Ask Lemmy

Fake being sick. Like vomiting, diarrhea, extreme fatigue sick. That can explain away lots of unusual behavior, plus an excuse to bow out of any commitments for a day or two.

Then research the hell out of this person online, and study their calendar/diary/whatever.

Hopefully they are wealthy along with high profile, so I can easily retire from the public eye if needed. Recent elections made me reconsider my values and how I want to spend more time with family, yada yada, who cares what the reason is so long as it sounds aspirational enough.

Nice try, quantum leaper.

You don't. You crack your head and claim to have lost all memory. Let your friends and family do the work for you.

Work smarter, not harder. ;)

First --> Check if I have boobs.

If yes --> Play with them for a bit.

If no --> Proceed to find out who I am.

You are now inside the body of a high profile person

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1. Quickly try to guess whether alcohol is okay in this person's culture and whether they would have reasonably gotten drunk.

2. Pretend to be hung over for as long as possible to stall for time.

3. ???

4. Find out their banking details (or call in their banker) and transfer all their money to a good cause.

1. Try to find out my name, and then read the wikipedia article and recent news
2. Fake a stroke or a seizure and be taken to the hospital
3. Pretend I have brain damage and remember only foggy details

Am I in someone sane, rational, and smart, like a scientist or humanitarian, or did I wind up as some clueless jackass celebrity? There are wildly different requirements for these.

The latter would probably be easier - but the former would be more resplendent.

Tell everyone that I’ve just watched a Jordan Peterson video and I’m going down the rabbit hole and ask them if they know where I can get my hands on some ketamine. My irrational behaviour and urgent need for fast access to my funds would then seem pretty par for the course.

Fake a stroke. Then memory loss.

Why would someone kill me just because I act different? People do that am the time without getting murdered. But relationships end etc. etc., nothing compared to murder.

Malcovich, Malkovich, Makkovich!

Abandon your family, grab a fanny pack and begin to search for Wonder Woman, obviously.

read "the tightrope men" by desmond bagley. it's a novel set in finland that uses exactly this premise.

I'd tell them the truth, because it's unbelievable on its own. Maybe I'll add some obvious lies to make the truth sound even more ridiculous.