Would you rather win the lottery or live twice as long as you would normally?

is this a serious question? Who in hell would want to live to 160?

I’d gladly take $500,000 (or more) and die at 79.

I have no interest in living to 150-ish.

@cookieman Let us know if your answer is still the same when you’re 78.

@2davidc8: What are the benefits of living so long? Everyone I know and love would be dead. Presumably I’ll continue to deteriorate physically and mentally, so I’ll likely be impaired in some significant way. Sure I’m alive, but what is the quality of that life at that point?

Does that magic that keeps me alive keep my body reasonably healthy? Because otherwise the second option sounds like of more a curse than a gift.

@Mariah: Exactly.

I don’t have to sue you, I’m taking the lottery winnings. My life might be two thirds over, but that final third would be awesome; no holding back.

It’s “win the jackpot” regardless of the number. 160 years is too many years. I would not curse my great-grandchildren with having to take care of my senile ass.

The money please so I could live in comfort till my subscription to the air is over. I would then make sure my next of kin will be taken care of until they too come out from the other side.

@Mariah Good question. Assuming that the aging process is slowed down so that you don’t start declining until near the end of your extended lifetime.

I have edited the question accordingly.

The money hands down.

I’d either have to work or have savings and pension to last me until the end of my days if I choose to live twice as long, and so there’s a good chance I’d end up in poverty. Therefore, I’d choose the lottery.

Since the question stipulates the cessation of aging, I’d probably take the time instead of the money. But then again, I would like to think this decision over. The upcoming 80 years don’t look all that inviting when it comes to quality of life.

There is nothing more miserable than burying your own children so I will opt for the money. If I haven’t spent it all I will even leave some of it for them.

Lottery money, hands down.