There’s a funny sort of “gotcha” that people tend to do when discussing hypotheticals. First, they’ll pose a question like: “Would you rather eat a slice of pizza or a spoonful of dirt?” And you say pizza, and then they go: “Aha! But what if they pizza had the Ebola virus on it? Are you saying you’d rather eat the Ebola virus than dirt?!”
People who say this genuinely think they’ve done something clever.
Look, if you ask me what I’d do in a given situation, I’ll tell you. If you then change the situation, my answer is going to change as well! I’m not dying on a hypothetical hill.
So be flexible. Don’t create identities around answers like this; don’t become a “Die-Hard Pizza Guy” after the first answer and then try to defend it all the way to the Ebola ward. Just shrug, and find better people to talk to.
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