# They'd have to pay me! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 19, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308 "2017-10-19T17:46:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/41 "2017-10-19T21:25:25Z")
I’d go to baseball and pro football games for a free ticket and all-I-drink beer and food. And transportation round trip, too. But somehow, nobody is making me any offers… ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/42 "2017-10-19T21:28:37Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’d go to baseball and pro football games for a free ticket and all-I-drink beer and food. And transportation round trip, too. > > But somehow, nobody is making me any offers… Wait a minute! If there’s free food, that changes everything! There’s a whole lot I’d do (attending spectator sports, some kinds of noisy concerts, Republican rallies) if there’s going to be free food! ---
**Author:** ![vtxrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d26b3c/32.png) [@vtxrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vtxrider)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/43 "2017-10-19T21:47:24Z")
I attended the births of both my daughters (my wife had c-sections with both). It was the coolest thing I have ever witnessed. I do not think I could attend anyone else’s birth. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/44 "2017-10-19T21:53:49Z")
$500 to step foot outside of my house for any reason whatsoever. I’m cocooning. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/45 "2017-10-19T22:02:38Z")
It would take at least $25,000 for me to see a modern horror movie. $1 million to ride on a rollercoaster. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/46 "2017-10-19T22:12:25Z")
Musicals and their evolutionary sibling in torture, opera are overwhelmingly in that list. Pay for the ticket, a nice dinner before, and a for couple hundred I’d suffer through. An exception, I’d go see book of Mormon with a free ticket. The latest big thing in musicals with lots of buzz, like Hamilton last year, there’s an extra tax of a couple hundred for putting up with the audience. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/47 "2017-10-20T01:42:52Z")
I’m reasonable. A C-note gets me to a country-western concert, ballet, or opera. A grand to attend a HRC or Sanders speech. Various entertainers and golf fall somewhere between the two. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/48 "2017-10-20T01:50:58Z")
I don’t like to fly, I will white-knuckle it IF I have to. But, (and I mean a big but) There is not enough money in the world to put me a plane going over an ocean. Nope, ain’t gonna happen! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/49 "2017-10-20T02:05:58Z")
Can I arrange to be paid for going to the doctor or dentist? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/50 "2017-10-20T02:13:27Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I don’t like to fly, I will white-knuckle it IF I have to. But, (and I mean a big but) There is not enough money in the world to put me a plane going over an ocean. Nope, ain’t gonna happen! Yet it’s far, far safer than being in a car. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/51 "2017-10-20T02:27:55Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I would go to a Trump rally for a million dollars. My principles are cheaper than that. I’d attend a Trump ralley for $200+. I would be willing to wear a MAGA hat and appear to be an actual supporter for $500+. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/52 "2017-10-20T02:28:48Z")
I would need way more than that. The offer would have to include; ear plugs, sedatives, a body guard and ONE MILLION DOLLARS. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/53 "2017-10-20T04:18:44Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yet it’s far, far safer than being in a car. Particularly when going over the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/54 "2017-10-20T04:29:47Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I find it highly unlikely that you wouldn’t attend either concert if someone offered you $100 Billion dollars. I agree - not picking on you, **RivkahChaya** , but this sounds like a “Say this in hypothetical but in real life would be different” thing; in fact wouldn’t you or a like-minded person probably do it in a heartbeat in real life for “just” $100,000? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/55 "2017-10-20T04:34:13Z")
Like others, golf. The other would be an awards dinner. Even if I’m getting one of the awards. ---
**Author:** ![keturah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/56 "2017-10-20T04:46:29Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I agree - not picking on you, **RivkahChaya** , but this sounds like a “Say this in hypothetical but in real life would be different” thing; in fact wouldn’t you or a like-minded person probably do it in a heartbeat in real life for “just” $100,000? Exactly, except put it down by an order of magnitude realistically. I get the idea of making your feelings known with hyperbole, but this is all just blustering bullshit. Not enough money to watch golf? Or a singer? You all must love your jobs that pay much, much less than this assault on your sensibilities. Jeez. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/57 "2017-10-20T06:30:00Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Particularly when going over the ocean. You said it! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/58 "2017-10-20T06:46:12Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Like others, golf. The other would be an awards dinner. Even if I’m getting one of the awards. I’ll see your awards dinner (for a price) and raise you one: You’d have to pay me a fair chunk of cash for me to attend another wedding, and no amount of money could induce me to attend a wedding if I’m the one getting married. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/59 "2017-10-20T06:48:41Z")
Like others, sporting events and teenybopper concerts do not appeal to me. I also would never attend an Italian Opera without a huge wodge of cash as lubricant. There are plenty of widely popular things that I really dislike, but not quite the level of fear or hatred that would require compensation - things like travelling to a poverty-stricken country like India and Mexico, or going on a cruise or ski trip. I’d tolerate things like them and make the most of it where I could, and maybe come away reluctantly admitting I enjoyed myself. But most loud, crowded social events make my skin crawl and I just want to run away and hide. I’d need a five figure sum before I’d go back to anything like that again soon. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/60 "2017-10-20T13:38:59Z")
Yeah - I was hoping folk would at least try to be realistic and estimate actual amounts that they would accept to do various things. Beautiful day, your friends invite you to walk around a pretty landscape (or ride in a cart) enjoying your beverage of choice while occasionally swinging a stick at a ball - and NO AMOUNT of money could get you there? I think I’d do quite a few distasteful things - attend opera, a political rally of someone I dislike… - for around $250 an hour. I’m sure there are some things that are so distasteful and/or dangerous, that I would not do them for less than $100k - if at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308.md?page=4)