I'd take the $10 mil. Childhood seems like it would be a lot less fun if I had to go through it again but now with the jaded mind of a middle aged man.

I can for sure find a way to have fun with ten million dollars though 😉

[–] punkwalrus@lemmy.world 79 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Yeah my childhood sucked, and knowing I'd have another 12 years of abuse with nobody taking me seriously because I'm a kid? No thanks. I could put $10mil to good use right now.

[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago

Mine sucked too but I'm trans and would kill to have known that information from the getgo rather than finding out in my 20s

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm really sorry to hear that you had to go through that, and you can tell me to fuck right off if you don't want to think about it, but you got me wondering.

Do you think if you went back, you could use what you know today to prevent/avoid it and see how that changes your life?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If their childhood was anything like mine, the impotence wouldn't be fixed by knowledge.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was gonna say the same. If I had to go back the only change I would make is avoiding the cops, school councilors, relatives, and judges I thought I could trust. Every attempt we made to get away from our mom made the beatings worse.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing. I never went through anything like that, and it really says a lot that even with an adult mind, you wouldn't know what you could do or want to risk trying. Hope you're doing well now.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Might be different because my abuse was psychological and covert sexual rather than physical. But for me, the inner boundaries I've learned through therapy would make a world of a difference.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 10 months ago

My childhood also sucked, but I'd go back.

My parents weren't monsters, they were flawed people doing what they thought was best... If I could go back and clearly assert myself and my needs? Especially with what I know now?

I'd take that deal.

Not too mention, I'm a programmer. I know every major advancement we've made in the past decades...If I designed a language in the early 00's, I would be worshipped by all programmers. I could've made Uber when the iphone launched, and never took a dime in investments. I'd also jump forward AI tech by a couple decades - I could make the world unrecognizable. I'd be a household name, although I'd probably use a pseudonym

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 27 points 10 months ago (3 children)

10 mil is definitely easier, but if you memorized important global events and stock market crashes or explosions you could potentially build an empire. 10 mil would be chump change at that point. You could potentially maneuver yourself into positions of extreme power and help to shape the world, possibly change it for the better in the process.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

True, but in this case I'd only be six years old. I'd be too young to really do anything about future events, and anyone who could do something probably wouldn't listen to a kid warning then about politics and finance. Somehow I feel like by the time I'd be old enough to make any of that information useful I would have either forgotten a lot of it or ceased to care. I might choose differently if I was starting at age like 25 or 30 though

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Well I would imagine my parents would pay attention to a 6 year old with the intellect and speech capability of a fully grown adult, especially once i tell them I can predict important future events and deliver a couple examples. Then I could ask them to create a trust fund and make it invest according to my foreknowledge. 25 years later and it’s a global empire with controlling shares in all major corporations.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

but if you memorized important global events and stock market crashes or explosions you could potentially build an empire.

That is the thing when these kinds of topics appear, I totally would commit the same mistakes all over again, hence a boring childhood (I still think I'd go back though).

[–] greenskye@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gotta somehow get seed money. Even investing your allowance would only get you a couple of thousand. You're investing doesn't really pay off until you're old enough and rich enough to put real money in the game.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago

See my other comment on this. I’m fairly sure I could get my parents to listen, whom would then do the investing for me, with a lot more than just an allowance (kids can’t invest anyway).

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

$10MM is instant retirement money.

[–] gnate@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Yep, red pill would be 3rd place after 'neither'. I don't need the burden of that knowledge at 6, especially without the power to act on it.

[–] Sigh_Bafanada@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Plus, all of my friends would effectively be dead if I took the red pill.

My 30 year-old mind is not going to be able to get along with my friends when they were also six, and no grownups are going to want to be friends with me as a six year-old, besides pedophiles.

It'd be a very lonely few decades, and no amount of stock exchange billions are worth that for me.

I'm definitely taking the money now.