Would you press it?

  • @[email protected]
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    1 month ago

    press button

    Get million dollars

    Wtf I thought this was the button that turns you into a girl

    • First Majestic CometOP
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      191 month ago

      Can always keep pressing until you get it, or just keep pressing to increase odds, these buttons usually allow multiple pushes.

    • @[email protected]
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      cuz you can only die once anyway, so you will end up with a chance approaching 100% of getting the money

  • @Mnemnosyne
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    321 month ago

    The big question is how many times to press it. Once at least is a given. It does specify the death as gruesome, so I don’t really want the death, but I’d also like enough money to not have to worry again until a non gruesome death.

    Like, if it was painless death, I’d probably say something like 20 or 30 times, but with a gruesome one…maybe 5 max, or perhaps even less. Still, one or two pushes is a given.

    • @[email protected]
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      5 presses would be enough to pay yourself 100k a year for 50 years + interest gained with a 95% chance of success. That’s what I’d go with.

    • @[email protected]
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      71 month ago

      It can be both gruesome and painless. Something where you wouldn’t even know what happened, but the person unlucky enough to clean up would be scarred for life.

      • First Majestic CometOP
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        11 month ago

        It’s also a gamble because you might get a painless one but also could get one that is insanely painful. Those odds aren’t clearly defined and quantified like the button’s odds.

  • @[email protected]
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    251 month ago

    I’d absolutely press it once, because if I’m unlucky enough to hit a 1% on the first press, I think I’d rather just be dead anyway. That kinda bad luck will kill you in some other way.

    • @[email protected]
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      101 month ago

      If it was “die instantly,” then I would definitely press it. However, it says “die a gruesome death,” which kinda scares me, so I’m not sure if I would…

      • @phdepressed
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        31 month ago

        Death is gruesome. Even dying in your sleep is still gruesome.

        • First Majestic CometOP
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          41 month ago

          In this context gruesome death means something violent and painful, think back to Final Destination or a Saw movie for some examples.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 month ago

      First time I experienced this exact sentiment was years ago playing Dynasty Tactics.

      99% chance to hit?

      Realize devs forgot to include the decimal. 90.1% chance of exploding.

    • Nom Nom
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      11 month ago

      I was about to comment about Fire Emblem but yes Xcom is the superior example.

  • @[email protected]
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    191 month ago

    Considering real life, it’s a pretty good deal. Real jobs have a way-higher guresome death chance to 1 million dollar ratio, and most of the time you just end up in a dead-end job.

  • experbia
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    181 month ago

    sweet, a quantum immortality tester that prints money.