If this person is standing outside your window, what would you do?

[Pinay_ako]

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

I'm probably not the wisest in this situation but I think I'd step outside and ask him how it's going and if he needs anything.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Also enjoy cooking so if he's hungry, maybe I invite him inside and share some of the food I'm cooking with him if he's hungry. Not sure. I'm trying to imagine it and this isn't exactly the type of thing that happens to me very often and, in Japan, most people are really nice even if they look freaky.

[Sevenpointfive]

have you never seen the wrong turn movies?

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

@Sevenpointfive Oh yeah, I liked the first movie! It was so shocking in the beginning.

Yet I strongly suspect that people who are actually disfigured this way aren't typically going to be psychotic cannibals! They might be seriously lacking social skills since a lot of people might treat them poorly and alienate them because of their looks.

I want to give the benefit of the doubt and assume they mean no harm, maybe even more so to people who are disfigured like this since few might give them this benefit as with the sad story of Joseph Merrick (The Elephant Man). That's usually what I see a lot when I watch actual documentaries of disfigured people is that a lot of people treat them poorly even though they're not at all bad people.

I might very well end up dead but actually my highest goal in life is to be able to die a decent man. That's actually getting difficult sometimes with all the foolish mistakes I've made in life. So convenient opportunities to try to do something good, even if it gets me killed, are ones I'm eager to encounter. It appeals to me more to be a dead but kind fool than to risk being cruel to someone who means no harm.

[Sevenpointfive]

that's incredibly altruistic of you sir. i don't even know how to counter?

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

@Sevenpointfive Cheers! 🤝I might have also taken the question a bit too seriously. 😅

[Sevenpointfive]

it happens but it just shows your good nature, so bravo for putting a strangers life before yours. some call that a hero

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

@Sevenpointfive Could be sheer recklessness in some cases. I just learned recently that I seem to fit the "sensation seeker" side of things. I sometimes wonder as well if it's all just vanity at the end of the day that I at least hope and strive to be decent. I think the two cardinal sins I struggle most from the Catholic standpoint are Pride and Sloth. I'm prone to laziness and vanity. And sometimes I wonder if all my desire to be a decent person might only be a desire to be remembered well by my loved ones.

[Sevenpointfive]

why is it so important to you to be remembered? what will they remember of you? (unless it's going out in a blaze of glory saving lives) i personally don't know why life has to have meaning. but to those that enjoy life and aren't depressed or downtrodden, i root for the underdogs. i wish everything was equal.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

@Sevenpointfive I've never been sure if it's important to me or not. I have an incessant tendency to question my own deepest motives and desires with everything I do. As a simple example, if I give a gift to someone I care about, I want to see them happy, and seeing them happy makes me happy. As seeing them happy makes me happy, does that truly count as a selfless act? Can I truly ever be "good for goodness sake" when I attach these kinds of hopes and desires to every altruistic decision that I have time to pause and question?

That's always been the sort of existential struggle for me is the question if I'm truly capable of ever doing anything good for goodness sake. Even the ultimate case of sacrificing my own life on behalf of another (something I often worry I might be too afraid to do; it's one thing to boldly risk our lives and another to guarantee our death on another's behalf) might still, in my case, be accompanied by some hope of being remembered for that deed.

I lack any religious faith but I often think like this:


That's kind of a governing thought behind my desire to be a decent person. It's also the source of a lot of my creative desires; I want to create something that will have an impact, however small in the beginning, that will ripple through time.

[Sevenpointfive]

some would say you're existence alone created a ripple. if you follow that ripple it's a lemony snicket of good and bad things but it's because of you! it totally is the butterfly effect, but it only comes down to yes and no decisions. it kind of makes you think. am i changing their world, or mine?

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

@Sevenpointfive I might lean towards "ours" in this context.

If I followed you correctly (please forgive and correct me if I didn't) and entertain even the hardest solipsistic view (not one I hold but solely to entertain it for a moment) -- suppose a case where I'm plugged into the virtual matrix and life is just a personalized simulation and I'm the only truly sentient being inside -- then I still want to play the game as well as I can. I figure my conscience gives me clues as to whether I'm doing a good or bad job.

Or if I relate life to Poker, hypothetically at least the best player in the world could be so unfortunate that they go bankrupt while the worst player in the world could be so fortunate that they become rich. Still I'd rather be as the best Poker player who went bankrupt even though they made all the right moves, since they're playing the game with skill, and the other absent skill and only benefitting from dumb luck. A lot of my view on ethics is similar to becoming a good Poker player in this regard.

[Sevenpointfive]

poker is a game that can be beat. it's not a game of cards. it's a game of humans holding cards. i suppose everything is a game even life. but i wouldn't look at it in a matrix. you die here, you die wherever matrix you think exists. some of the young kids say YOLO. i think that's a bad way of thinking

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

@Sevenpointfive I often like to use Poker at the most basic level that an action can have positive expected value even if it results in losing a pot, like a set losing to runner-runner flush even though we were so ahead when we jammed. Or pocket aces losing to pocket deuces pre-flop in Hold Em.

The idea that a good move (one with +EV) can have bad results often seems to be one of the confounding factors of ethics and mental health from my perspective. Like people who develop trust issues to the point of growing suspicious of everyone, switching to a "guilty until proven innocent" kind of view rather than the other, more rational view, seem to be developing the same kind of superstitious and fearful thinking that can cause Poker players to fold the absolute best hands when they're so clearly ahead.

Another I think is failing to distinguish short-term benefits vs. long-term benefits. The YOLO mindset often sacrifices the long-term for the short-term. The older I get, the more I want to do the reverse and prioritize the long-term, and even to the point of seeing potential long-term benefits that last beyond my own lifespan for some reason.

[Sevenpointfive]

i have some spoiled brat friends. there's no telling if their in the will. that would be a wake up call too late! but the parents (grandparents) probably secured the childrens future.

but i think i'll die heroically like you friend. saving lives without any thought of myself. a part of me thinks that i care nothing of myself?

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

@Sevenpointfive Cheers to hoping we can do it! 🤝 I often question if I care nothing for myself as well. The concept of "self-love" always seemed strange to me since I consider it love an external thing. Plus I have both the benefit and misfortune of knowing every thought that pops into my head, and that's a lot to deal with. 😅

[Sevenpointfive]

it sure is. we should remedy that head. and i wouldn't consider a pet, because people are irresponsible

[NathanDavis]

I'd stop playing my banjo... that's what lured it, probably...

[RavVid]

Brilliant answer. Definitely the banjo did it.

[Xia1994]

lol 😂😂😂😂

[Daniela1982]

Is your playing that bad?

[NathanDavis]

@Daniela1982 it is THAT good

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Honestly? I’d wave. Looks like he has put too much effort into it not be noticed at least.

[Paris13]

Be Scared and Pull My Curtains and Maybe Call 9-11. xxoo

[Amur8711]

Grab your home defense gun, too!

[Paris13]

@Amur8711 lol No Gun, hun. Thanks To Gag for The MHO Though. lolxxoo

[Amur8711]

Maybe look into getting one and training.

[Hardy_007]

I would get myself armed with something to hit that skull out! Get the doors locked and if needed then some ropes if that's just a prank :p

[Xia1994]

Gonna tell them I'm not looking for any escort services and that they may have better luck down my street corner.

[WhiteSteve]

@7Phoenix7 Top Shotta Phoeniiiiixxxxxxx!!! I need yoooouuuuuuu!!!😱😭

[7Phoenix7]

Been waiting for this lol

[WhiteSteve]

@7Phoenix7 DANG. Can’t spell “cake” without AK…🍰🔫

[7Phoenix7]

Tbh I wanna go to a gun range lol...

[WhiteSteve]

@7Phoenix7 Attagirl. If you’re gonna be my shooter, I need you to be ICE COLD with the metal…

[7Phoenix7]

Savage lol

[BlissfullyCurSed]

I would tell my cousin that there was lady waiting outside to give you a bj, and he would handle with the rest.

[silkjames]

I would say YOU ARE ONE UGLY MF then probably yell and scream a little while I'm loading a gun 🤣🤣 maybe do a little running and shooting me yelling keep your ugly ass away from me lol 🤣🤣🤣

[BoopBoopBeep]

I'm generally not into blondes, so I'd prolly go with the SAIGA-12 by my bed and some holy water

[EmmaMary]

@Pinay_ako

I would promptly close the curtains and make an immediate appointment with my optician.

[Agape93]

Let my dogs run him off. If he tries to hurt em or doesn't leave, shoot em

[Sevenpointfive]

i'd cackle maniacally back at him and offer them some human hor's de voures. did you make a wrong turn mister? not a problem around here

[elizamichale1]

Gosh most probably i would freeze n would be unable to move n may scream at first n then just stay quite...

[Jennz6]

@elizamichale1 you wouldn’t scream?

[elizamichale1]

@Jennz6 i would scream the momen i would see tht monster but then most probably both me n my voice would freeze

[Girlsontop]

My house has 2 guns so I think I'm pretty good

[sheikalana]

Shut the window and make sure all windows and doors are properly locked.

[dolemite58]

Are you feeling ok lately? Your questions are a bit cray cray

[Pinay_ako]

🤣 😂

[LavLavLuv]

[Fuentes]

Stare back n if they win at the staring contest I'm getting my gun.

[7Phoenix7]

😂😂 fr

[Fuentes]

@7Phoenix7 lol it's the only way

[Jerre]

I would let my two dogs go outside and hopefully scare that person away

[Jerre]

@Pinay_ako Thank you for the Like

[AngryCarl]

I'd kindly explain that if they don't get off the property I'm calling the cops.

[moneymagnet24]

Nothing I will hold my beer n tell him bro come lets join us.

[justabuddy]

Grab a bowl of candy and wait for the trick or treat.

[Phoenix98]

I hope they have medical insurance.

[Iron_Man]

It’s the nature boy, Ric Flair

[WhiteSteve]

WOO!!!

[Iron_Man]

@WhiteSteve yes indeed

[PrettyCrumblBb]

I would think it's my reflection ngl

[Pinay_ako]

Lmao hi 👋

[PrettyCrumblBb]

Hi 👋🏻

[Daniela1982]

Call Ghostbusters, quick!

[electromagnetic]

Close my window and go back to bed.

[aceleon]

draw my knife.

[aceleon]

or growl at it with showing my canines

[Kelley1]

I would wave hello then go about my business.

[Amur8711]

I would probably grab one of my firearms and just hope they don't try anything

[FunkyMonkee]

Call the fuzz.

[Jennz6]

I would start screaming

[stratford]

Whip it out and give them a show.

[Squatting_Slav]

Get down low and twerk in the window

[roy_ricky09]

Say - don't go without eating. Lunch is ready

[standardguy]

Close the curtain and call the police

[Pterodon]

Start shooting

[TallAnon]

Wave and move on

[FenixG45]

Call the cops