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Bawbawian t1_j6ocsin wrote

people throw around these sums of money like they're large.

might be surprised if you could find anybody that would give up body parts for the prices that they get paid in court.

you see people getting a million dollars for losing an arm or a hand. fuck a million dollars is not even close to the worth of an arm or hand.

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Asatas t1_j6p2px4 wrote

300k for 1 ball? I'm in. But just barely.

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dstwtestrsye t1_j6pbbfn wrote

That's $295K, minus lawyer fees, for someone to hit you in the balls so hard that you have to have one removed, not just signing a check, getting anesthetized, and waking up like Lance Armstrong.

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twoaspensimages t1_j6pdwsg wrote

I'm middle aged and make ok money. There are a lot of jobs I can do. But all of them require two hands. Add another zero.

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pokepat460 t1_j6oxvyx wrote

I'd sell my arm for a million for sure. That's about a third of what you need to retire. Saves me decades of slaving away at a job.

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Muroid t1_j6ojls0 wrote

Endowment effect: People overestimate the value of things they already own.

You say an arm or a hand isn’t worth a million dollars, but let me ask you this: if you had a million dollars and someone offered you a severed arm for a million dollars, would you take it? No? Then clearly a million dollars is worth more than an arm.

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Great_New_York_Bewbs t1_j6ombub wrote

Read that back to yourself and figure out how this might be the dumbest statement today on all of Reddit.

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_UltimatrixmaN_ t1_j6ou5i4 wrote

It's the difference between someone selling you an arm for a million dollars or asking if you'd chop off your own arm for a million dollars. The value judgement changes dramatically.

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greensandgrains t1_j6oma7g wrote

Really weird that you’re calling a limb a thing like it’s an object. It’s a g-d body part! Flesh and blood!

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