If you won the lottery tomorrow would you commit suicide?

[lotus11]

...?

 

[silence of death]

probably, yes, i don't know what money could bring me that would make me happy, i live a very simple life, i have no desire to do anything, because of my schizophrenia i'm quite apathetic i think it's one of the symptoms

 

[ikadasui]

It'd make my living conditions certainlly improve, but my life is still void, I'm still stuck in a body I despise, haunted my horrific childhood and having nothing to show for or that I want to accomplish. So it'd delay the inevitable for a time but eventually the money too would become just as meaningless as everything else

 

[leavingsoon99]

Sadly, yes. My wish isn't to become a part of society that is more privileged. My wish is for my mental and emotional trauma to end. Money won't ever take away the abuse and unlove my mother showed me. It won't remove the pain of abandonment by my father. It won't fill the void of rejection in my life. My wish is for LIFE, everywhere, to get better. My wish is to have REAL, SUBSTANTIAL LOVE in my life. To be able to have children and raise them in a world that is expanding and improving, not dying. I want my own little happily ever after. That doesn't mean a mansion. The money would be nice, but I still live in THIS world. The post-COVID world. A dying world. Air is polluted. Water is undrinkable. Food is killing people. Humans are more unsavory and insufferable than I ever remember. But... I can comfortably go to Target and buy stuff... while society is still functioning.

From my perspective, this whole situation (life) is fucked. Whether you're rich or poor. That fact is starting to rear its ugly head. Look around. Everything is collapsing. Humans are DEVOLVING. Even money is changing. I don't consider being (temporarily) privileged in a hellscape will sway me from my decision. If I could actually achieve a peaceful life with a woman who loves me dearly and sincerely, if I could bring children into a world where they can flourish and actually have a chance to solve problems rather than pass down an unwinnable, futile fight for survival, if I could have a simple life to take care of my family and be a part of an actual, functional community... if the lottery could get me that...

Maybe.

 

[wastingpotential]

maybe, maybe not. money would solve a lot of issues for me right now. i could buy a house or rent an apartment far far away from where i currently am, and i could get my cats back and never lose sight of them again like i had to recently because of lack of money. they would buy me some more time here.

 

[AliceTheGoon]

I think you mean would you still commit suicide, i.e., would a financial windfall ease the problems that brought you here.

I would still want to commit suicide because no amount of money will fix my degenerative condition and restore my life. If I needed money I'd seek money, not suicide.

 

[rashedul]

yes. becoming rich will create new different problems while solving financial problems. life is all about solving problems and I don't like dealing with problems, cause im a wimp.

 

[ringo99]

I'd postpone it till I turned 50

 

[Uk2023]

No.

Money would inspire a better attack on moving on in life.

A week full of activities and challenges (talent funding and nurturing)

Another week full of peace and privacy (everything ordered, delivered, or out and about discreetly)

 

[WorthlessTrash]

It would delay my CTB for a year or so, but CTB is inevitable for me as my main motivation to CTB isn't money related.

 

[offbalance]

I would definitely postpone it I think, travel and experience some fun stuff. Buy some quality drugs/treatments to make life more bearable that wouldn't destroy my body, if there is such an effective thing out there for me. But money doesn't change the chaotic, unfair nature of existence. So idk

 

[FuneralCry]

No amount of money could ever make me wish to endure existence, I believe that no matter the circumstances it's always preferable to cease existing, the fact is that existing just isn't for me and it isn't like money can take away the fact that existence is filled with endless potential for harm and suffering, only death can solve what the true problem is for me which is existence in itself. I could never wish to age, trapped inside a decaying flesh prison being a slave to my suffering in an existence that is tedious and doesn't appeal to me in the first place. I just don't see any benefit to being conscious and aware, I only wish for permanent nonexistence, it's true that existence is so unnecessary. And anyway many rich people have ctb, having lots of money is basically meaningless when one ends up being tormented by incurable health problems, the thought of old age repulses me.

 

[Das Nichts]

Sheesh, I would get a customized Sacro from Phiplip Nitschke.
But to answer your question, no.

 

[minx]

It would improve my life conditions and conditions of others around me but it wouldn't heal my mental illness or fill the void i have inside. I seriously doubt that it would stop me from being suicidal. Though at least i would try to do as much good with the fortune before i die.

 

[soolka]

probably, but id postpone it

 

[outrider567]

It would make zero difference regarding my Depression and CTB plans, she's not here to share it with

 

[spøgelse]

I'd postpone it for two years. It wouldn't change anything, but I'd be able to drown everything out with as much alcohol as I'd like while locked away from everyone and then die in the way I want to. Money can buy anything after all.

 

[stilhavinightmares]

I might try to buy happiness by fixing my own and my family's financial problems, and I could afford to try a lot of alternative medicine and boutique kind of places for treatment for my mental illness, and I could travel in ultimate comfort and convenience, but if I still have it this bad in the end, I'll still go.

 

[unnormal9]

I dunno. Don't I need money to live?
Don't you need money to pay others for their work and time?

 

[sorrowful]

it would only bring a temporary amount of joy, it's not something that could deter me from wanting to ctb.

 

[limerance1]

Definitely not. Most of my suffering comes from the fact that I have to work while chronically ill. Whenever I have a weekend, my state improves considerably.

 

[jorheslen428]

It would delay it for me, I'd have a bit of fun, travel and shit

 

[melwarson]

I voted no. It would ease a huge financial burden as I am unable to work and provide for myself. I've had chronic health problems for over 25 years and they have gotten progressively worse. Perhaps with money I'd be able to get better medical treatment. But if I wasn't able to have a better quality of life then yes I would.

 

[tiny_dancer]

Unfortunately yes for me. No amount of money could buy my health back and fix my issues, or quality of life. That realization has been so devastating.

 

[loopdaloop]

Probably yes, it would make me feel less guilty about leaving behind loved ones because they could enjoy all that money after I leave

 

[mia.wallace]

Sadly, yes. Money won't improve my situation. Health is the real wealth. I'd stick around long enough to do some good with my winnings (animal rescues/advocacy, family members, etc), then succumb to my fate eventually.

 

[murmur]

Oh yes, but first i would acquire what id need to pursue my all time dream in being a hermit and vagabond out in nature, far away enough from the exposure of people, culture, and industrial society. That is really all I'd like to put my energy in, sustaining myself amongst other animals and plants, maybe having materials to write and draw as well. For years i feel like ive been living vicariously through these inadequate trade offs and sacrifices like the internet, working, and buying shit, and no matter how hard i tried living mindfully, i still felt the guilt of a parasite feeding in to this system that only works under unsustainable practices, only becoming more effecient in doing just that. Culture is like a knot that grows over time, becoming more twisted and tangled in its way of subverting whats natural, things we do that are completely abstract and the source of the reason buried under so much nonsense, I always think how lame it is, how humanity is so uncreative, so uncaring in making its own fiction. I think this would've been bearable if i ever made a friend that wanted to make the most out of this tacky dystopia we've been handed, ive let that go now. I'd feel less deprived giving it all up, Id rather die out in nature for some stupid reason, maybe due to being a retarded domesticated animal

 

[WaitingAllMyLife]

I'm so curious as to why you posted this. I have actually pondered this a few times lately. When the jackpot gets STUPID high and everyone starts playing, my mind fantasizes about what I'd do. And since I spend so much time thinking about CTB, I have wondered this about myself. I think it would delay my CTB. I might think I could somehow fix my life with all that money. But more likely than not, I'd be just as miserable, if not more so with everyone wanting something from me. Might be fun to find a great organization/cause to give it all to before going though.

 

[betternever2havbeen]

Yeh I'd probably be bored after a month, I can't think of much I want out of this life (except things that money can't buy anyway) I'd probably go to Vegas and blow it all in about a month anyway lol, I can't keep money.

 

[sulli]

no I'd buy a penthouse and stay high or drunk out of my mind indefinitely