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Would they have all still fought against him?

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I mean, he could have just created 200% more resources as well. Or he could have equally redistributed all the resources. The problem he was trying to solve would still eventually happen again, because solving the problem relies on everyone working unselfishly, which is simply not possible when humans are involved.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think he should have cut the pregnancy rate to a third of what it is now. No one would notice. No one would die or be missed. There'd just be a lot less people within fifty years.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

OK while that would be a better idea the thought that no one would notice is laughable. We have detailed pregnancy rate records going back 75 years, an immediate 30% change would definitely raise a lot of red flags.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think he should have made everyone half size. Then they would have only needed half as many resources plus there's a little tiny, angry Spiderman jumping around.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I kinda like the idea of randomly distributing how much each person gets shrunk. Each person ends up anywhere from 99.9% to 0.1% of their original size. Think of the added chaos it would create.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This would make a great short story. People would probably divorce and marry based on size

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I feel like it would create a hell of a lot more chaos than half the world disappearing. And hijinks. And genocide.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

If they were half as large, they'd need less than half as many resources, as their volume would decrease by considerably more.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

That wouldn't have impressed death. He is into goth girls.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Actually a good point. He should have just done that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, Dan Brown dealt with it in a much better manner.