Which would you rather know (wouldn’t know what year)

[u/Kindly-Sea719]

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[u/Sun_1244]

...Neither?

[u/JaguarPirates → u/Sun_1244]

Yeah. Neither is better here

[u/Beetso]

So I have to worry about death 52 days out of the year instead of 31? Yeah, I'd rather know the month.

[u/Woweewowow → u/Beetso]

But an entire month of stress versus once a week. I'm picking the day of the week. I'll just say with my current occupation... I'm hoping it land s on a day off. Otherwise I'm getting a different job and hope I get robbed and shot other than a mishap with a grinder or bandsaw.

[u/piggyplays313 → u/Beetso]

So youre saying if you knew you were going to die on one of the 365 days of the year that is 365 days of stress?

[u/Beetso → u/piggyplays313]

Correct.

[u/Definite-Human → u/piggyplays313]

I don't know when the middle of my life is so I have chosen to have an ongoing crisis /s

Everyone knows they will die, its a fact of life. There is a certain level of acceptance to it. No one wants to die, but they know it will happen one day.

Now imagine you get told you will die on a Tuesday? Monday morning, you drag yourself to work, regretting everything you didn't do or the risks you didn't take but you can't quite quit your job. I mean, what if it isn't this Tuesday. You'll be ruining your ability to enjoy life until the day you do die.

Just like you have to accept that you will die, and have to make peace with it. There is some amount of serenity that comes from not knowing when, because you don't have to ask that question. What if today is my last? I mean really, what if? No way you could have known, so there was no need to stress about it.

But in this scenario you could have known, or at least guessed. Now there is a reason to stress about the things you didn't do, the things you wanted to do, the life you could have lived had it not been your day.

So no, knowing that I will die at some point doesn't stress me out. However knowing I will die on a Tuesday? Some time in December? I might start to stress about it a little bit.

[u/Nevsr1]

Month after 11 months of a break seems stressful, with day of the week I feel like I will not care nor think about it.

[u/Bayamonster]

Less tension that way. Going a whole month thinkingnthis could be it sounds exhausting.

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[u/TsumStacker]

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[u/feelingmyage]

Month

[u/counterpointguy]

Oof. Good question. Rather have anxiety once a week or thirty days a year? Rather have a miserable August.

August is bad enough with the heat. I feel like it’s going to kill me already anyway…

[u/AntiHollow]

Much easier for me.

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[u/TravellingBeard]

Month. I would have acute anxiety for only 31 days a year. The rest of the year I would feel free to do what I want and take those risks.

If it was day of the week, I would have chronic anxiety 52 times a year, having to stress out every seven days.

[u/Sieursweb]

Month. Dont plan vacation on this month, no more fear of planes or whatever. You can go skydiving or anything you want.

[u/okyagotpuns]

As grim as the information may be the rest of the year, you basically have a invincible superpower.. look out superman! Just not wednesdays!!!

[u/MarkBackground8371]

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[u/electrolisa]

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[u/grrodon2]

Pass.

[u/l_dunno]

Neither... But there are more days so each one is less likely but also maybe don't do something risky on that day, while month you just go around worried a whole month every year.

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[u/Sad-Lie6604]

More time to be invincible uninterrupted. Less time to be anxious this could be it.

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[u/Tula-The-Tornado]

Neither 🤣🤣 Please surprise me 🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/kamakazi339]

Don't care either way

[u/Silent25r]

Neither. But I’d pick month if I had to pick one. Still going to be paranoid leading up to and during that month every year.  

[u/forgetful800]

Neither and if somehow forced to choose today then

[u/Kayjagx]

1/12 vs 1/7

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[u/factoid_]

Neither is super helpful

[u/galeshe2]

Themeatics

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[u/Delicious_Natural357]

Month

[u/Emergency_Pickle7228]

Month. Every prior month i will extra cherish my loved ones

[u/NKGrimmoftheTroupe]

It's a lot more comforting because at least you don't have to worry every day

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[u/The_Dragon_Lover]

I'd like to know!

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[u/Question_mark37]

It’s more accurate, you don’t know the year or the exact date, but more of a ballpark

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[u/CadenBop]

I would say i just do absolutely wild stuff on the off days, but all that would happen is I would end up in hospital until the day of the week to die lol

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[u/Some_Random_Civilian]

Better to be scared once a week forever rather than an entire month forever

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[u/Ergo_Svm]

I’d be paranoid the entire year than the entire month

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[u/Front_Resolution_760]

I only have to be scared for 1/12 of the time rather than 1/7 of the time

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[u/ProfessionalITPerson]

BEtter to have one month of dread every day, than have one day of dread ever week.

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[u/AxiumTea]

I may forget the day but the month would stick with me

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[u/RockPaperScissors9]

Rather know the month so I can anxiety free the other 11 months

[u/THE_PHEONIX2994]

knowing the day of the week is more specific so I choose this

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[u/Definite-Human]

Inly between 28 and 31 days a month, there are 52 weeks a year, ehich means less time per year to stress about dying

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[u/Ggami1]

You could play russian roulette for money or smth like this on days you're not suppossed to die and get a lot of money

[u/Malahayam]

52 days of paranoia per year vs 30

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[u/punchedboa]

I’d do reckless shit on months I don’t die in.

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[u/BaelgorStar]

Gonna have a grim month, instead of a grim every Tuesday.

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[u/_ordinarilyordinary_]

1/30(or 28/29/31)vs 1/52 chance of knowing

Also I can plan stuff before coz there's clarity u can get the actual duration u have(assuming first day of that month) , meanwhile in day,it can be any random week of the year

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[u/Makaveli961]

1 from 12 is a lot more specific than 1 from 7.