# A hypothetical question. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 23, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912 "2016-03-23T01:42:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/1 "2016-03-23T01:42:27Z")
If you were in an hypothetical situation, what do you think you’d do? 😕 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/2 "2016-03-23T01:44:16Z")
Panic. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/3 "2016-03-23T01:50:31Z")
Take the easy way out. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/4 "2016-03-23T01:58:53Z")
I reject the premise of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/5 "2016-03-23T01:59:39Z")
Change it heroically ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/6 "2016-03-23T02:01:44Z")
I would fight the hypothetical. Vigorously. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/7 "2016-03-23T02:11:13Z")
\Hypothetically, I’d do the same as I would do in real circumstances. Under real circumstances, though, I’m sure I would do something different.\ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/8 "2016-03-23T05:32:09Z")
You never know what you might do until you are hypothetically confronted with the hypothetical. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/9 "2016-03-23T05:41:27Z")
That situation could never exist in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/10 "2016-03-23T05:52:15Z")
Cut the red wire. Take the blue pill. Tell them, “Publish, and be damned.” Turn the power off, wait ten seconds, then turn the power back on. Use a condom. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/11 "2016-03-23T06:15:18Z")
A. No, B. edited to add: No, A. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/12 "2016-03-23T07:38:40Z")
Am I me in this situation or am I somebody else? ---
**Author:** ![Onyerbike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onyerbike/32/5402_2.png) [@Onyerbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onyerbike)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/13 "2016-03-23T07:42:24Z")
Since the hypothetical is unbounded then all possibilities are technically achievable in this scenario. The first thing I’d do is say “Thanks Ranger Jeff. You just made me immortal!” ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/14 "2016-03-23T08:00:38Z")
Fire a warning shot. Just to let them know I’m serious. ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/15 "2016-03-23T12:13:34Z")
Two in the hat, walk away and don’t look back. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/16 "2016-03-23T12:13:43Z")
What would I do? The same as I would do in any other situation, real or hypothetical…as I please! Next question… ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/17 "2016-03-23T12:16:23Z")
Don’t eat the cannoli. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/18 "2016-03-23T12:44:45Z")
I’d have the lasagna. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/19 "2016-03-23T12:56:32Z")
I think so, but where would we find two dwarf sprinters in tutus at this time of night? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/20 "2016-03-23T13:05:00Z")
A duck! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912.md?page=2)