Board 8 > Would you rather go back to being 6 y/o with your knowledge or get $10 MILLION?

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If you become 6 y/o again you'll also go back in time to when you were 6 y/o. If you were born in 2000 you would be back in 2006.

If you get $10 million, it's your choice if it's in cash or wired to your bank, it's tax free, and you can use it however you want.

But which will you pick?
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Either regain 22 years or never need to work for the next 40+ years

I'll take the ten million. I don't want to go through school again anyway.
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Will the world continue to progress the way it did the first time, or can I change it?

Cuz I would go back in time in a heartbeat if it meant I could change things.
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Would the same events that you don't interfere with happen again?
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"Would you rather go back to being 6 y/o keeping your current knowledge"

You could make way more than 10 million with that.
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Get an extra 27 years and have the knowledge I need to make way more than 10 million dollars? EZ.
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Eerieka posted...

Will the world continue to progress the way it did the first time, or can I change it?

You can change it if you want and have the power to do it.

charmander6000 posted...

Would the same events that you don't interfere with happen again?

Yes.
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Zigzagoon posted...

"Would you rather go back to being 6 y/o keeping your current knowledge"

You could make way more than 10 million with that.

Wedge Antilles posted...

Get an extra 27 years and have the knowledge I need to make way more than 10 million dollars? EZ.

yeah but that means you have to work for the money

why work when you can get it free
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yeah if the same events happen exactly the same you can win a ton of money just by sports betting
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I could probably prevent my cousin's murder and my grandma's suicide sooooo yeah either one of those alone makes "go back in time" the answer

6 years old easily.

Then become a 6 year old GM for the New York Jets
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Always take the time travel

Yeah you wont be able to improve your life much for awhile, but once you can you REALLY can, and in the meantime you get to be a responsibility free kid almost

Obviously this is an even bigger value for me at 36 than it would be for someone much younger
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You could replace ten million with zero dollars and I would take the zero dollars over the alternative.
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going back in time 3 6 7 years wouldn't be super helpful, at least relative to you oldies, but, provided you still have the means to use and retain your knowledge, even going back a year or two would be huge.

Maybe @norenxaq can prevent the fall of Byzantium or something
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6 years old, easily. The novels I write were in part based around the idea of a character who effectively had the opportunity to do so. (Except they started over in a brand new life instead of repeating their old one.) It's an idea I've been obsessed with, and would take over almost any other option you offered me.
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I'd go back.
All that sports betting would earn me more.
Stock Market investing too
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I would take the time travel hands down.
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DeepsPraw posted...

Zigzagoon posted...

"Would you rather go back to being 6 y/o keeping your current knowledge"

You could make way more than 10 million with that.

Wedge Antilles posted...

Get an extra 27 years and have the knowledge I need to make way more than 10 million dollars? EZ.

yeah but that means you have to work for the money

why work when you can get it free

Who said work? Memorize some lottery numbers or just bet big on the sports teams you know will win the championship.
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Wedge Antilles posted...

Who said work? Memorize some lottery numbers or just bet big on the sports teams you know will win the championship.

Yeah but you can't do these things at 6 y/o so you'd have to remember them for like 15 years >_>

although I guess you could write it down
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just remember what year Leicester City won and you're good to go
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MZero11 posted...

Wedge Antilles posted...

Who said work? Memorize some lottery numbers or just bet big on the sports teams you know will win the championship.

Yeah but you can't do these things at 6 y/o so you'd have to remember them for like 15 years >_>

although I guess you could write it down

or just tell your parents >_>
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you can ask for bitcoin for christmas

Zigzagoon posted...

or just tell your parents >_>

Who would take betting advice from a 6 y/o? >_>
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Sports gambling is great, but wouldn't you rather have your money on all the major companies and bitcoin before they got big?
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MZero11 posted...

Zigzagoon posted...

or just tell your parents >_>

Who would take betting advice from a 6 y/o? >_>

I don't think it would be hard to convince your relatives you're from the future with all the crazy knowledge about them you might have only learned in your adulthood

voltch posted...

Sports gambling is great, but wouldn't you rather have your money on all the major companies and bitcoin before they got big?

Why not both?
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Yeah, definitely don't want to be 6 again. I'll take the easy cash
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Easy cash easy

Reliving the past is something I try to avoid
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This is a really cool question because with the amount of money I would have at my current age after going back to being 6... I wouldn't be living even remotely the same life, meaning I probably wouldn't have met many current friends or my partner. Even though I'd know where to find them... things wouldn't begin organically and likely wouldn't work out at all.

With the $10 million I could keep what I have and be "fine" with money.. whereas going back would completely change the course of my life and make me unfathomably rich.

I'd probably take the cash.
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I feel like having 20+ years of free experience is pretty invaluable.

I'll have a head start on so much learning.
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I would not want to go back to having very little control over my life, like kids do. We think that we would go back and change things in our favor but I don't know, there has to be a big feeling of helplessness as well when you can't change something.

I also met my wife by pure chance. If I went back in time and tried to meet her again, I'd probably fuck it up somehow. I wouldn't change anything in my past.
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I could finally date prepubescent girls without society judging me
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A lot of you guys saying stuff like "who would trust a 6 year old?" More like "why WOULDN'T you trust a 6 year old who suddenly has knowledge of things they shouldn't have?" I mean, I'm no genius, but I have a biology degree. Just toss out some knowledge of genetics, cell biology, anatomy, microbiology, etc. and people will pay attention.

I would sponsor artists, authors, musicians, athletes, etc. who I know will be famous in the future. Hell, I'd give Justin fucking Beiber a hundred bucks and tell him to pay me back with a million when he makes it big. I'd do it with all the big stars. Sure, maybe SOME of them won't pay me back, but I bet some will.

And let's not even get into politics/historical events. I'm actually more scared that the government will keep me under surveillance, but that might not necessarily be bad. I'd probably get a nice stipend from them with my ability to predict terrorist attacks and high-profile crimes. Though that opens a whole new can of worms. If I warn people about 9/11, how would everything that's happened since then change?

And on a personal note, I'd be able to save my friend from the abuse she suffered as a child. That alone would make time travel worth more than 10 mill.
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Eerieka posted...

A lot of you guys saying stuff like "who would trust a 6 year old?" More like "why WOULDN'T you trust a 6 year old who suddenly has knowledge of things they shouldn't have?" I mean, I'm no genius, but I have a biology degree. Just toss out some knowledge of genetics, cell biology, anatomy, microbiology, etc. and people will pay attention.

Even if they don't trust you, there are more... clever ways of changing things. Stop 9/11 by phoning in a threat the night before. Even if it seems ridiculous, they'll probably amp up security the next day just to be on the safe side.
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$10 million doesn't fix regret. I'd take the do-over.

Do-over. I was embarrassed as a young teen because I looked so much older (facial hair, deep voice), but I'd take advantage of that. Fake ID. Bars. Slay cougars as a 17-year-old. Such a dream.
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Zigzagoon posted...

"Would you rather go back to being 6 y/o keeping your current knowledge"

You could make way more than 10 million with that.

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DeepsPraw posted...

Zigzagoon posted...

"Would you rather go back to being 6 y/o keeping your current knowledge"

You could make way more than 10 million with that.

Wedge Antilles posted...

Get an extra 27 years and have the knowledge I need to make way more than 10 million dollars? EZ.

yeah but that means you have to work for the money

why work when you can get it free

Investing in the right companies at the right time is work?
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Being a 20 something year old trapped in a 6 year olds body sounds god awful. I can't imagine what affect this would have on not just me but my family and friends as well. Well, I know I wouldn't even have my current group of friends that's for sure. Parents wouldn't get to raise me as I'd already be an adult mindset wise, brothers would probably resent me foe being the one who knows everything. Plus whatever else.

Give me the 10 million.
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Sure easily I'd go back to being 6. It sounds like a blast. It wouldn't remember too much for lottery winnings or individual sports wins, but if it happened right now off the top of my head I'd remember apple red sox tesla bitcoin and set myself up

There are a few minor things about certain points in my life that I'd change that would cause drastic differences in the way my life is now, but for the most part I'd just live my life as it was because it was pretty fun the first time.

I'd definitely skip out on clicking the message board to argue about character votes in 2003 though.
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ClyTheCool posted...

I'd definitely skip out on clicking the message board to argue about character votes in 2003 though.

I'd start in 2002 if I could do it over
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thundersheep posted...

meaning I probably wouldn't have met many current friends or my partner. Even though I'd know where to find them... things wouldn't begin organically and likely wouldn't work out at all.

the main reason I'd take cash
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You'd have the knowledge of a 6-year-old, but you wouldn't have an adult brain. It's probably best to interpret the scenario as you having the capability to remember your adult knowledge as you would as an adult, though.
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i didn't particularly like being a kid, but i'd pick the time travel just to get the extra time being alive. don't particularly regret anything, just think it would be fun.

either choice would be neat, although i'm surprised anyone was going for the raw cash.

would be so easy to make that equivalent money some other way with your new super powers of investment. not to mention having an adult perspective at an earlier age is a huge advantage

i guess it would be sad to lose your important relationships. if you have kids it almost seems like you'd have to choose the money. i suppose in my case i'd absolutely go back in time and see my parents and siblings young again and do my best to support who i can
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Regain 30 years of my life, knowing what I know now, with the possibility of exploiting that knowledge as a child prodigy and engineer, or get $10 million? Easy choice, I'll take being 6 again in 1988
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MZero11 posted...

Wedge Antilles posted...

Who said work? Memorize some lottery numbers or just bet big on the sports teams you know will win the championship.

Yeah but you can't do these things at 6 y/o so you'd have to remember them for like 15 years >_>

although I guess you could write it down

I would think seeing events unfold would jog your memory
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I'd take the money, I don't feel like being stuck as a bored little kid for years before I can really accomplish anything, especially when the big payoff is that at best...I use my knowledge to get even more money than the amount that is already enough to live comfortably with for life? I could make one big change in my actual life but as soon as I did, I'd have thrown off the course of history too badly to anticipate anything in the future. And there's a pretty good chance I'd slip up and screw something up early on anyway (I met one of my best friends because of what seat I happened to sit down in in a certain class, if I behave in any different way those events won't play out the same)

ClyTheCool posted...

I'd definitely skip out on clicking the message board to argue about character votes in 2003 though.

Never mind I'll go back in time and amaze b8 by predicting contest matches
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If there was a way to trickle information to you at select points this would be a lot more obvious

Just having the knowledge at 6 years old though that almost seems like a trap.
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like yeah you could make more money by going back to being 6, but everything will be boring and predictable, sports won't be enjoyable, you'll have to adjust to lack of internet and cell phone, tons of great games won't be released yet, and your relationships could all be destroyed by it

and it's not like $10 million is chump change >_> that's plenty anyway!
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The only issue with going back in time is the people you don't meet.

But go back in time and...

Tell parents to invest in Google

Try to prevent 9/11 from happening.

Buy stock in Twitter when I turn 18 (2006).

Get into the habit of working out when I have unlimited energy rather and before my metabolism messed up. >_>

But then I might end up not meeting some of my best friends. So probably the $10 million.
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