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[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

I once came around the hypothetical of like, for how much would you sell your foot. People talked about millions. I modified the question to selling a toe because I couldn't find anyone willing to even name a price for their foot. My friends were still like 5 mil, 10 mil, 100 mil when it was about a middle toe. Except my coworker, not having heard anyone answer the question, he was like "oof, hard question, I guess 50€".

[-] SpiceyDejarik@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me.

[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

People always say stuff like "I would not sell my toe for 5 million usd"

And then you rephrase the question into something like

"Would you sell your toe if you never had to work again, could pursue any hobby you wanted within reasonable limits, and could own a reasonable home for the rest of your life?"

And suddenly it seems infinitely more appealing

To me that someone wouldn't cut off their toe (assuming anesthesia and all that) for something like 1 million usd is ridiculous. We already sell so much of ourselves and our time for work and the pursuit of money for survival.

I don't know exactly what my limit would be, but for a toe it might have been closer to somewhere in the tens of thousands of dollars range.

this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2024
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