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Would you wear a watch that counts down to your death?

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Phooka
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If Mr. Mephistopheles offered you a watch that revealed your time of death, and counted down to it, would you accept this token, no strings attached?
Mar 18 2014 6:42PM
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soulskier
Posts: 17806 - Karma: 3,841
No thanks
Mar 18 2014 6:43PM
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Shredsterr
Posts: 2090 - Karma: 6,930
Why the fuck would I want that? Kind of takes away the beauty of being alive if you're counting down every second until your death...
Mar 18 2014 6:44PM
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op14
Posts: 1769 - Karma: 4,586
Some don't like the thought of not knowing when they're going to die. Not me personally but I'm sure there's people out there that would want to know when their life will end.
Mar 18 2014 6:46PM
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DirtYStylE
Posts: 3652 - Karma: 8,888
Yes. I would prefer this:


Mar 18 2014 7:02PM
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Wolfgang.
Posts: 807 - Karma: 866
Would the time change depending on the decisions I made? That would sketch me out a fuck ton.

Anyway, IMO I don't think it would change anything in my life, I mean I know I'm going to die anyway. I would still enjoy every minute I have. It wouldn't change the excitement of anything, or the spontaneity of anything. I could still get seriously injured and become a vegetable. I am much more afraid of that than death.

Mar 18 2014 8:55PM
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270on420out
Posts: 7508 - Karma: 51,054
^ I actually wouldn't mind the time changing based on decisions. Help you live a longer life
Mar 18 2014 9:03PM
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MuckMaestro
Posts: 65 - Karma: 48
Knowing any part of the future is like playing a video game with cheats, would completely defeat the purpose.
Mar 18 2014 9:48PM
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Charlie_Kelly
Posts: 11954 - Karma: 12,297
I would, see when I was supposed to die, and kill myself to prove him wrong!
Mar 18 2014 10:04PM
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yangumane
Posts: 1816 - Karma: 3,347
But it would know that you were going to kill yourself
Mar 18 2014 10:07PM
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B.Aussie
Posts: 5852 - Karma: 4,531
I would definitely wear it.
Mar 18 2014 10:11PM
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cope+
Posts: 763 - Karma: 870
Nope, fuck that.
Mar 18 2014 10:44PM
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Bogs
Posts: 4296 - Karma: 1,361
I think I would, because having a constant reminder that I am indeed mortal would hopefully help me keep the time I spend/waste on stupid shit to a minimum.
Mar 18 2014 10:50PM
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alex=
Posts: 1738 - Karma: 2,835
Yeah. Because I would expedite everything in my life to make it as happy as possible.
Mar 18 2014 10:58PM
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edai
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 4,653
You'd have to be a psychopath in order for it to not drive you insane. I don't think any normally functioning human mind could handle that for an extended period of time without going balls to the walls crazy.
Mar 18 2014 11:01PM
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NinetyFour
Posts: 8650 - Karma: 13,409
Take the battery out and live forever?
Mar 18 2014 11:05PM
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boomie
Posts: 1638 - Karma: 3,165
No thanks. I like how life is mysterious. Makes life what it is
Mar 18 2014 11:30PM
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notspoicey
Posts: 1167 - Karma: 1,706
hell no
Mar 18 2014 11:55PM
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Charlie_Kelly
Posts: 11954 - Karma: 12,297
False. Don't try to make this a paradox because it isn't.
Mar 19 2014 12:17AM
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SkiThe603
Posts: 5376 - Karma: 498
yes, reminder to make every minute count
Mar 19 2014 12:29AM
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ChillTeenDad420
Posts: 1858 - Karma: 5,512
yea life sucks tbh every minute closer to zero would get me more stoked
Mar 19 2014 12:33AM
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128368798788
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No way. It would take my focus away from everything until I actually got there.
Mar 19 2014 2:08AM
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ABdrummer
Posts: 533 - Karma: 673
Relevant Kickstarter campaign...




Mar 19 2014 3:21AM
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arnie_grape
Posts: 3451 - Karma: 11,678
man I can barely handle my fucking alarm in the morning. If i wake up within an hour of when my alarm is gonna go off I lay in bed anticipating it and I can't get back to sleep
Mar 19 2014 10:57AM
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theBearJew
Posts: 10951 - Karma: 15,633
My thoughts exactly. I wouldn't really wanna live in that time unless I was on the rich side.




And no I wouldn't wear said watch.
Mar 19 2014 11:23AM
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Emma_Watson
Posts: 4491 - Karma: 6,796
writing a paper on Doctor Faustus right meow
Mar 19 2014 8:33PM
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op14
Posts: 1769 - Karma: 4,586
gin with the insightful comments
Mar 19 2014 9:56PM
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.undetected
Posts: 1076 - Karma: -445
I agree, knowing the time defeats the purpose of life.
Mar 19 2014 10:46PM
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bdarb207
Posts: 3057 - Karma: 438
It's ticking down, not up. The very ability to manipulate your own fate the way you describe would make the device he's describing a theoretical impossibility.


Thread jack

Who here thinks there is a definitive point in time/space where they will meet their demise? Or does one have the ability to alter things like this?

Basically, who here thinks there is such a thing as free will?
Mar 19 2014 11:34PM
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stickski
Posts: 1938 - Karma: 1,529
You don't believe you have the ability to alter your time of death? I expect based on my current lifestyle to live around the average life expectancy for an american male. Do I believe I can shorten my lifespan by smoking a pack every day, doing meth, and playing in traffic? Certainly. If I continue my current lifestyle, is there a decent probability a drunk driver could prematurely kill me or I could drop dead of a heart attack at 50? Certainly.
Mar 20 2014 1:46AM
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arnie_grape
Posts: 3451 - Karma: 11,678
this
life is like skiing
you can control whether you'll fall or not by picking runs/features that you are comfortable or uncomfortable on, but there's always the chance you'll catch an edge or some gaper coming out of nowhere hitting you.
Mar 20 2014 4:14PM
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Parrish
Posts: 8695 - Karma: 1,008
Would the time change based on real time actions?
Mar 20 2014 4:25PM
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bdarb207
Posts: 3057 - Karma: 438
Or you get hit by a car in a random street.
Or you get cancer.
Or you get murdered.
Or you fall off of a roof...

The question is do you believe it fate. Is everyone going to die at a certain time. I don't think you're grasping the question.
Mar 20 2014 6:51PM
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Charlie_Kelly
Posts: 11954 - Karma: 12,297
Fate is about as real as god. Think about that for a little bit...
Mar 20 2014 11:31PM
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arnie_grape
Posts: 3451 - Karma: 11,678
yeah the gaper was a metaphor for all those things dumdumb
Mar 21 2014 4:42PM
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skiersupreme
Posts: 1549 - Karma: 4,872
but at the same time it would put some motivation in my life. i feel like its real easy to say ill do that tomorrow. but if i knew how much time i had, i wouldnt waste it
Mar 21 2014 10:36PM
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bdarb207
Posts: 3057 - Karma: 438
Cool I appreciate you not actually answering the question.

The question is,

'Is that hamper inevitable for some at certain times?







Dum dum.
Mar 22 2014 5:30PM
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bdarb207
Posts: 3057 - Karma: 438
Exactly, and whether or not he/she/whatever is real is a question that has been posed as long as humanity itself.


So I could be thinking on it for a bit..
Mar 22 2014 5:32PM
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bdarb207
Posts: 3057 - Karma: 438
Gaper^
Mar 22 2014 5:33PM
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louie.mirags
Posts: 6015 - Karma: 5,029
Here's motivation. You're going to die eventually. There is no tomorrow. The future is made up. Time is man made.
Mar 22 2014 5:50PM
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BLADEE
Posts: 1017 - Karma: 778
I would definitely want one. It would motivate me to be live to the fullest and not waste my time poorly.
Mar 22 2014 6:57PM
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louie.mirags
Posts: 6015 - Karma: 5,029
Newsflash man: you're going to die regardless of this hypothetical watch. So, live to the fullest now.
Mar 22 2014 7:11PM
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cope+
Posts: 763 - Karma: 870
So 100% real?
Mar 22 2014 8:34PM
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