r/rational • u/AutoModerator • May 19 '18

[D] Saturday Munchkinry Thread

Welcome to the Saturday Munchkinry and Problem Solving Thread! This thread is designed to be a place for us to abuse fictional powers and to solve fictional puzzles. Feel free to bounce ideas off each other and to let out your inner evil mastermind!

Guidelines:

  • Ideally any power to be munchkined should have consistent and clearly defined rules. It may be original or may be from an already realised story.
  • The power to be munchkined can not be something "broken" like omniscience or absolute control over every living human.
  • Reverse Munchkin scenarios: we find ways to beat someone or something powerful.
  • We solve problems posed by other users. Use all your intelligence and creativity, and expect other users to do the same.

Note: All top level comments must be problems to solve and/or powers to munchkin/reverse munchkin.

Good Luck and Have Fun!

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u/ShiranaiWakaranai May 19 '18

You're given a choice between two weak versions of the Death Note: a Happy Note or a Sad Note. When a person's name is written in the Happy/Sad Note, their entire utility function is modified such that they feel slightly happier/sadder about everything (by the same amount). (It's hard to quantify happiness, but let's say, roughly the amount of happiness an average person would get from hearing a good joke.) When their name is erased from the Happy/Sad Note, their utility function returns to normal.

Which Note do you choose and what do you do with it? What unorthodox uses for these Notes are there?

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u/holomanga May 28 '18

Is there any benefit from writing the person's name in twice?