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Scenario: You are offered $50,000 or the equivalent if...

Would you stay in solitary confinement for a month for 50k?

  • Yes

    Votes: 39 70.9%

  • No

    Votes: 16 29.1%
  • Total voters
    55
if I didn't have a girlfriend I'd definitely go for it, in my view being alone is better than being surrounded by... people. Especially if there's money in it.
 
No, never. When I don't talk to my best friend for two or three days, I feel like we need a full 24 hours to catch up with each other. Not talking to anyone for a month would be horrible. There are so many people I would miss. All the money in the world isn't enough to make me want to leave everyone, even for a month.

Though, if I had all the money in the world... I could start working on a system of life where there was no money and no one would have to pay for anything, and everyone would be happy and there could be people to ration food and clothes and everything that you'd use money for... people would take advantage of each other, so it would never work, but it's interesting to think about, no...?
 
Well if you had all the money in the world no one else would have any so we'd be forced to create some kind of weird sort-of-Communist society (that would fail instantly), yeah.
 
Well once I had it all, I'd get rid of it, and then there would be no money and yeah it would fail instantly, but wouldn't it be nice if somehow you didn't have to pay for anything in life...? =3
 
It wouldn't work because no one would produce these things for free.
And since the things wouldn't exist we wouldn't be able to buy them (or in this case receive them?)
 
True. Unless there was some motive for them to produce the things. Which would probably have to be money. So yeah, instant fail. xD
 
Um, yeah.

It's a weird challenge - can you entertain yourself with nothing but a toilet, food, a room, and yourself for a month?

Why, yes, I say. I say yes. I would at least try it out.
 
Sure! I'd just spend my time making up the entire rest of The Quest for the Legends and memorizing it word-for-word.
 
If I could bring my laptop and plug it in the whole time (with Internet or not), most definitely.

With unlimited paper and pencil, a slightly less certain "Yes."

With nothing to entertain me... sure. Plenty of time to think and such, and even if I can't record it, I'll probably have gotten some story ideas that'd stick with me by the time I got back to my computer.

...though without a sink, soap, or access to a shower it'll be kinda gross.
 
I would, though I'd likely leave if the first few signs of insanity set in. :v
 
Depends on whether or not I'd be able to bring anything in. Doesn't have to be a computer or anything that would connect me to the outside world, just stuff to write with, maybe some good books to read, that sort of thing. The being alone thing wouldn't bother me at all, but not being able to do anything with what I'm thinking about would be tough.

Admittedly, I don't know if I'd make it even then. I'm a very restless person, and to really be able to think I need to be able to move around. I mean, I'd be able to *move,* yeah, but there's no option to change scenery at all, and there's definitely no room to really run around or anything. I'd also miss the outdoors a lot; lack of window makes me sad. If there was room to pace a decent amount, that'd be okay, I guess, but I still might not be able to make it. However, I'd definitely give it a shot under those circumstances--I can totally quit if it turns out to suck.

I wouldn't even try it if I couldn't take anything in. I don't think that I'd "go insane," but I know that it would be very mentally unhealthy for me; at the least, I wouldn't be able to sleep properly. That much cogitation isn't good for me if it can't *go* anywhere. So I wouldn't even try it--if I did make it the whole month, it would be at the cost of a lot of mental trauma I don't need, and if I'm just going to quit, why even waste the time?
 
If I'm not able to bring anything else in, hell no. The money sounds cool and all, but boredom is not something I cope with well.
 
This post might have actually had some content, but Negrek made my life easier by saying everything I wanted to say.

Well... if I could bring The Darkest Hour, or Trials and Tribulations, then...

*shot*
 
If I could bring some things in with me, then sure

Otherwise... Yeah, I guess I would try it. I wouldn't get lonely, either! ^^ Having an imagination is great!
 
Well, it depends on the food... And how hard the ground is, and the temperature. I don't want to freeze to death at night while sleeping on rock-hard ground though. And I agree with Kusari; a month without a shower would be really gross. And I would need to brush my teeth and stuff.

But, if it comes with a shower and cleaning supplies, bed/soft ground to sleep on, and good food, then sure. I'll probably get cabin fever though.
 
Yeah, I'd proabably do that. 1 month long daydream ftw! :D

And It's not like I ever leave the house anyways (yay homeschool)
 
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