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Would you be buried alive for 48hr for a million dollars? (lemmy.world)

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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.

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[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

I currently don't have a problem with small spaces but I think this would give it to me. I was okay up until the part where I can't roll around. I was imagining it and that would be so uncomfortable to stay in the same position for 48 hours. I think I'll pass. I don't need a million that badly and I don't want PTSD.

[-] sgx@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

This is what I alway told myself. "I have no problem with small spaces"

Until I went a day of cave exploring in the Ardennes. You are sent through a cave, without any light. At some points there are small beams of sun poking through holes, or at some there is a small ledlight indicating a step down/up Halfway you're going to reach an intersection, left for 'normal' right for adventure, we picked adventure ... This entailed a narrow pasthrough, barely wide enough for me, and a few climbs up and down. Your track is monitored, and you have max. 20 minutes before they come and get you, but still at some point I felt real anxiety of being stuck.

Since I KNOW I'm getting older, and admitting fear is nothing to be ashamed for ;)

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 6 points 9 months ago

Yeah, at first I was like sure I can just sit still/sleep for 2 days but then I remembered how I start to panic a little bit when I have trouble taking a shirt off sometimes and that only takes a second to fix.

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