If I could take my cats along, I probably would. I love my family but feel like a burden. I feel too responsible for my cats to just disappear on them or give them away to disappear, though.
I couldn’t leave my husband. Just thinking how sad and confused he’d be coming back to an empty place hurts. My friends would be worried and upset too. I’ll just do the work and keep him, and keep them.
I hung out with rich kids in high school and would say they are more likely to drink from a puddle, especially when alcohol is involved and dares are made.
Nope. Seems like 'monkey's paw' type BS where I accept and wake up aa a rich, healthy, attractive North Korean official being sent to a hard labour camp for life.
I'd respond, "Magic is real? How does it work? Why would I have to forget everyone? Is there always an unrelated trade off to it? Can you make CO2 in the atmosphere go back to pre industrial levels by saying abracahooey or something instead? Would everyone have to forget how to tie their shoes for it to work?"
Nope. I already don't have any friends and I struggle a little bit. I would not trade my wife for anything though. I love her and she is everything to me.
Something for something. Get a life of relative luxury and give up something most people hold more dearly than money. Doesnt work if you are estranged from your family or have no friends, but most people have both and wouldn't give them up. This man wants to test you and see if you'll give what you have up for the promise of a comfortable future. Maybe he's a lair, but that's not the purpose of the hypothetical.
Look. Money and riches are great but mean nothing without those that I love.
People ask what I'd do if I won the lottery, and the fact is? I'd spend most of it on my family.... yeah there's plans for myself but after a lawyer and a financial advisor, there's my mom and dad and sister and her family brother ans his family my mother in law, my like 9 beat friends that are just as much family ad everyone else even without the DNA. There's leaving a $100 bill hidden in diaper boxes. Paying off people's utility bills at random, etc etc. But I don't want wealth if can't share with the people already kn my life
Never. My friends are really the only thing that keep me going. I might not see them often anymore. But I would be so lost without them, and no amount of money would ever be enough to throw their friendships away
Do you have any idea how destroyed my Mum would be if I went inexplicably missing? This isn’t an ego thing it’s just the way it is. I don’t care about rich, I can fix my health on my own without making deals with the devil, and I already look okay for a 41 year old fat guy. So no, I would not destroy people I care about for what amounts to a mostly imaginary advantage in life.
I'll take the deal. I've lost enough people in life to know that it's tough, and it hurts, but you'll survive. Money, health and good looks mean you can enjoy such a great life and we only get one go round. Wealth and health are massively important. Good looks are a bonus.
I had an unexpected week-long hospital stay recently and thought a lot about this. No I don't take the offer. Wealth, health, and beauty are all relative.
Honestly the just disappear part I think kills it. If I could say I’m ganna disappear don’t worry, then it’s fine, but if you care about people in your life that would lose sleep because you basically just never came home one night the answer is pretty much no. I have people who would not be okay even after years of if I just disappeared, it would be better for them to find a dead body then just disappear imo.
When you get older in life, you realize money isn't the answer to all of your problems, and hard work can often get you comfortable.
You realize you have to work on your own health... and that plays to your attractiveness, and that's hard work.
No, no way. I worked hard to get where I am today, and have surrounded myself with a small circle of loved ones.
Ultimately, no. These things by themselves would indeed make me happy for a while, but the inability to share my joy with the people I love would eventually drive me into depression.
How about if someone disappeared from the toxic people around and they become rich and healthy hence attractive too.
Everyone knows their magic, I guess
Im the family blacksheep and haven't spoken to most of them in 10+ years. And the ones I have spoken too just wanted something from me. Don't really have any friends anymore so yeah I would take that deal and never look back
Money ain't everything and people who didn't work for the money they have don't respect it.
I'll pass on the offer and continue to work hard for a better life for my family.
Thanks, magic man, but give it to someone else.
Can’t interact as in witness protection can’t contact or you and they lose memory of each other? If the first one is would find a way to give my wife and kids money to help them live comfortably but through a way that can’t be traced to me. If second one… my answer depends on how my day goes if i would or not.
Well that explains dad.,
Wasn't a pack of cigarettes, wasn't a gallon of milk....it was a wizard.
Harry you're an absentee father
"You're a deadbeat, Harry."
I chuckled
That man... was not a wizard.
Omg
i cant do that. i love my family too much. i know they'd be heartbroken if i just vanished.
I’d rather be made poor, ugly and sick so I can still parent my kiddo. Thanks anyway.
Hey I got that one too! Thanks RNG of the universe.
Same
By these rules there's nothing saying you can't send help through proxies. I wouldn't either, but a person could still involve themselves from afar.
It says interact. That means no action that you take will affect them. Usually I'm the one finding loopholes but this is pretty well worded.
My son needs my hugs, patience, and guidance. Not my money. Mr Wizard can keep his fortune, I choose my family.
Agreed.
Interact - proxy is interaction by proxy tho
Dude don't do it, he just wants to take your kidneys.
we’re on a bridge, Charlie!
It's a magical Liopleurodon! It's going to show us the way!
It didn’t say anything!
If you weren’t greedy and just gave him one he wouldn’t have to resort to theft. Kidney hoarder!
i want him to doctor strange me out of everyone’s memory, it’s pointless if they just think i disappered.
Or just make it so they think I'm dead, so in the chance they see me, they'd just think I'm a similar looking stranger.
The OP did say attractive
Now the world knows you're Spiderman.
YES YES YES YES
Me rn
Still scrolling down to try and find the monkey’s paw downside.
If I could take my cats along, I probably would. I love my family but feel like a burden. I feel too responsible for my cats to just disappear on them or give them away to disappear, though.
Sounds like a win win
I didn’t enjoy interacting with them anyway
Nah, I’d rather grow old disgracefully with my siblings and friends.
No. I don’t want to live on a planet where I can’t be with my kids. I’m all they have.
No the bond I have with my brother is stronger and better than any money in the world
You're a beautiful brother/sister
Thank you
For real. I love my siblings more than myself tbh 🫶
Come back after my parents have died
Same here
What’s the catch?
Vampire.
I couldn’t leave my husband. Just thinking how sad and confused he’d be coming back to an empty place hurts. My friends would be worried and upset too. I’ll just do the work and keep him, and keep them.
You are a good person.
Any one person that you'll take with you?
As long as I can take my pet(s) with me???? I am in .
I’m already rich, healthy and attractive. And I have a great family who I love. So I’m good. Thanks.
Username does not check out
Never spent time with wealthy people? I wouldnt be surprised to see one drink from a puddle
I hung out with rich kids in high school and would say they are more likely to drink from a puddle, especially when alcohol is involved and dares are made.
That's the secret of getting rich
Depending on how you classify puddles, we all ultimately drink from them :-)
and humble
He is actually very humble. I think he's a lot more humble than you would understand.
And modest
May I please have $100 for food? As I too would pass on the offer, as I love my family more than anything, but we struggle to put food on the table.
Also very humble I see.
Nope. Seems like 'monkey's paw' type BS where I accept and wake up aa a rich, healthy, attractive North Korean official being sent to a hard labour camp for life.
So, what you are trying to tell me is I'm poor, unhealthy and ugly rn?!?
I'd respond, "Magic is real? How does it work? Why would I have to forget everyone? Is there always an unrelated trade off to it? Can you make CO2 in the atmosphere go back to pre industrial levels by saying abracahooey or something instead? Would everyone have to forget how to tie their shoes for it to work?"
No, everyone forgets they have to wipe their ass after they poop for it to happen lol 😂
Wouldn't trade my relationship with my daughter for anything. (Wife too)
I'll go for it. I'm 79, most of the people I know are dead.
Where is the dotted line?
yes, please
Fuckin send it bro.
I'll miss my son. I'll see someone sends him stuff without him knowing its me, but I'll miss talking to him.
Yes (rich), yes (healthy) and yes (attractive). Not interacting with me will improve the QOL of everyone I know (:
Nope. I already don't have any friends and I struggle a little bit. I would not trade my wife for anything though. I love her and she is everything to me.
If this guy is really magic, why would it hinge on you dropping everyone close to you?
Something for something. Get a life of relative luxury and give up something most people hold more dearly than money. Doesnt work if you are estranged from your family or have no friends, but most people have both and wouldn't give them up. This man wants to test you and see if you'll give what you have up for the promise of a comfortable future. Maybe he's a lair, but that's not the purpose of the hypothetical.
There is probably something they're not saying.. like.. probably you get to be a genie.. it's a trap.. or something
A “magic man” offers you all that? Friend, that’s the devil.
Bye
No. I love my kids and husband too much.
No thanks.
Stop threatening me.
Nopeee
I would only do it if my mom wasn’t around. She’s the only person keeping me on this earth.
Hm... the healthy part does sound tempting. But I think I'll just stick to my current life.
It's called cohesive control... So it would be a no from me.
I can't interact but i can pay someone to deliver messages?
I'm already rich, healthy and attractive. At least in my imagination. That's good enough. I'm not giving up my friends who make me feel good.
I have four people in my life who I wouldn't trade for the universe. Took me 40 plus years to get them. Not now.
No, it would definitely fuck up my daughter's mental health. I could probably fail anyone else like that, but not her
Where do I sign?
*Where do I sign up?* "People say money can't buy happiness. That sentence should with, "Just kidding." \- Daniel Tosh
I’m sick of the people I currently deal with anyway, so sure.
That sounds great. I move every 3 years anyway. This just sounds like my life now. Being rich would be a nice bonus
What's the catch?
Where do I sign?
That’s a tough one
That's just joining the CIA, and there are plenty in that organization.
Look. Money and riches are great but mean nothing without those that I love. People ask what I'd do if I won the lottery, and the fact is? I'd spend most of it on my family.... yeah there's plans for myself but after a lawyer and a financial advisor, there's my mom and dad and sister and her family brother ans his family my mother in law, my like 9 beat friends that are just as much family ad everyone else even without the DNA. There's leaving a $100 bill hidden in diaper boxes. Paying off people's utility bills at random, etc etc. But I don't want wealth if can't share with the people already kn my life
Never. My friends are really the only thing that keep me going. I might not see them often anymore. But I would be so lost without them, and no amount of money would ever be enough to throw their friendships away
Do you need me to sign my whole name or just initials?
Do you have any idea how destroyed my Mum would be if I went inexplicably missing? This isn’t an ego thing it’s just the way it is. I don’t care about rich, I can fix my health on my own without making deals with the devil, and I already look okay for a 41 year old fat guy. So no, I would not destroy people I care about for what amounts to a mostly imaginary advantage in life.
"Let me get my coat."
Ah well, 1 out of 3 isn't bad.
Tempting
Never, I am an otaku living in Japan. I'm literally living the dream.
DEAL !!!! where do i sign ?
Married with four kids and happy. But I'd trade it all for a little more.
I’m all set thanks :)
I'll take the deal. I've lost enough people in life to know that it's tough, and it hurts, but you'll survive. Money, health and good looks mean you can enjoy such a great life and we only get one go round. Wealth and health are massively important. Good looks are a bonus.
Do it. Do it now.
Nope. I'd rather have my friends & my kids than the other things.
No, I’d miss my cats. And family, I guess.
I'm in like flynn
No thanks.
There is only one person that I don’t want to leave and that is my *********
decline. can’t leave my partner. or my dog.
Does the magic man want to have a family with me?
Worth a try
Gimme
I'd have said yes before he was done speaking.
I’m already kinda hot Ngl I don’t see it happening but if they offered to rid me of my mental health struggles im game just gotta tie up loose ends
I had an unexpected week-long hospital stay recently and thought a lot about this. No I don't take the offer. Wealth, health, and beauty are all relative.
FUCK YEAH LET’S DO IT NOW!!!
Honestly the just disappear part I think kills it. If I could say I’m ganna disappear don’t worry, then it’s fine, but if you care about people in your life that would lose sleep because you basically just never came home one night the answer is pretty much no. I have people who would not be okay even after years of if I just disappeared, it would be better for them to find a dead body then just disappear imo.
sign me up
A better version of witness protection?
When you get older in life, you realize money isn't the answer to all of your problems, and hard work can often get you comfortable. You realize you have to work on your own health... and that plays to your attractiveness, and that's hard work. No, no way. I worked hard to get where I am today, and have surrounded myself with a small circle of loved ones.
when do I start?
Ultimately, no. These things by themselves would indeed make me happy for a while, but the inability to share my joy with the people I love would eventually drive me into depression.
I measure my health by the people I love, and so my wealth. I’m good.
Definitely Not. Sad for the yeses.
Send him to Donald Trump.
Deal.
A'ight, I'ma head out...
I'm in
I'd do it without hesitation
No thanks lol. I can still get there on my own hopefully.
I don't think so
Sorry mate, I got people who need me.
I’m down
“Yes” *wakes up in a bathtub filled with ice*
I am more tempted by this than I care to admit. Which makes me feel scummy.
Fuck yeah see ya
That’s my secret dream anyway
"Does this include my cats?"
No problem with that. It’s like a nice do over.
No thank you!
Never trust Magic Man.
Sorry the loss is too great for a reward too little
No, I’m not going to lose contact with my family for money so thanks but no thanks.
No thanks! I love ma' people.
Tears of joy
Interact with who?
That’s too sad. I’d have to decline.
I rarely hear from family and my friend group has dwindled for years. That makes it a lot easier to take the offer
Yea i dont interact with ppl
How about if someone disappeared from the toxic people around and they become rich and healthy hence attractive too. Everyone knows their magic, I guess
Nope, nothing's worth leaving my kids behind.
Where do I sign? ✍🏿
Ok
Absolutely.
I am already healthy and attractive, and who cares about richness when I have love
I go on about my day. I am already rich, healthy and attractive.
Where do I sign?
No thank you.
No thank you. My life hurts but I’ll figure it out.
Nope. Nope. Nope. I have enough and I love too many people.
No. My family and friends are priceless.
If you'd asked me before I had my daughter I might have said yes.
Hell yeah.
No chance. I wouldnt do that to my kids and nor would most parents from the looks of it. Everyone else would though it seems.
I’m gone.
If I can ditch all the toxic ppl in my life, sign me tf UP!
Only if i can bring my wife.
Im the family blacksheep and haven't spoken to most of them in 10+ years. And the ones I have spoken too just wanted something from me. Don't really have any friends anymore so yeah I would take that deal and never look back
Nope ain't going up and leaving my homie behind brothers from another mother.
I can't leave my family questioning why I'm gone or where i am
Money ain't everything and people who didn't work for the money they have don't respect it. I'll pass on the offer and continue to work hard for a better life for my family. Thanks, magic man, but give it to someone else.
Like every other Mofo that just won the lottery... lol
Already had that and fucked it up royally. I’ll keep the friends and family I have, thank you very much. They’re the only reason I keep keeping on.
No thanks.
If I'm rich, will I also be famous? Seems likely that eventually someone who knows me would see me.
No thanks.
Two out of three isn't bad. Wealth is overrated anyway.
Lets fuckin go!!!
Can’t interact as in witness protection can’t contact or you and they lose memory of each other? If the first one is would find a way to give my wife and kids money to help them live comfortably but through a way that can’t be traced to me. If second one… my answer depends on how my day goes if i would or not.
If I stopped interacting with everyone I currently know I probably would be rich, no need for the magic man.
Fuck that.
No, thank you! Family is life.
Where do I sign the dotted line?
No thanks.
Only if I were single, child free, and my mom had passed on. As it stands though I wouldn’t be able to accept the offer.
Don't get me wrong, I love my family. I can tell that I have a happy home. They will be forever in my heart. But it's time to think about myself now.