The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agoYou'd need to calculate the compound interestlemmy.worldimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1618arrow-down118
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minus-squarenialv7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up54·3 days agoIf choosing the second option guarantees I would still be alive to receive that dollar, then hell yeah.
minus-squareRaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·3 days agoI’d think living for five million years would be a curse more than anything else
minus-squareouthouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days agoYeah but… Fuck it; I’ve got nothing better to do.
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoExactly why it’d be a curse
minus-squareouthouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoBut I’d be, like, metabolizing and stuff the whole time!
minus-squaredutchkimble@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoIt’s not a commitment on our side though, we can stop living when we want to between now and 5 million years later. Imagine loving it and reaching 4999999 years though…
minus-squareBananaIsABerry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 days agoYou will die, come back to receive your dollar, then immediately did again. I’m sorry.
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoSo you’ll receive the dollar and then just die? That’s almost like not getting the dollar at all. Think about that
minus-squareIgnotum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoA wise man once said “money can’t buy happiness, but i’d rather die holding one dollar than die holding zero dollars”
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoAnother wise man said: money doesn’t make you happy, but when you’re sad, you’d rather cry in a taxi than in the subway.
If choosing the second option guarantees I would still be alive to receive that dollar, then hell yeah.
I’d think living for five million years would be a curse more than anything else
Yeah but… Fuck it; I’ve got nothing better to do.
Exactly why it’d be a curse
But I’d be, like, metabolizing and stuff the whole time!
It’s not a commitment on our side though, we can stop living when we want to between now and 5 million years later. Imagine loving it and reaching 4999999 years though…
You will die, come back to receive your dollar, then immediately did again.
I’m sorry.
Oops I did it again.
So you’ll receive the dollar and then just die? That’s almost like not getting the dollar at all. Think about that
A wise man once said “money can’t buy happiness, but i’d rather die holding one dollar than die holding zero dollars”
Another wise man said: money doesn’t make you happy, but when you’re sad, you’d rather cry in a taxi than in the subway.
Ah fuck, I wanted to say that. 😅