"He did it!" in reference to your brother.

Prevent World War II from happening by removing one person from history that is not Adolf Hitler. At the least, prevent it from becoming a global war and instead just a continental conflict, or stop it entirely. Give good reasoning.

I think removing Franz Ferdinand would've helped significantly. However, I am on the fence about this, as if it wasn't his death started World War I, it probably would've been someone else.

My reasoning for this is that Germany was destroyed after ww1, and no one wanted to help them rebuild. This led to a considerable hatred for the world that appeared to turn its back on Germany. Hitler was in the right place at the right time; anyone else could've taken his place if they held the same easy answer - perhaps targeting someone other than the jews - or with his charisma.

So if ww1 had not happened, Germany would not have been destroyed. Alternatively, if someone existed that could better argue on Germany's behalf for aid, they may not have been so easily swayed by Hitler.

That, or else replace whoever denied Hitler from art school. Lol.





You are stranded in the desert. Right as you are about to die, a blind and deaf man crosses your path. He is armed and trigger happy; when tumbleweed brushes past his ankle he shot it...poorly. How do you get his attention?

Touch him to get his attention. The prompt never suggested we had to survive, just get his attention.

You are fluent in all languages, and have five minutes to submit an essay that you haven't started. How do you finish and submit the essay without detectable plagiarism?

Use phrases from every language you know to write your essay. It's not plagiarism if you have about 6500 phrases from various languages. I just hope you're a fast typer.

You're armed with a lighter, a lollipop, and a trashbag, sitting on a meteor headed straight to Earth. How do you save the world?

Use the lighter to send morse code messages to Earth to tell them the asteroid is coming. Stick the lollipop into the meteor and lick it, then use the sticky part to attach the trash bag to, so it will act as a parachute and slow down the meteor.


You have been captured by the Russian Ballet. Only this time, instead of using you for your body, they're subjecting you to a cruel social experiment. You may choose from only two options: You die. Or they kill all your family. How do you choose?

Wrong answer.

By informing them of your decision.

You are in a thread called Scenarios From Hell when you decide to try to be funny and meta. How do you come up with a better scenario that is six words in length?

Transform into Azrael, play to win.

New scenario, it's also six words:
Every refrigerator transforms into a Hydralisk.

Consume them anyways.

Nunu is soloing Baron Nashor at level 8. There is no solution to this scenario, as there is no problem to solve, but good luck.

eat the steak, clear the fridge of as much material as possible
position the fridge directly beneath where you fell from
put the clock on top of the fridge, get inside the fridge with the keypad, close the fridge door
dial a code and hope it's incorrect
the ensuing blast will destroy what you fell through, you'll survive by way of the fridge, and you'll be able to either crawl out or shout for help.

Ok Mr. Lamecakes, I see how this is going to be.

When they transform into Hydralisks, the part of the refridgerator that was plugged into the wall socket becomes part of the hydralisk too, so most of them get electrocuted and die? The remaining millions probably go on a killing spree for a few days until the various militaries of the world finish them off. Also, in the southern U.S. and Switzerland (and parts of the Middle East, Russia, etc) all the residents just shoot the shit out of them.

You have been magically transported to Harry Potter land and need to drink one of ten potions laid out before you to cross the magic fire into safety, except Snape didnt leave you any logic puzzles to figure out which one to drink. What do?

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Use your linguistic abilities to find a passable essay in a non-English language. Use Google Translate to change the essay into English. Paste the translated essay into Microsoft Word, having it correct any obvious grammatical errors caused by the translation. Spend the remainder of your five minutes scanning the text for any awkward language created by the translation, and quickly revise it.


This is an excellent and well-thought out answer. However, consider that in a real-life situation, you'd only have one chance, and would thus want to maximize your probability of escape. This would require minimizing the distance between the explosive and the intended escape route as much as possible.

We could say "Perhaps the explosive did not cause enough damage to the exit because it wasn't close enough." It is possible to reduce that distance even more.

As a secondary note, the keypad is attached to the explosive device, but that wouldn't really change the effectiveness of your actions (only the order in which they were performed).