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[Elektro Demon]

So, you're presented with a choice.
Let's say you're presented with this choice at 20 years old. So a man comes to you and presents you a choice. He works for a chemical company.
They're testing this new drug and stuff, and they want to inject you a specific drug. There are no side effects or anything except one big major side effect. You will die at age 45. It's 99.9% certain that you'll die at this exact age. So when you reach 45, you're dead brah. But, here's the thing. You're presented with this choice at the age of 20. So you get 25 years to live. If you take his offer, you get 5 million dollars.(see option 1)
So you have a choice. What would you do?

Option 1 ---take the 5 million dollars and let him inject the drug. But you will die at age 45.
Option 2 -- refuse the offer. Obviously, you don't get the money, no drug is injected in your body and you will die when you're supposed to.

Spoiler

Let's say you don't take the money and you die in 2 years because a car hit you. You'd feel stupid.

I'll go first. I'd take the money. Living 25 years with that kind of cash would be enough for me.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

You can die right fucking now as a car runs you over in your own home as well.


Yeah!

 

[AlteredForms]

Time is the ultimate currency.

 

[Pejo]

I shorten my lifespan all the time for free currently, so....

That said 45 is a little rough. Maybe if you offered this to me when I was 18.

 

[Ornlu]

Yeah, I would have taken it at 20. By that time I had a kid already, and was poor as shit. I'd have invested 4 mil of that MF'er instantly, would live off of the 1 mil remainder for the rest of my life, and worked some to make that $40,000 a year be more like $75,000.

 

[MaestroMike]

No way 45 is young as hel! And you'd miss out on a lot of good games and movies and cool technological advances and plus u won't see ur know kids grow up and get married and have their own kids.

 

[Tesseract]

wait so what's this drug doing

i'll probably inject it into my buttocks right now

just give me a little info

 

[brap]

No way 45 is young as hel! And you'd miss out on a lot of good games and movies and cool technological advances and plus u won't see ur know kids grow up and get married and have their own kids.

 

[Stilton Disco]

I'm 35, but even if you said I'd just get another 25 years instead, I'd still say no.

5mil is really not that much in the grand scheme of things, so I'd rather have a full lifespan. Life is more important than cash.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I'd die tomorrow for 5 million GAF reactions today

 

[haxan7]

Nope.

45 is too young to go. $5 million isn't that much.

I'd go out at 70 for $100 million.

 

[Grinchy]

45? OP, are you like 19? 45 is nothing these days. Even fat, unhealthy people make to 90 pretty often.

 

[zeorhymer]

I want my AARP card!

 

[DKehoe]

45? No way.

 

[DESTROYA]

No way in hell I would take that deal.
5 million is not really that much money.

 

[Fuz]

Fuck no, are you out of your fucking mind?

 

[Gargus]

45? God damn no way. I'll be dead in like 2 years.

Now that I said that watch this, I'll die on my 45th birthday somehow anyway, broke.

 

[Urprobablyright]

5 million is barely anything, no way, it would have to be enough money to buy and finance a sports team, like a Real sports team, to great success for all the years until i died. So that's billions.

 

[Humdinger]

No, but I'd do the opposite: pay money for more years. Time > money.

 

[H4ze]

No way man, 45 would be way to early to go.
At least I hope that I will live long enoughe to be able to go full old-man-yells-at-cloud mode.

 

[Elektro Demon]

45? God damn no way. I'll be dead in like 2 years.

Now that I said that watch this, I'll die on my 45th birthday somehow anyway, broke.

But you would be presented this choice when you're 20. That's 25 years of life. But carefree life with 5 mil.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Are you the crossroads demon by any chance looking for potential candidates?

 

[GymWolf]

Make 1 bililion to die at 50 and we have a deal.

 

[Skyr]

5 Million to 45 wouldn't be enough to make that decision.

Make it 50 Million and I'm in.

 

[lock2k]

Isn't that what the whole society does and preaches all the time? Open Linkedin and you'll see a bunch of bozos bragging about how they work all the time and they all end up getting some horrible disease and having to use the money to try to cure themselves and fail spectacularly.

I guess the answer is yes. I do this all the time. But not because i want to.

 

[Tesseract]

Fuck no, are you out of your fucking mind?

 

[Robot Carnival]

I'm pretty close to 45 so unless it's a lot more money, I'm not taking that deal. might think about it if it's 500 mil or something.

 

[Nester99]

But you would be presented this choice when you're 20. That's 25 years of life. But carefree life with 5 mil.

the idea that $5mm makes your life care free shows a heavy lack of perspective and frankly is simply not true.

 

[888]

How about the reverse. Would you live poor but live for eternity?

 

[Tesseract]

How about the reverse. Would you live poor but live for eternity?

we should all be so worthy

 

[ScarletSpider]

This entirely depends on when my better half croaks

 

[Elektro Demon]

How about the reverse. Would you live poor but live for eternity?

Interesting question. I have to think about it.

 

[Super Mario]

At 20, 45 seems like enough time. In my 30s, 45 is way too close. 5 million is also not enough to get THAT crazy. Give me a billion and let me die at 60. We'll talk then.

 

[Nobody_Important]

What would be the point of having money if you couldn't live long enough to properly enjoy it?

 

[MetalAlien]

Sure... i've seen old, it's not fun.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

Life is more precious than money. Hell no.

I pity people who entertain such a transaction.

 

[BigBooper]

45 no way. Make it 65 and more money and I'd probably do it. Most people trade a large part of their life away for money in the form of work, so it's not much different.

 

[MetalAlien]

Life is more precious than money. Hell no.

I pity people who entertain such a transaction.

I was 20 in 1991. By the time 2016 gets here all the great movies would have been made, and the rise of SJW bullshit would just be digging it's claws into the world. I'd get to see Hillary eat a loss just as i'm going into the ground.

My only regret would be missing Infinity War, but the bonus is I also miss Captain Flatass.

 

[EviLore]

I was 20 in 1991. By the time 2016 gets here all the great movies would have been made, and the rise of SJW bullshit would just be digging it's claws into the world. I'd get to see Hillary eat a loss just as i'm going into the ground.

My only regret would be missing Infinity War, but the bonus is I also miss Captain Flatass.

The Cruise Missile is still going at it, not all is lost. Maverick, Edge of Tomorrow 2, two more McQuarrie Mission Impossible flicks coming.

 

[10000]

a big no

even though sometimes I get very depressed, I love myself more than money

 

[Mihos]

I wouldn't take 5 million now to have died years ago..... so I guess no?

 

[poppabk]

Yeah a year and a half to enjoy $5 million dollars - hard pass.

 

[EviLore]

Money is only worth it to the point you have security and some freedom, far less than 5 mill required for that. Family, friends, community, purpose, those are the things that elevate life.

 

[Hideous Snake]

Hell no. Yes having lots of money makes literally everything better but it isn't worth everything at the same time

And as Tyler said, this is what I cherish the most in life:

Family, friends, community, purpose, those are the things that elevate life.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

It's easy for some people to say that, but not everyone has those things, or those things aren't primary concerns in everyone's everyday life.

Money, on the other hand, almost everyone has a need/want/use for money.

 

[Phase]

I'm actually surprised by the votes, but maybe I shouldn't be. Most people like life and it has meaning to them. I would take that 5mil and enjoy it, gladly going at 45.

 

[Kenpachii]

45 hell no.

 

[G-Bus]

No.

I'd do 60. 45 too young.

5 million isn't enough either. That's only 160,000 a year

 

[Frito_Pendejo]

No chance. I'd rather have the time with my daughter instead of the money.

 

[Mihos]

I'm actually surprised by the votes, but maybe I shouldn't be. Most people like life and it has meaning to them. I would take that 5mil and enjoy it, gladly going at 45.

What if I told you that your 40s and 50s are actually the best times you will have in your life?