# Woud you pay to be alive? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 20, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woud-you-pay-to-be-alive/679249 "2014-01-20T03:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woud-you-pay-to-be-alive/679249/21 "2014-01-20T18:13:50Z")
I would spend the money on beer and fags instead ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woud-you-pay-to-be-alive/679249/22 "2014-01-20T19:36:14Z")
> [@demian\_travis](#): > > Mangetout, nope, cant get out of your bed. The freak accident also amputated your limbs. Keep me alive long enough to let my next of kin know the necessary details to access my online banking, email accounts, etc, then switch me off. ---
**Author:** ![Idol\_Springs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/919ad9/32.png) [@Idol\_Springs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idol_Springs)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woud-you-pay-to-be-alive/679249/23 "2014-01-20T22:02:11Z")
> [@demian\_travis](#): > > Let’s say you were on a freak accident. A chainsaw flew out of your hands and removed your lungs. Somehow, you ended up in hospital, breathing through machines. It is all cool and dandy, until they discover that they can’t find a lung for a transplant. You will have to pay a huge sum of money every month to keep the machines working. Paying to stay alive. What would you do? I would scam them somehow into making them let me stay alive for free. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woud-you-pay-to-be-alive/679249/24 "2014-01-20T22:29:51Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Keep me alive long enough to let my next of kin know the necessary details to access my online banking, email accounts, etc, then switch me off. This… Except _after_ the Super Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woud-you-pay-to-be-alive/679249/25 "2014-01-20T22:37:17Z")
Depends on if it a Monday or not. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woud-you-pay-to-be-alive/679249/26 "2014-01-21T02:57:25Z")
> [@Asympotically\_fat](#): > > I would spend the money on beer and fags instead Let’s leave gay sex out of the equation. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woud-you-pay-to-be-alive/679249/27 "2014-01-21T03:03:06Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Let’s leave gay sex out of the equation. Don’t fight the hypo, man. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woud-you-pay-to-be-alive/679249.md?page=1)