Current Events > Press a button to kill an animal, and you get rewarded. What do you press?

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And how many presses?

Animal | Moral weight | Reward per press
Ant | 0 | $0.00000001
Fruit fly | 0 | $0.00000001
Mosquito | 0 | $0.00000001
Housefly | 0 | $0.00000001
Cockroach | 0 | $0.00000001
Moth | 0 | $0.00000001
Termite | 0 | $0.00000001
Aphid | 0 | $0.00000001
Goldfish | 0 | $0.0000001
Minnow | 0 | $0.0000001
Spider | +1 | $0.000001
Earthworm | +1 | $0.000001
Mouse | +1 | $0.001
Rat | +1 | $0.001
Squirrel | +1 | $0.10
Hamster | +2 | $0.10
Guinea pig | +2 | $0.10
Pigeon | +2 | $0.50
Chicken | +2 | $1
Duck | +2 | $1
Sheep | +2 | $2
Goat | +3 | $5
Owl | +3 | $5
Pig | +5 | $20
Parrot | +5 | $25
Horse | +6 | $50
Sea turtle | +6 | $50
Wolf | +6 | $100
Octopus | +7 | $200
Domestic cat | +8 | $500
Domestic dog | +8 | $500
Panda | +8 | $500
Dolphin | +8 | $500
Orangutan | +9 | $700
Tiger | +9 | $700
Elephant | +10 | $1,000
Chimpanzee | +10 | $1,000
Gorilla | +10 | $1,000
Blue whale | +10 | $1,000

I press nothing

Dissident_77 posted...

I press nothing

Vegan?

I setup an auto clicker for the mosquito button.

Id like to think I wouldnt press the button at all no matter the amount, but even for someone with no morals this is not remotely enough money unless youre gonna start destroying ecosystems

I will put an auto-presser on the mosquito button

Dark_Koopatrol posted...

Vegan?

No

None I guess, I don't see human there.

This topic is 100% getting deleted.

kill off the mosquito population is the obvious choice.

Dark_Koopatrol posted...

c***roach | 0 | $0.00000001

This button, infinity billion times.

Imagine typing that OP

monkmith posted...

kill off the mosquito population is the obvious choice.

Curious doing that math and given the estimated population you wouldn't even break like 3k

Will_VIIII posted...

Curious doing that math and given the estimated population you wouldn't even break like 3k

but you would be doing the world a service.

7500 chimps

monkmith posted...

but you would be doing the world a service.

You gotta press a button a couple trillion times who has time for that

kind9 posted...

Imagine typing that OP

ChatGPT did, thank you very much.

They're gonna shoot the messenger, but the sweetspot here is domestic dog/cat for $500 a press. A massive amount are euthanized already for population control / sanitation / safety. Install this button at kill shelters for revenue

Bout to cash in on some squirrels.

Doe posted...

Popcorn time

Domestic dog. As long as they'll let me keep pressing.

I just want to watch the world burn.

We already kill millions of pigs and chickens every month, so I'd just continuously press either until my hand got tired or they put the box away. Nice pocket change and a few thousand more dead would be a rounding error.

Id kill some bugs.

Doe posted...

They're gonna shoot the messenger, but the sweetspot here is domestic dog/cat for $500 a press. A massive amount are euthanized already for population control / sanitation / safety. Install this button at kill shelters for revenue

Man, you just really hate pets, huh?

I don't even give a fuck about the money I'm mashing that mosquito button until my arm is worn down to the bone.

I was going to say mosquitos or roaches, but apparently they have benefits to the environment...

If I had control over which ones were killed, then I'd say mice. I know they had a really bad infestation in Australia a few years ago, where millions of mice were destroying crops.

I'm ignorant so I'm probably wrong here but I imagine there's a bunch of Octopuses in the wild so I'm pressing that button so many times lol

NoxObscuras posted...

apparently they have benefits to the environment...

Don't even care

Wondering how you came up with these values. Digs and cats the same as pandas?

Dissident_77 posted...

I press nothing

This

SaltyWet posted...

Wondering how you came up with these values. Digs and cats the same as pandas?

Just reading the topic, apparently ChatGPT typed all this out and I assume gave the values as well.

Pig because thats the animal highest on the list I consistently eat. Chicken would also be acceptable and cow isnt on the list. So pig makes the most sense. It wouldnt be a wasted kill. I would consume the animal.

Of the 1k club elephants seem to have the highest population. So maybe 500 there and id just be set for life. Echo the idea of putting autoclickers on the bugs regardless of income though.

Nothing.

It would be rats... but really not worth the effort. Even if I set up a system where every keystroke or game button press would do it, I'd need 300k presses to even get $300.

Press nothing

None. I'd be fine with the bugs, but the values are too low to care. I'm not pressing a button millions of times for a single penny.

Which one of these are not essential to our world?

like cockroaches or mosquitoes, can I get rid of them?

If I can pick the specific animal there's a ton of mice, guinea pigs, cats & dogs euthanized every year. I can just target those and save the vets/scientists some trouble.

I could also use the opportunity to wipe out the invasive pigs in Australia that are destroying the ecosystem like crazy.

Dark_Koopatrol posted...

Vegan?

im not a vegan, but those rewards are fucking worthless

Where's the people option

How has this topic not been modded

What do you press?

Mosquito

And how many presses?

500 trillion times

TC, I think these payouts are a little too generous. You only have to kill a million ants for a penny.

If you press the button once every second for a year, youll make $31.54.

Sign me up!

/s

octopus

Does the world really need cockroaches? Do they do anything other than invade people's homes and ruin everybody's day?

Stray culling would be great, but I wouldn't risk killing someone's pet.

Mosquitos, termites, and roaches.

AgentCoulson posted...

Does the world really need cockroaches? Do they do anything other invade people's homes and ruin everybody's day?

Whatever they do, it's not worth it.