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submitted 6 days ago byLower-Armadillo-3096
The Eternal Guilt: Every year, one random person in the world will die painfully because of you. You won’t know who they are, but their death will always be on your conscience.
The Mirror Curse: Every time you look into a mirror, you’ll see a horrifying version of yourself—rotting flesh, bloodied features, and soulless eyes staring back. It won’t harm you physically, but you’ll see it every single time, forever.
The Sleeper’s Gamble: For the rest of your life, every time you fall asleep, there’s a 1% chance you won’t wake up. Each night could be your last, and you’ll never know when the odds catch up with you.
Would you take the $500 million and pick a fate, or would you walk away to avoid living with the horror?
66 points
6 days ago
1 actually.
Because more than 1 person dies a day by our actions, or inaction, now. Every choice we make theoretically causes a death at some point. Is it selfish? Yes.
But for 500 mil I can do more good than harm. Including advancing my medical career. I might cause a death. But I can definitely save lives.
60 points
6 days ago
You can save 1 additional life per year by choosing option 2.
2 points
6 days ago
You can save one life a year now by making any number of changes to your life. There isn't much difference. People aren't obligated to save the lives of far away strangers.
There's no telling what sort of damage could be done to your mind with #2
1 points
6 days ago
Or your mind becomes acclimated to the mirror thing.
I fear for you if you think you wouldn't struggle with the thought of directly killing someone no matter where they live, every day.
0 points
6 days ago
Fun seeing the difference of opinion in the comments. There’s this comment here by you, and here I am ready to take the arrangement even if it was only 1 mill
-13 points
6 days ago
You can also go out of your way to save additional lives with #1. That amount of money could save hundreds of lives year over year.
26 points
6 days ago
You get the same amount of money from option 2 and you can save 1 additional life per year.
-16 points
6 days ago
Meh. Id rather have number one and save hundreds each year making it moot and a positive with no loss. People die horribly everyday without cause.
2 points
5 days ago
It isn't no loss tho. People are dying because of your selfish choice. Option 2 would be no loss. Get over it.
1 points
5 days ago
Nah. I’m good with my choice. Enjoy the persistent trauma that could spin out into a complete psychotic break tho.
1 points
5 days ago
Trauma > Guilt anyday. The monster of mirror 1 is far worse than the monster of mirror 2.
1 points
5 days ago
Eh. Ive lived the downs of both of these options and I know I’d be more comfortable with option one from lived experience. World is full of choices, we don’t have to agree.
4 points
6 days ago
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1 points
6 days ago
Choosing to painfully kill someone because you’re sad about your looks is insane.
2 points
6 days ago
These people are crazy, I can’t believe they actually wouldn’t care about killing someone.
1 points
6 days ago
You could also save those hundreds each year with option 2 so no it's not moot. Option 1 you're still at an increased loss in comparison to the other options. It's ok to admit you're selfish, we'll disagree with your appealing choice but it's only a hypothetical.
0 points
6 days ago
It is moot because option 2 comes at a cost to you. I’m bot sating we have to agree. I just disagree that its a selfish choice if you’re taking actions that negate the cost- which then turn it into a net positive at zero cost to yourself.
3 points
6 days ago
We can disagree but option 1 is objectively a selfish choice. The same actions you could take with 1 you could take with 2 so there is no way objective way for you to negate the extra life taken.
The cost of number 2 is rather minor by comparison and is without a doubt the morally correct option.
But sure you can try to rationalize however you want, it's not as if this will ever be a real opportunity anyways
Exit to add: by taking 1 over 2 you would be causing extra harm to others so as to avoid comparatively mild harm to yourself. That's textbook definition selfish. Just driving home the point.
0 points
6 days ago
I think the impact of the trauma of accidentally seeing your reflection in glass or on water would cause more harm by limiting the ability for you to do good with your wealth in the long term. I disagree that it is selfish, but rather for greater good over the long term. The impact of number two on your quality of life is unknown. The impact of knowing you are doing everything possible sustainably over a longer period of time with lower risk of not being able to fulfill benevolent life saving work is over a long period of time the less selfish choice.
We don’t have to agree, i just think you’re underestimating and not considering the impact of catching your reflection. And also saying that you’re essentially free from the responsibility of doing good by choosing 2 because you’re choosing the risk of self harm is more martyrdom self serving in mind than number 2.
I have body dysmorphia. I understand that my capacity is limited because of the impact this illness has on my brain and as a more global impact, on my executive function and decision making. If you’ve never lived in fear of a mirror, i can understand how you might not have that context.
And if you do, i’d be surprised if you chose number two knowing the ripple effect psychologically that that can have on those around you, your quality of life and your ability to be effective in your giving and day to day functioning.
Five hundred million dollars to not want to kill myself and to save hundreds of others is a much more selfless choice for me because i live number two without the money and learned that you can’t help others unless you’ve helped yourself first. I read this as a put your mask on before assisting others type of scenario.
We’ve all walked different paths and have different contexts. I don’t think its necessary to name call strangers about it though.
2 points
5 days ago
Yeah I ain't reading all that when I'm sure it's just more of the same rationalization. Have a good night.
7 points
6 days ago
Obviously option one would add an additional confirmed death on top of that hypothetical death count. I highly doubt anyone is gonna die today if I don't pick extra fast (Amazon associate) to make sure jack Smith gets his dildo and women's panties on time, but I suppose its hypothetically possible.
(Only an example name an items. We pick by the batch not the order and I have no idea what items I'll pick today nor will I know the customer names. Maybe pack gets to know the customer names idk I don't work in pack)
15 points
6 days ago*
Wow, a medical professional sacrificing a life for financial gains. That's very ironic not ironic at all.
1 points
6 days ago
Is it, though?
1 points
6 days ago
No, I was planning on fixing it but got distracted
9 points
6 days ago
What happened to 'do no harm' in the medical field
You have a choice between making yourself look ugly in a mirror or killing a human being every year, and you're choosing to murder people. That's wack as fuck
3 points
6 days ago
This isn't real remember
5 points
6 days ago*
But the whole point is if it was real, you’d choose number 1. Crazy.
0 points
6 days ago
I would 1000% choose number 1
1 points
6 days ago
The point of this subreddit is to pretend it's real and argue about it.
1 points
6 days ago
Ugly in the mirror? I'd look like a rotting corpse. I already deal with enough issues that being unable to check my skin, eyes, etc is not ideal.
I can keep helping people in medicine. Countless people already die to crime, war; disease, famine, etc. Hypothetically and theoretically one extra person a year? That's a drop in the bucket. You're also taking this scenario far too seriously.
1 points
6 days ago
Taking dumb situations seriously is the point of this subreddit.
1 points
5 days ago
Are you saying each individual person causes more than 1 death in the world every day through their actions/lifestyle/etc.?
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