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.

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.

fodderoh,

Assuming I could be confident the coffin would hold up against the weight of the dirt, I would do it. I remember the Mythbusters tested a myth related to being buried alive. To test it, they buried Jamie in a coffin and ended up having to pull the plug because the dirt was crushing the coffin.

TheGiantKorean,
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I didn’t see that one! I’ll have to check it out. Assume that the coffin used is sturdy enough to hold up to the dirt.

So wait… Does that mean coffins all just cave in after burial?

deus,

Pretty much. 6ft of dirt is no joke, stuff’s heavy.

TheGiantKorean,
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Oh yeah. I’ve shoveled and hauled dirt. Shit is heavy. I just assumed coffins were sturdier.

fodderoh,

I think it was in the first season before the show got popular.

I doubt all coffins get crushed, but the one they bought was definitely having problems. As I recall they bought a steel coffin because they thought it would be stronger than wood.

SgtAStrawberry,

And that it would keep out the ants.

peereboominc,

If I can stop whenever (without payment), sign me up. It will be boring tho… Very boring. Probably will need to keep my mind occupied because that situation can make you go crazy.

TheGiantKorean,
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No stopping. Once you commit, they bury you, leave, and come back 48hr later to dig you up.

StewartGilligan,

Are you Mr Beast’s content brainstomer or something?

ShittyBeatlesFCPres,

I’d sleep so good. I think this is going to be answered one way by youths and another way by old people who would pay for 48h of peace and quiet.

legoshark,

Given people have died during these buried alive challenges, that will be a resounding no from me. There’s also a small chance that something happens to the people that bury you and you die slowly in the dark, never knowing what transpired and why you’re still there. Not worth the risk.

TheGiantKorean,
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There’s also a small chance that something happens to the people that bury you and you die slowly in the dark, never knowing what transpired and why you’re still there. Not worth the risk.

That’s a horrifying thought. I recall an episode of some show where someone tried to escape prison by being put in a coffin with someone who died so that she could be dug up outside, but when she woke up and checked to see who she was buried with it was the guy who was supposed to dig her up.

eerongal,
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That’s an old Alfred Hitchcock episode iirc

TheGiantKorean,
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Yes! It was! Thank you.

www.dailymotion.com/video/xvk2ap

Resol,
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I’d rather die to give a million dollars to my family than do this.

Yeah, that got way too dark way too quickly.

Tangent5280,

I’m sure they’d rather have you than a million dollars

Resol,
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I’ve probably spent enough time with my family anyway.

Furbag,

Man, just trying to imagine it, I wouldn’t be able to do it. It’s one thing to be confined to a small space, but a small space where you can’t roll around? I’d need at least enough room to roll over or stretch out my limbs. Also, I’d have no concept of the passage of time, so it’s very likely that I would go insane in there within the span of 48 hours. Sure, you could try and sleep a bit, but after 8-10 hours of that you’d be wide awake and have no idea how much time went by, with 40+ more to go.

I’m sure some people have probably done this for a lot less, though. I’m thinking of stowaways on cargo ships or airplanes who sealed themselves in a crate or something to get somewhere else, but I think in that case they at least had a little more space and hopefully a way to pass the time while voyaging.

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.

newtraditionalists,

Nah. I wouldn't be able to enjoy the money dealing with the ptsd this would likely cause.

JokeDeity,

Risk too high for reward. Maybe with water? Definitely would need an emergency end to the whole thing.

Moghul,

Anyone who thinks this is a good deal doesn’t know what they’re talking about. Experiments involving similar conditions have been done before, and it’s never really a pleasant experience. Solitary confinement is fucking tough.

Take this for example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqKdEhx-dD43 days in a small room alone with no real entertainment. Even that had significant effect on Michael’s wellbeing.

Keep in mind usually you can still move around and exercise in solitary confinement to keep you relatively sane. In a coffin? Have a look at sensory deprivation tanks. That’s the closest thing to this hypothetical situation, and the people who sell the experience recommend you don’t spend more than an hour in there.

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    Moghul,

    That million dollars would solve a lot of problems for a lot of people but you would suffer from the effects probably for the rest of your life. Therapy isn’t a magic bullet to kill any ailment of the mind. I’m sure it would be an option worth considering, but it’s up there with selling a kidney, in my mind.

    Mossheart,

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

    Greg,
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    Is it a comfortable coffin? And can I wear fake fangs and pretend I’m doing vampire cosplay?

    TheGiantKorean,
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    No, just wood. But yes, sure!

    CADmonkey,

    A quick run to DDG for casket dimensions, along with some poking at my calculator tells me that if you were buried, you and your casket or coffin would have approximately 5,100 kg of soil on top of it. Caskets have thin steel in them, coffins are typically wood. I feel like any dead body containment device one could buy wouldn’t be able to hold that weight.

    Let me design the coffin and I’d consider it.

    Tangent5280,

    bruh you know you’d design a full on panic room with airconditioning, a flatscreen and a PS5

    CADmonkey,

    Obviously I would.

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