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You're allowed anything on the planet

No there is no clever way to use this meal to escape your fate

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[–] Summzashi@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

Anything on the planet? That's great, let's eradicate some diseases. Give me literally every single deadly virus that's out there in the world right now. With a side of all of the leukemia present in the world to buy everyone some time. Give me my meal in an incinerator, lets go.

I'd also like a whopper or something.

[–] Hatshepsut@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Big plate of burnt ends, NY style cheesecake and a bottle of Lagavulin single malt.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I’m stuck in a loop of deciding what my goal should be. Sure, you may not escape but how about revenge?

I first thought of stuffing myself, then thought why spend my last moments uncomfortable…… but then yeah why not. Why not overeat to excess, vomiting in your last moments to create a horrifying mess with purifying stench. Let the hangman pay. Let the doctor pay. Let the guards take au. Let the witnesses pay. Let them all regret bring here and carry it to their own end

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Big Mac and a glass of Chateau Lafite Rothschild 2099.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

ANYTHING on the planet? A clump of Bigfoot hair, a Zodiac Killer's leg, and a shot of DB Cooper's blood. Let's solve some fuckin mysteries

Edit: I'll also take a side of whatever killed those campers at Dyatlov Pass, a copy of the holy text of the correct religion, and a camera that captured real footage of an alien

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

You're using your powers to solve cosmic mysteries. I'll use them for a something a bit more self-serving.

I will take my last meal in the form of blood pudding. A very large amount of blood pudding, made from at least 5 liters of blood. Human blood. Specifically the blood of the person set to perform the execution. Oh, and if you change your mind on who the executioner is, that invalidates my last meal, so I get another one.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Plot twist, you have to eat the whole meal before you are executed.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Or before you get dessert.

[–] Cursed_Fig@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Corpse Reviver No. 2 That will be all, thanks.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

Red tuna and Salmon sashimi with wasabi and soy sauce. A bit of seaweed salad and miso soup on the side.

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 3 points 11 hours ago

The Ritter Sport Olympia chocolate (Milk-honey-hazelnut flavour) and snickers icecream. I love it so much. Haven't eaten it in 8 years. Also curious to find out if they would bother to use an epipen on me just to kill me a couple of hours later.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 15 hours ago

Salad with cheddar cheese boiled eggs & tomato/oil/vinegar dressing, cut mirchi, beef & mushroom stroganoff, a bunch of apples, and some coffee and buttered cinnamon toast.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 9 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Paradox: Request to eat the brain stem of the person who will deliver the killing blow / throw the switch / administer the injection / etc.

If you are then killed by their replacement, then you weren't given what you asked for, contradicting rule 1. If you succeed, rule 2 has been contradicted.

But seriously. It's hard to choose. There was this one pub I visited (with parent) as a child that made the most delicious, dare I say, succulent, miniature pasties. I think I'd like to gorge on those.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The executioner plugs the electric chair into a timed wall outlet. In 30 minutes, you will die. You do get revenge on the executioner first though, so that's cool

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe if they set the timer to go on and off at set intervals or made you eat the meal in the chair, which is unusual.

Otherwise you could take your sweet time eating that brain stem and they'd be unable to put you in a live chair without risking anyone else.

There's also the problem of what to do if there's a power outage.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Half an hour is plenty long enough to zom out on some brains, then get strapped into the chair. Even then, they can just set the timer for more time if they need it. If the power goes out, then good news! You get another serving of someone else's brains tomorrow

[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

it isnt a person, too bad (we implemented claude code onto our automatic execution system)

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 2 points 15 hours ago

Someone has to tell the bot when. There's always a human if you go deep enough.

[–] chrispy@feddit.org 8 points 19 hours ago

I'd eat my prosecuting attorney, jokes on him.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Jeff bezos roasted in a bronze bull with a pinch of lemon and some butter.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 5 points 19 hours ago

Ditch the lemon. Pork needs apple sauce.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

1 cubic meter of pure gold, sliced into bite sized cubes, completely enclosed in a nice icing, and not that fondant stuff.

Leftovers are to go to my family.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I had not heard of that, but yes.
Heck, I might swallow one or two. My family can deal with my body as they wish. (Not sure if cremation would melt it)

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 7 points 21 hours ago

Diet Pepsi and Mentos. Cabbage and baking soda.

I want my dead body to explode and spread foul smelling shit all over the place.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Heart of Billionaire x (however many billionaires there currently are)

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How would you like that prepared?

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 26 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I'd like it served as is, fresh from the chest cavity.

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Often, restrictions require a prisoner to choose foods that are available within the prison system or that cost less than a preset limit. Prisoners are usually denied requests that include alcohol or tobacco products.

RIP to the commenters.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

That's why OP specified that it's anything, instead of normal or reasonable rules: to get fun answers.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 20 hours ago

Anything with an overdose of any good drug. If I'm dying I'm dying with a bang.

[–] unknown@piefed.social 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A kilo of dried magic mushrooms and a fat bag of mdma. I'm going to be glowing with transcendental joy and tripping the light fantastic. Hopefully I'd get the chair, can you imagine how good electricity would feel in that state?

[–] Balldowern@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

My mom's cooking.

Nothing fancy- Corned beef hash, eggs over easy, with swiss cheese melted on top and a nice cup of black coffee.

[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 10 points 1 day ago

I want what they are having at the Palais de l’Élysée (the French presidential house).

A huge table of the best of French food made by awesome chefs, from starters to desserts.

[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I would probably want to smoke crack. Not like I can get hooked and ruin my life if I'm on death row already.

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[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 2 points 19 hours ago

I'd eat the judge

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Provided I have a little while to eat...

A slice of bacon and cheddar quiche with real pie crust.
Chorizo breakfast burrito.
Pork green chili over fresh made tortillas and crunchy hash browns.
Two slices of Oscar Meyer bologna on the cheapest white bread one can buy, with a small handful of plain lays potato chips.
Peanut butter and half a cosmic crisp apple.
A bag of ruffles potato chips with onion soup mix dip.
A new York strip with garlic mashed potatoes and onion strings.
A small sourdough bread bowl of western clam chowder.
A bowl of ramen with garlic tonkatsu broth and two soy eggs.
Carbonara with some garlic bread.
Cobb salad with blue cheese dressing, no olives.
Apple crumble with vanilla bean ice cream.
An ice cold Dr pepper, an ice cold barqs root beer, a large glass of milk, and a few liters of southern sweet tea.

[–] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

32 ounces of medium rare ribeye steak, bowl of spaghetti with alfredo sauce, 30 chicken wings (10 buffalo, 10 BBQ and 10 garlic butter), 750 of eagle rare 17 year bourbon, pint of peanut butter ice cream and a 2 liter of Dr. pepper.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)
  • ten pounds of laxative chocolate
  • enough acid and molly to set my brain on fire
  • ipecac capsule as a petit four that can be taken on my way to the execution chamber

I'm going the same way I came. covered in shit, vomiting, and screaming to go back.

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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

tbh I think Id be in no mood to actually eat anything, and trying to decide on anything in that circumstance sounds like itd just compound the anxiety , so given that itd be kind of a waste of food and wouldnt be of much comfort, Id probably just turn it down.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 12 points 1 day ago

Its more for the benefit of your executionists. A fig leaf for their shame.

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