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.

markstos,

Are you forced to eat only asparagus as your last meal before going in?

Wabbitsmiles,

Would you have a countdown clock or a watch to indicate how much time left? I think that will mentally help me a ton.

TheGiantKorean,
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No. No electronics or other devices.

Wabbitsmiles,

Yeah I think this is the deal breaker for me. At least with a clock there’s something that I can focus on other than my own thoughts.

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.

JoMiran,
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48 hours without water is a no go.

starman2112,

You can go 3 days, especially with no physical exertion

hansl,

Maybe you can. But the thing about statistics like that it’s that they avoid saying “the average person”, and problems with averages is that half of the people are under it.

If it’s not just made up data in the first place.

starman2112,

The thing is, the average person can survive about 4 days without water under normal circumstances. It would be even longer with no physical exertion, assuming it isn’t too hot and the humidity is right. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that the vast majority of healthy adults could survive not drinking for 48 hours if they’re spending that entire 48 hours lying down. The things to worry about here are mental health and infection from waste, not dehydration.

The rule of thumb is “three days without water” because that’s how long most people can go. It’s not the ld50. It wouldn’t be a very popular rule of thumb if it got half of the people who followed it killed.

JoMiran,
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I’ve lived through severe dehydration. It’s nothing to fuck with.

Grimy,

Id fuck with it for a million dollars

starman2112,

I mean you lived through it. I can’t afford to get this weird patch of skin on my arm or the bump above my knee checked out, so I might legitimately not live through severe not having money

JoMiran,
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Risk analysis is different. I was dehydrated thanks to less than 24 hours without hydration and my body was fucked. I’m pretty sure forty eight would kill me. You are pretty sure that shit on your body ain’t right and that you can’t afford to get it checked out, much less treated. You’re risking your life if you do or if you don’t, so might as well go for the money. That said, if it’s serious, a million bucks might not be enough in this glorious healthcare system we’ve got.

JuzoInui,

The rule of three (human male, optimum health)

3 min sans air before brain damage/death 3 hrs in hostile environments before body succumbing 3 days without water before severe damage/death 3 weeks without food before death

retrieval4558,

You may not die immediately but your chances of kidney damage are pretty high in this situation.

Zealous,
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No way. Imagine being stuck in complete darkness unable to move your body for that amount of time. I’d lose my mind and probably have a panic attack thinking to myself what if they don’t dig me up?. The money isn’t worth the mental trauma that would cause me.

damnthefilibuster,

Fuck no. Just reading this post gave me the chills. No way I’d do it for real by choice.

Valmond,

Oh you heard about the inlet of spiders at 24h?

Weirdfish,

And now I’m out

StickyLavander,

People who are saying no to this cuddos to you having it good. 48 hours of misery discomfort and I’ll be able to get ahead by a lot and make my life a bit better

Drusas,

I wouldn't be buried alive for an hour for a million dollars.

Kolanaki,
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Without food, water or even a diaper? Ew… no.

awwwyissss,

I’d drink water until I was ready to explode, jump in that thing with an evil laugh and a wink, then emerge two days later as the world’s most pee-drenched millionaire.

Riccosuave, (edited )
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Somehow I still doubt you’re the most piss drenched rich guy 😂

Valmond,

Tss, American politics Always get Everywhere!!

:-D

Cheems,
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Peepee tape exists

over_clox,

Speaking for a friend?..

chatokun,

Probably would die of Water intoxication.

bob_wiley,
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    Mirodir,

    As we are assumed to get enough oxygen no matter what, I think blood thinners to stop us from dying of a stroke would be fair game too.

    ohlaph,

    Yeah, i would sneak some sleeping pills and have the best sleep ever.

    TheGiantKorean,
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    Sleeping pills not allowed. They search you.

    sudo_shinespark,

    How much of that million do I lose to tax afterward?

    TheGiantKorean,
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    It’s a briefcase full of cash.

    Kerfuffle,

    It’s a briefcase full of cash.

    I’m pretty sure you could just say “It’s tax free” or even double the amount to $2 million and it wouldn’t really change which people would do it and which wouldn’t.

    I’d do it, as long as I was really convinced that the only danger was mental, not physical.

    user224,
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    After all the taxes and other fees, you have to pay $117.56 /j

    sudo_shinespark,

    It’s not cheap to keep a coffin air tube running for two straight days

    starman2112,

    Apparently you’d owe around $350,000 in taxes if the IRS found out, but I don’t know if there’s anything you can do to reduce that. Even after that, I’d do it for $650,000. That’s still over 40 years of my current minimum wage job

    notexecutive,

    I could do it.

    itsgroundhogdayagain,

    just wait for the medication withdrawal to kick in!

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