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Would you be buried alive for 48hr for a million dollars? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by TheGiantKorean to c/asklemmy

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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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[–] cbarrick 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guaranteed not to die?

It's certainly uncomfortable, but a million bucks for a weekend of laying in a box is a pretty good deal.

I'd be more worried about the dehydration and bodily functions than about being underground, assuming I am guaranteed to live.

[–] TheGiantKorean 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They bury you and come back 48hr later, so no guarantee.

[–] dingus 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

If there's no guarantee you won't die, I'm not too keen on it. The breathing tube scenario and no water situation is highly sus. And laying immobile for that long of a time frame puts you at a crazy high risk of blood clots and a resulting fatal stroke, heart attack, or pulmonary embolism. It's why people who are relatively immobilized in a hospital for any length of time are often given blood thinners. I'm pretty sure there have been cases of people dying playing video games too long without moving because of the resulting blood clots.

[–] Cryophilia 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Happened to the girlfriend of the author of one of my skyrim mods. He created a character in her memory and posts a disclaimer to everyone warning about the danger of blood clots.

[–] TheGiantKorean 1 points 1 year ago

So sad to hear. Good that he spread awareness.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah blood clots, rhabdomyolysis, kidney damage from dehydration, etc. You're guaranteed to sustain some amount of damage from this

[–] TheGiantKorean 4 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure there have been cases of people dying playing video games too long without moving because of the resulting blood clots.

Wow, that's awful. Not something I would have thought about happening.

I was in the hospital recently and had my legs attached to some automatic massagers (I forget the name) to help avoid blood clots. And I was only in bed for a day.