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LostInReverie · 08-15-2009, 04:09 AM

If you had an unlimited amount of money, would you rather buy your own private island to live however you wanted without the hassle of people OR stay among humans and attempt to cure your SA?

MaidMarian · 08-15-2009, 05:29 AM

I would opt for the private island. Even if I didn't have SA, I still don't think I would enjoy the company of other people all that much.

anonymid · 08-15-2009, 06:15 AM

I'd stay among people.

Freedom2010 · 08-15-2009, 07:54 AM

cure SA

Hoth · 08-15-2009, 08:38 AM

I'll take the island. I don't think throwing money at the problem would cure SA, so that'd be a bad gamble.

If the amount of money is unlimited, though, one could do both.

KyleThomas · 08-15-2009, 08:59 AM

So this island...would it be a tropical one?

Oh, and don't try and offload that one with the smoke monster on me. I've heard bad things about it.

LostPancake · 08-15-2009, 09:19 AM

i must be feeling more positive about people or something because i chose cure sa.

LostInReverie · 08-15-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by KyleThomas

So this island...would it be a tropical one?

It can be whatever you want, however you want, except no contact with people.

LostInReverie · 08-15-2009, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoth

If the amount of money is unlimited, though, one could do both.

As with all "would you rather" questions, it's only two options and you can pick only one.

I didn't think it would be this divided. I thought for sure my choice of the Island would be the minority.

WineKitty · 08-15-2009, 01:35 PM

I picked the island. SA is too broad to have a singular cure.

Cerberus · 08-15-2009, 02:00 PM

I'd cure SA, put it in pill form, write a book about it, and make a fortune. Then, I'd go ahead and buy myself an island.

KyleThomas · 08-15-2009, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by LostInReverie

It can be whatever you want, however you want, except no contact with people.

I'll go with tropical then. Palm trees, white sand, the sound of the ocean breaking upon the shore...who are these "people" of which you speak?

Just Lurking · 08-15-2009, 04:50 PM

I'd stick with people. Except, I wouldn't bother trying to 'cure' my SA. I'd channel those unlimited funds into something that would make me happy (and no, I don't mean big mansions or expensive cars.. I'm talking genuine happiness, as in helping other people.. non-profit causes, etc.). You can be happy and have SA at the same time.

For me, the island would become very depressing, very quickly. As uncomfortable as human contact makes me, I need it.

foxwithwings13 · 08-15-2009, 08:22 PM

people for me. As much as they annoy me, I still need to be around them and connect with them to be happy.

WineKitty · 08-15-2009, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by LostInReverie

It can be whatever you want, however you want, except no contact with people.

Hey, I didnt see this exclusion. No contact with people? Then I would have to change my vote. Esp if "people" included my family.

mountain5 · 08-15-2009, 08:43 PM

Well, have some imagination. If you had unlimited money, you could hire any speaker, author, life coach, personal trainer, etc. you could imagine and get them to work with you in your home town for as long as you wanted. Seems like a pretty extreme advantage.

dax · 08-15-2009, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Just Lurking

I'd stick with people. Except, I wouldn't bother trying to 'cure' my SA. I'd channel those unlimited funds into something that would make me happy (and no, I don't mean big mansions or expensive cars.. I'm talking genuine happiness, as in helping other people.. non-profit causes, etc.). You can be happy and have SA at the same time.

This.

UltraShy · 08-15-2009, 11:42 PM

I'll take the unlimited cash & private island. They say no man is an island; well watch me.

ShyFX · 08-16-2009, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Lurking

For me, the island would become very depressing, very quickly. As uncomfortable as human contact makes me, I need it.

Same here. I wouldn't choose the island for this reason.

somethinginthewind · 08-16-2009, 02:16 PM

I couldn't live without people, I'd truly go nuts.

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Originally Posted by KyleThomas

Oh, and don't try and offload that one with the smoke monster on me. I've heard bad things about it.

hahahaha

View Poll Results: Would you rather (see below)
Own private Island	29	32.22%
Try to cure SA	61	67.78%
Voters: 90. You may not vote on this poll

08-15-2009, 04:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
LostInReverie Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 26 Posts: 3,620	Would You Rather If you had an unlimited amount of money, would you rather buy your own private island to live however you wanted without the hassle of people OR stay among humans and attempt to cure your SA?

08-15-2009, 05:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
MaidMarian Status: dazed and confused Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Vancouver, Canada Gender: Female Age: 45 Posts: 896	I would opt for the private island. Even if I didn't have SA, I still don't think I would enjoy the company of other people all that much. __________________ No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness. - Aristotle

08-15-2009, 06:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
anonymid Status: gulping for shape Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland Gender: Male Age: 30 Posts: 2,077	I'd stay among people. __________________ "He who has not the courage to suffer either death or life, who will neither resist nor flee, what can we do with him?" - Montaigne

08-15-2009, 07:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
Freedom2010 Status: breaking free Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Here, there, and eveywhere Gender: Female Posts: 2,214	cure SA __________________ "Live right now- just be yourself. Doesn't matter if it's good enough for someone else." - Jimmy Eat World

08-15-2009, 08:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
Hoth Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northern California Gender: Male Age: 29 Posts: 321	I'll take the island. I don't think throwing money at the problem would cure SA, so that'd be a bad gamble. If the amount of money is unlimited, though, one could do both. __________________ "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." - Marie Curie

08-15-2009, 08:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
KyleThomas Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 448	So this island...would it be a tropical one? Oh, and don't try and offload that one with the smoke monster on me. I've heard bad things about it.

08-15-2009, 09:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
LostPancake Status: ghostly Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: an endless labyrinth Gender: Male Age: 40 Posts: 780	i must be feeling more positive about people or something because i chose cure sa.

08-15-2009, 01:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
WineKitty Status: Almost 10,000 Posts :) Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alone Inside My Mind Gender: Female Posts: 9,967	I picked the island. SA is too broad to have a singular cure. __________________ "The more I know about people, the better I like my dog." - Mark Twain

08-15-2009, 02:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
Cerberus Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Utah Posts: 5,721	I'd cure SA, put it in pill form, write a book about it, and make a fortune. Then, I'd go ahead and buy myself an island. __________________ "Through the valleys grey Through the shapeless land I walk alone I'm left alone Through the deepest void, a blackened paradise I walk alone, I'm left alone"

08-15-2009, 04:50 PM	#13 (permalink)
Just Lurking Status: Student.. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Posts: 2,852	I'd stick with people. Except, I wouldn't bother trying to 'cure' my SA. I'd channel those unlimited funds into something that would make me happy (and no, I don't mean big mansions or expensive cars.. I'm talking genuine happiness, as in helping other people.. non-profit causes, etc.). You can be happy and have SA at the same time. For me, the island would become very depressing, very quickly. As uncomfortable as human contact makes me, I need it. __________________ "The psychiatrist says, 'I think you're crazy.' The man says, 'I want a second opinion.' The psychiatrist says, 'Okay, you're ugly, too!'" ~Henny Youngman

08-15-2009, 08:22 PM	#14 (permalink)
foxwithwings13 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: MO Gender: Female Posts: 37	people for me. As much as they annoy me, I still need to be around them and connect with them to be happy. __________________ http://foxwithwings13.deviantart.com/

08-15-2009, 08:43 PM	#16 (permalink)
mountain5 Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Minnesota Gender: Male Age: 24 Posts: 655	Well, have some imagination. If you had unlimited money, you could hire any speaker, author, life coach, personal trainer, etc. you could imagine and get them to work with you in your home town for as long as you wanted. Seems like a pretty extreme advantage.

08-15-2009, 11:42 PM	#18 (permalink)
UltraShy Status: Accident of Birth Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI (Atheist, Libertarian) Gender: Male Age: 36 Posts: 24,572	I'll take the unlimited cash & private island. They say no man is an island; well watch me. __________________ Nothing is ever the way it should be What we deserve we just don't get you see http://www.insureyourgunrights.com/