The power to magically kill anyone, or $1000?

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I hypothesize that EVERYONE would take the power to magically kill anyone, even if they refused to admit it on the internet.

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  2. The_Caffeine_Fairy Avatar

    Even just as an emergency self-defense option, the magic kill power is worth way more than $1k. This feels too imbalanced.

  3. tmonehee Avatar

    Can I kill EVERYone?

  4. hellhound39 Avatar

    Is it just once? Or anytime you want?

  5. juneseyeball Avatar

    Really op? Why would anyone choose $1k?

  6. Remarkably_Dark21 Avatar

    I’ll go with becoming Kira.

  7. Tiny_Connection1507 Avatar

    There’s nobody I really hate right now, and I could really use a thousand bucks. I would take the money.

  8. GoblinandBeast Avatar

    I would put light yagami to shame

  9. ConReese Avatar

    Easy choice, kill anyone. I’d get a job in counter terrorism and make everyone’s lives objectively better

  10. digitalr3lapse Avatar

    It would only cost me $1000 for this power?

  11. HoboRambler Avatar

    I just got a warning for something a few minutes ago so I’m just not going to answer this one

  12. BitterMechanic546 Avatar

    that power needs more explanation, can i kill one specific person?

  13. gulzwick Avatar

    I’m smoking Satanyahu’s ass before anyone could even blink. THE ENTIRETY OF Israhells governmental operation would get cooked.

  14. omattmano Avatar

    I definitely couldn’t be trusted with the power to kill anyone, so I’m taking the $1,000 and occasionally regretting it. But a lot of the time it will be a relief that I haven’t killed 14 people in traffic on my way to work and home each day; I don’t want that on my conscience.

  15. Inner_Low_7333 Avatar

    I would take 1000 because anger can make someone think they want to kill someone without the act in it. Like when you’re really angry you want to punch someone but don’t? And having the power to do so you’ll do something you’ll regret

  16. Critical_Pirate890 Avatar

    The one person I wanted to kill died.. first stroke then a couple heart attacks…hospice for a couple years…couldn’t have happened to a better person.

    I realized today if I went to hell I would be ok with that…because then I could kill him everyday forever.

  17. Downtown_Divide_8003 Avatar

    In exchange for $1000? What kind of a choice is this?

  18. TheRhupt Avatar

    well If I can do it remotely I’m solving all the worlds problem in a few years. can I just say kill all terrorists or does it have to be individually and need to know the person. i could sell my ability to governments. pretend like i need cash, a plane ticket, etc… but in reality sit on beach for a few days before magic deaths.

  19. TotallyNotCIA_Ops Avatar

    I’d take the $1k. Even if it would be useful to say, stop a terrorist, or a murderer, or save my own life of being attacked, I do think the weight of that power would be too much to carry. Not to mention the guilt if you decided to use it, and Mayer found out it was unjustified.

    I’ll take the money.

  20. ToastiestMouse Avatar

    Kill everyone.

    $1000 isnt much money.

    Plus I could make more money being a hit man.

    Who’s going to try and arrest a man that can magically kill anyone at any time?

  21. Drakahn_Stark Avatar

    I’m not big on wanting to kill anyone, but that power is worth more than $1000.

    Become the world’s best hitman.

    Instantly end wars.

    Be a superhero that only kills in defence of those that cannot defend themselves.

  22. Lady_Gator_2027 Avatar

    The money would be nice, but there are a few people I wouldn’t mind ridding the world of. #1 on my list, would be the guy from South Africa that raped his week old baby girl. He said he wanted to give her something to cry about. She died of her injuries. I’d actually pay to get the chance to kill him.

  23. No_Nectarine6942 Avatar

    Once I prove I can people would pay for safety. 

  24. TheCthuloser Avatar

    I mean, I’d need to know more about the magic kill power. Can it be traced to me? Am I the only person with it? How does using it impact my immortal soul? There’s a lot of questions.

    Meanwhile, with $1000 I can pretty much get a Nintendo Switch 2.

  25. Mioraecian Avatar

    Kill. I’d Google the names of war lords and tyrants across the world, put them on the list, and sleep easy that night.

  26. theZombieKat Avatar

    Well in principle I believe in assassination as a means to prevent war and oppression. But I don’t have the intelligence organisation to know who to pick and when. And I don’t know of any such organisation I trust to advise me.

    Even Trump. Who I consider a threat to my friends safety. Can’t be killed right now because his unexplained death right now would feed the popularity of his ideas. He needs to be discredited.

  27. Stevefish47 Avatar

    I could work with the government to do justice to those who deserve it. Of course, it would have to warrant it and have 100% proof of their crimes.

    I assume their deaths would be immediate; much better than some of the mass murderers or predators out there deserve.

    I wouldn’t want that responsibility. I’d take the $1,000 more than likely.

    However, I’m sure the government would set me up nicely for this power… Or I could contact them anonymously. If I did let the government know I might find myself in a hole somewhere. Might be my own grave.

  28. daredelvis421 Avatar

    I’ll take the killing ability. Time to right some wrongs

  29. Br0kenSymmetry Avatar

    I think the minimum I’d take in lieu of the magic kill power is about half a million. That’s about what it would take for me to set up my life the way I want it such that pretty much nobody could fuck with the outcomes I want. Anything less and I’d just take the power and figure out how to use that to get there.

    Ideally I do not get the magic kill power. The temptation is too great, eventually I’d use it impulsively in a way I never originally intended. I think that’s pretty clear to me, but I wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to take the power for anything less than transforming my whole life.

  30. dararie Avatar

    I’ll take the money, I think I’d have issues mentally if I killed someone

  31. Hot_Republic2543 Avatar

    Gandalf: Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

    Me: I’ll take the kill power.

  32. Suspicious-turnip-77 Avatar

    It depends…. Can I get away with it? No legal ramifications?

  33. DeadGirlLydia Avatar

    The power. A thousand dollars won’t do shit for me, that power could change the world.

  34. Mobe-E-Duck Avatar

    The murder magic, thank you. I would change the world. There’d be no dictators, no rapists, no warlords, no murderers, no exploiters. Everyone in the world would be fed, clothed, housed, health-cared. Anyone obstructing that would be flayed alive or boiled or disjointed or dropped from a great height.

  35. mostlyharmless55 Avatar

    I’ll admit it on the internet. Would never abuse it, for most values of “abuse.”

  36. Ecstatic-Career-8403 Avatar

    The first nazi rally i see would be a magical thing indeed.

  37. sharkey_8421 Avatar

    A lucrative career as as a hitman

  38. Augustus_Chevismo Avatar

    I’ll take a potato chip, and eat it!

  39. jmac3979 Avatar

    Do I control how they die/level of pain involved?

    Still taking the power, need to determine what I am going to do with it

  40. dark4554551n Avatar

    The power. The POWER. THE POWER!!
    https://tenor.com/bk2dd.gif

  41. nunya_busyness1984 Avatar

    This one depends on the fine print.

    If I take it, does it prevent anyone else from getting it?  If so, yes, without even thinking about it.

    Next, how does the ability manifest?  Is this something I can do anonymously or is it going to be very, very public?  Do I have to be close?  Line of sight?

    On a related note, what about legality?  Does the power also make all of my kills somehow legal, immune to prosecution, or at least unable to be proven as done by me?

    I am an American who owns a gun.  This means I ALREADY have the ability to kill anyone.  And probably will do so any day now, at least according to Reddit.  (No, mods, that was not a threat.). I have absolutely no intent of every using that gun against a human.  I fervently hope I never do.

    Having this go from a mechanical kill to a magical one makes no never mind in that equation.

    Unless me taking the ability prevents someone less honorable from getting it, I’ll take my $1000.

  42. SnareSpectre Avatar

    Can I set “parameters” so that it automatically happens when someone meets those conditions? Like obviously I’d start working with the government to take out high profile terrorists, but I’d want to have some guarantee that I wouldn’t be assassinated myself once it was apparent I had this power.

  43. MoofDeMoose Avatar

    So have the most overpowered superpower, or 2 weeks pay

  44. Paratwa Avatar

    Since you mentioned it’s an unlimited murder machine I assume the 1000 is also unlimited so I’ll take that.

  45. NCVoltaire Avatar

    I’d choose natural causes, but you should remember that wolverines occur in nature.

  46. Eredrick Avatar

    I mean sure, it’s not even like you have to use your power. But if you wanted to, you could easily make more than $1000

  47. nasnedigonyat Avatar

    Um … The power. I could make eleventy billion having it

  48. PubLife1453 Avatar

    The ultimate assassin. I’m so in

  49. OldCollegeTry3 Avatar

    This is reddit. 90% of the users have wet dreams of sticking it to who the media tells them is bad billionaires.

  50. mumblerapisgarbage Avatar

    I mean couldn’t you technically make a lot more money than $1000 as a hit man

  51. TheSarcasticDevil Avatar

    Kill, of course.
    Self/other defense, revenge, making money etc are all possible

  52. 01-hay Avatar

    Might wanna add a few more zeros if you want people to take the money, I don’t know what you think $1000 is worth these days but it doesn’t stretch like it used to

  53. Grifasaurus Avatar

    Probably the $1000. I’d take the power, but it sounds there’s not any safeguards, like a “Are you sure” thing. unless it’s something like Force Choking people where you specifically have to intend to kill someone.

  54. CenturyEggsAndRice Avatar

    I guess I’d take the power, although I’m not sure I’d be able to ever use it.

    Maybe a few horrible people who cause pain to large groups, but I feel bad if I kill a spider for days, so it’d take a lot of time and thought to be able to do it, if I could.

    Actually, I think I’d go ahead and think the man who sexually abused me as a child dead and THEN work on the whole “with such a power, I must be responsible” thing. As a kid I felt guilty because I wasn’t a “good enough witness” (aka the courts didn’t wanna charge him with anything, I was eight so that’s as much as I understand of it) and so he was free to harm more kids, I think I’d be able to handle the guilt to know that one 100% for sure guilty rapist is dead.

  55. Leading_Can_6006 Avatar

    I’m taking the money thanks. I don’t want to be a murderer, and magical kill power would be way too tempting.

  56. Armand_Star Avatar

    your hypothesis is correct, but partially because the amount of money offered is so low.

    if you offer $1000 or any magical power, everyone is going to take the magic

  57. AddLightness1 Avatar

    Wow, you don’t want to give me that. My poor hands

  58. AdversarialThoughts Avatar

    Power to kill, no question.

  59. Thistime232 Avatar

    The $1000 is pretty much irrelevant here, the only question is if I want the kill ability or not.

  60. l0ktar0gar Avatar

    Power overwhelming 👍

  61. BubblyNumber5518 Avatar

    I don’t trust myself with the power to kill.

    I definitely don’t trust the people who say they’d want it.

    Can I use my $1000 to pay for someone else not to have the kill power?

  62. the-almighty-toad Avatar

    The magic kills would be fantastic, but I also have some anger issues that I’m working on, but I fear I would use (abuse) this in traffic. I should probably take the money.

  63. hisimpendingbaldness Avatar

    Going to be a lot of dead people out there

  64. Bai_Cha Avatar

    You could make the world a much, much better place with the power to kill anyone.

    I wouldn’t want anyone else to have that power, but I would want it for myself and I would fully believe that I’m using it for good.

    I would trust myself to not kill people over personal disputes. I wouldn’t always trust myself to make the right political decisions, but I would only use it when I’m pretty damn sure it’s the right thing to do.

    Putin is the first one to go.

  65. ButtRockSteve Avatar

    I’ll take the power.

  66. CarlJustCarl Avatar

    Only one person?

  67. valtboy23 Avatar

    Magic kill power all day everyday

  68. _Red_7_ Avatar

    I’m working on my list

  69. solarpropietor Avatar

    Bro, this sounds like a trap.

  70. Liberate_Cuba Avatar

    Samual Colt would like a word

  71. SockApart838 Avatar

    Technically doesnt EVERYONE have the power to kill anyone? Its just a matter of wanting it enough….. o.o…… but magically is cool too

  72. celticgaul28 Avatar

    I’ll take the power and Eliminate every convicted pedophile on the planet

  73. Accomplished_War7152 Avatar

    What kind of monster would take the power?

    I would. I would I would

  74. MooseMan69er Avatar

    I’d pay 1000 for that power

  75. Bella8088 Avatar

    The only real question is, is it only one person that I can magically kill or is it an ability that I can keep using as needed?

  76. Citizen44712A Avatar

    I’d take the 1k, it’s too much power and would eventually, probably use it in anger.

    Anger passes.

  77. helpaguyout911 Avatar

    How do they die?

  78. KWS1461 Avatar

    1000, thanks

  79. Some-Passenger4219 Avatar

    I’d abuse that power way too easily, by accident. I’ll take the money and run.

  80. GenitalCommericals Avatar

    Superpower. You could change the course of the world with power like that, especially with it being magic, that would most likely make it untraceable. And depending on the distance with which you could do the magic, you could easily use death to your advantage. Especially if it’s impossible to get caught.

    You’d be a monster for sure but you sure could change history.

    Hard to change history with just $1k, though it is possible!

  81. LightEarthWolf96 Avatar

    What’s the point of making this post at all if you just think anyone who chooses the money is a liar?

    You’ve already decided in your head that everyone would make the same choice so there’s really no point to asking this

  82. Andastari Avatar

    I’d take the power and put a swift end to the conflict in Gaza as my first act

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  84. Freyzi Avatar

    What’s the range here? How quick? How intently do I need to think about it?

  85. 2geek2bcool Avatar

    Gonna go full on Kira…

  86. Shinagami091 Avatar

    Is this a one time use power or can it be used without consequence? If so I’d probably take the power. If it’s just once, the $1000.

  87. _iusuallydont_ Avatar

    This is gonna turn into a death note situation. Lol. But you know what I’m picking either way.

  88. Obsession5496 Avatar

    At least make it more balanced. Make it 10mil ISD, and I would change my mind. As it stands, some rich pricks gunna hit the dirt.

  89. ANarnAMoose Avatar

    There’s a hypothesis you’ve refused allow to be falsifiable but, if you get a hold of the magic power and 1k, I’ll take 1k.  I’ve turned down all kinds of things that are way cooler than murder power for money on this sub.

  90. ThatBeachD Avatar

    Choose power , advertise as an assassin, become best in business , retire with millions.

  91. theberrymelon Avatar

    If I never get caught of the killing than yes if not I can take the 1000

  92. harampoopoo Avatar

    make it a million, then its a less obvious choice. for 1k? theres an orange dude i need gone NOW!

  93. Weary_Repeat Avatar

    Can i just kill one person or like do tell im done?

  94. Fresh-Mind6048 Avatar

    Sure, but you didn’t specify whether or not people would learn it was you or not.

    Therefore, I take the $1000 because I couldn’t keep my mouth shut about it and would quickly be executed.

  95. Jay_Nicolas Avatar

    I could literally become the most incredible hitman and make millions easy… Plus take out the trash.

  96. The_Monsta_Wansta Avatar

    Some very powerful people would pay much more than 1k for my services. This one’s too easy

  97. VoidIgris Avatar

    Hypothetically, becoming a ghost assassin wouldn’t be hard. 🤷‍♂️

  98. _paaronormal Avatar

    Kill. Is it just one person, one time though?

  99. realmozzarella22 Avatar

    I choose the money. I’m not messing with people’s life spans.

  100. Hyperreal2 Avatar

    Right now I have four uses for it. That would get rid of Musk and get us to president Rubio.

  101. ChillyFireball Avatar

    BRB, gotta get my bag of potato chips to eat dramatically.

  102. ClimtEastwood Avatar

    How much do I pay for this power?

  103. Dark_Azazel Avatar

    So, what’s my safe guard for this? Like, if I think “Wish this asshat would die” will they? Do I have to say a phrase? Death note? Because I definitely mentally wish a lot of people would die, and if that’s how it works I’ll honestly take the $1k

    Now, if a notebook is involved….

  104. StrangeCress3325 Avatar

    1k is not near enough to balance out the ability to fight >!redacted for legal purposes!<

  105. Bluematic8pt2 Avatar

    Kill any one once? Or whoever you decide?

  106. Commercial_Education Avatar

    If I pay $1000 can I use the kill function on repeat?

  107. bannedcanceled Avatar

    I would kill way too many people. Give me the 1000

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  109. koko93s Avatar

    Avada Kedavra

  110. ehcold Avatar

    Is it a one time use or as often as I like? Do I basically get the death note?

  111. i_notold Avatar

    All these altruistic Redditors on here. Most people can’t be trusted with a loaded gun yet think you could be trusted with a magical kill-power and be both morally and ethically sound.

  112. jabo0o Avatar

    You could literally take out Putin and end the war. And King Kong Eun. And all the bad folks.

  113. bill_n_opus Avatar

    Yep, I’d be a walking judge Dredd.

    You’ve been sentenced to death … for taking your time getting off the subway escalator….

  114. SlooperDoop Avatar

    I’m sure Israel would offer me a lot more than $1,000 to magically kill Hamas.

    But I’d do it for free.

  115. OrizaRayne Avatar

    Anyone like… one person? Or…. anyone like… any of the many people who should probably go?

  116. One_Consequence_4754 Avatar

    Is there a proximity limit or is it just we think about them and they’re dead?

  117. NoonMartini Avatar

    I’d do it and kill A LOT of people. Like, A LOT. Y’all should be happy that I’m actually a tiny, old person with no power because I’d let it go directly to my head. I’d be out here, killing people who drive like a dumbass and people who argue that tariffs are a good thing. I’d be lawful evil and no one would get to complain or they’d get added to the list.

  118. bigglassjar Avatar

    If I paid 2k, could I get 2?

  119. AlbineHero Avatar

    I have SO many plans for a power like this. Death Note but more op and I’m not stupidly arrogant and morally bankrupt like Light? Literally perfect. (I had a detailed monologue in my head but I honestly forgot)

  120. mando_ad Avatar

    The ability to magically kill anyone can be used to gain $1000. In several ways.

  121. DaveKasz Avatar

    All I can say is, I am not waiting in any long lines.

  122. Extra-Trifle-1191 Avatar

    is this more of a… moral question?

    in terms of usefulness, if I used the killing once it’d do more for me than 1k. Probably. in terms of morals, either I, or the person I kill would have to be a reeeaaaallyyy bad person though…

  123. MinnieCastavets Avatar

    Oh I have lots of people I’d love to magically kill.

  124. Reason_Training Avatar

    I’m ready for a Death Note. Hand it over.

  125. sneezhousing Avatar
  126. tawny_bullwhip Avatar

    Your hypothesis is incorrect. Buddhist monks would take neither the power to kill nor the $1,000. Lay Buddhists and Jains would take the $1,000 over the power to kill.

    Of course, I, being neither a Buddhist nor a Jain would take the power to kill.

  127. ADisappointingLife Avatar

    If you offered more than $1,000 – I’d be tempted to take the money.

    But the power to magically kill anyone could make me more than $1k, even if I just went around robbing drug dealers, cartels, & dictators after their whole crew just up & died.

    Like being a superhero, but for money. 🤝

  128. AngeluvDeath Avatar

    I already have one, can I get that band? Seriously though, the power to kill with no consequences is too much of burden. I imagine it would be like a drug addict trying not to use if the drug was food or something. Too much temptation.

  129. colicinogenic Avatar

    Make it a million and it might be tempting to take the money.

  130. Rose_E_Rotten Avatar

    I’m trying to think who would be the first person I’d use my new found power to kill.

  131. Sad-Roll-Nat1-2024 Avatar

    100% power.

    Easily get rich real fast with that.

  132. Shelisheli1 Avatar

    I’ll take that power, please and thank you

  133. -BakiHanma Avatar

    I mean, a 1 time payment of $1000 vs a power worth WAY MORE than $1000, multiple uses, without limits or restrictions.

    If you’re smart, You’re making WAAY more than 1k by taking the power.

  134. SomewhereFar4131 Avatar

    Immediately half my family gone 

  135. AnonAnontheAnony Avatar

    Ok lets see here though…

    What are the limitations of ‘magically kill anyone’?

    Is this a one time deal? Is this power continuous? Does it have costs/side effects?

    Is the $1000 a one time thing? Do you get to choose multiple times?

  136. Bruhh004 Avatar

    Im reworking the American government with that power. So worth 1k

  137. jayfresh69 Avatar

    I’ll take $1000. I have no desire to kill magically.

  138. goatjugsoup Avatar

    Only if it’s unlimited anyone’s otherwise gimme the money

  139. Tombecho Avatar

    Time to fix the world. And you can’t do that with a thousand dollars.

  140. Critical-Problem-629 Avatar

    Just the once? Or every time I want to kill someone I get $1,000?

  141. obviousthrowaway038 Avatar

    The power. I”ll happily take field trips to see people on death row and save taxpayers money

  142. papa_penguin Avatar

    So I can just what, think about killing g someone and they die or do they die the way I thought about it?

    I’d like to see someone be attacked by bees. Or crows. Or ravens.

  143. Majestic_Wookiee Avatar

    What are the rules and limits of choosing the power to magically kill anyone?

  144. MookieC Avatar

    I meannnnn… do I have to pay the money of if I used the power more than once?

  145. ExpensivePanda66 Avatar

    Oh man. What a choice.

    Option 1, and yes, you’re way more powerful, but you can’t unkill anyone. Get drunk one night, and wake up to all kinds of people you don’t like suddenly being dead. The horror of knowing that you have that power at your fingertips, should you dare to use it. The potential for corruption eating away at your soul!

    Option 2, you feel like such a donkey. Why did you take the $1000? Idiot. Are you that desperate for money? You’ll probably just waste it on video games or something. Or get it stolen from you on the way home because you don’t have an overpowered way to defend yourself that you could have so easily had.

    There’s no right answer, and the choice itself is a curse.

    I’ll take option 1. And if you know what’s good for you, you’ll give me the $1000 too.

  146. Pizzazze Avatar

    Can I accidentally set off the magic killing? If yes, I’ll begrudgingly take the money. If not, I’ll take the magic and become the world’s best assassin.

  147. Sea_Neighborhood_398 Avatar

    Um, no. Gimme the money. I have no interest in murder, and I find it disturbing how many people apparently do.

    But money? Money is nice. And with 1K, I could buy myself a crap ton of books. Or a crap ton of video games. Or pair with another 1K or so for a pretty sweet gaming rig.

    … Or I could save that money for something bigger and more important, like housing, but that’s a boring option and doesn’t excite me. Even though I’d probably still save a chunk kf that 1K.

    But… yeah. Gimme my 1K.

  148. Deweydc18 Avatar

    You’d have to make it like, $100,000,000 for me to take the money