You wake up having been gifted the ability to take time off of your life as a whole in exchange having more time in-the-moment--whether it’s time to think, time to spend doing something or with people, time to hold onto something or someone, whatever. Others will be unaffected, this is personal.
The conversion ratio is ~6 hours of in-the-moment time --> ~1 year of life (or 1:1,460), and it only works one-way.
- Do you use the ability at all?
- If yes, how do you use it--large chunks sparingly or small moments regularly?
- Do you ‘spend’ a significant amount or prioritize retaining lifespan?
- What would you use it for?
- If yes/no, what ratio would make it not worth it/worth it?
- Would it be better to track usage rigorously or to remain unaware?
- What psychological problems/trauma could usage cause you?
- How would you feel if you found out someone you loved had been trading their time?
- If no, what circumstances would convince you to?
Edit: I’m so glad to see diversity in the responses!
Thank you to all who are taking the time to give answers. I intend to respond more when i have time later. :)
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Both types of time are exactly the same.
I don’t really get what you mean by “having more time-in-the-moment”?
Your entire lifetime is time-in-the-moment.
You can spend any amount of it talking to people, thinking, or whatever.If you have no control over what you can do with your time, this isn’t a time issue. It’s a freedom issue.
You burst through the doors of the emergency room and only seconds after grabbing his hand, your father dies. “Fuck you, old man. #FreedomIssue” you say instead of wishing the moment had lasted a little longer. lmao
A 1460 to 1 ratio is really big so no, Mb if it was like a month for an hour then maybe, but thats still trading a year for half a day, inst really worth it i think
Yes, the ratio is deliberately aggressive. What would make it worth it? Maybe even for just a few seconds.
How does a life-threatening situation work? If in about to get hit by a car, does the moment expansion allow me to avoid death or does it instantly use to the second I have left and just kills me faster?
And to answer the main question, I would rather chase new moments than prolong existing ones.
The intent is really just about introspection, not necessarily making changes. But feel free to interpret how you want!
Your answer is quite good, though. If you spend your life’s length by staying in small moments you limit your ability to have new experiences. I hadn’t thought of it that way.
absolutely yes I didn’t even read past the conversion rate, I would immediately trade every last year I have available for the happiest moment I’ve ever had that is now gone and raw and sore
I am intimately familiar with this feeling, but there will be more.
thanks ❤️
Do you use the ability at all?
nope. I’m getting old enough, and my health is not that great, to not be keenly aware of how short life is. No matter the ratio of the exchange. I’m definitely not an Achilles ;)
Let’s say I will live to age 90. Morbidity stats would suggest that the last 10 or so years would be utterly unenjoyable, perhaps even torturous. As well as chronic illnesses causing pain, I might be suffering from dementia and/or have lost my eyesight, hearing or ability to walk.
However, I might be destined to die suddenly at age 65, in reasonable health and with all my faculties in working order. So, to answer your question, one would need to know one’s expected lifespan and likely state of health. To a certain degree, this is possible given the science around heredity and genetic testing (UK insurance companies are not allowed to take genetic testing into account when underwriting policies).
Another factor is how much one is enjoying one’s current existence: if you’re hating life, you wouldn’t want to spend more time in the present especially if you believe the future will be better, and vice-versa. Of course, there’s no way to know how things will pan out until someone invents a time machine.
Personally, I wouldn’t be willing to make any decisions without a lot more data!
Yes, i agree. Without knowing how much time you have left it would be hard to spend it on anything.
I will say, though, if you’re hating life right now you might feel more inclined to spend a little longer in a good moment.
I think in reality many people would also be plagued with decision paralysis. I know i would.
No, I would wish for my son to not grow old so quickly, but a mere 6 hours isn’t gonna make much difference there. Maybe if I could get a year for a year. A year of my life for him reamining another year at this age(6). Maybe I would do that.
Spending time in “the moment” is a decision. Pass the blunt, fucker, you’ve had enough.
Living longer in my 20s or 30s sounds more efficient – sure.
You’d only get to live about 10 days longer in your 20s. Trading the whole rest of your life for 10 days in your 20s seems a wee much.
Yeah, trading all of it doesn’t make a lot of sense. You’d like a max like 15 days or something. lol
What do you mean by “time in the moment?”
If it’s like some sort of timestop effect where I get time outside the normal flow of time, it would be super useful when dealing with any sort of emergency situation. It sounds like it can be used in smaller increments, but even 1 minute would cost me a day, so I’d probably save it for getting myself out of hazardous situations.
The intent is more about introspection, not necessarily taking preventative action, but it would certainly be highly useful for that!
So I go from losing 1 hour per hour to 1,460 hours per hour? Nah, man
