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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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[–] jeremy_sylvis@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like $1 million is more than enough to pay for any therapy necessary to patch up any possible resulting breaks in my psyche with plenty to spare.

I'm pretty sure many years worth of my salary for 48 hours of extreme stress is worth it given parenthood and career already yield moderate to high stress regularly; investing the $1 million well could push up retirement quite a bit.

Plus, let's be real - I get at least some legit rest in there.

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[–] Espresso@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

No, I would die of being panic long before being dig up.

[–] WillardHerman@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Make it also no oxygen, and you got yourself a deal.

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[–] Lightsong@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With how shitty my job is, I'd do this in heart beat. Just suffer for 48 hours and I'm well off for the rest of my life. I'll prob still need to work but I could buy a house and all. The just work same shitty job to just pay the bills. Or since I'll have some cushion, I could try and look for other jobs.

Sign me up.

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some magician tried this at a local children's theme park when I was a kid. If I remember correctly, he was supposed to escape or something. He miscalculated the weight of the soil and was crushed to death.

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[–] ViewSonik@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Having been in a MRI machine several times, absolutely fucking not. Maybe for 8hrs.

[–] Takina_sOldPairTM@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Inb4 this is a MrBeast staff looking for ideas...

[–] Zealous@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

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@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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[–] russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net 8 points 1 year ago

No. There's not a thing that exists in the known or unknown universe that could convince me to go through with that.

[–] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that's 27x my annual salary, sign me up

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[–] sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

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

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a briefcase full of cash.

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[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ive already slept for 33 hours straight... Without drugs or anything... I guess that sounds like a good sleep (as long as its one of the comfy coffins and not just a wooden box)

I'd do it.

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If there isn't enough room to roll around, it's going to be essentially impossible for a diabetic to administer what they need.

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[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

not for a billion.

[–] willis936@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (7 children)

What's the oxygen situation like?

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[–] sara@lemmy.today 7 points 1 year ago

Never mind the issues with dehydration, I could not be alone with my thoughts for that long.

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

Sounds great. I can do several days without food

[–] relative_iterator@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A lot of people concerned about water but if it’s not very hot and you’re not sweating too much 48 hours shouldn’t be a problem.

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[–] Wabbitsmiles@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. No electronics or other devices.

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[–] simple@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I would. It would be the worst 48 hours of my life especially since I'm claustrophobic but 48 hours are really not that long in the grand scheme of things. Better than working for 15+ years for the same amount.

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Gimme a panic button to press in case of emergency, so that I won't die if something happens, and yeah. I would. Prisoners do solitary confinement, and it's awful, and inhumane, but clearly survivable. I have no problem talking to myself and keeping myself company. I routinely spent 8 hours totally alone 5 days a week as a kid, and yes, I realize this isn't the same. But I believe I could keep my mind occupied, and sleep through most of it. This isn't one of those insane ones, where they do it for a year. It's 48 hours. Sign me up.

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Yes as long as I'm certain that I'll get the 1 million dollars after the end. But if allowed by the rules I'd prepare myself some time before being buried. Mostly to make sure that I'm hydrated and fed just enough to endure it, but not enough to shit/piss in the coffin.

[–] sagrotan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

No. Money is not that important, by far. I'd play you for 10k, holdem or Omaha, anytime, though. Send me location.

[–] TheMusicalFruit@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, but only if it wasn’t short notice. I would want to practice building up to 48 hours in a similar sized box above ground.

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