A soalan kind of inspired off a Black Mirror episode....

I wouldn't in either scinario. The future isn't real, there's no such thing as fate. Even if something theoretically tell me the future, that won't change the fact that I still have to give my marriage my all, atau else the future might still be wrong.

As of like two years ago, I would have berkata neither cuz I don't believe in fate atau destiny, but since then my papar on it have changed. For friendships and familial relationships, I'm kinda meh on it so I'd probably do Scenario B for those cuz I don't care about my family very much and I only have one true friend.

On romantic relationships tho...I have noticed I've become rather cynical towards the concept of Cinta in the last two years, taking on a "it'll screw anda over if anda let it" attitude so I would emphatically choose Scenario A cuz anda can't get hurt atau betrayed if anda don't put any trust in anything.

I realize that's a shitty way of looking at it. I kinda feel bad cuz I used to be upbeat and optimistic about that kind of stuff but eh.

In scenario A I wouldn`t press it. It would be too boring to live life that way. I imagine that would mean that I can`t change future no matter how hard I tried and everything would play out exactly as the button has said.

In scenario B I guess I might use that button if it`d work for, let`s say, old frieds with whom I`ve drifted apart. I would like to know if it`s worth trying to renew the friendship atau if they have changed so much that we couldn`t really ever be good Friends again.

I'm having a hard time thinking of anything that could actually be gained sejak knowing that information.

Presumably it's so anda can gauge how much time/effort/trust/expectation to put into berkata relationship, so anda aren't horribly disappointing when it ends, but the length of time anda know that person would be a really crappy way to try and calculate that.

The time alone wouldn't indicate the quality of the relationship in question. anda can have short-lived relationships that were really good and anda were glad to have still, atau anda can be in a horrible relationship for years and years that anda hate being in.

Like, I would much rather be close Friends with someone that I only knew for like 3 months that still left a lasting, positive impression on me than be stuck married to someone I hate for 10+ years because I'm scared to death of being alone.

And if anda just knew how long each of those relationships lasted, and based its entire merit on how long it was, you'd assume the friendship was shit but the marriage was awesome when really it was the opposite.

Consequently, anda may put less stock in a relationship anda know is only going to last a short while that anda actually had a lot to gain from. anda may put lebih stock into someone that's going to drive anda absolutely insane in the long run and in the end not be worth it.

And if anda weren't going to use it as a way to decide which relationships weren't and were going to be worthwhile, what would anda even do with that information? anda could say that anda can't be hurt if anda know the relationship will end in 10 months, but is it really the length of time atau the relationship ending that hurts? It's usually something else, something lebih nuanced, that makes it hurt.
Not to mention that every time anda see that person, you're going to have how long your relationship will last in the back of your head no matter what. That would suck, not to mention that it would kind of take away from the organic factor of building relationships.

The only time it would really be beneficial at all in any way would be if it told anda that anda were going to be in a relationship that anda were really happy, but there comes a point in any relationship whether it be a friendship atau a romance atau a familial thing where anda can kind of tell on your own.
And that's assuming things don't go masam and anda just stay together because its convenient atau something which does happen.


There's really no point in that sort of thing when anda really sit down and think about it. Relationships are nuanced.