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setanta · 11-12-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain.Remy

So do sports man, celebrities etc...but it's only because they couldn't manage all of this. A lot of people are VERY VERY rich yet you don't hear from them as they don't expose themselves and they live quite happily.
What you need is a good financial adviser (I can give you my Dad's phone number if you want lol), some lost beach in Oceania, a nice girlfriend and that's it.

People need to stop thinking life is like a romantic movie. Life is a porn film.

We are living in a material world and you are a material fella. lol. You know what people usually say when they're on their deathbeds? They don't regret the money they made or didn't make, the status they attained in life or the depths of financial ruin they sank to. What they regret is not connecting more with people and telling the people they care about that they loved them with all their hearts. Making a difference in others lives. I find that interesting.

Niamh. · 11-12-2009, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by setanta

We are living in a material world and you are a material fella. lol. You know what people usually say when they're on their deathbeds? They don't regret the money they made or didn't make, the status they attained in life or the depths of financial ruin they sank to. What they regret is not connecting more with people and telling the people they care about that they loved them with all their hearts. Making a difference in others lives. I find that interesting.

Money can't make you happy if you're not already happy but it can help to take away everyday worries like paying bills and enable you to do things that you might not have been able to do otherwise which would make you happier!!!

Captain.Remy · 11-12-2009, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by setanta

We are living in a material world and you are a material fella. lol. You know what people usually say when they're on their deathbeds? They don't regret the money they made or didn't make, the status they attained in life or the depths of financial ruin they sank to. What they regret is not connecting more with people and telling the people they care about that they loved them with all their hearts. Making a difference in others lives. I find that interesting.

Oh I know I'm a material guy, and quite a spoilt one too, but hey, each one has its vice.
But with all the money of the world, you still can tell people you love them. Why does money have to prevent people from being happy and telling each other their feelings ? That's in people's head really.
Rich people who are unhappy didn't handle all this stuff well.

Princess · 11-12-2009, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain.Remy

Oscar Wilde once said: 'The best way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it' so I'd definitely push it once. So I'd get a million. But what can you do with a million today ? Not much anylonger.
And after all, it's only a 1/10,000 chance so I could push it plenty if times before someone I love dies.

And to people who say money isn't everything, go and tell that to a blue collar worker who kills his ass off to earn barely £1000 per month. You'll see what he tells you.

To me, money is everything. It might not buy love, yet you feel much better when you have money OR if money doesn't buy happiness, then give it to me, I want to be unhappy.

Money won't buy you happiness if you're genuinely unhappy though,if you have no friends or a partner or whatever. If you're happy anyways,money will greatly increase your happiness,lol!

Wildcat! · 11-12-2009, 02:15 PM

I didnt read any of the other answers, so going with gut instinct. Given the situation, I would press it once.
There is no way I am greedy enough to want more than a million. BUt for the first million, I think I would do it, given those odds.

YOu have to understand, those are really, really small odds!!!
But I just wouldnt take any chance after Ive already got a million.

Crimson Dynamo · 11-12-2009, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Enid

Here is the situation. There is a big fat red button right in the centre of a small room you are standing in. You know that if you press this button you will net yourself £1,000,000. You can press this button as many times as you like, each giving you the same amount of cash, but in doing so there is 1/10,000 chance one of your closest relatives or partner will die every time you press it.

Do you take the risk and press the button? If so, how many times? Or if not, what if the situation was different and only people who you didn't know could die instead?

Think about the situation carefully before answering please.

no

no money is worth a person

Jords · 11-12-2009, 03:04 PM

Good question, and I dont think nobody would ever know what they'd actually do unless put in that situation.

But for me, I say I would press it once, and God help me, if it was one of my loved ones (family & friends), Id go jump off a cliff, couldnt cope knowing Id killed somebody I love

If it was random, Id press it twice, so my kids (when I have them) would be fit for life too, but still fill hugely guilty but you wont know who died so it would pass over (but just thinking about taken somebody away from people who love them is horrid).

Iceman · 11-12-2009, 03:16 PM

I'd tie a rat to a stick and set up a contraption so that it sways back and forward, get him to push the buton.......come on theres a gazillion rats out there........id even donate money so that a rat island could be set up....

Me id consider pushing it once....maybe twice.

Enid · 11-12-2009, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Schumacher

I'd tie a rat to a stick and set up a contraption so that it sways back and forward, get him to push the buton.......come on theres a gazillion rats out there........id even donate money so that a rat island could be set up....

Me id consider pushing it once....maybe twice.

That would be one rich rat!

Crimson Dynamo · 11-12-2009, 03:16 PM

the love of money is the root of all evil

1 Timothy 6:10: For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.

Enid · 11-12-2009, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

the love of money is the root of all evil

1 Timothy 6:10: For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.

What a load of poppycock!

Shaun · 11-12-2009, 03:18 PM

someone's seen the trailer for 'The Box'

yes. I'd press it once, but only once. 1mil would be enough for me.

Enid · 11-12-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaun

someone's seen the trailer for 'The Box'

yes. I'd press it once, but only once. 1mil would be enough for me.

Hahah I honestly didn't even remember seeing the trailer till you mentioned it. I saw a similar post on another forum and thought it would spark up an interesting discussion.

Niamh. · 11-12-2009, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Enid

Hahah I honestly didn't even remember seeing the trailer till you mentioned it. I saw a similar post on another forum and thought it would spark up an interesting discussion.

Wasn't it a ghost story before a film? Did anybody else hear that, I heard when I was a kid and the person asks after they press the button who died and the man says the person who pushed the button before you!

setanta · 11-12-2009, 03:47 PM

I'm honestly shocked at how many would do it lol.

Enid · 11-12-2009, 03:54 PM

Not me, I assure you.

I don't care for people I don't know. I am not a charitable person, nor do I do anything if it's not for my own gain. I cherish the one's close to me, but I'd **** all over everyone else.

setanta · 11-12-2009, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Enid

Not me, I assure you.

I don't care for people I don't know. I am not a charitable person, nor do I do anything if it's not for my own gain. I cherish the one's close to me, but I'd **** all over everyone else.

Well ******** over someone is entirely different to murdering someone in cold blood hun. I mean, we didn't develop a conscience just for the craic like. It's helped us create the world we now live in.

Enid · 11-12-2009, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by setanta

Well ******** over someone is entirely different to murdering someone in cold blood hun. I mean, we didn't develop a conscience just for the craic like. It's helped us create the world we now live in.

Then lets be thankful there aren't many people as heartless as I am. :P

setanta · 11-12-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Enid

Then lets be thankful there aren't many people as heartless as I am. :P

You should be in politics my dear. Get this lady onto Obama's administration.

Enid · 11-12-2009, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by setanta

You should be in politics my dear. Get this lady onto Obama's administration.

I'd rather be the Queen. I could sit on my arse all day and do **** all.

ILoveTRW · 11-12-2009, 03:54 PM

id push it at least 20 times 1/10000 is worth the risk

Crimson Dynamo · 11-12-2009, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ILoveMoney

id push it at least 20 times 1/10000 is worth the risk

risk ruining your life for good?

get real

Deirdre · 11-12-2009, 04:04 PM

I'd push it once if there was a 1/10,000 chance a close relative would die.
I'd also only push it once if there was a 1/10,000 chance someone I don't know would die. One million is enough for me, I wouldn't take someone's life for another million.

setanta · 11-12-2009, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Deirdre

I'd push it once if there was a 1/10,000 chance a close relative would die.
I'd also only push it once if there was a 1/10,000 chance someone I don't know would die. One million is enough for me, I wouldn't take someone's life for another million.

So you only want to kill off one person... how very noble of you.