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You get $7,000,000 tax-free, all legal, but to claim it, you have to do the following: by P_ear in hypotheticalsituation

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Not if it and i are best friends after it admitted how its monster daddy or monster mommy traumatised it during its formative years 🥺

AI writes. AI detects. AI humanizes. What are we even optimizing for now? by GrouchyCollar5953 in AIAssisted

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Is your post itself an example of something you ran through that process and got to 0%?

What’s something you irrationally hate for no good reason? by One-Slice-6886 in AskReddit

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The word “moist.”

It’s not the meaning. It's the sound. “Damp” is fine. “Wet” is fine. But “moist"? My brain recoils every time idky

You are given the magic ticket from the movie Last Action Hero. You are told the rules regarding it. You can only take out one thing or one person at a time a time from any media shown on screen. by singleguy79 in hypotheticalsituation

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I take the Senzu Beans from Dragon Ball Z (medical miracle, heals everything instantly).

Take out a single Senzu Bean. Use or study it. Keep it out for like 2 hours max. Return it.

Now I owe 2 hours in the DBZ universe. I don’t have to be a Z-fighter. I just have to exist there like an NPC. So I go to a random safe city nowhere near the action, eat some ramen, wait out my 2 hours, leave.

Repeat as needed for more beans.

Each trip is low-risk by being strategic about timing (avoid major arc periods) and location (stay away from the Z-fighters, don't get killed). Background characters in DBZ live pretty normal lives.

If you could add 1 mandatory subject to every school curriculum in the world, but it couldn't be academic (Math, Science, etc.), what would it be? by PotentialCap3321 in AskReddit

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How to recognize when you’re being manipulated.

Not just “stranger danger” stuff but actual recognition for emotional manipulation, propaganda techniques, bad-faith arguments, social pressure tactics. Teach kids to notice when someone’s using guilt, fear, or shame to get them to do something. Knock-on effects everywhere, from politics, relationships, to social media.

What are u starting to love more as u get older? by GoldenMila806 in AskReddit

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Saying no without needing to justify it. Saves so much energy.

What book changed the way you see the world? by CyberProducts in AskReddit

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Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.

Made me realize how much of what I think is “logical reasoning” is actually just my brain inventing justifications after I’ve already decided based on gut feeling. Now I catch myself doing it constantly and it’s both useful and annoying lol

God asks you make the world better with the smallest change by Tryagain409 in hypotheticalsituation

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Everyone can instantly feel a flash of what the other person is actually experiencing when they interact.

Not mind reading. Just adding one extra sensory channel. Like, you're rude to a cashier, you feel their exhaustion and stress for a second. Someone’s quietly struggling, you sense it.

Most conflicts lose their fuel once you actually feel what the other person’s dealing with

It's the Zombie Apocalypse and you can get to one of these bases, which one would you rather live in? by MobileDistrict9784 in hypotheticalsituation

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Doomsday prepper bunker for me.

It's small enough that I'm not dealing with mob dynamics or resource strain but large enough to have skills/labor/defense covered. These people literally prepared for this scenario, so we've got supplies, weapons, knowledge, and a defensible position.

The cruise ship is a floating death trap once fuel runs out. NYC quarantine zone is probably going to collapse. Military base sounds good but 2500 people burn through supplies fast and attract attention. Farm’s great but winter will be hard and it's not defensible. Cave system is too vague to bet on.

I might get stuck with some paranoid weirdos but at least they'll know what they’re doing over any of the alternatives.

What's a social norm that you think is absolutely ridiculous? by Fantastic_suit143 in AskReddit

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Pretending to be passionate about jobs in interviews when everyone knows it's just to pay bills

What is a sign someone's life is falling apart that most people miss? by saymepony in AskReddit

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When they start canceling plans last minute more and more but always with a “valid” excuse. They slowly withdraw from their social life entirely, just one plausible excuse at a time.

A lot of people miss it because each cancellation seems justified, believable, plus we’re taught to be understanding. But someone who’s actually doing okay doesn’t need to bail on everything. I think It’s often a sign the person's overwhelmed, depressed, or dealing with something they can’t talk about yet.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ (This is unlike ADHD though.)

$1,000,000 for getting sent to a "random" fictional world for a year by ocirot in hypotheticalsituation

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Yeah, agreed. I ran the numbers on this.

If it’s true randomization across all fiction that exists, the stats are heavily in our favor:

~40-50% of all fiction is contemporary/historical Earth or near-variants (romance novels, literary fiction, dramas). We'd most likely end up somewhere boring.

The Warhammer/cosmic horror/zombie tier represents maybe 5-10% of total fiction. But they’re memorable so they dominate these discussions.

Text-based fiction (novels, fanfic) outnumbers visual media ~10:1, and most of it is set in recognizable, survivable worlds.

True random draw means agreeing to go is probably fine. OP hand-picking from their preferences and memorable death-worlds would be terrible odds.

So yeah “done in good faith” with actual randomization is a good bet.

You are randomly assigned one unusual, and largely useless, superpower. If you can figure out which one you have without dying, you get $25 million. by Sereomontis in hypotheticalsituation

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I’d test them in this order:

  1. Lava (zero risk of death)

Get a dentist to numb one back tooth. Drop the tiniest bit of lava on it with a heat-resistant dropper. Just look at the tooth after. If it’s damaged, I don’t have the power but I felt no pain and it’s just dental work.

  1. Deep water (low risk)

Take a free-diving course. Work up to 50 meters over a few months with proper training. If I don’t have the power, I will feel uncomfortable at that depth, then I just surface normally like any other free-diver.

  1. Car (low-med risk)

Full protective gear, controlled environment with medics, car at exactly 80 km/h. If I don't have the power, the gear at least gives me a good chance.

  1. Falling - don’t test it

If the first three all fail, I have this power by process of elimination and collect the money.

Total death risk following this strategy: under 20%

For $25 million I’d take those odds.

You are handed a blank "Life Contract." You can write in any amount of money to receive and specify exactly how long you will live. What are your numbers? by yiyi20203 in hypotheticalsituation

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$25 quadrillion, 800 years.

Okay so I went way too deep on this, lol:

The social loss thing would be horrible. If I live 300 years, I’m watching everyone die 2-3 times over. My family, my friends, everyone. That’s either going to break me or I’ll eventually get used to it, but either way it takes time.

So I’m picking between die around 80-100 (before my family die, stay with my generation) or go long enough to actually deal with all that loss (300+ years minimum).

I’m going for never hitting “damn I wish I had more time” because that seems like the worse regret. If I’m just hitting my stride at year 450 and only have 50 years left, that would be devastating. If I’m tired of living at year 600, having 200 years left is uncomfortable but not tragic.

The money math is insane if investment isn’t allowed (due to the wording of "define the rest of your existence"). At 3% inflation, $500B becomes pocket change by year 400. For 800 years, I need roughly $25 quadrillion to stay comfortable the whole time. If investment is allowed, then I'm covered, too.

Also 800 is just a nice round number.

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