Technically, everything is optional. Living is optional, but then if you make the wrong decision you can't change it back. Somebody may say, "You know what would be cool? If I got an upvote. Of course, you don't have to upvote if you don't want to, it's fine either way." Sure, they may not be asking for an upvote, but you can see the obvious psychological mind games they are trying to play to elicit upvotes from viewers