# Eccentric billionaire offers you a huge sum of money to never consider another hypothetical again... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 21, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eccentric-billionaire-offers-you-a-huge-sum-of-money-to-never-consider-another-hypothetical-again/628996 "2012-07-21T21:15:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eccentric-billionaire-offers-you-a-huge-sum-of-money-to-never-consider-another-hypothetical-again/628996/21 "2012-07-23T13:40:01Z")
I also think it’s basically impossible. I suppose hypothetically you could live in isolation for a year or something while your money earns some interest and then renege afterwards and be happy with the proceeds. (P.S. I’m not a big fan of proposing weird, tortured hypothetical situations that have no connection to reality or common sense.) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eccentric-billionaire-offers-you-a-huge-sum-of-money-to-never-consider-another-hypothetical-again/628996/22 "2012-07-23T14:02:03Z")
Let me just say that this is perhaps the awesomest thread title this year. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eccentric-billionaire-offers-you-a-huge-sum-of-money-to-never-consider-another-hypothetical-again/628996/23 "2012-07-23T14:05:58Z")
I am not Skald but I play one on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eccentric-billionaire-offers-you-a-huge-sum-of-money-to-never-consider-another-hypothetical-again/628996/24 "2012-07-23T14:12:16Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > [Dalek]Four.[/Dalek] Well _played_, sir. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eccentric-billionaire-offers-you-a-huge-sum-of-money-to-never-consider-another-hypothetical-again/628996/25 "2012-07-23T15:37:07Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Is this like the end of V for Vendetta, where they are all V? Are we ALL Skald the Rhymer? Spartacus. You mean Spartacus. V for Vendetta, like all Natalie Portman movies, is just awful. ---
**Author:** ![Animastryfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Animastryfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Animastryfe)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eccentric-billionaire-offers-you-a-huge-sum-of-money-to-never-consider-another-hypothetical-again/628996/26 "2012-07-23T15:57:36Z")
I’m not sure I would be able to function without hypothetical questions. At least, I think it’s mandatory for a scientist. Does a question such as “suppose two objects are tied together with a string; do they fall at the same rate” count as a hypothetical question? ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eccentric-billionaire-offers-you-a-huge-sum-of-money-to-never-consider-another-hypothetical-again/628996/27 "2012-07-23T16:06:29Z")
I voted ‘option three’ because when I grow up I want to be just like Skald. Well… except for his hair. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eccentric-billionaire-offers-you-a-huge-sum-of-money-to-never-consider-another-hypothetical-again/628996/28 "2012-07-23T16:09:44Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I voted ‘option three’ because when I grow up I want to be just like Skald. > Well… except for his hair. :: checks scalp :: Nope, still bare up there. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eccentric-billionaire-offers-you-a-huge-sum-of-money-to-never-consider-another-hypothetical-again/628996/29 "2012-07-23T17:02:09Z")
> [@Animastryfe](#): > > I’m not sure I would be able to function without hypothetical questions. I’m trying to imagine what I’d do if I couldn’t consider hypothetical situations. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eccentric-billionaire-offers-you-a-huge-sum-of-money-to-never-consider-another-hypothetical-again/628996/30 "2012-07-23T18:18:16Z")
> [@kob09](#): > > I think money corrupts people and makes life boring 😃 > > but that is just me 😛 Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board,\*\* kob09\*\*! This is an interesting answer. I thought it was just weird, then I started looking at it and it was deeper than I expected. I’ve been thinking about the role of money and capital in society, and you may be right. > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Spartacus. You mean Spartacus. V for Vendetta, like all Natalie Portman movies, is just awful. :rolleyes: Watch _Leon_ (which she and Jean Reno redeem despite that absurd ham Oldman) and _Free Zone_ (which isn’t cool because of her, but she is in). I like those. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eccentric-billionaire-offers-you-a-huge-sum-of-money-to-never-consider-another-hypothetical-again/628996.md?page=1)