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It all made me feel a little sad. This person’s fear of death stops them living. It’s like buying a Porsche and never driving it for fear of damaging it.

rizky05 4y ago
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swyx 4y ago
i mean, your definition of living doesnt have to equal his. he's a retired centimillionaire, he's spending say 10-15 hours a week doing this stuff (ok the penis-measurement-during-sleep thing is weird af) and the rest of it is still his own time to do whatever he wants. thats still more "living" than the rest of us working class. and perhaps no stranger a hobby than some of us have.
- blippitybleep 4y ago
  No need to get defensive. Can I help viewing things through the lens that I do? Is it really such a problem for me to express my views?
  - snapcaster 4y ago
    The comment you're responding to didn't read to me as defensive, more just refuting your point. I think the idea that somehow he isn't really living is just a cope
    - twixfel 4y ago
      The idea that every single very, very rich person is necessarily "living" is cope as well, albeit in the other direction.
      - snapcaster 4y ago
        Stop coping. Nobody claimed every single very rich person is necessarily living. Someone who is healthy, fit, rich and is doing whatever he is into at the time and your first thought is "maybe he's not happy" lol cope
        blippitybleep 4y ago
        I’ve no doubt many billionaires are happy, but thinking you can outsmart the grim reaper is a tad sad. It doesn’t matter how rich or poor you are, we all have to learn to accept the inevitably of death. I learned to cope with death a long time ago, we all have to at some point.
        twixfel 4y ago
        You're coping. It wasn't "my first thought". I read the whole article and came away thinking "pretty sad and strange man". You can't take it with you, and his solution is apparently to try and escape death. It's sad. I don't find many very very rich people sad, but I do find this one to be.
  - maksimur 4y ago
    The comment you replied to doesn't look defensive to me. Many people view the world through their own perspective and don't understand that what they might feel like a drag or depressing is enjoyable (or not a big deal) for others. You should try to view things through other's perspective.
    - blippitybleep 4y ago
      Everyone views the world through their own lens. We are individuals. Why would I express someone else’s view? Spending your life trying to outsmart the inevitability of death is a futile waste of a life. Money isn’t the issue, but it does afford one the ability to indulge delusions like immortality to a ludicrous degree.
- twixfel 4y ago
  It depends what he does. Maybe he's living a lot less than a lot of much poorer people. Maybe his obsession with death stops him living at all.
- tablespoon 4y ago
  > he's a retired billionaire Not even. He's a "middle-aged tech centimillionaire."
  - throwaheyy 4y ago
    I think they really meant hectomillionaire? “Centi” means one hundredth. In other words he is worth in the order of $10,000.
    - tablespoon 4y ago
      I think centi can mean either a hundredth or a hundred. It was appropriated by the metric system to mean a hundredth, but that doesn't obliterate the other sense.
mythrwy 4y ago
I wouldn't do it, but find the experiment worthwhile. Will look for the results in 20 years time. What do other wealthy people spend their money on? Big houses and boats and hookers and blow or simply getting more money they don't actually need at the expense of others? Or "saving the world" which often actually causes more problems? This seems as valid a use of time and wealth as anything. It wouldn't be for me, but I don't find it the least bit sad.
- BizarroLand 4y ago
  If the data is released it may be helpful for other medical research in the future as well. It's a daily/weekly/monthly graph of many measurable things.
- blippitybleep 4y ago
  Is it not like a clinical trial with a sample size of 1 and no control group? Seems no less self indulgent than a big house or boat.

rizky05 4y ago

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swyx 4y ago

i mean, your definition of living doesnt have to equal his. he's a retired centimillionaire, he's spending say 10-15 hours a week doing this stuff (ok the penis-measurement-during-sleep thing is weird af) and the rest of it is still his own time to do whatever he wants. thats still more "living" than the rest of us working class. and perhaps no stranger a hobby than some of us have.

blippitybleep 4y ago
No need to get defensive. Can I help viewing things through the lens that I do? Is it really such a problem for me to express my views?
- snapcaster 4y ago
  The comment you're responding to didn't read to me as defensive, more just refuting your point. I think the idea that somehow he isn't really living is just a cope
  - twixfel 4y ago
    The idea that every single very, very rich person is necessarily "living" is cope as well, albeit in the other direction.
    - snapcaster 4y ago
      Stop coping. Nobody claimed every single very rich person is necessarily living. Someone who is healthy, fit, rich and is doing whatever he is into at the time and your first thought is "maybe he's not happy" lol cope
      - blippitybleep 4y ago
        I’ve no doubt many billionaires are happy, but thinking you can outsmart the grim reaper is a tad sad. It doesn’t matter how rich or poor you are, we all have to learn to accept the inevitably of death. I learned to cope with death a long time ago, we all have to at some point.
      - twixfel 4y ago
        You're coping. It wasn't "my first thought". I read the whole article and came away thinking "pretty sad and strange man". You can't take it with you, and his solution is apparently to try and escape death. It's sad. I don't find many very very rich people sad, but I do find this one to be.
- maksimur 4y ago
  The comment you replied to doesn't look defensive to me. Many people view the world through their own perspective and don't understand that what they might feel like a drag or depressing is enjoyable (or not a big deal) for others. You should try to view things through other's perspective.
  - blippitybleep 4y ago
    Everyone views the world through their own lens. We are individuals. Why would I express someone else’s view? Spending your life trying to outsmart the inevitability of death is a futile waste of a life. Money isn’t the issue, but it does afford one the ability to indulge delusions like immortality to a ludicrous degree.
twixfel 4y ago
It depends what he does. Maybe he's living a lot less than a lot of much poorer people. Maybe his obsession with death stops him living at all.
tablespoon 4y ago
> he's a retired billionaire Not even. He's a "middle-aged tech centimillionaire."
- throwaheyy 4y ago
  I think they really meant hectomillionaire? “Centi” means one hundredth. In other words he is worth in the order of $10,000.
  - tablespoon 4y ago
    I think centi can mean either a hundredth or a hundred. It was appropriated by the metric system to mean a hundredth, but that doesn't obliterate the other sense.

mythrwy 4y ago

I wouldn't do it, but find the experiment worthwhile. Will look for the results in 20 years time. What do other wealthy people spend their money on? Big houses and boats and hookers and blow or simply getting more money they don't actually need at the expense of others? Or "saving the world" which often actually causes more problems? This seems as valid a use of time and wealth as anything. It wouldn't be for me, but I don't find it the least bit sad.

BizarroLand 4y ago
If the data is released it may be helpful for other medical research in the future as well. It's a daily/weekly/monthly graph of many measurable things.
blippitybleep 4y ago
Is it not like a clinical trial with a sample size of 1 and no control group? Seems no less self indulgent than a big house or boat.