Humans are curious creatures and sometimes have more questions than answers. Over the centuries, however, we've accumulated quite a bit of knowledge. So if someone needs a quick fix of information, they can always open the Bible or an encyclopedia. Or Reddit. More and more people are turning to /r/AskReddit in search of the truth, and while the responses they get don't always seem scientifically sound, they're as hilarious as the funny questions themselves.
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Cracked me up so hard i got in trouble in class for laughing to loud and was getting a number of looks. This is so funny but so smart at the same time!
I see a lot people laughing about, that this is their life, it's a vacation, etc. Look at what is given: a bed, a toilet, food, and water. THAT"S IT. No books. No computer. No CONTACT with humanity WHATSOEVER. I know ALOT of people don't like interacting with a live human. I get it. But even when we're "alone" we're still "doing things" that more often or not required (at some point) another human. Even an artist who creates most probably also 'consumes' other art. I think the challenge is do-able, but I think it would a LOT harder than it sounds.
It’s just one month. Seriously. Most people here are acting as if you are exiled for life. For $5 million? Easy. You can think about all sort of things. Think of the books you read. Count the bricks in the wall. Give yourself mental challenges. When you get bored you think: huh, I’ll be set for life after this.
Load More Replies...No matter how "Introverted" you are, no human contact for a month would drive you insane. Your mind would literally not be able to handle it and you would go crazy. Why do you think that prisons have isolation chambers?
Not true. People are in solitary confinement for months and years on end and do ok. The longest was 43 years. Prisoners of war often endured far worse in far worse conditions and survived ok. I keep thinking that those that say they can’t do it are seriously deficient in imagination. There are lots of things you can do to keep you occupied: carve into the walls. Take the bed apart. Tear the sheets apart and knit them back. Draw with your food. Figure out how the toilet flush mechanism works. It’s. Not. That. Hard.
Load More Replies...I am an introvert and frequently spend long periods of time alone, but I don't know how possible this really is. Vsauce as well as many others have done experiments like this and it was so boring and there was no brain stimulation and they nearly went crazy. Vsauce described himself as an extrovert so he may not have lasted as long as some others, but he was only in there a few days and he got completely disoriented and didn't know what time it was. A month is a long time.
Yeah, because no human interaction is one thing, but nothing to do is something else entirely. I can stay on my own for a week fine if I have some books to read and some cleaning to do. But try just laying in bed for more than a few hours straight in the silence and you'll see how hard it is.
Load More Replies...I'd just sleep most of the time, or talk to myself, I already do it most of the time
Nowhere in the rules does it say I cant have a mental breakdown. 5mil can pay for my therapy if I go insane ;)
Jesus, of course. No problem at all. I’d just talk to myself, like usual 😅
I'm pretty much self-sufficient. I'd sleep through most of it and the rest of the time would be spent with daydreaming. I've been thinking about this a lot, reading about the experience of people in solitary confinement. Iknow i's a method of torture, but I still don't get how it is this disturbing for people.
There is a short story regarding this experiment, I read it in class this year, I don't remember the name but I highly recommend it, but instead of a month, he's in there for I think... 5 years? I don't exactly remember, but it was an interesting story.
Oh I remember what it was called, it's "The Bet", by Anton Chekhov.
Load More Replies...Psh... a whole month? Please. If I do it for a year, do I get $60,000,000?
I could do it. Being an extrovert, it would be EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, but possible. I may go insane, but then I could sing in peace
I went through TWO YEARS of this during the pandemic. Where's my money?!?!?!?
Yep, sounds like my everyday life. I think I would need a notebook to write down all my witty comebacks to things I see/hear.
My bank details are . . . . . . Now, i have a truck full of books . . .yes, truck, not trunk . . . . just open the door and stand back . . . .
Heavenly! I just talk to myself because I am very good company.
I wouldn't do it unless I could bring books or I could bring my Kindle loaded up with books. And maybe some color pencils and a drawing pad.
Sounds like you're in jail doing a month in solitary confinement. Easy.
it's not the no people that would get you, it's the no anything else. No books, magazines, video games, etc.
I 'ld say: yes, 2 months for 15 000 000 is fine, thank you. My strategy? Act as usual.
I’ve been doing this for more than a month because of corona now, so can I have my money please? I can do it for as long as I need to
I literally couldn't do it... Maybe the no human contact would be doable. It no books, tv or internet? Impossible!!!
I could live without contracting people for a bit. But I couldn't live without a pet.
No books allowed!! You only have those things that are listed.
Load More Replies...Vsauce did that experiment for a week, go watch it on youtube, he nearly lost his mind. What none of you realize is that on that short list there is nothing to entertain you, no internet, no books, no games, no crafting materials, not even a pile of sand to build a small sand castle or to at least count the grains. In short nobody could do that challenge and live.
Do I get 10 million for 2 months ? PS : I do need air and preferably a window. Pencil, paper and a few books, or tablet.
I already try to do it on the daily basis, with that amount of money I would have no mental breakdown.
Wait basically you're asking me to go to solitary confinement in prison? Ok
If it's allowed to bring something like books or knitting or whatever along :P Or are you just supposed to sit there 24/7 doing nothing but stare at the wall?
Or just sleep most of the time :P eat, exercise and sleep
Load More Replies...If I got paid to sleep for a month I would be totally down....maybe would need like some paint by numbers (the really difficult ones) or that gem painting thingy
I could do that easily. But I'd have to have my dog and access to the internet. I could easily live without people.
This would be great, I already struggle to get enough sleep, I would sleep and work out and I'd come out of that room refreshed and ripped!!
no games would be a challenge but then again I do get a little less sleep that I would want on everyday bais soo challenge accepted and I guess I would sleep for 16 hours, now I only have to figure out what to do with the other 8 hours. Times 30.
This "social experiment" is routinely conducated by totalitarian states on political prisoners. It does not typically end well for them, even without any physical torture.
I agree, but it can be different if you do it voluntarily and you have lights, heating, proper food, proper bed, running water, etc. Not being threatened by insecurity, abuse and the possibility of being taken to somewhere anytime also makes a difference. Knowing your future and knowing your family is all right, also differs from what a political prisoner faced with. There is also a question regarding your right to interrupt the experiment if needed. My grandpa spent 1,5 years in a Soviet jail as a political prisoner and suffered a trauma he never even wanted to talk about.
Load More Replies...Nothing could be more true then this. Just do it if you are alone and want friends, true friends.
From a man to ladies: you might think the hints you give are very obvious, but they are not! And if you like a man, make the first step yourself. Don't get upset if a man doesn't get your "obvious" hints.
I once asked someone (A non-drinker), what would you possibly do, if you are way to much drunk, Response: I won't remember a thing I guess. Friends for life.
I feel like I'm in a foreign culture where everybody knows the customs, the language and how to interact but me, and I'm just here terrified I'm going to try to say something nice but end up calling someone's mother a whore.
Zimbabwean Dollars. 10 billion is surely going to require more than a briefcase in most other dollar currencies!
I do this with my daughter. I have successfully stopped 'dabbing' and 'flossing' in my house. I hope to progress to stopping her wearing inappropriate clothing when she is a teenager using the same techniques.
My favourite is (translated by me to English so sorry that it might sound like it): A man walks into the surgical ward in a hospital saying: "Hello, I think I'm a moth." A nurse replies: "I'm sorry, this is the surgical ward, psychiatry is on the third floor." "I know but you had the lights on."
Hahahaa.. omg.. that would definitely fck someone's head if you just started living with them.
My sister's cat suddenly seemed to get fatter overnight. We thought it was doing the above until one day we found it fighting with another cat - which looked exactly like it, but thinner. Things went 'click' and we realized we had been feeding an impostor who kept chasing my sister's actual cat off when he tried to come home. Smartest thing I've ever seen an animal do.
The one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eaters....does anyone remember those being everywhere??? Nope...see
my primary school decided to take away the rubbish bins because they thought it would mean we would take our rubbish home but it just made us litter more
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