Would you take the money?

[Fedorgasm]

accept the money, then pay another genie 1 million to remove the pill contingency, and another million to kill that first genie for being a dick... And probably another million to be on retainer in case I need any more wishes.

Then I'd enjoy my $17 million in cash

 

[riddleofsteel]

Bane's venom delivery system

(doesn't need to be as elaborate)

 

[Reyesnuthugr]

Pills go into a suspension, administered by I.V. when it's time to sleep. (edit-- I was thinking of Bane's delivery system as well, lol)

During daylight, just wear a loudish watch alarm and take the pills every hour, OR have a portable I.V. bag banded to your arm like an old Ipod that joggers used to wear. Why not.


I could do that for 20 million. Being a net 20 mil after taxes, it's more like 35-40 million. I would consider it my job and get twenty million up front in return. Despite the effort, I don't think 20 million (esp. tax free) has ever come easier to anyone.

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People who would NOT take this deal, are either:

1. about to die anyway

2. enlightened to the highest possible level of zen/non-materialism

3. extremely lazy
or
4. just simply insane

(5.) there is also the possibility that the 20 million the genie was referring to was in Zimbabwe dollars. In which case you would be doing all this for about $55,263.89 USD, which I can see not being worth it

In January 2009, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe permitted the use of foreign currency in Zimbabwe in response to an economic decline that caused inflation levels of 5 billion percent. By April 2009, the Zimbabwe dollar was suspended indefinitely.

- from XE.com

 

[zackryder]

accept the money, then pay another genie 1 million to remove the pill contingency, and another million to kill that first genie for being a dick... And probably another million to be on retainer in case I need any more wishes.

Then I'd enjoy my $17 million in cash

y would a genie need 1 million dollars?



hes not dr evil....

Spoiler

or is he?

 

[Silverblur]

Pills go into a suspension, administered by I.V. when it's time to sleep. (edit-- I was thinking of Bane's delivery system as well, lol)

During daylight, just wear a loudish watch alarm and take the pills every hour, OR have a portable I.V. bag banded to your arm like an old Ipod that joggers used to wear. Why not.


I could do that for 20 million. Being a net 20 mil after taxes, it's more like 35-40 million. I would consider it my job and get twenty million up front in return. Despite the effort, I don't think 20 million (esp. tax free) has ever come easier to anyone.

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People who would NOT take this deal, are either:

1. about to die anyway

2. enlightened to the highest possible level of zen/non-materialism

3. extremely lazy
or
4. just simply insane

(5.) there is also the possibility that the 20 million the genie was referring to was in Zimbabwe dollars. In which case you would be doing all this for about $55,263.89 USD, which I can see not being worth it




- from XE.com

You're assuming your system works perfectly every time for the rest of your life, and that you can get it set up perfectly before missing a single pill. If either of those assumptions goes wrong you die a horrible death...

How much leeway do we get for 'on the hour', and what happens if we cross time zones?

 

[Anung Un Rama]

Have you guys ever driven to work before you realized you forgot your wallet?

The answer is No.

 

[ramsiN]

i would never remember to take a pill every hour if it did nothing. gimme oxys, ill take that deal, and ill never miss a dose. i can balance a great life even as a opiate addict with 20 mill.

 

[Kanster]

Was going to say yes, but then I saw it was a genie and not a wizard. Those fuckers can't be trusted.

 

[Reyesnuthugr]

You're assuming your system works perfectly every time for the rest of your life, and that you can get it set up perfectly before missing a single pill. If either of those assumptions goes wrong you die a horrible death...

How much leeway do we get for 'on the hour', and what happens if we cross time zones?

It would, in fact, work perfectly for the rest of your life*. Guaranteed.



*see what I literally did there?

 

[Desdinova]

I can't even remember the question as I am typing....so no...

This, I don't think I'd even make it 24 hours.

 

[5crew]

No.

People saying Yes because they will build a system to auto inject, like other have said it might fail. And that is for when you are asleep. What about when you are awake?

People saying hiring someone to remind you every hour. There's bound to be incidents when you get irritated at that someone following you 16hrs of your waking life every single day. It's basically a body guard 24/7. or in this case 16/7. You will get irritated at some point.

And when you go partying and get so drunk? How would you remember to eat once an hour? Do you want a bodyguard that reminds you to take the pill to follow you to your parties every time?



Someone said, those that said NO are lazy or insane or zen. No.. it's call being rational.
1 pill per hour is way too dangerous to take a risk for 20m.

24hrs x 365days x 20 years = 175200 times.

You have 175,200 chances of dying in just a short 20 years. IF you are only living for another 20 years, 20m for that odds means you get paid $114 bucks per hour for the chance of dying. You are getting paid $57 per hour if you live another 40 years.

Now that you know the numbers.. is it worth it?

For me NO.

 

[Reyesnuthugr]

No.

People saying Yes because they will build a system to auto inject, like other have said it might fail. And that is for when you are asleep. What about when you are awake?

People saying hiring someone to remind you every hour. There's bound to be incidents when you get irritated at that someone following you 16hrs of your waking life every single day. It's basically a body guard 24/7. or in this case 16/7. You will get irritated at some point.

And when you go partying and get so drunk? How would you remember to eat once an hour? Do you want a bodyguard that reminds you to take the pill to follow you to your parties every time?



Someone said, those that said NO are lazy or insane or zen. No.. it's call being rational.
1 pill per hour is way too dangerous to take a risk for 20m.

24hrs x 365days x 20 years = 175200 times.

You have 175,200 chances of dying in just a short 20 years. IF you are only living for another 20 years, 20m for that odds means you get paid $114 bucks per hour for the chance of dying. You are getting paid $57 per hour if you live another 40 years.

Now that you know the numbers.. is it worth it?

For me NO.

That's all true and every thing but

Spoiler

+20 million dollers

right?


I guess you just have to accept that you're going to die someday, might as well have 20 million in the meantime.


Trying to make and keep 20 million by conventional means takes much more time/attention, and can kill you as well, you could die of a random related/unrelated bloodclot tomorrow.

But to put that 20 million to use, especially if you are a charitable fellow, can really pose a special opportunity. And if your life is already half over, like many of us (most aren't even going to live to 80, c'mon), the good you could do with that giant chunk of freed up TIME, let alone money is substantial

I don't blame anyone for not taking the deal, however. I'll retract that. Besides, I feel pressured by my conscience to disclose a possible conflict of interest here; the aforementioned genie ITT is a distant non-blood relative, also a eh previous business partner of mine in the 90's

 

[5crew]

+20m means jack if you die. And my 20 years scenario is IF you don't make a mistake in that 175,200 chances of dying.

I'm not a charitable person, only donates to wild life foundation. Even that, it's not in anyway sensible to take the risk of dying every hour and donate them to any foundations. If you won it from lottery, hell yeah. You take the risk of dying 24 times a day just to donate? Hell no.

Seriously 20m isn't alot of money. Yes 99% of Sherdogger won't earn that money from salaries much less save it for spending. But once again, money means jack if you don't have the life to spend it. Especially in this case where you could just die suddenly.

With the $114/hr risk odds for your 20 years life, it would be less risky to rob a bank for the alternative. At most you get caught and jailed instead of worrying dropping dead the next hour.

 

[Reyesnuthugr]

+20m means jack if you die. And my 20 years scenario is IF you don't make a mistake in that 175,200 chances of dying.

I'm not a charitable person, only donates to wild life foundation. Even that, it's not in anyway sensible to take the risk of dying every hour and donate them to any foundations. If you won it from lottery, hell yeah. You take the risk of dying 24 times a day just to donate? Hell no.

Seriously 20m isn't alot of money. Yes 99% of Sherdogger won't earn that money from salaries much less save it for spending. But once again, money means jack if you don't have the life to spend it. Especially in this case where you could just die suddenly.

With the $114/hr risk odds for your 20 years life, it would be less risky to rob a bank for the alternative. At most you get caught and jailed instead of worrying dropping dead the next hour.

Not a horrible argument you've got there. It's fairly logical


But I think you're strongly overstating the possibility of dying at any random moment in this scenario I've made, and that is really the key point from which most of it hangs.


Are you saying that I.V.'s (Intravenous) are unreliable? This is news to me. I mean, yeah, taking a pill every hour would be risky but being on a machine which uses an I.V. like system is solidly proven to be reliable at this point.

There are people who have real life situations that have to be monitored just like this, only they don't get 20 mil.[ in fact they lose $$$]. The multiple medical bedside systems we have now are proven and reliable as anything you could ask for. This would be much less complex than a dialysis machine or iron lung (<---both reliable), since all it would have to do is dispense an accurate amount of medicine to your body over time. That's relatively stone age tech we've had for decades

As for the dying, chances are you would have a while before it happened (naturally or disastrously), and since the money is upfront in this scenario, that helps with the timing a whole lot.

But you don't have to agree with me. Any choice one makes is the correct choice; it's merely personal preference.

 

[Elmonstro1]

all that effort and worry, and more worry for only 20 mil? No thanks

 

[Armbars]

no its the most retarded idea ever

 

[ajmonsta]

this is literally the way to go. i would hire that Mexican kim Kardashian wannabe chick and she could put the pills in my butt while i'm sleeping, and she can guard me with her pink assault rifle.

Pics of said chick?

 

[The One True]

So basically you can't sleep?

lol what a D-level hypothetical

lol.

brb set my alarm 8 times a night
brb spend 75% of my life worrying about the next pill
brb 50 g of sugar a day from pills = diabeetus
brb need a water bottle with me at all times (weddings, funerals, etc.)
brb carry around jar of pills at all times
brb blue balls because i gotta pull out and take my pill
brb get pulled over by the cops and beg not to take away my "pills"
brb "pills" not allowed on the plane

 

[5crew]

**** REMOVED TO SHORTEN QUOTE ****

But you don't have to agree with me. Any choice one makes is the correct choice; it's merely personal preference.

Yes, it's personal preference. I'm not arguing against anyone, just against "facts" I believe to be unrealistic.




I'm not sure if there are reliable portable IV, and if they are, they won't be small enough to be hidden. Having that kind of money but holding a "plastic bag" and needle stuck into your forearm at all the time. I rather not. I don't think many people would love this as well.

Even disregarding my 20 years "plan":

Say you are going all out fun/crazy for short term just to spend the 20m.

Presuming you plan to blow out all those cash in 3 years, maybe 5 years. Some might say die with glory or whatever stupid reason after that. In order to spend so much money, you will likely be doing "stupid" things like partying, traveling overseas, drinking/drugs all sorts. Under these scenario, you will like missed your pills just once while being overwhelmed by the FUN you are having. So you won't enjoy your 3 ~ 5 years as planned.

Presuming you want long term, like I said 20years, and I have pointed out above. Unless you stay home 24/7, and don't go overseas and enjoy the money, there is a large chance you miss out of those 175,200 chances I mentioned. If you are not enjoying, why have that 20m in the first place with this amount of risk?

So in ANY possible scenario for a person that suddenly got rich, you won't live to see your natural death. Neither will you live to your expected/planned amount of years just to spend that money.

No scenario ends well.

 

[BEER]

I'd blow the money within 48 hours and then die my sweet, horrific death.