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A quick run to DDG for casket dimensions, along with some poking at my calculator tells me that if you were buried, you and your casket or coffin would have approximately 5,100 kg of soil on top of it. Caskets have thin steel in them, coffins are typically wood. I feel like any dead body containment device one could buy wouldn't be able to hold that weight.
Let me design the coffin and I'd consider it.
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.
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.
Ugh 😔
How much of that million do I lose to tax afterward?
It's a briefcase full of cash.
A million bucks wouldn't even cover the average home in my city. No deal.
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.
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.
No. There's not a thing that exists in the known or unknown universe that could convince me to go through with that.
Inb4 this is a MrBeast staff looking for ideas...
not for a billion.
Fuck no. Just reading this post gave me the chills. No way I’d do it for real by choice.
Having been in a MRI machine several times, absolutely fucking not. Maybe for 8hrs.
Would you have a countdown clock or a watch to indicate how much time left? I think that will mentally help me a ton.
Sounds great. I can do several days without food
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.
Never mind the issues with dehydration, I could not be alone with my thoughts for that long.
nope
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.
People who are saying no to this cuddos to you having it good. 48 hours of misery discomfort and I’ll be able to get ahead by a lot and make my life a bit better
If it was generally safe, maybe yes. E.g. could they get me out of there quick enough if I had some medical emergency?
No. Money is not that important, by far. I'd play you for 10k, holdem or Omaha, anytime, though. Send me location.
If it was done at that moment, no. BUT if I KNEW that in advance, I’d could prep myself for that ( and even if I had doubts there’s a MILLION reasons to go thru with it) and some old school perseverance will win the day
Bury me with my phone or a laptop and I'll do a month
gg easy
Yeah. I could kill a weekend and earn money.
No way.
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.
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.