Author Topic: Could you talk a gunman out of killing you? (Read 5586 times)

j rake · « **on:** May 06, 2011, 07:40:38 PM »

Let's say you are sitting in an office late at night in an empty building and you look up and there's a gunman.

He doesn't want money and he doesn't want any of your possessions. He doesn't even know you. He just wants to kill you.

You begin to panic and you try to reason with the gunman, but he's in no mood. Then you hop on the Internet and begin typing a post into a message board, hoping like hell someone will see it and call for help. The gunman realizes this and then tells you that if you hit "post," he'll kill you.

Do you hit "post"?

If you do, do you think the gunman will actually kill you?

If you do not, do you think you'll be able to talk the gunman out of killing you?

j rake · « **Reply #1 on:** May 06, 2011, 07:41:44 PM »

I think if you hit "post" the gunman won't kill you.

pike · « **Reply #2 on:** May 06, 2011, 07:42:51 PM »

Turning to a BBS is not a good way to save yourself from a lunatic with a gun

Trim · « **Reply #3 on:** May 06, 2011, 07:43:44 PM »

Dead yet?

Tobias · « **Reply #4 on:** May 06, 2011, 07:45:01 PM »

i don't think i'd be willing to call the bluff of some crazy dude who wants to kill me. i'd probably just try to do stuff that i would think would lead to the opposite of him killing me for as long as i could. i would also hope for him to have a heart attack or some fluke thing during the middle of him trying to kill me.

j rake · « **Reply #5 on:** May 06, 2011, 07:47:53 PM »

Quote from: pike on May 06, 2011, 07:42:51 PM

Turning to a BBS is not a good way to save yourself from a lunatic with a gun

I think it would be random enough to throw him off?

If I was a gunman and the guy I wanted to kill reached for a phone, that would make me spring into action. But if the guy I wanted to kill logged on to a message board, well, I don't think I could finish the job.

TBL · « **Reply #6 on:** May 06, 2011, 07:55:50 PM »

Who the hell lets a gunman sneak up on them in a quiet building late at night? Good golly. Have your gun out and blast him right away.

j rake · « **Reply #7 on:** May 06, 2011, 07:57:49 PM »

Quote from: TBL on May 06, 2011, 07:55:50 PM

Who the hell lets a gunman sneak up on them in a quiet building late at night? Good golly. Have your gun out and blast him right away.

The scenario I laid out didn't say anything about a "quiet" building.

It said the building was empty.

pike · « **Reply #8 on:** May 06, 2011, 08:00:10 PM »

Quote from: j rake on May 06, 2011, 07:57:49 PM

Quote from: TBL on May 06, 2011, 07:55:50 PM
Who the hell lets a gunman sneak up on them in a quiet building late at night? Good golly. Have your gun out and blast him right away.

The scenario I laid out didn't say anything about a "quiet" building.

It said the building was empty.

damn air conditioner

steve dave · « **Reply #9 on:** May 06, 2011, 08:26:00 PM »

yes, easy

source: I'm much smarter than anyone who has ever or will ever be a gunman

jtksu · « **Reply #10 on:** May 06, 2011, 08:29:54 PM »

I'd probably reach deep into my mental library of karate skills (learned from watching tv/movies) disarm him with like a coat, snap his arm in half, disassemble the gun, and shove his noze into his brain.

Saulbadguy · « **Reply #11 on:** May 06, 2011, 09:07:37 PM »

Ask him what kind of gun he has. Crazy gun people like to talk about and post pictures of their guns.

Tobias · « **Reply #12 on:** May 06, 2011, 09:09:52 PM »

Quote from: Saulbadguy on May 06, 2011, 09:07:37 PM

Ask him what kind of gun he has. Crazy gun people like to talk about and post pictures of their guns.

good idea. could integrate this with bbs'n and get him to post in the birther pit. while he's distracted, you scram.

06wildcat · « **Reply #13 on:** May 06, 2011, 10:09:31 PM »

Quote from: j rake on May 06, 2011, 07:40:38 PM

Let's say you are sitting in an office late at night in an empty building and you look up and there's a gunman.

Bang, you're dead /thread

scoops callahan · « **Reply #14 on:** May 06, 2011, 10:17:45 PM »

just say "if you dont kill me ill let you meet scoop callahan" he'll leave you alone!

yoga-like_abana · « **Reply #15 on:** May 06, 2011, 10:21:01 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on May 06, 2011, 08:26:00 PM

yes, easy

source: I'm much smarter than anyone who has ever or will ever be a gunman

care to bet on it.

boom headshot/

Tobias · « **Reply #16 on:** May 06, 2011, 10:21:38 PM »

Quote from: scoops callahan on May 06, 2011, 10:17:45 PM

just say "if you dont kill me ill let you meet scoop callahan" he'll leave you alone!

scoops, in all honesty you should probably just let the person know they're about to encounter a mean gunman and should leave work early or not stay late or whatever. wouldn't that be the ultimate scoop - saving someone's life?

scoops callahan · « **Reply #17 on:** May 06, 2011, 10:22:59 PM »

Quote from: Tobias on May 06, 2011, 10:21:38 PM

Quote from: scoops callahan on May 06, 2011, 10:17:45 PM
just say "if you dont kill me ill let you meet scoop callahan" he'll leave you alone!

scoops, in all honesty you should probably just let the person know they're about to encounter a mean gunman and should leave work early or not stay late or whatever. wouldn't that be the ultimate scoop - saving someone's life?

that would.. great idea!

_33 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 06, 2011, 10:57:34 PM »

Say something like "hey what's that over there!" and point behind him. Then just hope that whatever you saw behind him is a second gunman who wants to kill the 1st gunman but not you I guess.

TBL · « **Reply #19 on:** May 06, 2011, 11:07:20 PM »

Quote from: _33 on May 06, 2011, 10:57:34 PM

Say something like "hey what's that over there!" and point behind him. Then just hope that whatever you saw behind him is a second gunman who wants to kill the 1st gunman but not you I guess.

That would be when you shoot them yourself, d00d

scoops callahan · « **Reply #20 on:** May 06, 2011, 11:47:00 PM »

Quote from: TBL on May 06, 2011, 11:07:20 PM

Quote from: _33 on May 06, 2011, 10:57:34 PM
Say something like "hey what's that over there!" and point behind him. Then just hope that whatever you saw behind him is a second gunman who wants to kill the 1st gunman but not you I guess.

That would be when you shoot them yourself, d00d

He doesn't have a gun!

steve dave · « **Reply #21 on:** May 07, 2011, 06:40:31 AM »

I also bet Beth Mendenhall could talk the gunman out of killing her using her powers of debate. Or he may shoot her as many times as he has bullets and then start kicking the corpse until he exhausts himself. One or the other.

Cire · « **Reply #22 on:** May 07, 2011, 07:47:25 AM »

I would say "what's that!"and then kick him in the balls.

Stevesie60 · « **Reply #23 on:** May 07, 2011, 08:04:24 AM »

Quote from: Cire on May 07, 2011, 07:47:25 AM

I would say "what's that!"and then kick him in the balls.

You'd have to be more subtle than that. I'd look right over his shoulder and start nodding or motioning my head to the left or right as if I'm trying to communicate with someone. Then when he looks I take him down.

kitten_mittons · « **Reply #24 on:** May 07, 2011, 12:38:21 PM »

I would probably just tell him that if he comes back to goEMAW.com we probably won't make fun of him too bad, and he can go right back into making every thread about ISU (or Demi Moore).