Pain for Pay

3/17/2013

Some psychologists have said that any pain can be made into a pleasure for the right price.

How much would you have to be paid to suffer these various experiences?
* to have one upper front tooth pulled out?
* to have the little toe of one foot cut off?
* to eat a live earthworm six inches long?
* to choke a stray cat to death with your bare hands?
* to live all the rest of your life on a farm in Kansas, ten miles from any town?

Emily Stone <3

03/17/2013 8:39pm

FIRST COMMENT!
And also: EW!
They are saying that something horrible could be considered wonderful, because you made a profit or earned something out of it, right? If you get a toe cut off, it's okay because you got money, so it isn't too bad after all.
First, this is a case of having the benefits outweigh the cost, and it is tricking our brains to think that horrible things are good if we earn a profit out of it. Ever seen the movies where the bad guy is bribed with a million dollars to kidnap someone? Their brains are fooling them to believe the action is okay, because the result for them is earning money.
For me, I would have to be paid at least more than $50 to get an upper front tooth pulled out, because it won't grow back. It's an adult tooth, so it won't grow back. For the rest of my life I will have one front tooth missing, and it will look weird. It'll never grow back. To have the little toe of one foot cut off, I would have to have a lot of money paid also, because for the rest of my life I will have a disfigured foot. I don't want that unless I can get quite a bit out of it. To eat a live earthworm, I would need at least $20-$30,because that is GROSS!
To strangle a stray cat to death i would need hundreds of dollars, because it would be hard for me. Not strength-wise, but soul-wise. I love every animal I come across, and it would pain me a LOT to kill one. I love them! It would be so hard for me to kill one. I would cry. I would hate myself. I would be pained for a long time. Even with an offer of hundreds of dollars, I MIGHT NOT DO IT. To me, killing an animal that I love, just killing it for money, is sick. It would take a lot if willpower that in that moment, I might not have. To live in Kansas, ten miles from a town, I wouldn't need a lot. My aunt and uncle live in a house ten miles away from a town in Kansas, but they have room for horses, and cows, and they get peacefulness. I could grow most food, I would have cows, and more people live way out there than you think. I would try to live where I know relatives are, so we could drive over to each other's for dinner, etc.

Emily Stone <3

03/18/2013 7:39pm

Now that I think about it, I might even refuse the teeth pulling. You need them!

Arelis Munoz

03/23/2013 2:16pm

I agree with you on that but it's not the worst thing possible and all that money can get you a replacement fals tooth.

Karlie Spell

03/18/2013 5:29pm

For the first experience, I would not pull out my upper tooth for any offer! Teeth are to special to get rid of, you need your teeth for several things. The second offer I also would not do for any price. Body parts are also precious, You might not notice your toes very often but you also need them to walk. Never in a million years would I ever eat an earthworm not for and offer of money for any price. I would never choke a stray cat. Cats are one of my favorite animals. And for the last one I guess I could live on a farm in Kansas for the rest of my life for fifty-thousand dollars. So I guess doing all this pain is not worth any money in my opinion.

Emily Stone <3

03/18/2013 7:40pm

A little toe on one foot? That won't really affect your walking. Now would you accept any money?

Karlie Spell

03/20/2013 4:30pm

Well your toes help you balance.

Emily Stone <3

03/23/2013 9:05am

Only if you walk on them! You mostly use your heel to balance.

Braydon Webb

03/18/2013 5:49pm

First of all, I would like to state that none of these things are 'appealing' by any means, but if I had to do one or more of them, these would be the conditions.
To have one upper front tooth pulled out, I would have to be payed at least $700, because you would be walking around looking incredibly hilarious with a missing tooth, as well as the fact that it would never grow back.
If someone was to amputate one of my little toes, I would require $650, and this is because for one, I would imagine it would feel weird, and second, you would be missing a toe! In fact, now that I think about it, I might actually want more than $650, because that isn't something small. The reason this is a little cheaper than the tooth situation is because at least you could conceal it from everyone.
Next, if I was to eat a live, 6-inch-long, earthworm, I would have to be payed no less than $150, because it might not go down too well, but if you have $150 in your hand, it might not seem to bad.
Despite what other people might think, this one in my opinion is one of the worst. If I was to choke a stray cat to death, with gloves or not, I would have to be payed at least $900, because, for one, cats scratch, and a stray cat would most likely have really sharp claws, and this would hurt, and second of all, how could you possibly strangle a cat or any other animal to death? You must one, have some guts, and two, hate animals, because I know that I couldn't do this.
Finally, last but not least, if I had to move to a rural farm in Kansas, I wouldn't require so much money. If I had to do this, I would have to have $375 bare minimum to move out to Timbuktu, because it wouldn't be pretty hard just to get a few groceries.
Anyway, this is my viewpoint on 'pain for pay', and for the record, my prices are non-negotiable, so don't even ask.

Braydon Webb

03/18/2013 5:58pm

I got to thinking about the cat thing, and I might even refuse $900, because to me, there's some things money cannot bribe me to do, no matter the amount at stake. Another thing is that while you do it, you are thinking about the money, but once you've spent it, every once in a while, you might think back to that time, and without that money, it would seem that you killed a cat with nothing to show for it but a scar inside you that you can never get rid of.

Braydon Webb

03/18/2013 6:06pm

I believe that there is one error in this comment. In the earthworm paragraph, when I said, "...$150 in your hand, it might not seem to bad", I left off an 'o'. The 'to' after 'seem' should be 'too'.

Blake Wittmayer

03/18/2013 6:33pm

The only last one about living on a farm your whole life really doesn't bug me. 1. Peace and quiet... 2. I've been on a farm before and it's very calming and open to where you can do whatever you want. So I'll be totally fine with living on a farm for the rest of my life for no price at all.

Blake Wittmayer

03/18/2013 6:36pm

I would LOVE to strangle a stray cat! I hate cats, my mom is alergic. (Every cat lover at ACA is going to hate me now...)

Chase McNally

03/18/2013 6:38pm

After reading through these many situations I have decided I would take no amout to go through such pain. I mean yeah, you would have money but then you also have to keep that haunting memory deep in your mind and remembering that it was only through pain and suffering that you gained the money that you have.
For example would you just go get some money for loosing your front teeth and then also be left with a horrible smile.
And this next one getting your little toe cut you would be insane to accept any amount of money to go through that.
This next one, just why, why would you eat something that disgusting this isn't Fear Factor people!
You have to be one of the most heartless people to walk up to some stray cat and choke the thing to death that is very inhumane.
Why would I even give up what I have everything I own and everyone I know just to go live on some random farm in Kansas

I'm sorry but WON'T except any of these horrible situations!

Cameron Murphree

03/18/2013 6:39pm

I don't think that any pain can be made into a pleasure for the right price. The only reason is that it depends on what the thing is. No price would make me do anything that would harm someone. But something simple like eating a big Mac from McDonald's.
1. I wouldn't like my front tooth taken out but I guess that I would do it for $200.
2. There is no amount of money that would make me have my toe cut off because it would feel so weird.
3. It would depend whether or not I would be able to eat something with it.
4. There is also no way I would strangle a wild cat because that is wrong and it would hurt if it dug its claws in your hands.
5. I think it would be about $200,000 only because I would be away from my family but if I was older I would charge $300,000 because I wouldn't have a job and the crops might fail one year.

Tayseer Abubakar

04/01/2013 7:35pm

I agree with Cameron on his prices. I would not do any of these but if I had to it would probally be moving to Kansas. The reason I picked that is because it is not as bad as the others for real people who would strangle a cat that is just sick if you would to do that you are demented and also come on getting you're toe cut off that's just weird, but if I had to do those these are my prices

1. Pulling you're tooth out would be $250 just because you are going to look like an idiot when smiling.

2. Cutting you're toe off it would have to be $3,000 just because when you go to sleep you will have nightmares about you're toe getting cut off.

3. Eating a worm FOR GET IT.

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Tayseer Abubakar

04/01/2013 7:38pm

Strangling a cat DON'T EVEN ASK how much that be sad I don't have the guts to do it.

Persephone Dahlman

03/18/2013 8:00pm

1. I would never ever get one of my front teeth pulled out! Not unless it was to save a billion people or animals, and my tooth would magically grow back in a couple of seconds, and get 40 million dollars. But I would never pull out a front tooth for just money. 2. Really? A toe!?! No, just no. Why would I give up a toe for money??? 3. Acctually, I would eat a 6 inch worm for a million dollars. 4. I wouldn't ever kill a stray cat for any price. I would kill a stray cat if the cat was in more pain then it would be if it was dead. 5. I would definitely live on a farm in Kansas City, Kansas for a million dollars.

Kayla Mendoza ❤

03/18/2013 8:45pm

*A tooth pulled out I would never ever ever ever do that. No matter how much money it would be. Why? Beacause then you would look so ugly and no one would want to be with you. And it's eww.
*A toe cut off if I didn't want a tooth then why a toe? I wouldn't do this either that's disgusting and gross and yucky and ewwwww.
*Eat earth worms I would not do this never because what if the worms have a disease in them and then you eat one and die.
*Kill a cat I would do this for 12345678910 million dollars because I dislike cats and I'm allergic to them.
*Live on a farm I would totally do this for just 10000 dollars I love nature and the the country.

Gregory McDonald

03/19/2013 5:11pm

*one upper front tooth pulled out: cost of a replacement tooth and $100
*little toe of one foot cut off: $1749
*eat a live earthworm six inches long: $10 per inch
*choke a stray cat to death with your bare hands: depends on the situation
*live all the rest of your life on a farm in Kansas, ten miles from any town: if you're paying the bills then free

Mister Herr

03/20/2013 7:42am

Gregory,

It's great that you listed your prices for these experiences; however, to make yourself better understood to others -- and to better your grade for this blog -- you should explain your reasoning for each of the five prices. I for one would love to find out more about why you chose certain values for the differing experiences.

Brandon Moreno

03/20/2013 1:01pm

I would have $150 to have my upper front tooth pulled out, $500 to have the little toe of one foot cut off, $750 to eat a live worm, $100,000,000,000 to stay the rest of my life on a farm in kansas, and I will never kill a cat.

X'Zavier Payne

03/20/2013 5:57pm

If i were to get my upper tooth pulled out it i would want to be paid $500, $8,500 dollars to have my little toe of one foot cut off because with the money i recieve i would buy another one, $1,0000 dollars to eat a live worm because it could be very tasty and then also i would with that money have my stomach cleaned because who knows what kind of germs the worms carried, $1,000,000,000,000,000,000 to live in Kansas because it is boring and i would not have wanted to give up my friends and family, $8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 dollars to strangle a cat because doing that to an animal is animal abuse.

My Best Student (Felix Bui)

03/20/2013 6:18pm

I would not pull out my front tooth because my teeth are the last set in my mouth. I would not have my little toe cut off because it would hurt painfully and it would be weird not have 10 toes. I would not eat a living earthworm because it has slime and it will pee on you if you touch it. I would live on a farm in Kansas for 150,750,250 dollars because I like animals and I would certainly take care of animals. I would choke a stray cat for 100,000,000 dollars because it's worth it and I think I would be able to choke it. Oh, and I would need life insurance after strangling the cat.

Abeer Toma

03/20/2013 9:12pm

Well for starters I would pull out my tooth for $150 because i already had it done 4 times and it's ok pain. My toe for $5,000 because I had toothpick half way through my big toe and it hurt but not too bad.The worm for $175 because well lots of people eat worms and say they are not bad and in first grade my friend who ate ants made me try an ant ... not bad but never again.For the cat not much I guess $100 cause well i do like cats. But it would be that hard , in my moms village there are ALOT of stray cats and the kids there would torture them for fun, me and my bother took one a shower and left it out side in the cold, it was funny at the time.I don't want to be paid to live on a farm i would pay someone , i love farms Alll my family grew up on one , and a farm. When we visited we had to walk everywhere it was not bad. All these things are not that bad at all. Why is everyone so disgusted ?

Braydon Webb

03/21/2013 4:24pm

I have been reading some of the other blog comments, and I must say, some of these people are asking for outrageous amounts of money. Why don't y'all just say that you wouldn't do it at all? It's not like anybody is going to pay $8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000(not going to name any names) just for you to strangle a cat. Anyway, I just wanted to get that out there.

Mister Herr

03/22/2013 7:27am

Interesting point, Braydon. The amount of funding that some are asking for is so outrageous that they should re-evaluate their logic. If you're asking for millions or billions or more, isn't it safe to say that you'll ideally never agree to take part in the "pain"?

Arelis Munoz

03/23/2013 2:13pm

I would pull my my front tooth out for as much money to get a replacement,I would cut of my toe for $9,000 while kicking everyone's butt who said they would choke a cat so i dont feel the pain,3rd I would eat a worm for $500 because it's not realy a big deal to me,4th i wouldn't choke a cat for all the money in the world i'm a animel lover,last I would need all the money in the word to keep me busy for the rest of my life just for living om a farm

Kylyn Miller

03/24/2013 7:37pm

I would get my tooth out for 200 dollars to get a replacement, I would get my toe cut off for 500 dollars while listening to music.so I would not feel the pain, I would eat a earthworm for.
A million dollars it's really not a big deal.I would choke a cat for 5.00 itis not abig deal. I would to a farm for 20.00 just I can pay the Bills

Jaielyn

03/25/2013 4:32pm

To get me tooth pulled out- no price
My toe cut off- no price
To eat a earthworm-$100,000,000,
To move To a farm in Kansas-5,000,000
And to choke a cat to

Jaielyn

03/25/2013 4:33pm

Death-100,000
I know my prices are outrageous beause I will never do any of these

Anyse Dawson

03/25/2013 4:46pm

No amount of money could make me do any of those things because they all cause pain! Who says that money can buy your pain away? That could be true in some instances, but not in my case. For one thing, I DEFINITELY wouldn't kill a cat. That's just...cruel! I mean, if you wouldn't want someone taking your life from you, why would you take it from someone else? That would just hurt you on te inside, because that's your conscious telling you that it's not a good thing to do. Especially if you use your hands and have to watch it suffer. Cruel.
Secondly, I definitely couldn't eat a worm. It's been underground, crawled over anything and everything, and they eat everything. Mainly, it's just plain nasty.
Also, I think that I would get my foot little toe cut off for about $1,000,0000. That's my price because you could use the money to get another toe. Plus, when you're getting it cut off, hopefully you'll be in the hospital and they'll numb you.
I wouldnt get a tooth pulled out. I know that it would kind of be the same as getting your f

Anyse Dawson

03/25/2013 4:47pm

Anyse Dawson

03/25/2013 4:51pm

Toe cut off, but not really. At least you could cover your feet. Your tooth is TOTALLY different.
Lastly, I don't think that any amount of money could make me move to Kansas. It's too far away. No family is there, I wouldn't know the people or area there, especially since it's ten miles away from town. I would have to make a new set of friends, which is pretty difficult. It's just not something that any money could buy. Just wouldn't work for me. Ever.

Abigayle Brooks

03/25/2013 4:57pm

For the first one, I would not get my front tooth taken out. I could not go through my whole life having a weird smile, I'm proud of teeth. However if it was just to have the pain and keep my teeth I would need $1 billion (10,000 minimum)
I also would not get my toe cut off because it would probably effect my balance and people would ask me what happened to your toe, and my mom would always make me wear closed toe shoes. Again just to suffer the pain I would need $1 billion (7,500 minimum)
I would need 1.5 billion

Abigayle Brooks

03/25/2013 5:04pm

Dollars to eat a live earthworm (10,000 minimum). But really I would just need over 1 hundred dollars to eat it but 1.5 billion is good.
I would not kill a stray cat, Atleast I would need $9743 trillion (60 billion minimum) that way , atleast all the other cats could be saved. I would never live on a farm in Lansas for the rest of my life for no amount of money, that is no way to live your life.

Teague Atherton

03/25/2013 5:56pm

Well i would not Get a tooth pulled or a toe cut off. If i had to kill a cat it would depend if i would be arrested or not if i wouldn't be arrested i would do it for $100 if i would be arrested i wouldn't do it for any price. To eat a earth worm it would depend if i would get sick or not. If i would not get sick i would do it for a pay of $100. I would live on a farm but i would not live on a farm for the rest of my life. Not for any price!

Matthew Luu

03/25/2013 10:31pm

* to have one upper front tooth pulled out? $200.00

Many comments before me stated that they would not take any offer to have one upper front tooth pulled out. Yes, you might need the tooth, but can't you use the money to buy a false tooth? The price I put out is a little much but I believe that the expense covers for the pain in removing the tooth.

* to have the little toe of one foot cut off? $1,000,000 +

Honestly, I would not sell my little toe for any cost below $1,000,000. This is because my foot would look even more unappealing. I also would not like a huge amount of pain on my foot, my foot is very sensitive.

* to eat a live earthworm six inches long? $5.00

I don't believe that eating an earthworm would be so bad. Many people are eating them right now across the world as you are reading this. There are also a few competitions in the U.S. that have people eating as many worms in a minute. If so many people eat earthworms, how bad could it be?

* to choke a stray cat to death with your bare hands? $0

I don't believe that I would need money if I did the other options.

* to live all the rest of your life on a farm in Kansas, ten miles from any town? enough money to have good internet, nice furniture, maids, butlers, I MAX theater built into one of my rooms, and at lease $500,000 for spare money

I am just trying to make myself feel as if I was no on a farm.

Katelyn Depoy

03/26/2013 6:54pm

To have one of my upper front teeth pulled out I would have to say I would ask for $500. I know it sounds like a lot, but it would cover the costs for the false tooth,and the fees that go along with it.

to have the little toe cut off of one foot I would have to say more than $5,000 because, I need my toes. I use them for dance. In pointe you have to balance on the tips of your toes. It would completly throw off my balance, and if I wanted to become a professionaldancer, I couldn't.

To eat a live earth worm six inches long I would excpet no more than $8,000. I know, expensive but, I grew up with my brothers and uncles eating june bugs. I have been forced to eat one before and it was just plain nasty.

To choke a stray cat to death with my bare hands? Priceless. I would never kill an animal just because. Yes, I do hunt, but we do it for food. I believe it's very cruel to kill an animal just because.

To live the rest of my life on a farm, in Kansas, for the rest of my life, ten miles away from any town? I would take $2,000 because it really isn't that bad. My great granddad lives on a farm an hour from town. The only bad thing about it is that there isn't internet or a computer. I just ask for that much for extra expenses.

Victoria Kobow

03/26/2013 9:44pm

I wouldn't do any of these things, for any amount of money. I wouldn't let one of my top front teeth be pulled out, because I treasure my teeth. I also wouldn't let someone cut off one of my little toes, because I also treasure my toes. I would never eat a live, six inch earthworm because that's disgusting. I also would never choke a stray cat with my bare hands, because that's mest up, and I would feel guilty for the rest of my life. I could never live on a farm in Kansas, because I don't like farms or Kansas.

Hector Rivera

03/27/2013 7:42am

-For a front tooth to be pulled out: $5,000
-I would not cut off a toe because I would need for life or sports and stuff
-For eating A live earthworm of 6 inches long: $100 per inch
-For strangling a stray cat: depends on situation but really I wouldn't
-For living in a faraway farm in Kansas for the rest of my life: no because I don't like to be a farmer or live in a lonely place but I could still just walk or drive to the next town to visit other people or things

Libby Jantz :D

03/27/2013 7:47pm

Tooth: $2,000 That would be enough to pay for a new replacement tooth. I'd only do it if there was some sort of pain-killer or something.
Toe: I would not get my little toe cut off for any amount of money. It would prevent me from doing ballet, and no amount of money can pay for something I love so much and is so important to me.
Earthworm: I also wouldn't do this for anything. It is too gross, and I wouldn't be able to forget about it.
Cat: I wouldn't do this for anything. No life is more important than money. It would be too cruel and I would never be able to live it down. I also probably wouldn't have the strength to do that.
Kansas: I would take 1 million dollars or more to do this. My grandparents live like this (it takes them 40 min. to get to the nearest Walmart) so it wouldn't be that hard. Plus, it never says anything about not living with anybody. I could live with someone.

Paloma Flores

03/28/2013 5:37pm

I personally would not have any of these things done to me for money. I believe that its really dumb to do any of those and it could result in many bad things. For example if you were to get your tooth pulled and the dentist made a mistake, your mouth could be messed up for life. The same thing goes for getting your toe cut off, you could have serious issues in your foot and you might not be able to ever get better. The earth worm situation, is just repulsive and I can't even imagine myself ever doing that. Choking a stray cat is cruel and evil, and I would never do it. The only scenario that doesn't sound that crazy is moving to Kansas, because some people might actually want some peace and quiet, and moving there would be great for them.

Madeline Hale

03/28/2013 7:19pm

I would charge $800 to have one upper front tooth pulled out. I would charge this much because it would hurt, and once you have your adult teeth, you don't get any new ones. After pulling out my tooth I would have to get a fake tooth if I didn't want a hole in my mouth for the rest of my life.

To have my little toe cut off I would have to be paid $1,000,000. My reasons for this are because of how much it would hurt and getting used to walking without it would be difficult. I also like to dance and play volleyball, and missing a toe would completely throw me off.

To eat a live earthworm six inches long I would charge $50. My reasoning for this is that all you have to do is eat it. Once you eat it, it is eventually going to leave you one way or another. It's not like cutting off a toe where something is going to be missing from you for the rest of your life.

I would take no amount of money to choke a stray cat to death with my bare hands.In all of the other examples, I would only be hurting myself by doing them. In this instance, I would not just be hurting another living creature, I would be ending its life. I would not be able to live with myself knowing that I purposely ended a life.

To live the rest of my life on a farm in Kansas, ten miles from any town, I would have to be paid $30,000. This large amount would suggest that I think living there would be very painful, but that is not why I chose that amount. I chose that amount because I would be far away from my family, and that would cover airfare expenses to fly and visit them.

Savannah Guerrero (:

03/30/2013 9:54am

I would refuse to get my front tooth pulled out, therefore I would not pay any money. My reasoning is because whenever you pull out a front tooth, is does not grow back, and you will look weird forever. I don't want to look weird forever.
I would also refuse to cut off my little toe. It would hurt really bad!! I don't like pain, so therefore, cutting off my little toe would be priceless. Plus, my little toe is my favorite toe. (:
I would refuse to eat a live worm because it could create a disease in my body. Then I could die and that's bad. I don't want to die so therefore, eating a worm is priceless.
I would choke a cat for free. I hate cats. They walk around and think that they're the best animal in the world. Well their not. So any chance I get, I will choke a cat, and it would be for free.
Someone would have to pay me 500,000,000,000,000$ to live on a farm in Kansas, ten miles away from any town. This is because I would get so lonely and bored. I have a very small attention span and it would be very bad for me to live out in the middle of nowhere.

Sara Gerges

03/30/2013 10:58am

I would NEVER pull my front tooth out for any amount of money. My reasoning is because that tooth is an adult and it would never grow back again. You would have to end up looking like a freak for the rest of your life. It would also make you look very unattractive. I don't know about some people, but I actually want to get married.

I would also NEVER have a little toe cut off of one of my feet. My reasoning is that you probably can't get it fixed. It would also affect your walking. It would affect me personally because I love to play a lot of sports and if you have a defective foot, you won't be able to play properly.

I would NEVER eat a live earthworm six inches long. Just imagining that makes me feel like I'm going to throw up. You don't even know where the worm has been. The worm would be all muddy and gross looking. The worm could contain diseases which can threaten my health.

I would NEVER choke a stray cat with my bare hands. I wouldn't do that because I am scared of cats and I would never want to get near one, especially a stray one that hasn't been cleaned or vaccinated.

Lastly, I would NEVER move to a farm in Kansas, ten miles away from any town. I wouldn't do that because I hate nature and farms and living there for the rest of your life would be absolutely horrible. Plus, you're in the middle of nowhere so you probably don't have internet connection or service on your phone so you wouldn't be doing anything all day. I would also like to add that I would never move there because I would be very far away from my family and best friends.

I would also like to say that the psychologist who suggested this must be very crazy. No amount of money can make me do any absurd thing.

Darby Johnson

03/30/2013 4:31pm

Tooth-$100,000
Toe-$1,000,000 if it is numbed, but if it is not then $5,000,000
Worm-$500
Cat- $5,000,000, but that depends on what mood I am in
Kansas-$1,000,000

Ericka Eidson

03/30/2013 9:22pm

Some things can be done if you get paid the right price, but some of these things are absolutely crazy!!

I would not be able to be paid a price to have my upper front tooth pulled out. I personally like my teeth being in my mouth so therefore, I would like to keep my teeth. Plus it would be very painful and very unattractive to have a front tooth pulled out. So I would not have my front tooth pulled out for any price.

I would never have my little toe cut off of one foot. All my toes help me stablize so if one was gone it would be very difficult to walk and stand. God made each toe for a reason, so why cut one off and risk injuring the rest of your life. So, I would never cut my little toe off of one foot for any price.

The next one is definently disturbing to me. I would never ever eat a live earthworm that was six inches long. Earthworms gross me out in general so, I would never be able to EAT a live six inch one. Eating a live bug will probably hurt you in the future and make you sick sometime or another, so why risk it. So I would never eat a live six inch earthworm for any price.

Choking a stray cat to death with your bare hands is simply cruelty. Why would anyone want to hurt an animal that you never even knew, who did nothing to you? This is a little overboard but, I would never do this for any price.

To live on a farm for the rest of my life in Kansas, ten miles away from any town, I would do. In order for me to accomplish this I would have to ask for around six million dollars so that when I am in Kansas, I can feel comfortably with a nice house and animals. I would love to live on a farm because it is so peaceful and stress free. Having animals around you is so comforting and so fun. Living ten miles away from any town is nothing. You would actually get the real effect of a country life, that I love! I love living on a farm and taking care of animals so this would be perfect for me. So I would live all the rest of my life on a farm in Kansas, ten miles away from any town for six million dollars.

People say that money can't buy happiness but sometimes it can. These questions and the amount of money that people have to be given show that money does buy happiness for some people. What people are saying when they say I need this amount of money to do a certain thing is, this will make me happy if you give me this amount of money.

Brandon baron

03/31/2013 1:59pm

I don't think i would accept any amount of money to do any of Those things because if you have to do things that will haunt you for the rest of your life no amount of money is worth that to me. I wouldn't enjoy getting a toe cut off so i wouldn't want money for that. i value having all my teeth so i wouldn't do that for any amount of money. I don't like killing Innocent things so i wouldn't eat an earthworm even tho its small and may seem insignificant, the same goes for strangling a cat. I wouldn't mind living 10 miles away from civilization the only problem i would have is I like to be around people sometimes but i would probably go crazy. This question just goes to show that money can make people do things that they would never do if they where in a different state of mind.

Auriel Henderson

03/31/2013 6:39pm

Tooth: If i had to choose how much money i would choose about 333,000 dollars because i would us the money to buy me a new tooth and i would need money for the pain.
Toe: I don't care what people say i would not let anyone cut of my toe. I would not take any money for this because i cant get a new toe.
Earthworm: I would eat a earthworm for about 100,000 just for the heck of it...then i would take the money and get my stomach cleaned because worms are disgusting.
Cat: I would never strangle a cat i think that is gross. Only someone with serious metal issues would strangle a cat with there bare hands.
Kansas: I would take about 100,000 dollars because i think it would be awesome to outside of the city. The only reason why i am asking of money is because i would need money to buy a house that is the only reason why.

Jaafar Salim

03/31/2013 10:40pm

Tooth:if I had to get my front tooth pulled out I think I would take nothing less than $1,000. The reason behind this is because my teeth are what make me the attractive person I am so that is why I would take nothing less than $1,000.
Small toe: if I had to get one of my utter toes cut off I would take m as be about $100 because nobody will see it so it really won't hurt me. Also I'd like r o add that it would save money because with it gone I can use less lotion.
Earthworm: I would eat an earthworm for $10 because an earthworm really doesn't bring harm to your body. Also there are people who live off of worms so I would like to see how it tastes.
CAT: for me I would have to be payed not millions but trillions of dollars because I'm against animal cruelty 100%.
Farm: I would probably y need to be pop stress $100,000 to lI've on as farm 10 miles away from any town because I would use Tuesday money to find transoperation and then go to town to use the money to invest in small businesses.

Jemiah Williams :P

03/31/2013 10:41pm

If I was asked to have one upper front tooth pulled out, I would say no because I would look very unattractive with a huge gap in the front of my mouth.
To have the little toe from one foot cut off, I would say $2,000 , because that would probably mess up my balance, so its going to get a little pricey.
To eat a live earthworm, I would need about $650, I mean it can't be that bad if its like covered in sugar.
I wouldn't choke at cat with my bare hands, I wouldn't risk putting myself in danger, and what did that cat ever do to me?
Lastly, to live on a farm in Kansas, I would do that for 500,000,000. I think, I would actually enjoy living in the middle of nowhere.

Kevin Tran

04/01/2013 7:24am

For the first experience, I would never pull out my front teeth because they are very special to me. For the second experience, I would not cut my toe off because my feet would look awkward. For the third experience, I would eat an earthworm for 100,000 dollars because it doesn't bother me as much as the other ones. I would never choke a cat for any
amount of money because I would never harm any animal. If I had to move to Kansas I would need at least one million dollars because I don't want to leave my home.

Brandon Bui

04/01/2013 4:56pm

I would not accept any money for these things. Pain is only temporary. I don't know if this is just me but I would not accept money for pain. I think it would be nice and peaceful to live in Kansas with someone else miles away from a city. Choking a cat, if i did this and accepted money for it i wouldn't be able to live with myself. That's basically saying you would choke a cat for money. That just isn't right.

Andrew Bino

04/04/2013 12:36am

I would totally kill a cat for free. Except i would do it in a more painfulll way like catching it on fire, nailing it to a fence and watching it starve, and throwing it into a cage of aligators. JUST KIDDING LOL :)

Brittney Yongo XD

04/01/2013 7:01pm

Now I have read this over and over in my mind and I first thought to myself that if I was to agree to do any of these experiences for money especially killing innocent animals or cutting my body parts off,then I would probably seem like the millions of people in this world who are just straight up greedy and would literally kill for some easy cash. I would never do any of these tasks because I know very well that money will not buy away any kind of pain and that there are people out there who become millionaires and they started from scratch. So i dont need to be making myself miserable by these inhumane and disgusting tasks when I can easily just earn the money if I wanted to. :)

ʍıןson ןopǝz -xЖŤнєŦяάíиĶî∂ Жx

04/01/2013 7:36pm

For Number 1- 6,000 bucks so i can pay for a replacement and get 1,000 dollar profit. :P\\
For Numbero Dos- Uh...I might want to keep that...
As for Number 3- 750,000 so I can have a nice car and house and avoid living in a farm 10 miles from anyone else.
4: Ill let that cat live. Even though I hate those demonic creatures.
5: Never. I hate being bu my self. It adds creepiness at night when you're knowing that you're living alone and you hear a sound from out side. You start thinking that someone is trying to murder you or something. :P

Johnathan Pham

04/01/2013 8:17pm

tooth=100
toe and 1 foot cut off= 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
Live Worm = I will not do it
To kill a cat=1641642156721527465127456127562156715672
If I had neighbors and cousins that live near me on the farm you would not need to pay me.

Oh, Just Hayden.....C a n t e r b u r y

04/01/2013 8:50pm

I will now list the events in order:
Number: Explanation:
1. I would need at least $325 to pull a tooth, because I hate my teeth!
2. To have my toe cut off!! At LEAST $8,000,000. It's my toe!!!!
3. Probably around $420, I hate crawly and slimy things...
4. To KILL A CAT!?!? Free, maybe up to $100, I can't stand cats!
5. You would most likely have to give me $10,000,000,000, that way I can renovate the house and make it look fancy, have a helicopter to fly me to town, pool, hot tub, and all the Jazz, but if I had that money, why would I be on a farm away from any town?!

Ashlee Story

04/02/2013 4:57pm

I would not want to get my front upper tooth pulled. It may be replaceable but it will never be the same. I wouldn't get my little toe removed either no matter how much money you give me because my foot would look hideous. The earth worm I would need to get $100,000 because that's gross so I would need a lot of money. Killing a cat I would charge 5 zillion dollars. It's hard to kill a cat and also I don't like touching dead mammals.

Ashlee Story

04/02/2013 5:39pm

To live in Kansas I would charge 5 trillion to the tenth power so I can buy animals and stuff. I wouldn't mind doing the Kansas thing honestly.

Brendan Waller

04/02/2013 6:17pm

To me pain is not something that can easily be made bearable by money. But then again I would not be stupid enough to turn down high sums of money for a brief moment of horror or pain. Though there are some cases, such as causing harm to someone or something, that should never be made acceptable through payment. Also in cases of a permanent situation, such as the Kansas question, as long as it causes no major harm, I would settle on a lower sum of money. So as long as we are naming prices here are mine:

1. To answer the question of how much I would have to be paid to have an upper front tooth pulled out, the answer around $15,000 in cash. My teeth are precious and that would be a permanent problem, but not so bad that I would not accept money.

2. To have my little toe cut off I would only have to be offered $25,000. Although it would be painful, it's only one toe out of ten and not as big a deal as a whole leg or foot.

3. In order to eat a six inch earthworm I would have to be paid a mere $500. It is gross, but it is brief and not deadly.

4. I would simply not except a price to take the life of a stray cat.

5.Living on a farm in Kansas, ten miles away from any town, actually sounds like a comfortable life. I wold have access to all the land and all the hunting and fishing I wanted.What a life. But I would still make somebody pay me $250 just for the heck of it.

Claire Garza

04/02/2013 10:06pm

1. I would get my tooth pulled for $5,500 because I would want to get it replaced and the replacement can cost up to $4,000 and if I used $4,000 to get it replaced then I would still have $1,500.

2. I wouldn't have my little toe cut off because it's gross and it would look strange to not have a little toe especially if you are wearing sandals/flip-flops.

3. I would not eat a six inch worm because it's gross and it was living in the ground so who knows what it could possibly carry. It could make you very sick so I wouldn't do it.

4. I wouldn't choke a stray cat to death because I couldn't bring myself to do it or have that on my conscious, even though I'm allergic to cats and I don't really like them, I couldn't do it.

5. To live on a farm I would need $25,000 and be able to have all my electronics, wifi and tv. If I couldn't have those things then I wouldn't do it because I couldn't live without them.

Kylee Schroer

04/03/2013 2:50pm

1. $1,000 because I'd have to pay to get it out and to get a fake tooth
2. $0 because I just wouldn't want to cut it off
3. $0 that's nasty
4. NONE!! I would choke who ever told me to kill a cat!!
5. Um.. I don't know. Maybe $5,000? $10,000? I'd have to buy the house and all the necessities.

Jillian Cude☀

04/03/2013 2:50pm

1. I would have to be paid $100,000,000,000 plus a puppy for someone to pull o of my front teeth out. I value my teeth a lot and they're very important to be able to eat.
2. I would have to be paid $100,000,000,000 plus a cinnimon dolche latte from starbucks for someone to cut off one of my pinkie toes, I value my pinkie toe a lot and you need them to balance.
3. I would have to be paid $1,000,000,000 to eat a live worm that was six inches long, that'd be disgusting and nasty.
4. I would have to be payed $0.50 to choke a stray cat because I do not like cats at all. They're smelly and gross.
5. I would have to be payed $0.50 to live the rest of my life in a Kansas town, 10 miles away from anytime. I like the country, it's very peaceful and calm.

Kennedie Smith

04/03/2013 6:53pm

1. You would have to pay me 100,000,000,000 with a cinnimon latte. I like my teeth in my moouth not in someone else hand or a bag.
2. You would have to pay me 800 dollars because I need me toe to run track or even stay balanced.
3.In order for me to eat an earthwarm I would need to get paid1000 dollars because eating things that might have a bad case of the flees.
4.I would choke a cat for free because I absolutly hate cat no matter what anyone else can say I hate them.
5. In order for me to live on a farm in kansas I would need around one million dollars.

CJ Kinsey

04/08/2013 5:55pm

For #4 your still taking the life of something!! That would be like somebody killing you just because they dont like you!!!

Jadan Ross❤

04/03/2013 9:39pm

-To have my upper front tooth pulled out I would have to ask for $100,000 because I would want money so I can get a fake tooth put in.
- To have one of my little toes cut off I would ask for $500,000 because that is a lot of pain to go through.also I would want nice shoes to cover up where my toe was.
- To eat a live earthworm I would ask for $900 because that is very gross and I would be so sick from eating a worm.
-No price to choke a cat even thought I absolutely don't like cats I think it would be very worn to eat an animal.
-$900,00 to live on a farm in Kansas because I would need money to travel there,buy a house,and money to travel to a town if I need something.

Jessica Cude

04/03/2013 9:39pm

If I had to get one of my front teeth pulled out then I would want at least $1000 if it was numbed first. If It wasn't numb then it would be $5000 because it would hurt super bad. For the pinkie toe getting cut off, I would never let anyone do that because it would hurt a lot and bleed a lot. To eat the earthworm, I would just want a $100 gift card to Starbucks and it wouldn't be so bad. I wouldn't mind choking a cat because cats die everyday and it wouldn't be that big of a deal. Okay finally, if I had to live in Kansas being away from people for the rest of my life then I would have to have an iphone 5, an 100 inch flat screen TV, an xbox, a laptop, Wi-Fi connection, a lot of food, and a hot tub.

Lucas Atayde

04/03/2013 10:56pm

I do think for enough money the brain can turn certain pain into pleasure. I mean pain is all in the head. So here is my list and why.
Tooth: 1000 dollars done for a replace ment tooth and some for the pain
* to have the little toe of one foot cut off?:No dollar amount simply because lack Of balance
* to eat a live earthworm six inches long? 400 dollars (earthworms are a delight in some parts of the world)
* to choke a stray cat to death with your bare hands?10000 dollars simple because I don't think I could do it.
* to live all the rest of your life on a farm in Kansas, ten miles from any town?1000000 dollars because I plain out hate the country

Jihaad Iqbal

04/04/2013 12:30pm

1. I would never pull out a front tooth because its going to be like that for the rest of my life.
2. I wouldn't cut a toe off, because as I said before it will be like that forever.
3.It would be at least 100 dollars, because its not really bad but its still nasty.
4. I wouldn't choke a cat with my bare hands for any money, because the cat never did anything and i wouldn't kill anything.
5. It would take me a few million dollars to stay on a farm. That because I can live with anything, ill buy anything i need.

Danna Carreno

04/04/2013 4:04pm

I wouldnt do any of those things especially for money

Raneeeeem ALbosstani {:}-)

04/04/2013 10:24pm

I think that to have a front tooth pulled out, it would be a price of about $99,000,000. To eat a live earthworm, six inches long, i would have no price for because that is just plain SICK.
To choke a stray cat, with my bare hands, is a definite NO. Torturing an animal and taking their life away, for the sake of money, is wrong! And finally, to live on a farm in Kansas, for the rest of my life, ten miles away from any city, WOULD KILL ME!!!!!!! I absolutely hate life on the farm, and to be away from a city is not the best thing for me. Most of the scenarios listed would not be my type of situations, especially to put a price on. That's all :D

Raneem Albosstani {:-})

04/04/2013 10:28pm

One more thing i forgot : to have a toe pulled of would completely make me go insane, so no. No price is worth making your self go through pain. ever...

Joshua Miller

04/04/2013 11:37pm

I am so groomed out about this and it is disgusting. I would only do the top one because it is the only reasonably one and it can be replaced, so I would be payed 1 to 3 thousand dollars for it. Then there are the other ones which are out of the question because there is absolutely no way I am going through that much pain or doing that for any money because those things can affect your live dramatically.

CJ Kinsey

04/08/2013 5:51pm

To start things off I want to say I would'nt want to do any of these and I hope I never have to.
to have one upper front tooth pulled out?I think would'nt be that bad but would make your voice sound kind of different when you talk. So I would say $300
to have the little toe of one foot cut off?This would be horrible for me because I am very active and i would not want to have to rest. I would have to say $1250
to eat a live earthworm six inches long?This is disgusting. Worms were not meant to be eaten and especially a six inch worm!! That is huge for a worm and I would never do this if I had a choice. So i would say 750
to choke a stray cat to death with your bare hands?I would never do this. I am definately against animal abuse and choking a cat do death doesnt seem right to do. You would have to pay me $100000000000
to live all the rest of your life on a farm in Kansas, ten miles from any town?This would not be that hard for me. I grew up on a farm and i personally like it a ton more that the city. This won will be cheap. If the would pay for me house and my livestock I would move out there in a heart beat. So I would say pay for house and livestock and $250 i would do this

Nicholas Callaghan

04/09/2013 8:39pm

I would never for any price have my toe cut off, that is large and cannot be healed. to have the adult tooth pulled out I would probably settle for $300 because I could say that it was an accident and I could get a replacement for less. To eat the earthworm I would need $50 up front because an earthworm won't kill you and it would be over quickly. To strangle the cat I would need $500 and the cat would have to be old or in pain. I would not move to the ranch for any amount of money because if you are 10 miles from a town, even farther from a city, what would you use the money for?

Kyle Bickle

04/10/2013 5:07pm

1 To have a from tooth pulled out would be about $600 because my front teeth are really the only thing you see of my mouth
2 To have a toe cut off would be about $1,000 because if pulling out a hair hurts a lot, cutting off a toe which has nerves, would be the most painful thing ever
3 To eat a live earthworm 6 inches long would cost about $100 because it would be quick and not painful.
4 To choke a stray cat to death would not happen except if the cat was sleeping and it would cost about $1,500 because I can't bring myself to hurt someone out of self defense, much less kill a cat for no reason other than for money.
5 To live in Kansas would cost about $1,000,000 because it would devestate my family and I can't function without them.

Andy Perez

04/11/2013 5:52pm

* to have one upper front tooth pulled out- if it was numbed, probably $1,000,000,000.
* to have the little toe of one foot cut off- if it didnt hurt that much then $5,000.
* to eat a live earthworm six inches long- $1,000.
* to choke a stray cat to death with your bare hands- FREE!
* to live all the rest of your life on a farm in Kansas, ten miles from any town- ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD!

Marissa Garcia

04/16/2013 10:08pm

Teeth:$200.00
Toe:$60, 000
Eat worm:$80.00
Cat:$100,0 00, 000
Kansas:$5000.00

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