the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long

[Her]

you become instantly, incomparably successful in any career of your choosing
you also lose half your total lifespan

do you do it

 

[Alex]

absolutely

 

[Overlord Drakow]

A bit trickier for me to answer as my current circumstances are objectively speaking, pretty good. But yeah I would still say yes to this opportunity.

 

[Altaria]

No, more than likely I would not. I have so much I want to do in my life and I already feel like time is ticking away too quickly!

 

[Her]

absolutely

A bit trickier for me to answer as my current circumstances are objectively speaking, pretty good. But yeah I would still say yes to this opportunity.

what would you choose to do with your lives?

 

[Overlord Drakow]

what would you choose to do with your lives?

Either become a concert pianist, or a stuntman / film star. Leaning towards the latter but both are very attractive propositions for me.

 

[Alex]

what would you choose to do with your lives?

Some sort of activist in change. Go down in history type thing.

 

[dad]

nonono, i'd rather be a happy waste of space with a long life

 

[Sirfetch’d]

Yes because for all I know, I am dying tomorrow. I may as well live my dream of being a musician!

 

[Syndrome]

nah, i wanna live a long and probably boring life.

 

[Palamon]

Best librarian in the world for half my lifespan? Sure, I'm game.

 

[Corrin]

Of course! I wanna be a marine biologist!

 

[moon]

No way. Half the fun of life is in pursuing your goals. Even though I love money and I would gladly accept a bonus I'd like to have something to pursue along the way, and half my life is too precious for that.

Amen, brother.

 

[gimmepie]

^What they said.
Success is no fun if you don't earn it.

 

[maccrash]

yeah I'm falling into the absolutely not camp here. I Just Want To Live My Life.

 

[Esper]

^What they said.
Success is no fun if you don't earn it.

But think of all the things you could accomplish. If you tried to be a world leader you could make all kinds of changes. Even if you don't "earn" it there's still a lot to be said for getting stuff done regardless.

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

Hooray for pleasant, but hopefully long-lasting, mediocrity.

Not a fucking chance.

 

[gimmepie]

But think of all the things you could accomplish. If you tried to be a world leader you could make all kinds of changes. Even if you don't "earn" it there's still a lot to be said for getting stuff done regardless.

This is a very good point.
Although I wonder if I could really be okay with building the world I want and then dropping dead before ever really experiencing it. Even if I was the most skilled politician ever it'd take years and years to change my countries government - years fraught with opposition - and then there's still keeping those changes after they are implemented.

 

[Altairis]

do I get to know how much of my lifespan I lost

depends on if I live to 100 or like 50.

also I'm not sure. I feel like climbing to where I want to be would make me feel more proud of myself. Hmm.