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    Quote Originally Posted by Sinfix_15 View Post
    Nobody said the pill was big or that the pill was scientifically possible. In this scenario, the pill sustains life for 30 days, how it does so is not significant to your answer.
    Of course it is - that's a big pill, with no water. Swallow or suppository - either way, your answer is self-revealing.
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    I like hiding the pills. If "I" have the power to decide who dies and who gets to take the pill, why do "I" not have the power to hide them and the smartest find them and get to live?

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    Quote Originally Posted by .blank cd View Post
    Sort of. My answer to this might be different, even changing the smallest variable.
    any other questions, ask away.

    I'll post my answer shortly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by On_Her_Face View Post
    I like hiding the pills. If "I" have the power to decide who dies and who gets to take the pill, why do "I" not have the power to hide them and the smartest find them and get to live?
    Fair enough, that answer is accepted. We'll pull that thought process in later on after getting more answers.

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    The toughest one should kill the others and eat them till rescue comes use their bones to build tools and a shelter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David88vert View Post
    Of course it is - that's a big pill, with no water. Swallow or suppository - either way, your answer is self-revealing.
    The pill is small and requires no water to take it.


    If i have self revealed, then reveal my answer or purpose for asking. Avoiding the question is not an answer. The scenario is boxed around making the choice of who lives and why.

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    My response is acceptable. Hell ya!
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    Correct me if im wrong, but so far most of the answers seem to be in favor of the younger/more able to survive people being given the pill. Is anyone in favor of giving a pill to the elderly person in place of anyone else? if so, discuss.

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    Ive seen way to many Dual survival episodes so it can be done without the pills. The water also can be boiled in a way to become drinkable and it being an island even if just sand the ocean has fish,algae etc..

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    The old man may be wiser and more keen on hiding places..... That even the field out pretty well. Whatever happens, happens.
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    Quote Originally Posted by -EnVus- View Post
    Ive seen way to many Dual survival episodes so it can be done without the pills. The water also can be boiled in a way to become drinkable and it being an island even if just sand the ocean has fish,algae etc..
    Point missed....
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    Quote Originally Posted by D3UC3S View Post
    Point missed....
    How is it missed the question is what would you do....SURVIVE thats the scenario conclusion

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    Ya what would would you do within the given parameters....not what you would do in real life. It's theoretical and the guidelines are now being skewed by logic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sinfix_15 View Post
    any other questions, ask away.

    I'll post my answer shortly.
    Here's my answer.

    You implied earlier that it was possible to hunt. Even if it was for a meager amount of food, I don't see how, in combination with the pills, everyone couldn't make it off the island alive. Divide out the pills to the weaker ones and the stronger one hunt/gather food. Ration it so it last the remaining days and wait out a rescue team.

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    If its not possible to hunt or live off of the local vegetation, then its grandpa's responsibility to forego the pill since it comes down to the continuation of the human race.

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    The old man is actually Obama.

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    Assuming there is no other way to sustain life... sorry gramps. This scenario doesn't take into account what the currently worthless chick might go on to accomplish given the chance to live.

    This is about obamacare. The pills are health insurance and "you can't provide it to everyone."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elbow View Post
    The old man is actually Obama.
    If the president is missing, there's probably gonna be a worldwide manhunt for him, in which case, the chances of a rescue team showing up before that 28 days increases dramatically.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sinfix_15 View Post
    The pill is small and requires no water to take it.


    If i have self revealed, then reveal my answer or purpose for asking. Avoiding the question is not an answer. The scenario is boxed around making the choice of who lives and why.
    You misinterpreted what I was saying, but I can see why you could easily misinterpret it.
    What I was saying is if the pill is large and no water, then the answer reveals itself as everyone dies.
    If the pill is a suppository, the answer reveals itself as someone will not take a huge pill in the exit orifice, and thus one will die.

    I did not mean that YOUR personal answer was self-revealing.

    Regardless, any pill that contains enough water, nutrients, and calories to sustain someone that long would have to be huge - its simple physics. You can't compress that much into a small pill, no matter what technology existed.

    Since you continue to refuse to allow my answer, then my backup is that the boat sinks on the way back to check up on the island, and they all die anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by -EnVus- View Post
    Ive seen way to many Dual survival episodes so it can be done without the pills. The water also can be boiled in a way to become drinkable and it being an island even if just sand the ocean has fish,algae etc..
    Reverse osmosis - FTW.
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    Quote Originally Posted by .blank cd View Post
    If the president is missing, there's probably gonna be a worldwide manhunt for him, in which case, the chances of a rescue team showing up before that 28 days increases dramatically.
    There would be a lot more than 5 people there if Obama was the old man. Where did all the SS agents go?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elbow View Post
    The old man is actually Obama.
    Impossible. The old man's job is listed as a mechanic (retired).




    We all know know Obama has never fixed a damn thing in his life.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Echonova View Post
    Impossible. The old man's job is listed as a mechanic (retired).




    We all know know Obama has never fixed a damn thing in his life.
    This was clever. I'll give you that.

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    I'd kill the other 2 males and have an extra pill just incase that rescue boat doesn't come when it should. Then spend the next month having unprotected sex with 2 women and hope they aren't pregnant by the time we get rescued.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Echonova View Post
    Impossible. The old man's job is listed as a mechanic (retired).




    We all know know Obama has never fixed a damn thing in his life.
    ROFL................

    Honestly..... it's time we all get together and create some type of award to give this man.

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    I would have to let the older gentleman be without the pill. Looking at it from a simple mathematics point of view, i am saving more life choosing other members of the group. In that situation, i would probably ask the old man if he would forego the pill to give it to his son or daughter and then point out that everyone else there is someone else's son or daughter. Every son or daughter will eventually mourn the loss of a parent, but no parent should have to mourn the loss of a son or daughter.

    In this scenario, you're making a decision based on 5 people. Of those 5 people, which have the ability to disagree with the decision on who gets the pill and who doesnt? and why?

    If the group voted that the youngest and most physically fit male was to forego the pill, how would they impose that decision?
    If the group voted that one of the females had to forego the pill, what power would they have to protest?
    Imagine yourself being every individual member of the group and being told to forego the pill, what is your reaction?

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