Would you be buried alive for 48hr for a million dollars?

You are buried in a coffin 6ft deep, with no light or cell phone. There is only a small tube connected to the coffin from outside that allows you to breathe (edit: you can breathe with no difficulty). After 48 hours, you are dug up and given 1 million dollars. Do you do it?

Edit: No food and water, no diaper, and no contact with the outside world. Once buried, they leave for 48hr and come back to dig you up. The coffin is only wide enough for you to lay on your back (no rolling around), and the inside is wood and not particularly comfortable. The only items you’re allowed to bring with you are life sustaining medication (e.g. an asthma inhaler). No knocking yourself out with pills or anxiety meds. The money is a briefcase full of cash.

toxicbubble,

that’s 27x my annual salary, sign me up

over_clox,

Wait, you guys have a salary?

at_an_angle,
@at_an_angle@lemmy.one avatar

Yeah. I could kill a weekend and earn money.

Modern_medicine_isnt,

Nope. They have a million reasons to figure out a way for me not to collect. I have faith in thier engenuity.

JuzoInui,

Hopefully this is like “squid game” “bumfights” with enough folks watching to make sure everything is on the up and up.

TheMusicalFruit,

Yes, but only if it wasn’t short notice. I would want to practice building up to 48 hours in a similar sized box above ground.

JuzoInui,

Good thinking laddie.

jeremy_sylvis,
@jeremy_sylvis@midwest.social avatar

I feel like $1 million is more than enough to pay for any therapy necessary to patch up any possible resulting breaks in my psyche with plenty to spare.

I’m pretty sure many years worth of my salary for 48 hours of extreme stress is worth it given parenthood and career already yield moderate to high stress regularly; investing the $1 million well could push up retirement quite a bit.

Plus, let’s be real - I get at least some legit rest in there.

JuzoInui,

Preparation is key here. Given a heads up and prep time, I’d go for it full stop.

xc2215x,

I would try it and see how I do for that much.

lvxferre,
@lvxferre@lemmy.ml avatar

Yes as long as I’m certain that I’ll get the 1 million dollars after the end. But if allowed by the rules I’d prepare myself some time before being buried. Mostly to make sure that I’m hydrated and fed just enough to endure it, but not enough to shit/piss in the coffin.

hrimfaxi_work,
@hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social avatar

I’m visualizing the experience, sitting in a 10’x12’ room, and totally unconstrained. Just that makes me feel anxious.

I think that I’d have a mental break in less than a day. Probably in less than a few hours.

I couldn’t do it.

popemichael,
@popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Bury me with my phone or a laptop and I’ll do a month

WillardHerman,
@WillardHerman@lemmy.world avatar

Make it also no oxygen, and you got yourself a deal.

Crackhappy,
@Crackhappy@lemmy.world avatar

Suicide by words

RememberTheApollo_,

Nope. I’d freak out before the first shovelful of dirt hit the coffin lid.

I’m not generally claustrophobic, but that level of confinement would be unbearable.

DharmaCurious,
@DharmaCurious@startrek.website avatar

Gimme a panic button to press in case of emergency, so that I won’t die if something happens, and yeah. I would. Prisoners do solitary confinement, and it’s awful, and inhumane, but clearly survivable. I have no problem talking to myself and keeping myself company. I routinely spent 8 hours totally alone 5 days a week as a kid, and yes, I realize this isn’t the same. But I believe I could keep my mind occupied, and sleep through most of it. This isn’t one of those insane ones, where they do it for a year. It’s 48 hours. Sign me up.

Mossheart,

A million bucks wouldn’t even cover the average home in my city. No deal.

over_clox,

Would I get to wear a diaper and get at least 2 bottles of water?

TheGiantKorean,
@TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world avatar

No and no.

meco03211,

It’s the damnedest thing. These pants I picked to be buried in came with a built in water bladder and refuse collection system. Weird huh?

MrBobDobalina,

They found your modifications to be against the rules, and now you’re buried pantsless

over_clox,

Meh, I’ll just deal with it and drink lots of water first. Fuckit, sign me up!

spittingimage,
@spittingimage@lemmy.world avatar

Pretty sure that would mess me up mentally for life. So probably not.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • random
  • uselessserver093
  • Food
  • [email protected]
  • aaaaaaacccccccce
  • test
  • CafeMeta
  • testmag
  • MUD
  • RhythmGameZone
  • RSS
  • dabs
  • oklahoma
  • Socialism
  • KbinCafe
  • TheResearchGuardian
  • Ask_kbincafe
  • SuperSentai
  • feritale
  • KamenRider
  • All magazines