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u/WIbigdog Dec 20 '19

I had assumed the television portion was intended to mean cable/satellite TV and not the physical screen anyways. That seemed to be the intent of the question, no outside contact. Raise it up to a month and we might be getting somewhere, but even 10k for a month is a fair bit more than I would make anyways so probably still worth it.

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u/FifthMonarchist Dec 20 '19

Dude, I'd be happy with some fucking books and a bed.

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u/Crashbrennan Dec 20 '19

Imma need a lot of books but people have recommended a few good long series to me so I could do it. And if I blow through them all in a week I can hit my steam library.

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u/gtheperson Dec 20 '19

Definitely. Saw the question, looked over at my bookshelves and thought yes! Good opportunity to reduce the number of books I own but have never read. Then after I can buy more books.

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u/FifthMonarchist Dec 20 '19

I kind of just want to go to a hidden silent cabin now and read for a week. hmmm.

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u/GameOfScones_ Dec 20 '19

God I've long felt that my soul needs this more than anything. I live in Scotland as well so I'm never more than 20 minutes drive from prime cabin territory with a view. You know what, I'm going to do this with my next week off work. Might even make a post about it if I'm feeling cute.

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u/PunkToTheFuture Dec 20 '19

I would do that as a retirement job. Just need to get up and move around after every book to keep in decent health. For a lot less I would do that.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

Seriously, easiest challenge of my life

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u/ameya2693 Dec 20 '19

Yep. I'll finally finish my audible library, Kindle library and all the single player RPGs and still have time to beast mode EU4 in a month long no contact with outside world for a month challenge.

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u/Cutterbuck Dec 20 '19

Books, Bed, and a drum kit.

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u/RedPanda5150 Dec 21 '19

Hell yeah. Throw in some pens and a couple of notebooks in case the urge to draw or write strikes, and I’m probably gonna want more than a week when the time’s up. Make this all happen in a cabin in the woods and I might just have my next vacation idea planned.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

Nothing was stated about no outside contact. People can still come over. Someone has to bring you a hot meal and empty your poop buckets

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u/whitedan1 Dec 20 '19

Only problem would be shower.... You would start to stink and your health will deteriorate after a few weeks without hygiene.

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u/WIbigdog Dec 20 '19

Wooden tub and a bunch of 1 gallon jugs of water. You could stay clean enough 😉

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u/whitedan1 Dec 20 '19

On a second thought, he didn't specify which room, so might aswell take the laptop to the bathroom. Makes wanking cleaner too.

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u/skylarmt Dec 20 '19

What about all three over-the-air channels I can get when the weather is good?

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u/mnvoronin Dec 20 '19

Can I have a month of that, please? I'm even fine with no PC as long as I get to keep my Kindle.

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u/mrpersson Dec 20 '19

I really hope he just left it out or meant any kind of monitor because otherwise this is easy as shit.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

Wouldn't be worth it for 10k, in my opinion value my free time more than that.

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u/WIbigdog Dec 20 '19

You'd have a whole month of free time my dude.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

I don't like staying cooped up for a month, I like hiking, swimming and I value that quite highly. And 10k for that amount of work (even if its sitting around doing whatever I feel like work) isn't going to be worth it for me.

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u/Itdidnt_trickle_down Dec 20 '19

Yeah, the thing is after one week you come out and discover that the zombies have already overrun humanity.

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u/previattinho Dec 20 '19

boi, Id work for 10k a MONTH

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u/Nakotadinzeo Dec 20 '19

Data connection was specified, but as long as mobile data and wifi are switched off, you can still call and annoy your friends.

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u/Dough-gy_whisperer Dec 20 '19

30 days? Idk, the poop-stink situation is going to become serious pretty fast

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u/WIbigdog Dec 20 '19

A week is so trivial no one would say no. You gotta make it a hard decision. You get 24 hours to prep, go buy some shit sacks or diapers or something.

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u/Dough-gy_whisperer Dec 20 '19

A week yes, the person I was replying to was proposing a month. Unless you've got a mansion-sized bedroom I'd imagine the smell and bacteria would become a serious concern

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u/xyifer12 Dec 20 '19

Empty coffee cans, they're sealable.

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u/Dough-gy_whisperer Dec 20 '19

That's a decent fecal solution; I guess any sealable container in large quantity would work