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[decideformyself]

To those of you who participated in the Milgram Experiment yesterday in the role of the questioner, I have two questions of my own. Did you choose to shock your partner for any incorrect responses they may have given? And why or why not?


[ Filtered to Yui Kiriyama, not anonymous ]

How are you feeling?

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[tanteiotaku]

[Even if he might have an idea of who this is...]

No, I did not. It wouldn't have mattered who I was sat down with. A detective doesn't hurt innocent people.

[Anon forevs]

[decideformyself]

[ The last person he wanted to hear from. He already knew Shotaro's answer. ]

If you were not a detective, would your answer have been different?

Re: [Anon forevs]

[tanteiotaku]

Not at all. Even if they'd like me to be a monster, I'm still human.

[decideformyself]

What a naive viewpoint. Humans hurt one another. Humans kill one another. That's why most of us are here.

[tanteiotaku]

I have my own sins I need to count up. That experiment is just causing pain for the sake of it. And not everyone here is guilty of the crimes they've been arrested for.

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[schizophreniac]

This place is kill or be killed. Isn't that good enough of a reason to push the big red button?

[permanon]

[decideformyself]

Intriguing. Then you place your own wellbeing over that of the person you were paired with?

[permaNOT]

[schizophreniac]

It sounds pretty harsh when you put it like that, but yeah.

[decideformyself]

I mean no ill judgment. I'm simply curious about what makes people choose one way or the other.

Are you aware that those who die in this prison do not remain dead?

[Anon as shit]

[birdinhand]

I did once. Because I thought I wanted the CP.

[so very anon]

[decideformyself]

You "thought"?

[Count the Anons, one, two and--]

[birdinhand]

It wasn't worth it.

[decideformyself]

Why not?

anonymous

[shallnotharm]

Of course I did. Did they end up dying? Yes. Why did I do it? Well, frankly, I wanted it to be swift. Electrocution isn't a painless death but it's all I could do. If I had argued it would have just been drawn out for them. Pressing that button was a mercy.

[decideformyself]

I see. The thought of not killing them did not occur to you?

permanon

[shallnotharm]

Of course it did.

ditto

[decideformyself]

But you dismissed it.

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[androphobian]

I could be doing better, but... I'm fine. Why?

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[decideformyself]

I am glad to hear that.

I wanted to apologize for what I put you through yesterday.

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[androphobian]

Don't. If I were in your place, I would have pressed the button as well.

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[decideformyself]

And I would not have blamed you if you had. But from my studies of human behavior, I believe it is customary to feel regret for having caused harm to another person, and so I apologize.

[whiteas]

I would have shocked him if I were the shocker and it was his turn, but it was mine.

[decideformyself]

Why would you have done so?

[whiteas]

One of us is going to die either way during these events. It isn't as though I would want to, but if you have someone you like, then it's only fair if the pain is shared. I won't let him take the burden on all by himself, but I understand that he doesn't want me to suffer either. So we're taking turns.

[ Even if she had to strong-arm him into it. ]

[decideformyself]

Intriguing. That very well may be the most equitable solution.