There was this legendary comment on reddit to a thread asking people what would their plan be if they were immortal and got milion dollars, but there was a superintelligent immortal snail also with milion dollars who would want to kill them. I was trying to find it but as far as I can tell OP removed it. Does anyone here have it and could post it here by any chance?
Here you go, via Wayback Machine.
It’s the top comment, which has since been edited.
Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for. Don’t ise wayback machine much so the option never occured to me.
Decoy snail?
Yeah, I believe thas the comment thread I mean, but couldn’t find it :(
You and a super intelligent snail both get 1 million dollars, and you both become immortal, however you die if the snail touches you. It always knows where you are and slowly crawls toward you. What’s your plan?
I believe the question goes:
Would you become immortal and receive a million dollars, if the only thing that could kill you was being touched by an also immortal snail, which constantly moves toward you at a snails pace and cannot be contained or blocked by any means?
Either that, or there existed multiple versions of the question, which isn’t unlikely.
Correct me if I am wrong, but this was a question from Gavin Free on the Roosterteeth podcast
How would even the most evil of snails be able to kill me if I am immortal?
Think of it as being your kryptonite.
Didn’t that story originate from rooster teeth
No idea tbh
SNAIL IS SUPREME I AM SO SORRY
cracks knuckles
stretches arms
pushes glasses up nose
I’m about to show this lemmy thread what REAL intelligence looks like
I am Horrible thank you
The dismissive sentences you bookended your comment with is why you got downvoted. It’s just a fun hypothetical question, no need to take it too seriously
Patience, you have it. Take my upvote
I’m about to show this lemmy thread what REAL intelligence looks like
YOU DID OH NO SNAIL
YOU SET ME STRAIGHT (sobbing)
Ok
Oh
I hope The Snail finds you on your wedding day, with that attitude.
I put the snail in a metal box and threw it down an abandoned well in Bolivia. I’m all set.
WAIT I WAS SO WRONG SNAIL IS SUPREME I Am sorry
The exercise is only fun if you don’t know the snails location IMO
The snail is after you, so at some point it will catch up. Then you fuck it up