Here's an easy way to kill time: try counting and see how close you can get to 30 billion
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2025
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A billion seconds is approximately 30 years, so probably not very close
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Totally will not land you in crazyland!
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I like that Lemmy's first thought is pro-rated payments, and yes, it really does show how much money 30 billion is when you can make millions in an hour. My first thought was, I think I could actually pull out off for the full year.
Most people need some kind of social interaction, including folks with conditions that make that hard. I'm probably not an exception to that but I have learned ways to pass full days of time just story developing and singing and such. Creating characters also helps ward the loneliness, although I think the hardest part is being unable to actually write anything down. I could easily do a year if I had enough paper and a way to draw or write.
The reports on the linked wiki page of the use of things like this as torture aside, is there any research / evidence on how things like this affect people who are treated this way voluntarily?
I’ve seen video of someone volunteering to be waterboarded to show that it’s not that bad if you know what’s happening (spoiler—it was still very bad). I’d assume other kinds of psychological torture would be just as hard to deal with, even with full knowledge and consent.
I’ve seen video of someone volunteering to be waterboarded to show that it’s not that bad if you know what’s happening (spoiler—it was still very bad)
Ah yes, renowned edgelord and one of the Four Horsemen of Atheism, Christopher Hitchens
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Tbh I'm surprised waterboarding isn't like a fetish thing by now.
it probably is, just a bit too real in most people's minds to be any sort of widespread.
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a lot of people seem to be assuming solitary confinement, but nothing in the prompt actually indicates you can't have visitors. furthermore, you might have a lightswitch. being able to turn the lights off to sleep and chat with visitors might significantly slow your descent into madness. (though anyone would probably still be pretty fucked up after a year).
Doesn’t the “you have nothing” cover that?
you can't own people.
"you have no books, moovies, phones, consoles. NOTHING."
What if, you know, it's like now and you just pay a subscription for those?
How about I do just a few hours for a pro-rated payout?
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And the lights never go out and there is no clock
I'd do it no matter how much it would mess me up, and all that money, except enough to buy a nice house in my city, would be going towards an endowment for a trans charity. Its mission would be multi-faceted, providing direct supports for trans people alongside fighting legal battles. Hopefully that would nullify the contributions of people like J.K. Rowling.
Yes I would definitely do it
30 billion and a chance to catch up on sleep? You son of a bitch I'm in.
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Would definitely do it*.
- If the assumed necessities are met (lights don't even need to go off & the water can be warm).
The option to spend a day and take the 82m if downscaling is an option is wrong; 4Billion for 50days is the deal. Like surely you had a worst 2months and didn't get to do the following afterwards: set aside 1B to meet your needs and the needs of most people you know without working for a day of the rest of your life, 1B for projects that cannot fail (cushioned by the mountain of money or pile of gold), and 2B for any cause you believe in (go nuts: make a mini utopia, a nationwide dystopia, preserve the status que, or risk it and go after terrible people who would have never felt justice otherwise).
Honestly I think it'd be fine. I could practise oral traditions such as storytelling and singing, dance...
I'd enjoy trying to recall my life story up to that point and eventually be able to remember everything I've done and seen in detail, and be able to tell it all conversationally in amusing ways. I've never been happy with my autobiographical memory, and I never really tell stories about myself. I bet I could be a more integrated person if I spent time on that.
ez i could even go double or nothing
Chekhov's short story The Bet has a similar setting, except that the person has access to books but not other people.
I think any sort of entertainment would significantly alter how bad this is, even if it's literally just one book.
No way. Fuck that
You would go insane. Full on.
I mean, it is essentially torture (solitary confinement for a year) but for a 30 bil sure.
My head is not the worst place to be in, I bet I could come out of it only slightly damaged.
But I don’t have 30 billion dollars.
And I also build little race cars out of my poop! It's Wing-Dangily wonderful madness!
probably could these days. I'm just tired all the damned time and can sleep for like 28 hours at a time