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[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 4 months ago

Definitely. If I'm gonna die in the near future it'd make no sense to continue university.

[-] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

No. It's all I would think about

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

No, I like surprises

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

I'd take a 1 year heads up warning

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Absolutely. Making sure I have a huge life insurance policy, but getting it far ahead enough to avoid questions of fraud would be worth it.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Let's do this.

Leeeerooooooyyyyyyy. nnnn'Jennnnnnkinsssssssss

[-] Fleur__@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I'd like to be able to hear it then if I wanted to choose to forget

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I don’t know bruh, I’m depressed enough already.

[-] Majestic@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Yes. Though I wouldn’t want to know the exact day if I could help that. Knowing the year or month would be enough to plan. To have a will. To say the things I want to say to those I care about. To make peace with the end. To do what I can of a bucket list and to feel a bit more secure up to that point not worrying about death.

[-] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 months ago

No, because as soon as I accept that knowledge, the wave function collapses and my future becomes deterministic.

[-] Alice@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah. I come from a family of hoarders, and I'm a little cluttery myself. I always worry that I'll die unexpectedly and they'll be unable to part with god knows what random shit they find in my apartment. If I knew when I was gonna die, I'd schedule someone to come help me trash my belongings the day before. I'd set aside the actually nice stuff for them, but no one needs to convince themselves that a broken USB drive I used to keep porn on or a torn up canvas is super sentimental and they need to hold onto it forever.

[-] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Probably not. Knowing this would be hard not to be consumed with a countdown.

And besides, it seems like living in a timeline where this kind of knowledge is even possible has so many other implications. Does the knowledge come with the scenario that everything you may try to do to stop it only puts you closer to the outcome?

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Yes so I can prepare.

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