Hypothetically...

Chuck Klosterman has been arguably one of the most relevant pop culture writers in the last ten years. He has written for Spin, many other magazines, and don't tell me you Generation Xers that you haven't heard of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. One of the things that I thoroughly enjoy reading of his are his hypothetical questions. What can I say, I'm a "what if" kinda person. Don't judge me, just join me.


Think of someone who is your friend (do not select your best friend, but make sure the person is someone you would classify as "considerably more then an acquaintance"). This friend is going to be attacked by a grizzly bear. Now this person will survive the attack; that is guaranteed. There is a 100 percent chance that your friend will live. However, the extent of his injuries is unknown; he might receive nothing but a few superficial scratches, but he also might lose a limb (or multiple limbs). He might recover completely in twenty-four hours with nothing but a great story, or he might spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Somehow you have the ability to stop this attack from happening. You can magically save your friend from the bear. But his (or her) salvation will come at a peculiar price: if you choose to stop the bear, it will always rain. For the rest of your life, wherever you go, it will be raining. Sometimes it will pour and sometimes it will drizzle-but it will never not be raining. But it won't rain over the totality of the earth, nor will the hydrological cycle de disrupted; these storm clouds will be isolated, and they will focus entirely on your specific where-abouts. You will also never see the sun again. Do you stop the bear, accepting the lifetime of rain?
(Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas)

~Ferdinando