I’d pick 100. The people I select would likely be wearing backwards baseball caps or sunshades indoors, or driving an Escalade or something.
Sports arena? Sports fans? I’m sorely tempted to say the 100,000 just for that. 
But, no, I’ll pick the 100 people.
In any given workday I deal with 1-2 people who I’d be happy for Odin to kill for free. If he’ll allow me a good enough memory to dredge their names out of my mind then I’d happily supply him with over a 1000 names and wish him on his way. Barring that, I could easily rattle off about 30 people I’d like him to “take care of”, and then get 70 random people from somewhere. Certainly better than 10000 innocents.
This gives me a horrible, horrible thought of people I’d like to see him take care of…some that I really shouldn’t be thinking of this way.
No, don’t give me the choice. I am only a flawed human being.
I think a lot of people are trying to find a workaround on the word “innocent.” I don’t think Odin is trying to do you any favors-he would know if you really considered your picks innocent in your own eyes, and would definitely call you on it if you tried that “following the letter of the law, but not the spirit” bull.
The only use of innocent in the OP was the people Odin killed to establish his identity. The only limitations on the victims you choose are :you may NOT choose persons already condemned to execution by a court of law, people already terminally ill; public figures are also off limits.
That said he’s not doing you any favours. Most people will suffer guilt no matter which choice they make or how they choose the victims.
He wants the names right this minute, or can I have like half an hour to search the Internet?
Also, how far below the Pope does the Catholic Church hierarchy cease to be public figures?
Not gonna work, unless you know them by name. I think this eliminates all the “Take this group” type responses.
Are you kidding? I’ve got a little list…
I only get 100?
Dammit.
If you pick the 100 innocents, do you get to include the ones he turned into frogs and then squirped? Or is the All-Father really PMS-ing?
I would come up with 100 people to kill. The fact that they’d be relatives of mine and former classmates might draw the attention of police my way, though. Can I get prosecutorial immunity?
Does anyone else find it interesting that nobody so far has included themselves on the List of 100?
Suicide by god?
I’m not surprised at that; martyrdom isn’t something you should expect of anyone.
I am surprised there’s so many people ruthless enough to take responsibility for an unwanted and unasked-for obligation. And would not only consider it saving lives but would be happy to pick who gets to die.
I’m scratching my head a little by the random // public figure thing. Sometimes public figures do get picked at random. They might not be in the phone book, but movie stars get called for jury duty and so forth. If I picked somebody totally at random and it happened to be what Odin determined to be a public figure, it’s still a no-go? I don’t have anybody in particular I want to off; [del]Kardashian[/del] I’m just asking.
Missed one.
People talk big but in reality every single name you choose does save 99 lives.
There is no doubt that the payment is the burden of knowing you have chosen 100 to die.
Surely you know a few people whose loss would be a distinct gain to society at large.
Now, this is just weird to me. I would think everyone would know people without whom the world would be a better place, even minor people. For me, the main problem would be to remember some of their names, though I admit there is NO way I would be able to come up with 100 names.
Kill the 10,000, I really don’t care to be involved. Many more than 10,000 people die every day.
One could subcontract.