The Final Notice Option
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Re: The Final Notice Option
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I agree. And there's no telling how people will react if they get this "Final Notice". So who's to say what would happen if they are falsely alerted, do something rash (quit their job, sell their home, etc) only to find out it was a mistake.jessinikkip wrote: ↑04 Mar 2018, 02:51 I found the idea of a Final Notice too frightening to want in my own watch. I wear the Garmin branded version of the FitBit now, and I've seen how easy it is to manipulate that. It has a pulse monitor and if I move my arm a certain way, it reads like I have no heart beat when really I'm just resting my wrist against the arm of a chair. How many ways could a final notice go wrong?
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Pretty nice idea. Making the final days worthwhile with a smile each new day. I laugh with you.
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This is a good point. We often go through life putting things off until tomorrow. Using the notice in this capacity would be healthy and positive.
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Your right! What if the watch was malfunction? Oh my, it will only pop-ups with a FINAL NOTICE everyday. is it alarming? Due to the malfunction of a thing it damage many life. i would rather not, too.Sketches_by_Shell wrote: ↑22 Mar 2018, 14:31 I would certainly not want to be told by my watch when I were about to die. The thing basically tells me that every day that I do not meet my step goal! Then, on days that I do meet my step goal, I feel like it might just be that day! I would rather live each day, each moment as if it were going to be my last! Well, at least do as much as I am able, enjoy as much as I can, without the looming knowledge that in a said number of days it would be my last. It is an interesting concept, and I would not judge anyone who would want to know when their last day would be, but I would rather not.
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Great point. The consequences of a malfunction could be very severe. Technology is not perfect and at some point something would go wrong. Can you imagine having your Final Notice set for 10 days and 11 days later you are still hanging out wondering when that moment will hit, but really you are just fine? Crazy!londonmartine wrote: ↑21 Mar 2018, 04:08This!! Technology and user error! I'd give myself a heart attack every time something went wrong!jessinikkip wrote: ↑04 Mar 2018, 02:51 I found the idea of a Final Notice too frightening to want in my own watch. I wear the Garmin branded version of the FitBit now, and I've seen how easy it is to manipulate that. It has a pulse monitor and if I move my arm a certain way, it reads like I have no heart beat when really I'm just resting my wrist against the arm of a chair. How many ways could a final notice go wrong?
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Being self-aware is so important for issues like this. Although most of us can see how there can be benefits to the feature, not as many people can honestly face how they would react. We may all like to think we would be rational, make the most of our final days, and not spend our last few days in panic. However, had we known the characters who committed homicide/suicide in this book prior to those events, they may have been the type of person to claim of themselves that they would never harm someone else, even if they could get off scott free. It's similar to the question of "what would you do if you knew no one was watching and you would never get caught?"maggiechap wrote: ↑22 Mar 2018, 12:10 I would absolutely not want to know. I get enough anxiety now without knowing. I've known some people in life who have intuitively known they didn't have much longer (perfectly healthy people) and I watched them deal with it. Some handled it well, some didn't. I know for a fact I would be one of the ones who didn't. The only thing I would really appreciate about it is that dieting would no longer be a concern! XD I would want to go being free of the anxiety of knowing. I'd like to know that I died doing the things I love, with the people I love and not worried or stressed about dying or whatever.
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That was something I kept thinking about, how it was not really that big of a deal because so many people die in accidents. I actually found myself thinking about how the people they were killing would have no warning even if they had the watch. I feel like that would just make me crazy!Manali_DC wrote: ↑02 Mar 2018, 11:11 I found the idea of the Final Notice really frightening. Also, even with all the dramatic advances in technology, I doubt anything could actually accurately predict how much time you had to live. How does it work if a terminally ill person meets with an accident? And I personally feel it would be very depressing to be told something like that- human beings are in general very hopeful creatures-hope gives us strength to keep going against all odds, and it would be almost cruel to be told there is no point and your time is up!