• Hey Guest,

    We wanted to share a quick update with the community.

    Our public expense ledger is now live, allowing anyone to see how donations are used to support the ongoing operation of the site.

    👉 View the ledger here

    Over the past year, increased regulatory pressure in multiple regions like UK OFCOM and Australia's eSafety has led to higher operational costs, including infrastructure, security, and the need to work with more specialized service providers to keep the site online and stable.

    If you value the community and would like to help support its continued operation, donations are greatly appreciated. If you wish to donate via Bank Transfer or other options, please open a ticket.

    Donate via cryptocurrency:

    Bitcoin (BTC):
    Ethereum (ETH):
    Monero (XMR):
N

noname223

Archangel
Aug 18, 2020
7,279
This thread was inspired and sponsored by the new The Ghost in the Shell series that will be released tomorrow on Amazon Prime. Not affiliated.

The uninteresting answer would if you donated the time for nothing. It would be altruistic but not that interesting.

I am not sure how such a life would look like. I could imagine people win thrid world country would trade huge amounts of their life time simply to increase the horrible conditions they live in.
Most likely not that many people in rich countries would give away life time. But suicidal people would be in a good position.

I think it isn't easy to demand love for life time. Actually, I wouldn't want to bribe someone into loving me. I would probably go for money. Sex seems to be too unethical. I am not against sex work. But I could imagine people vulnerable people would be desperate for more life time when they don't have anough money.

I could imagine billionaires would try to get an infinite life time. And in such a scenario this would not be too unlikely.

My personal answer. I think the end of one's life is often pretty horrible when one reaches old age. I would probably start to sell 10 years of my remaining life time. I would hope to receive 100.000-1.000.000 Euros in exchange. Personally, I am not sure how insane this statement sounds to someone who isn't suicidal and hates life.
I could sell more and more time afterwards still. But I probably would not want to purchase new life time if I regretted my decision.

A lot of my life problems and sorrows centered around poverty. And I would want to experience no sorrows concerning this issue. I would like to find out whether it would take some pressure off my shoulders and make me enjoy life a little bit more. I think it would not make a huge change. But I would be curious to find out. Money enables a lot and you have a better hand on the dating market.

Something that just crossed my mind. I sometimes admire people that think live fast, die young (regret nothing). Because it is absolutely diametrcial to my risk aversion approach to life. In general I think my approach ends in most cases better. Not in mine. Lol. But Lil Peep, Juice WRLD experienced a world I will never know. They risked it all, won a lot and still lost everything eventually. In some way they sold their life for fame, money and drugs.
 
  • Like
  • Hugs
Reactions: westerly_merlin, katagiri83 and Forever Sleep
SoulCage

SoulCage

Experienced
Dec 28, 2023
226
I know what i want in exchange: I want everyone who has ever known, seen, heard of me to forgot me. Like I have never existed.
Only then I am free.
 
  • Hugs
  • Love
  • Like
Reactions: thelostautistic, VanillaCake, The Eternal One and 1 other person
westerly_merlin

westerly_merlin

Who decided this?
Aug 13, 2025
264
Respect
 
  • Hugs
Reactions: VanillaCake
Blurry_Buildings

Blurry_Buildings

Just Existing
Sep 27, 2023
560
Money for my parents, as much as possible
 
  • Love
Reactions: VanillaCake
seeyoulater26

seeyoulater26

Member
Feb 22, 2026
64
Hey, noname. You always ask fun questions!!
Mine would be money too for my sister, dad, and my bestest friend. I don't know how much but a lot would be great.
Want them to live their best lives!! Meanwhile, I'm getting outta here!! It's a win-win.

Will the dying part be painless though hmmm...
 
  • Hugs
Reactions: VanillaCake and noname223
Pluto

Pluto

Cat Extremist
Dec 27, 2020
7,203
images
 
  • Yay!
Reactions: VanillaCake
UtopianSoliloquies

UtopianSoliloquies

Act 3 Scene 1
Jan 21, 2023
94
I think the bleakest thing about trading your life for money on a free market is that you'd probably not get very much, because there are always more people in poorer countries who are willing to sell theirs for less. It wouldn't be their fault either, because that money would still be enough to help their families.
 
  • Informative
Reactions: VanillaCake, Le temps perdu and whatsleftover
whatsleftover

whatsleftover

Member
Apr 14, 2026
23
someone who doesn't want to live but can should give it to someone who wants to live but cant. as the others have said, everyone being able to sell their time decreases it's value, whatever i get from selling just wouldn't be all that good
 
J

jw_sisyphus97

Member
Mar 19, 2026
94
I wouldn't want anything in exchange, sounds more like a punishment than a prize to have more time. Turning the time into some sort of corporate market would just show how desperate people are to escape realty
 

Similar threads