Would you rather...

pay to see a female comedian.

be paid the same amount to be slapped 10 times in the face.

You have no affiliation to the comedian. She is just a random, average female trying her hand at comedy.

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Mar 5, 2012

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pay to see a female comedian.

There are genuinely funny female comedians—performers like Ellen DeGeneres and Sarah Silverman prove the premise embedded in this question is false.
Paying to see comedy, even mediocre comedy, is still preferable to enduring physical strikes to the face, however brief.
You walk out of a comedy show having spent time and money; you walk out of ten slaps having been hit ten times in the face.

be paid the same amount to be slapped 10 times in the face.

The financial structure is reversed—you're being paid to endure the slaps, not paying for them, which changes the calculus entirely.
If the payout is large enough, accepting ten brief slaps is straightforwardly rational—the discomfort fades quickly while the money stays.
Paying to see any comedian guarantees nothing in return; being paid to be slapped guarantees a tangible reward regardless of how bad it feels.

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Would you rather...

pay to see a female comedian.

be paid the same amount to be slapped 10 times in the face.

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