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inhahe · 7 answers · 2y

Say you get to pick the exact amount of time you'll live from now, and you can't live any shorter or any longer than that. Would you do it? How long would you choose? What if you had to choose a time?

I don’t know if I would. It could be handy knowing when you’re going to die, for financial reasons alone - like, you’ll know if you can go hiring private jets and partying in exotic locations because you don’t have to worry about your money lasting until you’re 92. And I wouldn’t want to live to be 92 anyway, so it would be handy to pop my clogs before the incontinence sets in. But what age do I want to live to? 80? 70? It’s a tough one.

Nope. Again. HARD pass. I don’t think it would add to my quality of life. Better the hell that you don’t know vs the one that you could know, in this case.

Hm, I think I would pass - I understand myself enough to know that if I had an exact day I was going to die, that's all I would ever think about...if I had to, I'm thinking somewhere before 70, maybe like 65, 68 tops...I want at least a little bit of golden years to play bingo and complain about kids today

Nah. I wouldn't choose it because you'll never know what future hopes and knowing how lucky I am, I'd probably choose to die a day when I finally want to live forever lol

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