Your life depends on it! Who do you trust?

[Lord Garth]

Imagine this: you're in a situation and it's a matter of life and death. You have to be able to trust someone to help you get out of this situation and live to tell about it.

Which one of these three people do you trust to save your life?

A. The crooked politician who got elected through voter fraud, kept none of his promises, and exaggerated several of his accomplishments.

B. The used car salesman who also does body work and is notorious for ripping people off, inflating repair costs, and scaling back odometers.

C. The homeless guy who's lived the hard life, done time, does drugs, does hookers, and hasn't set foot in a classroom since he got expelled from junior high.

These are the only three people who can save you. Who do you trust?

 

[Mr. B]

I'll take the politician... sounds like the best chance to get an able bodied person.

 

[RoJoHen]

Um...it would probably depend on the specific life or death situation.

 

[Lord Garth]

I purposely left it vague to see what people would come up with and give the topic room to move around.

 

[RoJoHen]

Well, without knowing what the situation is, I cannot give an honest answer. I would like to think that, on average, even the biggest douchebag would help save another human's life if put in that situation.

 

[auntiehill]

The politician. Letting me die would be bad publicity.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I will also say the politician. He might not care about me but he would want to look good for the next election.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I'll take C. He's probably not only got the greatest sympathy for others because of the knocks he's taken, but he's probably got closer bonds with his fellow street people than the other two have with anybody, and so would be more likely to do something for somebody else.

 

[Roger Wilco]

Um...it would probably depend on the specific life or death situation.

I agree, trust isn't so simple.
The salesman might be a douchebag, but I'd rather let him drive my car than the homeless drunkard.
The politician might be a crook but what if helping me is in hisn own interest too? Then I'd definitely trust him.
The homeless guy would maybe give me his last sandwich if I'm starving, but I wouldn't trust him to count the money in my wallet.

 

[T'Girl]

A. The crooked politician
B. The used car salesman
C. The homeless guy

Depends if we're going to fight our way out or talk our way out. The homeless guy might be better in a fight because he has probably been in that situation before. The salesman has likely faced angry customers on occasions and had to calm them dowm, he also know how to use money to get what he wants.

If I'm on a spaceship and enemy fire has put a jagged two inch hole in the hull, the two of us are sealed in and all the air is streaming out. I can rip the politician's shirt off, shove him belly first against the hole and survive.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

I will also say the politician. He might not care about me but he would want to look good for the next election.

I'll take C. He's probably not only got the greatest sympathy for others because of the knocks he's taken, but he's probably got closer bonds with his fellow street people than the other two have with anybody, and so would be more likely to do something for somebody else.

I'm torn between the politician and the homeless guy, pretty much for the reasons you outlined. I agree that the homeless guy is most likely to help out of a genuine sense of connection with his fellows, but the politician might be more useful and likely to succeed, and though he wouldn't really care the opportunity to play hero would be too good to pass up. Unless it's too dangerous, in which case he'll slink off and homeless guy is once again best bet.

As for the salesman, he probably found me, stole my wallet, then ran off.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

It's impossible to answer this question without knowing the specific life or death situation at hand. Each choice might be prudent under different sets of circumstances.

 

[Vendikarr]

Imagine this: you're in a situation and it's a matter of life and death. You have to be able to trust someone to help you get out of this situation and live to tell about it.

Which one of these three people do you trust to save your life?

A. The crooked politician who got elected through voter fraud, kept none of his promises, and exaggerated several of his accomplishments.

B. The used car salesman who also does body work and is notorious for ripping people off, inflating repair costs, and scaling back odometers.

C. The homeless guy who's lived the hard life, done time, does drugs, does hookers, and hasn't set foot in a classroom since he got expelled from junior high.

These are the only three people who can save you. Who do you trust?

A and B are both crooks and frauds. C appears to have only fucked up his own life. I think I would trust C.

A & B would hold whatever I did over my head forever. I could give C twenty bucks and he'd party and forget everything.

 

[All Seeing Eye]

without a shadow of a doubt I'll take:

C. The homeless guy who's lived the hard life, done time, does drugs, does hookers, and hasn't set foot in a classroom since he got expelled from junior high.

He's not had the best of lives but he's not been corrupted by power or money.

 

[Captain Brylcream]

With no hesitation - The Homeless Guy -

The Homeless Guy has nothing to lose, therefore can go that extra mile, before of course, eventually sacrificing himself/ allowing me to harvest his organs so I may survive!

Also the bloke does drugs, ropey hookers, and has gotten through prison, he's obviously a survivor and hell if his only request is "twenty pence for a cup of tea mister" or a bottle of white stripe cider than hell yeah I've got a new wingman!

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

The homeless guy. If he's homeless but can still afford drugs and hookers he must be pretty clever so he'd figure out a good way to get me out of any jam.

 

[Kestra]

The stereotypes annoy me enough that I don't want to answer the question.

 

[Kelthaz]

The used car salesman.

I'd just promise to buy a car off him if he gets me out of situation X in one piece. I'd get ripped off financially, but at least I know he'd fight to save me

 

[RandyS]

The homeless guy. He's clearly the one who might feel just a little sympathy for my situation.

 

[greenguy]

The politician won't let me die, and even if he does, he'd pay my family millions in a cover-up plea bargain. Slap my ass and call me Chappaquiddick.