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Nexus
10-07-2008, 08:57 PM
Just say for instance that we were to take a bad man and a good man and then put them on a remote desert island where they were the only inhabitants and leave them there with enough provisions to last them for 10 years. After we had left them there for 10 years and went back for them would we find that:
1................There were now 2 good men on the island.
2................There were now 2 bad men on the island.
3................There was still 1 good man and 1 bad man on the island.
2 good men.
I'm an eternal optimist. There's nothing bad they can get up to on the island, and I think being miserable for that long wouldn't be an option. The bad man would eventually see that the good man was happier (assuming good people are happier than bad people, which is something I believe) and would become more peaceful and happy too.
I would have to go with 2 good men, seeing as after that long, they would either have killed each other or learned the value of cooperation and friendship. It can be very lonely when the only other person is someone you hate.
Tinkerbell
10-07-2008, 09:04 PM
I would say 2 bad men, because you know, I'm all about corruption :twisted:
10 years, could drive a person mad, and they would probably just end up insane.
Casta_Diva
10-07-2008, 09:04 PM
I think that there would be two bad men. Peer pressure is the devil, and if you only have one peer, the bad usually wins over the good. They'd be happy in their badness, I think. Think Lord of the Flies...the good kids either got killed or went over to the bad side (apart from Ralph....go Ralph!)
Having said that, it depends on how bad the bad man was...because there could only be one man left on the island.
TempusFugit
10-07-2008, 09:09 PM
Excellent answer there Jobe! I would go with your one too :biggrin:
2 good men and for the reasons Jobe put, I couldnt have put it better myself.
Unless it was Nexus and El_Nino they would stay bad men lol :P
Casta_Diva
10-07-2008, 09:21 PM
Or Nexus would lure El_Nino over to his side :twisted:
You decide which one's which :razz:
Peter
10-07-2008, 09:46 PM
I can't choose an option I don't believe it's possible to tell the outcome without the details of the island, the food supply and the full psychological profiles of the two men. Humans are faaarrrr to complex to be able to say what would happen without knowing every variable. Even with every variable it'd still be hard to say.
Sorry :( Didn't mean to put a downer on the thread, lol.
El_Nino
10-07-2008, 09:46 PM
Well it would depend who they were.
If it was me and Nexus, then we would act like a married couple and end up being 2 bad men.
If it was me and Gio, then we would be 2 good men and a family :biggrin: (if artificial fertilisation was there )
If it was Nexus and Gio, then , well only them two can answer that :biggrin: (have fun boys)
Psst Pete, I think it's more of a psychological 'cup half full' test rather than a full-scale scientific experiment... you don't need to KNOW what would happen, just what you THINK would happen.
Nino - married couples can do bad things?
/me and Mr. Vik reach for the sawn-offs...
El_Nino
10-07-2008, 09:55 PM
Nino - married couples can do bad things?
* Vik;125468 and Mr. Vik reach for the sawn-offs...
Haven't you seen Jerry Springer? :biggrin:
tuppence
10-07-2008, 09:58 PM
/me thinks they would both be dead,cos the rescuers didnt realise the last year was a leap year so they ran out of supplies :eek::biggrin:
Oh, so married couples can do bad things but then they have to go on Jerry Springer? Darn.
I'm still in the '2 good men' camp, although can you imagine, after 10 years? They'd have missed soo much.
Is Jerry Springer even still on TV? I love not knowing the answer to that, lol.
Harry_Kewell
10-07-2008, 10:38 PM
I'm with the 2 good men option aswell. Only because I think most people are bad due to an attention issue or due to peer pressure of having live up to other peoples expectations and acceptance.
Being on a island with only one other person eliminates the need for the bad person to act up. With the other guy being "good" he should disprove of the negative attitude of the bad person, thus eventually converting his behavior. Also it would become very boring to maintain a high level of badness.
Giovanni
10-07-2008, 11:24 PM
I just can't make up my mind.....lol
1 bored man (http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8428/1boredmanyv7.png)
2 very bad men (http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4223/2verybadmenew2.png)
3 bored men (http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2103/3goodmentg0.png)
1 Bad man (http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6935/1badmanal3.png)
2 bad
men (http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/740/2badmendt7.png)
2 good men (http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7599/2goodmentq4.png)
another cool thread Nexxxus
4 - only the bad guy remains. Nice guys finish last.
Capt_Sparrow
11-07-2008, 01:10 AM
In the first year the two men would argue.
In the second, the good man will become worse and the bad man better.
In the third, there will be a "morality inversion" where the good becomes bad and the bad becomes good.
Now the fourth year is the key.
If the bad (previously good) man strays too far to the bad side, he will kill the good (previously bad) man. I can't see him living too long after this, so I'll give him 6-12 months more.
If the bad (previously good) man recalls his goodness (perhaps by witnessing the current good man's actions) then he will become better and both men (now both good) will survive for the duration.
So, to conclude, either 0 survivors :eek: or 2 good survivors :razz:
jenni939706
11-07-2008, 02:13 AM
i sayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy we get 2 very annoyed but good survivors....but it does depend on how big the island is, cause i mean one could totally get lose and make a home in the middle of the island...or if the island actually has some pretty cool stuff, they could have a lot of fun? XD
http://i373.photobucket.com/albums/oo177/db1986/Red_Heart.jpg
Capt_Sparrow
11-07-2008, 02:28 AM
or if the island actually has some pretty cool stuff, they could have a lot of fun? XD
like a laptop and wireless connection :p
jenni939706
11-07-2008, 02:48 AM
exactlyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, see, now in order to answer the question properly, zac needs to provide us with some details here.
agentQ
11-07-2008, 12:04 PM
I would say Two GAY men.Good or Bad it does not matter when you have no option.
Nexus
11-07-2008, 02:50 PM
I just can't make up my mind.....lol
1 bored man (http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8428/1boredmanyv7.png)
2 very bad men (http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4223/2verybadmenew2.png)
3 bored men (http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2103/3goodmentg0.png)
1 Bad man (http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6935/1badmanal3.png)
2 bad
men (http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/740/2badmendt7.png)
2 good men (http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7599/2goodmentq4.png)
another cool thread Nexxxus
LMFAO Bro, those are awesome :razz:.
exactlyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, see, now in order to answer the question properly, zac needs to provide us with some details here.
No contact with the outside world. Only have food & medical supplies, think of it as LOST the tv Series but its only 2 guys on this island :smile:.
If it's Sayid and Sawyer than make that two guys and one gal!
/me fetches her canoe
jenni939706
11-07-2008, 03:38 PM
meh, the lost survivors certainly had a fine time...but then i just say one of them gets lost and the other gets bored.
El_Nino
11-07-2008, 03:52 PM
Only have food & medical supplies, think of it as LOST the tv Series but its only 2 guys on this island :smile:.
Do medical supplies include artifical fertilisation for me and Gio? http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii224/jsinghd/odd.gif
I would have though medical supplies would just be the essentials, like for dealing with medical emergencies.
Nexus
11-07-2008, 08:05 PM
I would have though medical supplies would just be the essentials, like for dealing with medical emergencies.
Nino & Gio like testing new things so would be essential :!:.
Sakura101
19-07-2008, 09:47 PM
Or you could have two dead men. l:
Since islands normally get eaten alive by hurricanes.
Not legit eaten, but..yeah.
I dunno. I'd have to say two bad men. Since the good man wouldn't be able to tolerate the bad men, then he would most likely decide to fake being a bad man, to get to the other bad man's head. But in turn, he would become a bad man himself.
So then.
The bad men would live on separate sides of the island, isolating themselves.
Then.
The wouldn't have anyone to compare themselves on the ranking of being bad or good.
o-o;;
I just contradicted myself. D:
Dun't shoot! I got carried away!
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