Write my name in it so I don’t forget it’s mine
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Nice try FBI
So in other words the post is, "Who would you kill if you could totally get away with it?"
If that's how you want to see it.
I was browsing popular anime and saw Death Note and just felt like seeing what people respond with.
I have my own thoughts and expectations of myself but wanted to see what others would do.
So far only one person would kill for direct personal gain. Most would kill for "betterment" of a nation. The greater good so to speak.
Murder is still murder.
What about killing in a war? Is that murder?
What about killing to stop/prevent war?
Where do people draw the line. It seems like anonymous strangers here are more willing to end a life to "save lives."
When people work out their anger issues with violent fantasies they want to feel the noble glow of an Avenging Angel of Justice. [cue sunbeams and choir]
Is it murder though, just wishing someone would die?
If you know for certain it's going to come true do you still wish it?
Death by lightning strike would be a lot more common.
A lot of people in the comments here are taking the high ground. "I wouldn't use it. I'm not a killer. I'm better than that."
But by not using it you are even more of a killer. This is a trolley problem. If you pull the right switch one evil psychopathic murderer dies, if you don't pull the switch thousands of their innocent victims die. If you have the power to make that decision then the responsibility for the deaths falls on your shoulders, whether it's one death or thousands.
So yeah, I'd use it. I'd start at the top of the psychopathic killer list and move down. I doubt I'd have to wonder when to stop. There are so many. But once they got the message I'd be more moderate and only use it when necessary.
The deaths would need some spectacle and consistency to send a message. That could probably be arranged but I wonder what method would be the most effective.
Maybe if you used "electrocuted by a bolt of lightning" or "turned into a pillar of salt" or some other widely recognized form of divine retribution. That may be enough to distract investigators and throw them off your scent. But if not you are just revealing information that will lead the investigators right to you.
I don't fully disagree but that was exactly Kira's thinking lol (at least at the start)
Kira/Light was thinking small. Targeting criminals already in jail is just vengeance. With a death note you have the power to reshape global politics and even all of society. Psychopaths/sociopaths often rise to top positions in business and government because they are good at deception, ruthless, and can shield themselves from the consequences of their actions. And from there their capacity to do harm to others can be immense. Luigi not only understood this, he had the courage of his convictions.
Heh, maybe I'd give the death note to Luigi.
This is one response I was looking for. Someone put some thought behind it.
Nice try, officer
Nothing. I'm already murdering the exact amount of people I want to which is none.
Sounds like your job is done!
Put it on the shelf with the other one
I don't know anything about this 'death note'. All I know is that people drown in their own bath tubs every day. Even rich and powerful people.
Also they added me to their will for some reason... Weird.
I would pull that lever so fucking hard. That amount of responsibility would basically take over and ruin my life, even if they never caught me
take it to the bathroom and read it while taking a shit and then tear out pages to wipe my ass
Donald J. Trump - Death by french fry asphyxiation on live TV
DJ Vance - Killed by a falling piece of furniture
Elon Musk - Hit by a Cybertruck in a freak accident
Pete Hegseth - Alcohol poisoning
Robert F Kennedy Jr. - Brain aneurysm live on TV
Kash Patel - shot by an unknown professional hitman
Christy Noem - Hit by a speeding dump truck
Pam Bondi - Electrocuted by a faulty power line near her podium (live, of course)
Linda McMahon - Stone Cold Stunner by a J6'er
Marco Rubio - Smashes face through a plate glass window
Elise Stefanik - Falls out a window
Vladimir Putin - Poisoned by comrade
Benjamin Netanyahu - Islamic extremist knife attack
Kim Jong-un - Slips and falls down some stairs, breaking his neck
Xi Jinpeng - Exposure to toxic honey
I could go on and on, you get the idea...
This list, but everything would be "spontaneous combustion" and happen at the same time.
Let it be an event to behold.
Strongly disagree with the Netanyahu one. It would make him a martyr and create more problems than it fixes.
Just replace islamic with zionist and you're good
You know, you're absolutely right.
They'd still try to blame Islamic people somehow. Like how all the Jan 6ers were somehow antifa
I'd put Putin and Netanyahu above Trump. Let the hard right see it coming. They would believe it was a coincidence, continue on with Musk. Let them see the circle tighten. Hit Kim Jong-un and Xi to let them know it's not a Western thing.
Roll on with the AfD actors, Nazis be damned. Still not cluing in? Start with the remainder of your list, roll.
Can we do a mass hit on the January 6th rebels? No? OK. Start with Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 39, of Miami, Florida. And never stop until... Every. Last. Motherfucking. One. Of. Them. Is. Dead.
Spare Trump. Leave him shaking in his high-heeled loafers. Let him live in FEAR.
Haha, this was in no particular order. I mean, if I had Dragonball powers, I'd be razing the entire fucking planet right now.
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Step 1: Anonymous blackmail of oil companies ceos. Step 2: Profit
Ohh and probably take out Putin and Xi.
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Let’s just say “death by spiders in butthole” would be a very common thing for the next few days.
Elon Musk, death from asphyxiation being up Trumps ass for too long.
Followed by Trump, death from rectal bleeding.
It would all be on live television.
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