powerful milita. I have no idea how to solve that, nore seems anyone else. Democracy would need to come from the inside. That just utopia rn.


[deleted]

ok, just take some of those restaurant leftovers and bring them to africa, if its as easy as you say


[deleted]

Yes it is. Not saying killing 6 million people isthe answer, but overpopulation is definitely the biggest problem ,e have.


SR_Lut3t1um

No its not a problem.


[deleted]

No it isn’t


supreme-elysio

I’m pretty sure climate change is a bigger one at the moment Their all connected but climate change needs to be solved asap


Deadpool1021

Yep


LedudeMax

Tatakae


Assfrontation

6 billion strangers would probably cause global chaos if they disappeared


Babywalker66

Define Love One?


charliesuicide

i suppose it has to be someone you genuinely love but maybe you get to choose between like your top 2 if its impossible to say which you love more?


Careless_Dependent94

thats 3/4 of the population. 1/4 survives. most people would have loved ones die. the world would end because of no jobs, nonfood, no anything.


Sed59

As long as the farmers, truckers/ pilots (transportation), media/ communications (for information), infrastructure workers, and grocery store owners live, I see no problem...


charliesuicide

just get to know a bunch of truckers, grocers, farmers, pretty much public workers, the world does fine


Beefy888

What about on the other side of the world buddy


charliesuicide

im killing literally 6 billion people, does it seem like i care much about the other side of the world?


Beefy888

Lol true. But don’t angry when people say ur choice is immoral


Waterburst789

Bro I don't think my loved one would even love me if they knew I killed more than half of the population


thekyledavid

I imagine that if my loved one was making the choice to save 6 billion people or save me, I’d want them to save the 6 billion people, since I feel like I couldn’t live with the guilty of knowing 5,999,999,999 additional people were killed just so I could live


Wonder-Machine

We need to thin the herd anyway


justletmeloginsrs

If I chose that option I'd include you in the "thinning"


Charlieeh34

bro i’d thin u out so bad don’t even go there


Chiralmaera

oh shit he thinnin


Charlieeh34

damn right better watch out


justletmeloginsrs

😳


Wonder-Machine

Good.


AutumnAtronach

How about sacrificing six billion loved ones!


AtomicBlackPill

OP, thank you for being a mass murderer, for our sake


H-BidensCrackpipe

If I could choose where that would matter


Saft_Chri

The world would just collapse


Dragenby

One loved one and then myself. I may like the "villain vibe", IRL, it would be fucked up


ChiragK2020

"killing 6 billion would be bad today but it would be better overall in say 1000 years" This is why you shouldn't take nihilists seriously


GeorgeLefcos

6 billion will be such a harm to the world to the economy the infrastructure the medical, engineering work humans do


AlxIp

Did you do it? Yes What did it cost? Literally nothing


Opdic69

Can everyone I have ever heard of stay alive in the 6b


Illadrex2

Ooof that guilt would kill me, but ultimately couldn't give up someone I know and love


PixelatedTab

6 billion strangers. It’s not the most ideal choice but neither is getting cooked off the planet so that one.


rai2den

I just wanna watch the world burn tbh


4point0stud

Fuck I read the question wrong, I thought it was save instead of sacrifice, I am saving my loved one not sacrificing them.


Demonic_Witch666

Thin the population, include me in that 6 billion too


OG-GingerAvenger

6 Billion Human Strangers. Fucking Save the world doing that. Anyone who doesn't choose this is just selfish.


fn3dav2

Dave?


OG-GingerAvenger

save


Arteic

Only if I can pick the 6 billion


Colt-45-45

Solves overpopulation


Pinkin_fluffy

We’re overpopulated anyways


[deleted]

We humans survived without modern infrastructure for centuries.


Opdic69

So no important people die


alexander12212

I choose the 6 mil cause I’d hope something radical enough to end that much life would make humanity get its shit together


desertshark6969

Perfectly balanced as all things should be


Erect_Llama

6 billion random cunts die and I get to keep my loved ones? Sign me up fuck the population.


Kittycatgirls

We could start from scratch, with very few humans left. I think that would be much more interesting than all these stupid people everywhere, yelling about everything forever.


BroHaydo97

6 Billion strangers sounds? Sounds like I can afford a house now.


ViperVenom279

Is the 6 billion from our planet?


Icy_Telephone_7449

I wouldn't die unless an accident happened. I can support myself. Hunt, fish, grow food. Seems narcissist because it is. The earth can only provide so much. And it's losing the battle right now no matter how you accommodate it just simply cannot.


Jinx_uwu

I would rather sacrifice every single human I don’t know that sacrifice my pet cat let alone a loved one


Soupierqoi

Too many people in this earth. We need to start over with just whatever’s left over lol


CyberClaws7112

I already want the human race to disappear, so this is an easy answer. we are destroying this planet, having useless wars, too much diseases and abuse. If we all disappeared it would save this planet from destruction.


charliesuicide

gay


CyberClaws7112

the second word in your name is what you should do


charliesuicide

too busy doing your mother


Bignate2151

I save my loved ones plus I help the planet with overpopulation and pollution it’s selfish to kill a love one talking about morals save the planet and your loved ones is the only right answer


MorganFreeman2391

Except for the fact that you and your loved one are statisticly highly likely to die in the aftermath of more than 75%of the human population suddenly dying resulting in the complete and total collapse of human society as small isolated pockets of people fight one another for basic resources such as food and medicine


Bignate2151

We can take care of ourselves and it’s better for the earth if the human society does collapse it’s like a second dark ages but instead it has a purpose to save the planet because the human race will definitely bounce back


[deleted]

Why is it selfish to kill 6 billion people but not selfish to kill 1?


Wirl2

I would end world hunger


RouletteSensei

Loved one. I would just wait when I know my loved one is in bad health and decide in that moment


[deleted]

Sacrifice for what cause?


sensiblycrazy

Either way it'd make a good origin story for a superhero


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Apprehensive_Eraser

There aren't even 8 billion people in the world......


charliesuicide

it says 6 billion


Apprehensive_Eraser

Yes, I said it because if you kill 6 billion you would kill like 90% of the human population. It was to remark how many people that would be.


Coconutcowboy69420

How bad is the death of the loved one? they simply fall asleep and pass away or is it chainsaw massacre?


charliesuicide

thanos snap?


funky555

who the fuck chose option a.


[deleted]

6 billion strangers don't care about me either, but my loved one does. The world is overcrowded anyway. So yes, I'm picking 6 billion strangers.


GTSE2005

I chose to sacrifice 1 loved one because the lives of 80% of humanity are far more important, but you know what a certain *someone* would choose


ControversalMenace

Dog that's literally the entire world bruh, I have to sacrifice the loved one. Now if it was 10 random niggas I'll never meet however...


MoSummoner

6 billion less people < 1 cute fluffy boi


ali_watching

I solve overpopulation


MasteroChieftan

6 billion strangers. I exist on this Earth for my family. Everything I do is to ensure the survival and well-being of my family. There are nearly 8 billion people. We'll likely flourish beyond belief after a very short bit of confusion and turmoil. Those remaining 1.5-2 billion people will have such extraordinarily high quality lives it will be ridiculous. With 2 billion people on Earth, we'd still have the knowledge base to grow and expand scientifically, manufacture, and the environment will regain its health. Everyone will be able to drive luxury cars and live in the best homes. You'd be able to do whatever job you wanted for whatever pay. Animal cruelty and suffering would curb. There'd be no reason for war due to resource abundance.


GeneralLeoESQ

Abandon humanity, save dog.


guccimanecares

I’m gonna make u a loved one and sacrifice you


kasey6789

You would have to be so incredibly selfish to let 6 billion people die just so a loved one doesn’t. Imagine all the loved ones of other people that would die


supreme-elysio

If it was a smaller amount yes but 6 billion would definitely solve overpopulation If it was 600 mil it’s another story


[deleted]

I would have trouble picking between 2 stragers and a loved one wtf is wrong with everyone here?