The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoYou'd need to calculate the compound interestlemmy.worldimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1606arrow-down118
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minus-squarenialv7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up51·2 days agoIf choosing the second option guarantees I would still be alive to receive that dollar, then hell yeah.
minus-squareBananaIsABerry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 day agoYou will die, come back to receive your dollar, then immediately did again. I’m sorry.
minus-squareRaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up42·2 days agoI’d think living for five million years would be a curse more than anything else
minus-squaredutchkimble@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 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-squareouthouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoYeah but… Fuck it; I’ve got nothing better to do.
minus-squareouthouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 hours agoBut I’d be, like, metabolizing and stuff the whole time!
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 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-up2·1 day 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-up3·1 day 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.
You will die, come back to receive your dollar, then immediately did again.
I’m sorry.
Oops I did it again.
I’d think living for five million years would be a curse more than anything else
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…
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!
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. 😅