[FinalFantasyRulez]

I was watching a show with my room mate, and one of the characters sacraficed themselves to save the lives of almost fifty other people from a nerve gas (it was 24) the guy had to say goodbye to his child and i asked my mate if he would do the same. he said not if he had a kid at home, so i asked him how many lives it would take. he replied at least a plane full of people, so im guessing a few hundred. when i changed the scenario to children he didnt hesitate to say one. and i had the same response pretty much, i would sacrafice myself to save minimum a few dozen people, but wouldnt think twice if it was one child.


What would be the number you would sacrafice your life for? family not included.

[ceratsiv]

Honestly, my decision would probably be very situationally dependent. Like if it's a bunch of kids, then sure. But if it's a group of say 5 complete strangers, just the same as me, same age, capabilities, and family situation, then I mean...it's every man for himself honestly lol. Similarly, if it was a plane transporting 1,000 prisoners, I'd still save myself first too.

So numbers don't really matter to me. Even if it's just 1 or 2 strangers, but I knew that they were genuinely good people, then I wouldn't mind taking one for the team.

[soclose990]

It depends. I don't think I would do it for a stranger but for a family member or someone real close to me I would.

[Bob Market]

The number wouldn’t matter to me so much as the connection to the person, like I’d sacrifice myself for one person if it was say a younger sibling but probably wouldn’t for 50 strangers. I mean people die every day and if I’ve never met them and probably would never meet them then it’ll matter very little to me.

[FinalFantasyRulez]

my room mate and i spoke about this for about an hour going through different scenarios. I think we came to a concensus that if it was a kid its a no brainer, but if its other people, as a previous poster said it would all come down to the situation you were in at the time.

I think its easy to make a sacrafice for a family member than it is for complete strangers. thats why military people will always have my respect.

[Kinkyboots3]

I'm a narcissist and egocentric, but not an egoist
So I would choose to save myself, doesn't matter if I need to sacrifice like the whole population of mexico

[bick_bi]

I agree with the others on this thread. If it's a kid or someone that is close to me or my family then I would sacrifice my life. However, if it's just a stranger, sorry man.

[Shebvehsjs]

It really depends on who I’m saving if it’s my family then I would sacrifice myself but it’s strangers it would probably take 100

[LtNSFW]

I would go all heroic and shit but If I didnt really have anything to do with the situation I wouldnt really do it under 50 people tbh

[GroundViper]

A hard to answer question. Though as I know myself, I wouldn't be able to make a sacrifice no matter what. I dunno, maybe the whole planet? Still would be something I won't be happy to do.