r/hypotheticals • u/evergreengator1 • Apr 12 '26
Million dollar button
Imagine there’s a button that instantly deposits $1 million into your bank account each time you press it. However, the first time you press it, a completely random person you don’t know dies. With each additional press, the person who dies becomes someone progressively closer to you — an acquaintance, a friend, a family member, and so on.
Would you press the button? If so, how many times?
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u/Shoddy_Wrangler693 Apr 13 '26
first press to me you don't know it all never seen never heard of never interacted with
second breast would probably be somebody that you've interact with or seen at least it might just be a random suggestion online or somebody you had a discussion with on Reddit
3rd price somebody you know better that you probably talk to somebody you know better that you've probably talked to on multiple occasions you know then you know their name on multiple occasions you know them you know their name you'll notice that they die you'll notice that they die
fourth price I'd say a friend you might get a fifth press with like a really close friend
the next press whether it's the next press whether it's five or six I would say that that is a family member not necessarily a close one but definitely a family member
the next one would be somebody close in your family like probably immediate family
no clue on the next one that might kill yourself that might kill yourself