How much is living worth to you?

[Wyzecat 350]

If you're thinking that this is some depressing or introspective post, it's not.

 

Anyways, suppose you have a terminal illness, and someone comes up,to you and offers you another year of life. How much would you be willing to pay?

[catnet 9,356]

Life's worth more than any amount of money (especially when it's spent around friendly ponies on here ) but... I can't say that I'd give all my money for that extra year, because then all I would have is a year living in poverty and worries, struggling to get through the day and feel full by the end. Maybe if I could manage to get through it okay and do something positive with my time- helping people, mainly- I could consider it, but I find it easiest to do that sorta thing online, and internet access may not be that easy if I had given away all my money. Money-wise, though life is worth more, I'd only be okay giving a reasonable amount, not everything I have.

 

If we're talking about something aside from money to pay, like an arm or my memories, then I'd probably say that life is worth more than them. I'm not too sure where I stand on this topic, though. =/

[VinylWubs 1,252]

ill be paying my whole soul to live because life is awesome for everyone and besides its not about money its about family and friends!

[Lisa 5,553]

I'm not going to be an attention-seeking depressed person who thinks all of humanity is shit. But, honestly I wouldn't give that much.

[Plume 922]

It depends. If, for that last year of my life, I could do anything I wanted and be what I'd always wanted to be with no limitations, then of course I'd give anything! It means extra time to spend with loved ones, extra time to dream, extra time to grow.

 

But, if it was just life as I know it, I would give a lot but not as much. I'd just be living as I know now, and just doing things as normal. I'd miss out on being able to become an adult, all those things either way, so it'd be less valuable.

[Celtore 2,770]

For one year, I wouldn't give much; maybe $100-$200. A year isn't that long and I'd rather enjoy the short time I'd have rather than give up all my possessions to delay the inevitable just a little bit longer. Death isn't really a big fear of mine, pain and suffering though is a much different story. The deal would be more lucrative though if humanity was on the cusp of either immortality or curing whatever was ailing me.

[DubWolf 17,263]

One more year with Swirly . If I had nothing to lose since I'd be dying, I'd promise to give him as much as he'd like after I die ... (unless I spent it all . Jk, that's what down payments are for!) .

[GenderIsAnIllusion 2,177]

I'd laugh at anyone who offered to extend my life for cash. I will transcend death, and come back 20% better than ever.

[Admiral Regulus 2,769]

$7.54, and twenty-eight more characters.

[Invincible 2,091]

I'd rather go down fighting - another year of life is another chance at survival. Who knows what may change in a year? I'd be spend my fortune if i needed to. I'm not the kind of person who gives up easily.

[Jora 164]

well for me living is worth more then anything because i could have been dead at birth, i was born 4 months early, i had my small intestine ruptured, a class 3 bleed in my brain, i have CP a muscle weakness on my right side and a stutter (that only started in High school???) but i was a strong fighter and here i am 25 years old!!!

 

 

now this all could have been worse i could have been blind immobile vegetable i was one of like 3% that came out either unscathed (normal) or dead  

[Lord Bradley 1,319]

Well, i would probably just decline. Sure, Life is valuable, and sure, you cant really pay its equal worth in cash, or anything else, for that matter. But, a year probably wont make much of a difference if thats all i get(If i got immortality, however. Now thats an entirely different matter).So, i would just accept the inevitable, and get ready for whatever lies beyond.

[Ricebug 555]

I would say no to the chance, when god wants me to die and asscend to heaven or desscend to hell I wouldnt want to delay his plans.

Plus having another year with people would let me stay longer with them and we all know staying loner with someone makes it even harder to say goodbye when the time comes.

[SparklingSquirrels 21,341]

Living isn't worth that much to me, but it's worth enough that I would pay to have another year with Wolfie... although if I had to die after just a year, than I don't think it would make too much of a difference (and would possibly make it worse).

 

Knowing me, I would be more concerned about how this guy is able to give me another year of life in the first place

[Azatrot 66]

The limiting factor isn't how much I would be willing to pay, but rather how much I had. I would pay everything I owned to extend my life by a year, even if it meant a life in poverty. A lot can change over a year, and I may find another way to extend my life. Even if the chance of that would be low, it would still be worth trying.

[Leonard Smix 421]

Too me, living is well, living, and living is a good thing. 

 

You don't want to ponder the reason why we exist and why we live our lives because it will only make the value of living go down. 

living on mystery and opinions is fun, living on facts and rules is boring. 

[lomk 20,663]

I love that part of being alive that involves being alive. But here's the thing: Being only 22 years old I've been confronted with my own death plenty of times. It is very real to me. I have accepted the fact that I will die. Do I want it? No. But when it comes, I'm ready for it. So my answer to your question is nothing. If it's my time to go, then it's my time to go. 

 

For the record I'm not super depressed. I'm actually relatively happy. 

[ThatOneComrade 1,091]

HECK YEAH I WOULD! I'd give the guy most of my money if he wanted; I don't wanna die!

Then I'd say my last goodbyes and do whatever I want until the next year, when I'll be fine with dying. I'm telling you, I'm not going anywhere until I go skydiving.

[Neutral 1,185]

Actually if I'm suffering this terminal illness then I would just die since I don't want to keep hurting myself for another year.

[Justin_Case001 4,889]

$7.54, and twenty-eight more characters.

This guys wins the thread.

 

As for me, I guess it would depend on what kind of quality of life I'd have during that year.  Could I do the Bucket List movie thing, or would I just lie around in pain for a year?  I know this probably sounds cowardly and like I don't appreciate my gifts, but I've always been someone who'd rather be dead than live with a poor quality of life and be miserable.  Life isn't that valuable to me if I can't enjoy it.  I've never been a "life at all costs" type of person.  If I became ill or disabled to the point that I was miserable and couldn't do much, I'd probably just off myself.  And I mean absoutely no offense to the brave people who have extreme disabilities or illnesses, and keep going and make it work.  That's heroic.  I'm just not that much of a hero, and I've no qualms about admitting that.

[Wicked Funky 2,955]

I would pay alot, I would love to have another year of joy and smiles Life is what you make it

[Omega Centauri 317]

I look suspiciously at this stranger that has offered me another year of my life without naming a price or even shedding any light on how this could possibly be achieved. I think to myself, "Either this person is batshit crazy, or just trying to rip me off." I politely tell them to fuck off and let me die peacefully browsing internet forums.

[Ianpiersonjdavis 512]

How much is my life worth living to me?

 

Not much in a situation like this.

 

If someone just came up and offered to give another year on my life in exchange for something, I'd be very suspicious of their ulterior motives-especially if they possess supernatural powers like that-then they would probably find a way to screw me over through some kind of loophole.

 

Even if that weren't the case, the constant pain and agony of some incurable illness isn't really the kind of thing I'd want to be stuck with and prefer it if the said individual could just cure the disease instead if they had that kind of power-with an attorney present, of course.

[Retro*Derpy 3,185]

Only one extra year? I think it'd be infinite or no extras. I'm not in a spot where an extra year would do anything positive for the world.

 

Given if I had something that would be life altering / world changing I would, otherwise no. 

[[NULL] 906]

I'd probably pay whatever money I have, so I can spend the rest of the year to set my affairs in order. If they are already however, I probably wouldn't want the extra year. I'd just be delaying the inevitable.

 

Wow, that was kind of depressing to think about.

Edited January 10, 2015 by SpaceOnion