For anyone that doesn’t know about Death Note it’s a fictional notebook from a death god. If you write someone’s name in it while picturing thier face they die. You can also manipulate thier actions and method of death to some extent.
Write my name in it so I don’t forget it’s mine
So in other words the post is, “Who would you kill if you could totally get away with it?”
If that’s how you want to see it.
I was browsing popular anime and saw Death Note and just felt like seeing what people respond with.
I have my own thoughts and expectations of myself but wanted to see what others would do.
So far only one person would kill for direct personal gain. Most would kill for “betterment” of a nation. The greater good so to speak.
Murder is still murder.
What about killing in a war? Is that murder?
What about killing to stop/prevent war?
Where do people draw the line. It seems like anonymous strangers here are more willing to end a life to “save lives.”
Don’t do that. Don’t give me hope.
Donald J. Trump - Death by french fry asphyxiation on live TV
DJ Vance - Killed by a falling piece of furniture
Elon Musk - Hit by a Cybertruck in a freak accident
Pete Hegseth - Alcohol poisoning
Robert F Kennedy Jr. - Brain aneurysm live on TV
Kash Patel - shot by an unknown professional hitman
Christy Noem - Hit by a speeding dump truck
Pam Bondi - Electrocuted by a faulty power line near her podium (live, of course)
Linda McMahon - Stone Cold Stunner by a J6’er
Marco Rubio - Smashes face through a plate glass window
Elise Stefanik - Falls out a window
Vladimir Putin - Poisoned by comrade
Benjamin Netanyahu - Islamic extremist knife attack
Kim Jong-un - Slips and falls down some stairs, breaking his neck
Xi Jinpeng - Exposure to toxic honey
I could go on and on, you get the idea…
This guy death notes
Except for the names he spelled wrong. Some unrelated people will die.
Not if they’re picturing the correct person. Writing the wrong name but picturing the correct person will result in no death so as to keep the innocent or same-name people alive. It’s in the rules.
Makes me wonder what would happen with JD Vance, actually. His last name has changed a couple of times, which of his names is the “real” one?
It needs to be his legal name. That’s also addressed in Death Note, where the lead investigator goes by a moniker “L” and can’t be targeted by the Death Note until after Light learns L’s real legal name. Nicknames or incomplete names aren’t enough.
This DJ Vance guy sounds dope. Which clubs is he at?
RIP DJ Vance, poor innocent bystander got got for no reason
This list, but everything would be “spontaneous combustion” and happen at the same time.
Let it be an event to behold.
Yeah, to actually affect any real change, it needs to send a message. While freak accidents would make for great memes, they don’t send the “this is a warning; nobody is untouchable. You could be next if you don’t clean up your act” message that will actually cause lasting change.
Freak accidents can be hand waved away. Conspiracy theorists would go wild, but the ruling elites wouldn’t actually change anything. You want something that can’t be explained away as anything but a targeted and coordinated attack.
If you want to send a message, maybe have them all simultaneously choke on a 50 cent coin. It’s common enough that anyone can get their hands on one, but uncommon enough that you basically need to seek them out. That would at least send a “money bad” message. But be sure it’s something consistent, to ensure the message is actually received.
Interesting that only one item on your list would start a war. Guess you didn’t see enough photos of dead children last year.
Care to elaborate which of these murderers you’re referring to? Besides, I’m making a global omelette here. Expect broken eggs.
You leave Bill Gates alone
Edit: I was going to delete it, but I’ll let it stand.
I agree there are no good billionaires, but he’s mild in comparison.
My thought is his death doesn’t really change anything. Dude retired AGES ago and doesn’t have his hand in anything.Lol. He knows how to get off of the list. If anyone can donate fast enough to outrun a make believe magic book, he can.
I don’t care how much positive press he buys, he’s on the list. There are no good billionaires.
At least 95% of this wealth is going to donations when he dies and he’s not hoarding it like a dragon or burning the world down.
Hoarding it until he dies is still hoarding it.
There are no ethical billionaires because the act of hoarding a billion dollars is inherently unethical. Giving only some of it to charity is not enough to justify how much more damage was done in the first place.
There’s an old Indian story about a rich man who gives every beggar he sees a coin, until he has no more coins and is a beggar himself.
How much good did that man do by frittering away his wealth? You’re surely familiar with the adage, “It takes money to make money.”
Would you have a man like Gates blast out all his wealth, and then be unable to produce more to continue his philanthropy? Would you have him shut down his disease eradication and vaccination programs so as to not be an evil billionaire? Would that somehow clear his conscience? Or would it merely make you feel better?
Some of you have the financial sophistication of sophomores. And by “some”, I mean you [email protected].
A billionaire would need to give a coin every second of his life for millions of years to deplete their fortune. The rich man of the story wasn’t rich enough, or was giving much more than a coin.
Let’s just say “death by spiders in butthole” would be a very common thing for the next few days.
Elon Musk, death from asphyxiation being up Trumps ass for too long.
Followed by Trump, death from rectal bleeding.
It would all be on live television.
A lot of people in the comments here are taking the high ground. “I wouldn’t use it. I’m not a killer. I’m better than that.”
But by not using it you are even more of a killer. This is a trolley problem. If you pull the right switch one evil psychopathic murderer dies, if you don’t pull the switch thousands of their innocent victims die. If you have the power to make that decision then the responsibility for the deaths falls on your shoulders, whether it’s one death or thousands.
So yeah, I’d use it. I’d start at the top of the psychopathic killer list and move down. I doubt I’d have to wonder when to stop. There are so many. But once they got the message I’d be more moderate and only use it when necessary.
Nice try FBI
I probably would use it like a journal and kill a bunch of people by accident
That’s pretty fucked up considering you’d probably write about someone you know but wouldn’t wish harm on.
The rules are on the inside cover so I’d assume most people would check there for ownership and see its a death thing.
Tbh if i came across a notebook with a bunch of ominous bullshit on the inside cover, I’d assume it was a prop for V:TM or some other goth-ish ttrpg. And then promptly ignore the instructions until I notice people dying.
And that’s assuming I don’t just rip out the instructions or glue a picture over it
That’s exactly what Light did in the anime. But anyone who touches the Death Note gains the ability to see the gods of death that normally hold the book. So Light believed it was a joke or a prop until the god of death introduced himself.