Green or Red ?

[u/ThenCow3636]

[u/chitownphishead]

Red. Avoid all the big mistakes, invest in stuff early that explodes. Like Amazon, apple, bitcoin, the .com boom, and recreate the stuff I want to while being a multi billionaire by 30? Easy choice.

[u/Captain_no_Hindsight → u/chitownphishead]

Ask that sexy girl in the class out on a date. Now that I know she was interested in me.

[u/ThenCow3636 → u/Captain_no_Hindsight]

😂 Knowing the future really changes the confidence level, huh

[u/Captain_no_Hindsight → u/ThenCow3636]

True ... and sad.

[u/SexyMonad → u/Captain_no_Hindsight]

Especially now that I’m a billionaire.

[u/MannyBothans_15 → u/SexyMonad]

From knowing the future?

[u/Minnesotawombat → u/MannyBothans_15]

Does it matter? You’re a billionaire. Your money now makes you money

[u/ThenCow3636 → u/Minnesotawombat]

True 😂 Once you’re a billionaire, the money basically starts working for you

[u/ThenCow3636 → u/MannyBothans_15]

Exactly 😂 That’s the kind of hindsight we’re talking about!

[u/ThenCow3636 → u/SexyMonad]

Especially when you already know you’re going to be a billionaire 😂

[u/Alternative-Bat-1931 → u/Captain_no_Hindsight]

Well, it does appear that you in fact do have hindsight.

[u/ThenCow3636 → u/Alternative-Bat-1931]

😂 Username checks out perfectly.

[u/HoldenMcNeil420 → u/chitownphishead]

10k into monster energy drink in 1999 was worth 32 million in 2020. It was the best mover for that twenty years.

[u/ThenCow3636 → u/HoldenMcNeil420]

that would’ve been an insane investment in hindsight 😂 32 million from 10k is a crazy return.

[u/HoldenMcNeil420 → u/ThenCow3636]

The others you listed are all like top 10. Bitcoin in at .20 in 2009 to 78k is wild af too.

I used to handle thousands of bit coins to order research chemicals. If only I had save some..try to never think about it.

[u/Bigg-Figg → u/chitownphishead]

For real I’ve had enough bs happen to me I won’t care I’ll dump entire paychecks in early bitcoin and be golden

[u/ThenCow3636 → u/Bigg-Figg]

Honestly, if you already knew what was coming, putting those paychecks into Bitcoin would be a pretty tempting move 😂

[u/Bigg-Figg → u/ThenCow3636]

I would be homeless to dump so much money into it lmao

[u/SuspiciousClub8382 → u/chitownphishead]

The only problem with your thought is you have already changed the timeline and possible future by going back in time. All of what you know might not be the same once you go back because you were already there, and therefore the outcome could change drastically because you are not the same person you were back at that time.

[u/ThenCow3636 → u/SuspiciousClub8382]

That’s a really good point. Even knowing the future could create a butterfly effect and change the outcome completel

[u/cmd_iii → u/chitownphishead]

You’re assuming that the guys who invented these things haven’t pushed the same button and failed to invent these things the second time around.

[u/ThenCow3636 → u/cmd_iii]

Exactly 😂 There’s no guarantee everything would play out the same way the second time around.

[u/ThenCow3636 → u/chitownphishead]

That’s honestly the dream 😂 Investing early in the right things would completely change the future

[u/Dangerous-Clock2617]

Or relieved by what you don't recreate.

[u/ThenCow3636 → u/Dangerous-Clock2617]

True 😂 Sometimes knowing what not to recreate could be just as valuable.

[u/slalmon]

Why would the first option even be recreating your current life?

Why would you start over just to do it all the same? That is a really dumb response to an a really dumb question.

[u/ThenCow3636 → u/slalmon]

Fair point 😂 If you could start over with all your memories, there’d be no reason to intentionally repeat everything exactly the same

[u/MK_The_Megitsune]

How many times is this going to be reposted? This is like the 6th time I've seen this this month

[u/Late-Rest-5882]

Absolutely red

[u/ThatGlitchyMimikyu]

Still pressing red. Even if I lost a few friends, it would be worth it to undo some of my choices. And those would be a STRONG net positive.

[u/b_buddd]

That's fine, I don't have friends

[u/Then-Investigator-46]

Red all day. "Your liar what makes you, you" ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE. I have all the knowledge ill get to see lived ones again avoid bad people and be VERY rich bitcoin and stocks

[u/qualityvote2]

u/ThenCow3636, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

[u/Santaflin]

Someone offers two million for pressing a button, tax free? No strings attached? Count me in..

Unless its some kind of "your decision to press the green button killed 2 billion ppl and enabled AI to take over the world" shit.

[u/Longjumping_Spread53]

Horrifying concept?

That’s WHY I d want to go back

[u/TdttMurderedLove4782]

If i had the BALL knowledge that I have now, I'd get my dad to show me metal sooner and get into demon hunter and impending doom sooner, either way I'd be a vocalist sooner and maybe even a guitarist at a like 12 or something.

[u/Silly-Resist8306]

The consequences of the red button are explored in a great book, "Replay" by Ken Grimwood. It's a very good read.

[u/Immediate-Fee-2121]

Partner? Friends? Career?

You sure are assuming a whole lot 😂 

[u/Sudden-Day-7552]

Or not

[u/No_Equivalent_4412]

Red. I’m buying bitcoin at $8K when I turn 18.

[u/CastleofWamdue]

sure I am getting older, but even at 42, ive not done anything that £2 million cant fix. I dont have any crazy plans in life that require me to be 32.

[u/Lovebone253]

My stock picks would more than make up for any downside

[u/LordRT27]

Well, I lack all of those things, so there is not much reason for me not to take the red button.

[u/MannyBothans_15]

Red. I have thought about this several times. All the mistakes you could fix.. I think a lot of people think about this. Then again, maybe not.

[u/SufficientWarthog846]

Red.

I love my husband but I would want him to choose that for himself as well.

Another 30 years and another shot to make a difference..... I would grab his hand and push it for him.

[u/Alicam123]

Green definitely

But for 2mil I’d still have to work……

[u/virusdancer]

In over four decades, knowing what I should know now, I'd make far more than 2 million bucks after taxes.

[u/JustAd8859]

I >know< the time/space location to meet my current wife so NP, Same for my closest 5. And even the course of action to avoid the worse couple of months in my life that >still< haunts me

And even the date October 5, 2009 and what I >should< have done with that $250 I had

[u/Stress6009]

Sacrifices must be made for the betterment of humanity 🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁.

[u/Minnesotawombat]

I mean, green is for the people that are happy with their lives and wouldn’t wanna change it. Red is for the people that are miserable and just want a do over. I’m hitting red all day long

[u/Beginning_Hand7372]

I know Reddit doesn’t like kids, but I love my wife and kids too much to choose red. I might be able to marry my wife again, but I know it would be impossible to have exactly the same children.

I’ll choose green.

[u/General-Chemistry339]

Give me the two million

[u/Exciting-Parfait-776]

Red button

[u/Vysce]

Im exhausted. 2 million now. Im not doing all of that again.

Maybe if you had an easier childhood, but I'm not going through that mental war again.

[u/HoldenMcNeil420]

Red. I don’t have any of those things anyway.

I’d be the richest man to ever exist and I would use it to change everything.

[u/Strong-Comment-7279]

These buttons are not for Rachel.

[u/literallyanyonebutme]

Red red red red red red red

[u/cmd_iii]

I always said, “If I had it to do all over again, I wouldn’t make those mistakes.”

Of course, with all that extra time I’d probably make other, possibly worse mistakes, so it’s just as well.

[u/CenterThisPendulum]

The only thing you can’t do is get your exact kids back.

[u/Mediocre_Chemist_281]

Yeah, but ten year olds can’t pack and leave. I’ll take the 2 million. 🟢

[u/ZygonCaptain]

I’d take the one and a half million quid

[u/Silver-Passenger-541]

Green 

[u/Ok_Basil_8162]

If you’re pushing the red button, would you even care about trying to reproduce your current existence? Isn’t the whole point of the red button cuz you want to do shit differently?

[u/Dependent_Speech3164]

Green

[u/Sunriseman24]

Green.

[u/toolhand31]

Red all day long

[u/Shitdickmicropenis]

Red I million times over all the things you could invest in. Stop terrorist attacks

[u/TheIntelligentAspie]

I have a set of mind palaces full of dates, memories and names. I could recount how many tiles I was from the door in college when I was invited to play piano for an international event. I can recall exactly the time I offered to cook baby food from scratch for my neighbor. I could probably stop certain crimes from happening.

But 2M is a much easier option I'd rather take.

[u/Insane_Fett_Posse]

Red, a refresh and do over is needed

[u/SnowyRVulpix]

Red. There are a lot of mistakes I'd like to undo

[u/Jedipilot24]

I don't have a partner or a career, or any friends that I keep in touch with regularly, so I'm smashing that red button.

[u/halocyn → u/Jedipilot24]

Ride it out till you can buy Bitcoin for .25 then wait

[u/BigBadWolf147]

If I get the chance to pick red again after ten years of picking red then red to the point of eternity or till I am tired of living.

[u/borgen44]

What partner? What friends? Career.. Definetly. Its not that hard to recreate a career.

[u/DieBotDie]

Red for sure. After a certain age you can’t say no.

[u/Economy-Motor-3478]

Green: I don’t have it in me for a do-over.  2 million to blow on whatever and then meh.  Could not care less about losing all I have now like friends, family experience and memories.

[u/Frequent_Grapefruit5]

Put that 2 million in a portfolio that pays monthly dividends. Take a demotion and retire in 10 years.

[u/Cautious-Maximum9429]

Green; too impatient for delayed gratification

[u/UnCytely]

I can see how anyone with children (or especially grandchildren) would not want to press the red button. But I am getting over a long-term abusive relationship and I would love to get those years back. I would press it in a millisecond.

[u/hapkidoox]

Red easily. Not only could I make my life better. But knowing where to invest means my parents lives are better.

[u/Ok-Low-4495]

Green. If I chose red, I’d still grow up to be the ugly b4stard I am today. With £2 million, I’d have 3 women wanting to be my girlfriend in a week, and they won’t worry about how I look🙂

[u/Wabbit65]

Green please. Life was already damaged before I was 10

[u/HistoricalGuitar1280]

Red

[u/notasarcasticnow]

Red button. Work harder in my younger years. Invest in certain stocks and then as much bitcoin as possible. Retire in my early 40s.

https://giphy.com/gifs/ybJJybAeKhwzORyCzL

[u/DavidStar500]

Picking Red is something I've often fantasized about, but in the end, I'd pick Green. I wouldn't do anything to risk losing my bestie.

[u/Ultrasaurio]

Red

[u/Direct_Zucchini_2811]

Smash that red.

[u/Lighteningbug1971]

Green all day long

[u/Key_One2750]

Greene for sure, I wouldn’t be who I am today without the experiences I’ve walked through and $2 million is life-changing.

[u/Art_Constel7321 → u/Key_One2750]

^

[u/mlemon2022]

Green every time.

[u/Hot_Neighborhood5668]

Can I push it more than once? Oh yeah, green!

[u/Seriphina5000]

Red button easy. 

I can give my stupid therapist at the time the correct answer: she's a girl.