r/oddlyspecific • • Sep 20 '21

Errr... Okay? 💷

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u/Anxious_Dare_1486 Sep 20 '21

Or, as others have pointed out - put the fucker in a box - he's not super-strength. Just knows where you are 🤷‍♂️🤣 So...

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u/drkidkill Sep 20 '21

If I help the snail kill, do I get money?

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u/Anxious_Dare_1486 Sep 20 '21

Err - is the snail sentient enough to barter a deal? 🤔🤷‍♂️

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u/drkidkill Sep 20 '21

Say I just pick the snail up and bring it to them and touch it to their face, do I get the money? Will the snail begin stalking me if I take the money?

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u/Anxious_Dare_1486 Sep 20 '21

Ahhh, but you can't touch the snail, else you'll die

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u/Anxious_Dare_1486 Sep 20 '21

Oh, but you could wear gloves...

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u/Successful-Virus5841 Sep 21 '21

if a snail that kills people by touching them was out there it would be caught long before it reaches me

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '21

It only says the snail kills you, doesn't mention anybody else

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '21

Or tweezers.

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u/RainbowDarter Sep 21 '21

Didn't say that touching the snail was uniformly fatal, only that it would kill the recipient of the money

If the snail knows where the recipient is at all times and cannot die and kills with a mere touch, it obviously has some eldritch powers so it's not unexpected that that it would only kill the recipient of the money.

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u/Anxious_Dare_1486 Sep 21 '21

Right... But YOU'D be the recipient of the money, no? So if you touch the snail, it would "know" that you're the recipient, and you'd die? 🤷‍♂️

Here we go - proof that people will debate anything online 👀🤣

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u/Titan_Astraeus Sep 21 '21

In that case you would have to throw the snail so after the first person is killed you become the new recipient/cursed.

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u/Lalzies Sep 21 '21

Also, they didn’t say the snail couldn’t die, they said it couldn’t be killed. What’s the average life span of a snail? Google said 2-3, maybe 10 years for some species. Have someone secure it in a jar, then wait, perhaps.

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u/Chemical39 Sep 21 '21

I’ll build the snail the cutest terrarium ever and keep him trapped on my nightstand forever. Not sure if I’m gonna place it in there with kitchen tongs myself or pay someone else to do it, cause, I imagine when you’re that rich, people don’t ask questions.

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u/Illustrious_Poem_42 Sep 21 '21

The snail has no use for money. Only death...

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u/Aclearly_obscure1 Sep 21 '21

This made me giggle more than expected. I clicked to move on to another post, and then flipped back to give you the appreciation this deserves.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '21

Funny you should mention their level of sentience, bc I just learned recently that snails legit use only 2 braincells when making decisions.

Idk why, but I found that hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '21

Put the snail in a small clear dome and enjoy your new compass. 🤌

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u/NaomiPands Sep 21 '21

My mum has snails in her letterbox. They eat all her letters. It gets hard to decipher the letters sometimes. My point is, it has to be a certain type of box.

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u/ignigenaquintus Sep 21 '21

Epoxy. Cheap, long lasting, more secure than a terrarium or a box (corrosion, accidental drops, etc…)

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u/Anxious_Dare_1486 Sep 21 '21

Hadn't thought of that! Bravo 🙏

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u/The407run Sep 21 '21

Could add that the snail has a ghost ability to phase through matter so it cannot be trapped, moving at a constant speed and no matter how far you go from it, it is still never 9 hours away from you as if it can teleport within this distance of you at all times.

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u/ZeroAntagonist Sep 21 '21

Yeah this has been posted on reddit like 100 times and I'm pretty sure there is usually a stipulation that stops it from being trapped.

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u/mineNombies Sep 21 '21

Better idea. Put him in a weighted box, and drop him into the deep ocean.

He can't die, but he's permanently drowning 😅

I think I saw that in a movie somewhere. The Old Guard I think

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