• WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    If you believe the rapture is happening Tuesday, sell me your house for half its market value, for cash, today. There’s probably no time to sell it properly and get the full amount for it, but I can at least give you half its value now. And you can spend your last two days on Earth giving cash to people. And after all, it’s not like you’re going to need the house after the rapture. And assumedly anyone you care about is going to be raptured as well. So why not sell it to a damned sinner such as myself? Get an infusion of cash to spend your last days on Earth literally giving your last Earthly wealth away. Hell, just to be a good sport, if you sell me your house today, I’ll even let you stay in it for free. I promise not to change the locks until Wednesday.

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      22 days ago

      That actually happened, the first time idiots tried this - in 1844.

      The Seventh-Day Adventist Church is founded entirely on this stupid number game. ‘World’s gonna end… now! Okay, now! Nnnnow! … now!’

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      22 days ago

      The great thing is even if you’re wrong and the rapture does happen, you’ve still got a house. There’s literally no downside to any of this for anyone.