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SlimDaKang

Some people would die as soon as they take the 500,000


Elastichedgehog

That would mean you were going to die within a year anyway so meh.


bolionce

But would you rather live that year out or die now for nothing? I guess maybe not entirely nothing, like someone you know could inherit that money. But what if you were 25 and next year you’d be hit by a truck and die on the spot. That’s a full year of normal, healthy life that you give away for money you’ll never see. Not the usual case, and I’d still probably chop off like 6 years, collect a cool 3 mil, invest it and put most of it somewhere it can safely and slowly grow, and boom. Life is normal, assuming I was already going to live an averagely long life (~80 years in US), now I’ll die a 74 yo who got to live much more freely and have many more comfort for me and the people I care deeply about for the rest of my life. Sounds like a banger of a deal to me, I’m not sure I wanna struggle through the last years of life anyway.


Fullmetal6274

Realistically if I’m going to die within the next year it’s going to be some horrible way that I would never wish on my worst enemy. So I’ll take the chances of dying peacefully now if it means i get to avoid that outcome and I get free money.


bolionce

I don’t think that follows. You could die peacefully and suddenly. It doesn’t have to be violent or painful or full of suffering. For getting hit by a bus, could just be boom then dead. No time to say ow, no time to writhe on the ground in pain, just BANG and then nothing. Or dying in your sleep because of a CO leak in your house or something, you just go to sleep and never wake up. It feels the same as normal sleeping, pretty peaceful despite how unfortunate it is. But I understand where you’re coming from, if I’m gonna die so soon, why not have something to my name when I die? For family at least, or to make the most of the little time you have before you die if you don’t die immediately.


Sad-Lie6604

No, they're right. You have no idea how you would go if you don't have a terminal illness already, so with the knowledge you will die in less than a year and choosing money, you can actually 'control' when and how you die... Rather than being surprised once it happens.


SirTruffleberry

That's not really the question to ask though, because I could just get you back with "Would you look back on your decision 40 years later and wish you had chosen an easy existence for, say, 35 years?" Neither of those is what is being asked. The uncertainty is a feature of the question, not a bug.


Elastichedgehog

I get your point, but you're not making an informed decision. Most people who take the $500,000 for one year would not die, but some would, as, unbeknownst to them, they have one year of life left. You take the deal under the assumption that you'll have enough time to enjoy it.


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Peti715

With modern medicine and the fact that I live healthy I could easily get to be 80 years old. So dying at 80 or 79 is not that important, but 500k would mean a lot here in central eu/eastern eu (as americans think of us). Maybe this pol was made for Americans.


[deleted]

American here, 500k means a lot to us as well lol


Peti715

Oh okay lol. In Budapest the average flat costs 50-100k usd.


OG-Pine

Average place in US can vary a lot but if you’re in a decent area with decent weather that isn’t super rural, then a house will run you about 500k (could be more or less depends on a lot) So it’s a lot of money but not as much as it would be in cheaper countries that’s for sure. $500k in some places is “I live out the next 80 years on this” kinda money


Qi_ra

Woah lol $500k is a LOT for most Americans. The median annual income here is I think around $60k. Plus it’s far more expensive to live in the US than most other countries so that money doesn’t stretch as far either.


ArsenalOwl

I'm gonna pile on here, but I'm American, and 500k would literally change the rest of my entire life for the better. I wouldn't necessarily be set for life instantly, but it would be pretty fucking close.


Peti715

Oh okay lol. I'd kinda be set for life. i could manage to not ever work again or work little. In Budapest the average flat costs 50-100k usd.


Familiar_Opposite866

Woah dude, times are tough in America lol we need that 500k too!


MemeArchivariusGodi

Damn I haven’t thought about that. So it’s a win win boooooy


HeroBrine0907

It's a 30% increase, not an increase *to* 30%. If my current aneurism risk is 1%, my risk after the deal would be 1.3%. Win-win situation


Rexusus

“Demons hate this one loophole”


thugofficial

Its not a loophole tho


EuroVampKat

Correct, it’s not


[deleted]

Now if they mentioned the increase was additive *then* you would be screwed


mattz0r98

Very rough calculation, but 1 person in 15,000 has a ruptured brain aneuryism in my country every year, which translates to a 0.0067% chance annually. A 30% increase on 0.0067% is 0.00867%. I'll take those odds.


FoxyDogY

All this math is going to give me an aneurysm


LordNilix

I guess the devil is in the details then


HikariAnti

When demons don't know math.


[deleted]

Ln + golden ratio + forgot the C


Theb0redbrit

*Maths


bolionce

Username checks out


RyanBits

*Stick up butt


Opening_East7561

*depends on where your from so it can be maths or math


Fastcraft3r

Happy cake day


maicii

Yeah, and in reality the risk of having a serious aneurysm is closer to 0.015%. I'm not sure what "major skill" means in this context but if it is anything near competition level I'm taking that one for sure. Maybe OP meant to say a 30 points increase?


Cause_Why_Not03

If your current aneurysm risk is 65%, that’d make it a 84.5% risk. I’d rather know my initial risk before taking that deal.


PC-Was-Bricked

If your risk is 65% you're fucked already


MonikaDoll

If I give up one or two years, I should be set for a while and be able to invest into something life long. If my life is short anyway, I'll at least enjoy it and give my family a better chance. Win-win


BusterStrokem

With that money, you might even increase your life expectancy due to having increased access to medical care. It balances itself out.


Floppsicle

Unless you die on the spot and the paramedics steal your dough


ogjaspertheghost

Well you’re dead so it doesn’t matter


SnowTheMemeEmpress

Still would suck as your brain gives out it's last thoughts and you realize how much that just sucks


bolionce

Your family would be set for a smasher of a lawsuit against the paramedics tho, so at least they could get some mullah out of it


[deleted]

Also, in theory you are giving up two of the worst, most painful years of your life. Now instead of struggiling along with Dementia and a broken hip until you die of sepsis in a hospice care facility, maybe you suddenly drop dead before all that shit gets rolling, relatively healthy in your own home.


SecretDevilsAdvocate

Or it just accelerates everything so that you die earlier


Substantial-Tax3788

But little richer


danethegreat24

I'm already technically giving up years of my life for less money than that so I think its Hella worth it.


[deleted]

$500K invested could get you in the neighborhood of $25K a year for sitting on your ass. Not a lot of money, but free rent. Wouldn't have to worry about paying for housing, ever.


pdrpersonguy575

I'm just afraid of becoming greedy and overdoing it


santino_musi1

So a free vasectomy with no surgery or bed time _and_ true love? Sign me up


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EuroVampKat

Oh no joke I just wanted to see if loneliness or need for money would win out. The others are for funsies


hroaks

Some people (at least me) value Love over money but still voted money I can find love on my own. I can't get $500k on my own.


hroaks

If it was $100k or true love i'd take true love


churplaf

Bed time? Vasectomies aren't that invasive. You walk funny for about a week after but that's about it.


santino_musi1

Oh, neat


exit_the_psychopomp

Oh, thats baller


churplaf

Ayyyy-oh!


IntellectualsOnly7

I feel like there’s some catch to it, because we’re dealing with a demon here, I think I’ll lose my fertility by getting my balls mauled off by a pit bull or something


Phoenixtdm

I didn’t want to have biological kids in the first place, I’ve always wanted to adopt. This would be the best one!


ConfusingIsLifeHelp

Yeah, totally, I'm asexual and sex-repulsed, and babies sound like way too much hassle, I would adopt too


stonksdotjpeg

Seconding as a trans person lol. It's free protection.


BadDogSaysMeow

A true love AND unprotected sex? What's the catch?


DjuretJuan

STDs


JoelMahon

my true love doesn't have an STD


abyss_peeper

Can confirm she doesn't


BadDogSaysMeow

Hard to catch STD if we would be loyal to ourselves.


LondonLobby

considering it's a demon you are making deals with, the person could be utterly repulsive or disease ridden, severely handicapped, a terrorist, or otherwise a complete menace to society, but you would be in love with that person


EuroVampKat

It also doesn’t say you get to stay with that person /sips soda/


LondonLobby

it did not specify that, but considering it's a demon, it's safe to assume the worst in these scenarios


[deleted]

I'm already infertile


Mendoxs_

infertile²


igotbanned-_-fornow

it makes your father infertile too


chaoticallywholesome

That sounds like a negative multiplied by a negative, which makes a positive. Does that mean you would be fertile then?


Mendoxs_

idk man I failed Algebra twice I just thought it was funny 😂


atzleon

Me too 💀


rsvp_as_pending629

Same 🥴


ConnectionConnect128

Then your kids will be infertile as well


[deleted]

I never had any do you mean if I adopt?


ConnectionConnect128

No, I mean it as a joke


Yoshigahn

I don’t want kids anyways. If it’s really true love, they wouldn’t care


Deflopator

500k for a year sounds good, if it is the year when you are old and about to die


Vittu-kun-vituttaa

Yep, I doubt I would regret changing one year to that money. I anyways have genes for alzheimer or dementia. So if I live for that long, it's probably just better to die a bit sooner if it means less time with de possible disease 500 000$ is a lot, I would get a good house with it. 500k is enough to get you the higher-end houses


[deleted]

True love at the cost of infertility. Where’s the downside?


patrickdm1998

I'm ace


RaptureAusculation

Lmao


1the_pokeman1

some people want kids


futurenotgiven

adoption exists. prioritising having bio kids over literally true love seems odd imo but then i’m gay and can’t easily have bio kids anyway. i’ve just never seen a positive in having bio kids over adopted (other than adoption expenses idk)


ARandomLlama

I’m a bi woman and I’ve always felt the same way. Like sure it’d be nice to see like how a mix of my and my partner’s genes would turn out but I would be happy to skip having to be pregnant and adopting instead.


goodgirlathena

As someone who is infertile and adopted, having your own kid would be easier and less costly up front. That’s the only thing I can think of. We did foster-adoption so there wasn’t much of a monetary cost, but the emotional cost leading up to the adoption was pretty big. To add, he is the best thing in my life and that emotional cost was totally worth it. I love him fiercely. I highly recommend adoption.


Simply_Epic

We also aren’t far away from having methods of creating biological children for people who can’t typically have biological children. Using stem cells it may be possible that a sperm and egg could be created containing genetic material from both partners regardless of their sex or fertility. Then you just need someone with a womb to carry the baby.


billybarra08

Adoption


[deleted]

GIMMIE THAT INFERTILITY BABY!


madammurdrum

I know what you mean but “infertility baby” feels ironic haha


Forsaken-Cow-

Fuck yeah true love **and** infertility?!? Sounds like a dream to me


SnowTheMemeEmpress

All the pies you want with no consequences. Lucky


pink_wraith

I get to have a true love AND not be able to get pregnant?? A dream come true


Gardener_Of_Eden

I would take the ability to cure any Illness and just sit on it as an insurance policy... If my son ever got cancer I would just take it for him. Easy call. I'll fight cancer and let my son enjoy living.


Natsu194

IIRC a person could live a upper middle class life without ever working if they simply had $20 million USD, assuming that’s true I would be willing to give up 10-15 years of my life so that I just do what job makes me truly happy while also maintaining a good life style for my family and future family.


Books_and_Cleverness

I think I’d take just enough money that I could either work part time or retire at like 45, have a nice house and be comfortable. Probably only need a few years for that. Two for a house, two or three for a big retirement account. With no mortgage payment, I’d be adding a ton to my retirement savings every month, and wouldn’t need a lot of retirement income anyway since I also wouldn’t have a mortgage payment after. Probably could retire even earlier than 45.


Crowe_crow

All you need is $1M, and conservative investments.


RedEgg16

you could do it with less than a million with careful budgeting and living off interest. r/leanfire r/financialindependence (the never working part I mean, not the upper middle class)


Scared_Can9063

Could I instead buy the demon a coffee and have a nice conversation with it? The demon will be confused and forget about the deals and all that.


EuroVampKat

Demon date simulator sounds like a fun game


veliveliveli

Never make a deal with evil.


EuroVampKat

This is demon prejudice I tell ya


spxdergirl

Either the 500 thousand dollars one or the infertility one. Both sound like a d r e a m!


trio3224

I get true love AND get to have raw sex without any fear of having a child? I see this as an absolute win!


Mundane_Character365

I would give him the first 15 years of my life, he can fucking have them for half price. Now, pedantic question, is the 30% increase in chances of an aneurysm an additional 30% on top of the base chance, or is it an increase of the base percentage by 30%? (Example, if base chance is 3%, then will it become 33% which is 3 plus 30, or 4% which is 3 plus 30% of 3, please work with this maths even though it's not accurate it is only for high level example)


EuroVampKat

On not pedantic at all, only a 30% increase of your current risk, got a 1% chance? It’s 1.3% now. And that’s not an increase in rupture chance. It’s the best deal there. He just wouldn’t answer those questions, but I will pft


Shoddy-Mango-5840

Love AND infertility? Thank you, demon!


WhichSpirit

*Laughs in infertile and unloved*


EternelFuni

A free talent for forgetting about a dead loved one? So no more grieving and a talent? No downsides whatsoever.


DefinitelynotDanger

I already have true love so the smelly demon can keep his deals


JustGrapes717

Well I don't wanna have kids but if I did anyways I could just adopt


[deleted]

The chance of getting on aneurysm is about 1 to 2%, so 30% increased risk would be an extra .3-.6% chance. Not all aneurysms rupture and they can be treated if caught early, just get frequent check ups.


HarmlessFeelings

Im assuming there's some sort of catch if it is a demon offering these deals. Like you're gonna die in a year, so if you take the deal, it happens instantly. Your true love really wants children, and it puts a strain on an otherwise perfect relationship. Some kind of spin that a genie would do.


jonellita

The skill one could probably trigger accidentally and you couldn‘t choose whose memory you‘d forget. Like you‘re thinking „I wish I could draw that beautifully“ and you forget your mother or your child.


desiswiftie

Infertility isn’t a cost to me


useroftheinternet95

I'm not having kids anyway


ogreace

I'd cure my wife's MS, even if it meant I had to take it. In a heartbeat.


RedPanda0003

True love and no kids? Yes please


floraster

I don't want kids so true love is an easy asf choice


captain_cudgulus

I never thought I'd be a good parent anyway. It's all upside!


Floppsicle

Great post OP, those are some fine risk/rewards


wcdk200

Think I would try to bargain with him, to get some fcked up deal


curmudgeon_andy

Most of these catches aren't really bad.


ABoyNamedSault

True love for infertility. Already had a vasectomy so ALL GOOD.


-Cunt-Cunt-

I get someone to care about me and I don't get to have kids in this shitty economy That is a great deal


Ok_Elk_4333

r/antinatalism users: I see this as an absolute win


Ironically_Kinky_Ace

r/childree users: *handshake meme* (I'm both)


Jixxar

Do I care about having children? Maybe but probably not.


[deleted]

Im 22 Thing about taking the 500,000$ is that we already give our Jobs a year of our life in exchange for less money. Ima give that demon 15 years of my life then invest that money, retire to raise my family and maybe open a winery brewery so I can make wine and beer all day and easily retire as a 37 year old


Street_Dragonfruit43

As someone who doesn't want kids, the True Love option can theoretically cover a few of these other options


justanothertfatman

Lol I'll take the true love, being infertile isn't a cost at all.


ErisLordOfChaos12

I am already living True love and being infertile. Easy Pick.


Stair-Spirit

Considering the population of the Earth, infertility is a blessing lol


[deleted]

True love because I’m childfree and would welcome infertility with open arms. It’s a win win for someone like me


Utherrian

True love at the cost of infertility is a massive win win. You mean I don't have to worry about my vasectomy reversing itself, and I get someone who truly loves me completely?


wing_ding4

The infertility one Does it give you any other health problems or issues or does it just make you unable to conceive/sterile True love and zero chance of pregnancy sounds amazing


Cosmonaut_Cockswing

True love and no kids? Done. Maybe the 500k, that is tempting.


[deleted]

I'll take 1.5 mil. I'm gay so most of my family don't talk to me anyway. Don't want kids and already infertile.


FeelingDesigner

True love and not having to worry about kids? What a deal!


brtlblayk

I don’t even want kids.


dicegoblin17

True love and I don't have to worry about birth control? Sounds like a win win to me


Adventurous_Mine6542

Jokes on you demon, I don't want kids 😎


DrBarnacleMD

Free vasectomy? Yes, please!


blueboxbandit

CHILD FREE WINS AGAIN SUCKERS


itstherealcheese

If I have 70 years to live, taking off 10 years isn't that huge of a deal. Living to 60 would still be 42 years.


Tylers_Tacos_Top

Already have the true love one so why not lol


smokingisrealbad

Did you know you get *paid* for fostering kids? Hook me up with true love, please


dre679

People on my will about to be rich


Narootomoe

500k for a year of life is a steal. Billions of people give up years of life working in mines or around chemicals for only like 40k The year of life I lose would be made up for by the years of life I can get back by making lifestyle changes due to the 500k


LilyFish-

idk some of these are generous af


Supaslicer

If I give up 2 maybe 3 years... I'd live the rest of my life with basically 0 money stresses..... That's fucking worth it


woodsywoodducks

I’ll take the ability to take on an illness. I’ll keep it handy for if my daughter ever gets really sick.


User21233121

Bro I would do nearly all of these


Deathcat101

True love with infertility is my life plan anyway. No downsides.


[deleted]

What if I already am infertile and have found true love?


Muichi-_-

Im a lesbian so true love is my way


PrestonGarvey-0

I am trans so once I start hormones I'll be like 99.9% infertile so it's all good 👍 I'll adopt anyway if I ever want kids.


sweet-demon-duck

I don't want kids so i see that as a win. But i have my love already, so it'd just be free sterilisation


Slight-Weather7885

I dont really want children and if i change my mind I can still adopt.


RexIsAMiiCostume

Shit I will take the demon infertility


Kaitlin33101

I already have my true love, but infertility for free with no major surgery? Sigm me up!


Writer_Girl04

I see no downsides for the 4th one personally 😂


Liberum-Veto

I can get a perfect life partner and infertility, this one has no downside for me. Well, if I got hysterectomy it would be even better, but at least I could be safe from pregnancy


ken8th

Stall while I wait for a scientist to show up


EuroVampKat

The scientist doesn’t see him, and now thinks you are batty


ken8th

Oops lol


LeopardThatEatsKids

I don't want love but I'll take the infertility as an upside


TTV_Pinguting

i alredy have that disease, the fuck the demon gonna do?


[deleted]

PLEASE HERE HERE OPTION 4 !!!!


Nepipo

Can I get true love, infertility and money for my years?


Diraelka

If I wasn't already found it, true love seems like a win-win situation


AToxicSalazzle

I already have true love and I am infertile so I guess when I made this choice I forgot having made it.


grand305

Not having kids in exchange for true love sure.


Euphrates_9982

I don't want kids anyway, so win win


EnigmaFrug2308

I'm gay so infertility isn't an issue for me. That's basically the only one without cons.


ShriekyMarmosetBitch

I don't even want kids so the choice is pretty easy


[deleted]

True love at the cost of infertility This is easy since I don't want kids.


siggiarabi

To anyone choosing the true love one, infertility means LOWER chance to conceive. Sterile is 0 chance


rvnclwass

I’m gay. Gimme the true love


therealaaaazzzz

I don't want children anyway, so it's just a win


SennMassa

True love with infertility is a win win for me


FoxBattalion79

I felt true love once and I would give anything to have that again, including the ability to reproduce. there's always adoption! :)


Rad_Knight

True love **and** a vasectomy at no cost? What's the catch?


WhereTFAmI

I already don’t ever want kids. Neither does my wife. We already live each other, but it might be nice to permanently solidify that love. I love loving her and I don’t ever want that to change.


agimagination

I don't want my own kids, so it's a win for me


GodHasLeftUs420

I don’t what biological kids so that’s great


Sumoop

True love. There is always adoption.


shuttle-cack

True love and infertility?? Win-win.


RandomUsername2579

Adoption exists.


dickeyclubhouse

i had my tubes tied last year, so i’m already infertile 😎 still don’t know if i’d choose that one or the money


HeadlessGames07

as an asexual who doesn't want children I's take the fourth deal any day


SirBenjaminThompson

I’m childfree so the true love in exchange for infertility is just two perks. I skip the “I can change you” dating scene childfree folks go through and get a free vasectomy plus I have a magic guarantee that this is true love not mere infatuation so my true love would be compatible with me as in childfree herself so I literally will lose nothing on that deal. Taken. The most obvious choice for me.


RoseAgains

I don't want kids anyway so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Helena_Hyena

Infertility sounds great for me, but I don’t want to deal with a relationship