If you suddenly got a billion dollars right now without doing anything, would you still want to die?

[Oblivion]

Sure I don't need a billion to be happy. I could give you half and that'd still be enough for me to live quite well.

So you're rich. okay, send me 5million dollars, these would make me content and kind of happy for a lifetime, travelling the world and doing everything i ever wanted to

 

[SomeoneDutch]

I would try out what it's like for a bit, but I doubt it would really make me feel any better for longer than maybe a few days.

 

[Mixo]

I fully anticipate that if I were a billionaire, I'd never have to worry for much ever again. Resources - any resource - on demand for the rest of my life would be a smooth rest of my days, for sure.

 

[Kristicide]

So you're rich. okay, send me 5million dollars, these would make me content and kind of happy for a lifetime, travelling the world and doing everything i ever wanted to

Lol no I'm not rich. I'm saying if I got a billion dollars out of the blue I could give away half of it and still be happy. At the moment I've drained all my savings accounts and not working.

 

[Nanako]

No, I don't want any money. Or anything else for that matter. But I think I'd cry with joy if a bottle of N were to magically appear in front of me.

 

[Zotz101]

This is just an anecdote but as someone who is well off money != happiness. Sometimes, it can even breed more misery.

 

[treetop.grazer]

Honestly, it wouldn't even take 100k to make me not want to ctb. That would pay my debts and my kids' uni fees off. ATM I'm thinking my life insurance would do that so me ctb would make things so much easier for my family.

 

[miulake]

I don't even need a billion dollars. $50 million would be more than enough. And if I can have that, then even $3 million would be fine.

I have learned that money is not everything but is in fact 99% of the thing.

 

[markimobzzdeasui]

I think a billion dolllars is a way too big amount to make this choice a difficult one. But for me personally who suffers from chronic illness and traumas among many other things it won't necessarily change my reason to ctb as they are kind of fixed ones now. But I know I would take that money, leave my place and surely feel that illusion of newly formed hope which I am sure will turn into some addiction,self sabotaging behaviour and eventually destroying whatever left of me. So I don't think having money would change anything except keeping me full of distractions that I strongly despise in general population.

 

[readyforsleep]

Probably not, I could afford whatever treatment I wanted, I wouldn't have to worry about my future and I could help a lot of other people which I think would feel very fulfilling. I could do all the things I want like traveling without having to worry about working. Most problems can be solved with money. And, if even all of that didn't make me happy, I could pay someone to kill me painlessly.

 

[Wisdom3_1-9]

And, if even all of that didn't make me happy, I could pay someone to kill me painlessly.

Genius. I hadn't thought about that, honestly. I actually wonder how much it would cost. Wouldn't need a billion dollars. I could save up for that.

 

[SuicidallyCurious]

Honestly, it wouldn't even take 100k to make me not want to ctb. That would pay my debts and my kids' uni fees off. ATM I'm thinking my life insurance would do that so me ctb would make things so much easier for my family.

Life insurance if you are in US will go to your kids directly. It bypasses your debts and goes directly to them at least that was my experience with dead relatives.

 

[Wrennie]

Maybe if I'd been offered it a few months prior, but at this stage no amount of money can cure what ails me.

 

[SovietSuicide]

No I don't think so, life would just be a videogame at that point.

 

[summers]

Yes, I would still plan to ctb. But I would extend my timeline out two, maybe three years.

 

[Insomniac]

Yes because I would never feel entitled enough to money I didn't work for to not feel anxious about losing it every single seconde.

Lottery winners screw their money in one konth for the same reason: fear of having it taken away since they didn't work for their money.

 

[Beer]

I'd still want to die. There's literally nothing I'd spend the money on (besides stuff like food and basic things I can already buy). I guess I wouldn't have to work for the rest of my life as well but that doesn't change anything

 

[absoluteanimal1]

No, I think I'd be okay with living if I had a billion dollars, honestly. Then employment and money wouldn't be an issue. I could live my life on my terms.

 

[FinalDestination]

I'd stick around a while longer. Give a lot of it to my family stay to get everything settled so that it becomes generational wealth. Do the things I've wanted travel some buy some stuff. Then I'd buy a house somewhere isolated and live a few years to myself then ctb when I'm ready. What I don't use will also go to my family - I really don't know many people huh. I guess in this situation I'd be dying happy or fulfilled which is a welcomed change.

 

[Rockman]

Yes. I would just die in Rolls Royce instead of 20 yr old Suzuki.

 

[Niko66]

No, that would solve so many of my issues and I could hire a team of professionals dedicated to address the health problems I am plagued by that the usual docs are too neglectful to (and that I can't afford), not to say not having to work in my life again would be massive for my mental state, hell 100k would already massively improve my life, being born in poverty in the third wold fucks your life in ways most people in the developed world can't imagine.

 

[visiblyinvisible]

Probably I'd still die. Having money wouldn't change much, in fact, it might make things worse

 

[tgfm]

I would because I'd still be sick. But I sure would love to give all of that money away and help as many people as I can before I go.

 

[Seiba]

I would likely stick around for a while since that amount of money can absurdly change any external reality you have.

 

[completely-done]

I would spend it on N by D and then donate the rest to a charity of my choice

 

[_Minsk]

No amount of money can repair my life

 

[Death_of_a_Phynixx]

If I suddenly received 1 billion dollars in this moment, happiness would consume me and my life would then be whole. I would be able to do all the stuff I have ever desired to do. Poverty enforces depression, and depression enforces suicide. With all that money to spend on life, life can be more exciting and last longer. Although there are miserable rich people in this world, I would refuse to be one of them.

 

[theloserestloser]

It'd probably delay it for a bit but that wouldn't last. I'd be able to do some fun stuff on the way out but it wouldn't solve the existential dread and all my regrets and failures.

 

[bloodfallsfirst]

The first thing I'd buy would be N.

 

[Wisdom3_1-9]

I find myself dreaming about this. After the money to help my family after I'm gone, and after giving to some charities, I want to hurt the people who hurt me. I know that makes me a terrible, shallow person, but I don't care. I want to punish them. Not physically. I want to hurt them the way they hurt me. I need resources to do it. Then I can die happy.