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.

  • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Could I hire a guy and pay him 48 hours of minimum wage to lay in the coffin for me and then collect the million dollars at the end? I think I just invented capitalism.

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    1 year ago

    48 hours without water? Absolutely not. There is a high probability of exiting a cripple or dead, at least for me. Not to mention my medicine.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve spent that much time without water without knowing it lol. It’s not a long period of time without water.

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        1 year ago

        You probably ate or drank other stuff with water. The other person didn’t mean “water” specifically, just some means of hydration.

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    1 year ago

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