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Curious People Reveal Which Statistic About Their Own Life They'd Like To Discover

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By George Takei staffAug 08, 2018
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Think about everything you do, and everywhere you go. Now imagine if you could access all that data - how many miles you've traveled, how many times you've skirted death, or how many people think about you in the tub. Would you want to know your personal life statistics?

antonionovta asked, If you could find out one statistic about your life so far, what would it be?

Submissions have been edited for clarity, context, and profanity.

antonionovta

How common is your name, and was it chosen because another was too common?

Giphy

When I was naming my kids, a number of the names we were considering were thrown out because either me or my wife knew someone by that name and our experience with them made using their name awkward. Like they were the smelly kid, they were bullies, had a crush on them ect.

I always wanted to know how many people considered my name as a potential child's name, but eliminated it because of me.

Gypsiee

This is an overwhelming thought.

Giphy

How many times I've passed by someone who, if I got to know them, would've been a perfect match for me.

Insert-Senpai-Name

Every weekend...

Giphy

How many times I've narrowly avoided my own death.

Rose_Robin

Depends on the context ;)

Giphy

How many people think about me on a daily basis.

xxPEWPEWPEWxx

Is "small moon" a category?

Giphy

Total mass excreted.

DragonBank

Black Mirror territory.

Giphy

My net impact on the world.

Help an old lady with her shopping? +10 points

Spill someone's drink in a bar? -2 points

I hope my number is high up in the positives.

Chewitt321

Those other sperm wouldn't be you...

Giphy

I'd want to see my stats compared to all the other sperm I beat to the egg. Like a table comparing our quality of life stats, how long we all would have lived, where we would have settled, how well we would have done. How different our lives were.

riverofninjas

Or how many pictures that are OF ME?!

Giphy

How many stranger's pictures I've been in.

bakedncaked

How many 'likes' on Facebook is a good indicator...

Giphy

How many people actually care about me.

v3nomgh0st

Bruh buy a FitBit.

Giphy

Total distance traveled throughout my life.

edit: I mean just across Earth's surface, not taking into account Earth's rotation.

RollingOwl

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