Poll of the Day > 1 billion dollars, but you live for 15 more years

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Probably... going to be doing that anyway? x3

Sure, why not? It isn't said that I will die after 15 years.
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So, I live for at least 15 more years? Sign me up!
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i thought i made it clear that you'd die after 15 years are up
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JebronLames posted...

i thought i made it clear that you'd die after 15 years are up

To make it clear, you would have to say only 15 more years... Or you die in 15 years. Or something similar...
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I'll take it, you could die tomorrow, or in a year, or anytime within 15 years anyways
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A year ago I would have said yes. Hell, 7 months ago I would have said yes. But I've met someone who makes me want to live a very long time just so we can have more of it together.


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Can the money be passed on to my family once I die? If so, then I'd do it. I'm sure my wife would be able to dry her tears on some of those fat stacks of cash.
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no, for this hypothetical you can't pass it on to your family
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What about assets I purchase? Can those be passed on? If so, I'd buy a bunch of real estate and pass that on when I die. If nothing can be passed on, then I would absolutely not take the money.
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nope to that too
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Far-Queue posted...

then I would absolutely not take the money.

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What about presents you give them while they are still alive?
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Muscles posted...

What about presents you give them while they are still alive?

Yeah like pretty pointless is everything you bought poofs, you can't take it with you after all?

Nah, Id rather keep living a modest life than a short extravagant one.
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Every 60+ year old would likely take this deal. In most cases they won't make it past 15 years anyways.

JebronLames posted...

i thought i made it clear that you'd die after 15 years are up

It was clear, but you know how people on the internet are.
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Monopoman posted...

Every 60+ year old would likely take this deal. In most cases they won't make it past 15 years anyways.

Silly! I'm 72. In 15 years I'll only be 87, merely average longevity, and unless I stack up a plane or sports car, I expect to beat those odds.
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If you were already diagnosed with something terminal, that might be a good deal >_>
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This definitely reads like Ill live at least another 15 years.

Nope. I'm in no hurry to die.
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Yeah. Dead at 43 is fine. I'll do some mad shit so I'll be remembered forever.

Good life.
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I choose the billion dollars and living 15 years while also continuing to live past that.
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Id take the money and in 15 years Id just keep on living what are they gonna do

Suckers
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JebronLames posted...

no, for this hypothetical you can't pass it on to your family

well that's BS

remove one vote from yes and add another to NO

Cancer will kill me anyways. 15 years is a gift. So yea.
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dancer62 posted...

Monopoman posted...

Every 60+ year old would likely take this deal. In most cases they won't make it past 15 years anyways.

Silly! I'm 72. In 15 years I'll only be 87, merely average longevity, and unless I stack up a plane or sports car, I expect to beat those odds.

Average life expectancy at birth in the USA is 71.5 years. Now that number might trend a bit higher as the years go on, but you are beating the average if you live for a single day past 71.5 years.

No deal. A billion wouldn't elevate my enjoyment of life as it is, especially once the novelty of being rich wore off, and extravagance became just the norm. And the thought of leaving behind pets and loved ones--without recompense--would really put the damper on things.
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I would take the offer because I'm not going to live for 15 more years in the first place. In other words, I will be wiped out by natural selection in less than 15 years. I could use the money to help make the short time I have left a good one, especially for others.
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I'm 42 now. In 15 years I'd be 57. I'm already starting to feel the aches and pains of old age, and can only assume when I'm almost 60 things will be worse. And I'm not overly keen on prolonging my life solely for the sake of living as long as possible - I'd much rather have a shorter life with consistently high quality of life than a longer life but one where I'm a decaying husk constantly needing medical attention and unable to really do much.

$1 billion could basically make the next 15 years an incredible experience, as I'd use it to help elevate the lives of some of my friends, and use the rest to travel and generally just have adventures. Could even easily start to do even riskier things towards the end of my time, because if you already know that you're dying in a few months regardless, what's stopping you from pulling a Felix Baumgartner and skydiving out of the stratosphere or buying a high-end sports car and driving it at 250 mph? Towards the very end, you could even develop any number of terrible drug addictions and just be as high as a kite because there's functionally no consequences.

Or, if you're the sort of person who feels the need to leave a legacy behind, or do what you can to make the world a better place before you leave it, $1 billion could fuel a LOT of charities, and you could even get a few hospitals to name wings after you. Help irrigate villages and set up education in impoverished nations, or help feel the homeless, or help cancer or other disease research.



Mead posted...

Id take the money and in 15 years Id just keep on living what are they gonna do

Suckers

Spend a few million to hunt down the people who made the deal, so they're dead and can't come get you in 15 years.


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in 20 years i would accept this deal
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I'm 32 now, so nope
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Dying at 41 sounds like the dream, and I doubt I'd live that long with a billion dollars lol
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green dragon posted...

JebronLames posted...

i thought i made it clear that you'd die after 15 years are up

It was clear, but you know how people on the internet are.

Definitely wasn't clear. Sounds more like you live an extra 15 years. So instead of perhaps dying at 80, you live another 15 and make it to 95. English, do you speak it?
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Is there any way to talk this hypothetical down from 15 years? That's a bit too long for me to wait.

JebronLames posted...

no, for this hypothetical you can't pass it on to your family

With this late game rule change, and why internet hypotheticals suck, no.

What's the point if I can't continue to help my loved ones after passing so young?
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I'm 34 and don't really see a life beyond 50 so yeah.

No kids or wife. I don't want to be old and solo

SunWuKung420 posted...

JebronLames posted...

no, for this hypothetical you can't pass it on to your family

With this late game rule change, and why internet hypotheticals suck, no.

What's the point if I can't continue to help my loved ones after passing so young?

At 14 years and 364 days your can gift them the rest in presents, your just can't leave them your fortune after you die
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Nope
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Monopoman posted...

dancer62 posted...

Monopoman posted...

Every 60+ year old would likely take this deal. In most cases they won't make it past 15 years anyways.

Silly! I'm 72. In 15 years I'll only be 87, merely average longevity, and unless I stack up a plane or sports car, I expect to beat those odds.

Average life expectancy at birth in the USA is 71.5 years. Now that number might trend a bit higher as the years go on, but you are beating the average if you live for a single day past 71.5 years.

I'm not "at birth". Actuarial tables say 87.8 years average for a woman my age. And I figure to beat those odds.
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