SomewhereAlongThe

SomewhereAlongThe

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If you were allowed to program your own reality to your liking (wealth, looks, friends, etc) and live in it with simulation, would you give up on your suicidal ideation and stay? The only downside is nothing would be real in that simulated reality (the people, your girlfriend, etc) but you wouldn't know that. Everything would be just as good as the real thing.
 
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zulcywulcy

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Oct 10, 2024
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If you were allowed to program your own reality to your liking (wealth, looks, friends, etc) and live in it with simulation, would you give up on your suicidal ideation and stay? The only downside is nothing would be real in that simulated reality (the people, your girlfriend, etc) but you wouldn't know that. Everything would be just as good as the real thing.
yes ofc
 
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sevennn

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Sep 11, 2024
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yes of course. i actually hope there is something like this after i die
 
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TheHolySword

TheHolySword

empty heart
Nov 22, 2024
364
Honestly no. As weird as it is to say. I may not know it isn't reality but I feel like it's almost a worse fate for my loved ones. Death at least has some final closure. In a simulation I'm alive but totally unreachable. I don't think I could cope with something like that if someone I loved did it.
 
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Death is my goal

Death is my goal

pathetic failure
Aug 25, 2022
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no, surprised by the people saying yes, why would anyone want to live in a delusion/lie?
 
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RosebyAnyName

Staring at the ceiling for 6 hours
Nov 9, 2023
227
No.

One, my biggest struggle anhedonia and being unable to enjoy things in life. Just because I could experience anything I wanted in a simulation doesn't mean I will have the mental capacity to enjoy it.

Two, my other biggest struggle is overstimulation. Being in a simulation where I get to be happy all the time would undoubtedly mess up my dopamine receptors beyond repair. I would definitely get to the point where absolutely nothing would make me happy no matter what because nothing would ever be good enough, just like how I was during all the worst points of my various addictions.
 
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yowai

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Aug 28, 2024
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I don't know how I would deal with that on an existential level 😂
 
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MiraiShisen

Student
Jun 15, 2023
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yes at least one life to experience all the good I could not in this one , now its too late.
 
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needthebus

needthebus

Longing to Becoming HRU
Apr 29, 2024
263
probably not after a while. i feel too victimized over past events but its also hard to know.
 
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sevennn

Wizard
Sep 11, 2024
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no, surprised by the people saying yes, why would anyone want to live in a delusion/lie?
its not hard to understand at all, i dont see what is so surprising about it. technically everything around you or me can be fake at this exact moment. but we will never know. we could already be in a simulation. just not in a good one
 
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dontwakemeup

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Nov 11, 2024
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If you were allowed to program your own reality to your liking (wealth, looks, friends, etc) and live in it with simulation, would you give up on your suicidal ideation and stay? The only downside is nothing would be real in that simulated reality (the people, your girlfriend, etc) but you wouldn't know that. Everything would be just as good as the real thing.
Like the movie, Vanilla Sky. Of course I would! Please don't ever wake me up or tell me the truth!
no, surprised by the people saying yes, why would anyone want to live in a delusion/lie?
But we all already are doing this. We lie to everyone around that we're fine. We lie to our Dr about our SI. If you don't, I applaud your honesty and courage.
 
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Forever Sleep

Earned it we have...
May 4, 2022
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Not sure. I'd probably be happy to sample it at least. Maybe it would be like playing a game in 'sandbox' mode though. I've sometimes found that so unchallenging that it became boring in a short time. So, maybe this 'reality' would be the same. After all, I wouldn't deliberately choose a difficult setting! I suppose we could make it so that we got huge fulfilment out of achieving things. Anything.

It's pretty hard (I think) to imagine a reality that suits everyone (presumably, other 'real' beings populate it) that isn't in some way based on this (very flawed) reality.

So- for example- how do we get rid of the things that cause pain here? Can there be a reality that isn't competitive or exploitative but, people still feel a sense of achievement? Surely, choice is important but, some of the choices we make hurt others. Will death exist? If not then, can birth exist? Can this new reality sustain new life without death? Maybe it wouldn't feel 'off' if we only knew this new world. So- do we forget who we are now and, start from scratch? It still seems like too much effort to me. With too much potential for things to go wrong! Especially if we're in charge (and everyone realises it.)
 
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davidtorez

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Mar 8, 2024
548
I'd still prefer nothingness/ non existence over a great simulation, but a simulation over my current reality
 

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