# How much to cut off your hand? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 2, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658 "2012-11-02T13:25:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/21 "2012-11-02T17:50:53Z")
Just plain old money does not, in fact make you happy. Yes, it can help, but you kind of have to bring happiness to the table first. I can be happy poor. I can’t be happy one-handed. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/22 "2012-11-02T17:51:40Z")
Nah, you can’t have my hand. I need 'em both. But if you come making good offers for a _foot_, let’s talk. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/23 "2012-11-02T17:57:22Z")
I write songs and play my baritone ukulele every day. It brings joy and meaning to my life in a way that no amount of money could. So you can have my hand when you pry it from my cold lifeless body. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/24 "2012-11-02T18:16:11Z")
With the financial situation I’m in, I’d do it for a million as long as I get something for the pain. I might even do it for 500,000. Where do I sign up? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/25 "2012-11-02T18:27:00Z")
Since I snapped off the top of my left wristbone and wore a cast for 10 weeks to fix it, the thing’s been pretty useless to me. For a million, it’s yours. ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/26 "2012-11-02T18:29:22Z")
Never, unless there was an artificial hand that worked just like a real hand in every aspect (i.e. directly controlled by nerves with every possible movement a real hand can do, and throw in sensation while you are at it). ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/27 "2012-11-02T20:19:33Z")
Not for sale. You can have my left little finger for £10,000 though? ---
**Author:** ![Weeping\_Wyvern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@Weeping\_Wyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weeping_Wyvern)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/28 "2012-11-03T23:05:46Z")
This is tricky because while I’m left-handed, I can only use computer mice with my right hand. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/29 "2012-11-03T23:12:58Z")
A cool 10 mil. That’s not just life changing money but generational changing money. I’ll gladly suffer through a loss of a hand if it means my children and their children can go to the best schools possible and have all the opportunities I never could even dream of. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/30 "2012-11-04T02:03:04Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > A cool 10 mil. That’s not just life changing money but generational changing money. I’ll gladly suffer through a loss of a hand if it means my children and their children can go to the best schools possible and have all the opportunities I never could even dream of. That is so cool of you.🙂 I also chose ten million, but I was thinking hookers 'n blow.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/31 "2012-11-04T02:10:23Z")
Um, no. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/32 "2012-11-04T03:07:27Z")
If I don’t get to hear the reason why you want it, then no. I don’t want you using it for nefarious purposes, no matter how much money you’re willing to part with. If it’s for a good cause, then I might be willing to give it away. If you’re just going to cut it off and then trash it, I might consider it for about a trillion dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/33 "2012-11-04T03:16:30Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > I write songs and play my baritone ukulele every day. It brings joy and meaning to my life in a way that no amount of money could. So you can have my hand when you pry it from my cold lifeless body. Now there’s a self-referential answer if I ever heard one. > [@TruCelt](#): > > I’m a pianist and love to crochet. But for $1 billion I can find new outlets. With only one good hand, you really shouldn’t be playing with outlets. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/34 "2012-11-04T03:49:13Z")
A hundred million and I’m considering it. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/35 "2012-11-04T04:02:41Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > A hundred million and I’m considering it. The check is on the way. Actually, I accidentally wrote it for one hundred and 5 million. Be a lamb and send me the difference back after you cash it. I will to call you after I receive the moneys. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/36 "2012-11-04T04:08:56Z")
No amount of money is worth it. I draw all the time, my life would not be the same if I couldn’t. I am also learning how to play a keyboard that was lent to me. How come nobody has mentioned masturbating? I like my hands for that…activity, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/37 "2012-11-04T04:24:44Z")
Also, you don’t see too many motorcyclists or scooterists with only one hand. I need my right hand for the throttle and front brake…left hand for the rear. I want to ride as long as possible. I couldn’t even consider the proposition. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/38 "2012-11-04T05:29:08Z")
> [@scootergirl](#): > > How come nobody has mentioned masturbating? I like my hands for that…activity, too. 😃 Interestingly enough, I’ve always masturbated using my non-dominate hand (my left hand). I am only speculating here, as I’ve never consciously thought about it as I was doing it, but I think it has something to do with the “foreign feel” of my “clumsy” hand being somewhat akin to another person’s (woman’s) hand. I have never once jerked it with my right hand. ---
**Author:** ![nion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nion)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/39 "2012-11-04T06:56:50Z")
I choose a billion. That way I could spend literally tens of millions perfecting a highly detailed and effective prosthetic hand while still having more than enough money to do what I want, when I want, and for the rest of my life. A trillion just seemed excessive (like a billion isn’t!) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658/40 "2012-11-04T09:50:15Z")
I voted for “never,” but now I’m having second thoughts. For a trillion bucks, I could get a damn good artificial hand that probably better than the original. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-cut-off-your-hand/639658.md?page=1)