Yep.
40 points: high speed internet
10 points: fast food
10 points: cat
10 points: shower/bath/sink
10 points: medical kit
20 points: soaps, shampoo, toothpaste
This is pretty much my life already. Apart from the cat.
Sorry if you answered this but what’s the deal with food? Is there a bare minimum foodstuff that will keep us alive for 10 years provided to us if we don’t choose to spend our points on food?
20 points for hygiene products is ridiculous. At least with a sink, shower, and tub, I can soak myself and my clothes in hot water to get them clean and scrub them. It’ll suck having no soap, shampoo, and no toothpaste for 10 years, but the 20 points for hygiene is just asking too much. I’ll rinse my mouth with hot water thoroughly and use my fingernails to scrape as much plaque off as possible, I guess.
No, you have to spend some amount of points on food or you will just starve.
The question becomes if you will spend the bare minimum on food (10 points) and be stuck with nothing but fast food…or are willing to spend a little more for better quality food.
As for the hygiene points, people love showers and keeping clean, what can I say? However it’s not a necessity like food and water are, so if you want that extra perk, you have to pay a little more for it.
We really have to spend fifty points on something you haven’t thought of?
sigh. OK.
50 points. A balcony. With a BIG view, and openable windows so I can smell the breeze.
10 points - cat
10 points - junk food
10 points - books
10 points - shower
5 points - writing and drawing materials.
Extra spare 5 points … can I had something like an unlimited supply of carrots and apples to my junk food? Since I had to spend so much on my fresh air and all…
I too have a left over 5 points I want to spend. I don’t need cards or a mirror. What other things might I get for 5 points?
But see, that’s a big thing that is easily worth (IMO) 50 points. I guess I figure that if I hadn’t thought of it, it must be a pretty wanted/big thing.
If you wanted, say, some toothpicks, though…I suppose I could allow it for 5 points. : p
Kind of sucks that you HAVE to spend 10 points on fast food just to live through the hypothetical situation.
I guess I’ll take the toothpicks for my remaining 5 points if that’s seriously all that’s left. More useful than the mirror or deck of cards since I don’t have any hygiene for my teeth and the toothpicks will help a little in that department.
sigh
With writing instruments as my only source of entertainment for 10 years, I think I’m going to be doing a LOT of writing and drawing!!!
20 | 20 - Hygeine
10 | 30 - First Aid
10 | 40 - Sink/Shower
20 | 60 - Healthy Food
40 | 100 - Computer
I’m not sure how any of that stuff is optional, really. Ok, not the computer exactly but something to keep your mind from slipping a gear. I’m going to miss the drawing paper and the dog a lot, but it’s not really fair to the dog, any way.
What if I don’t **love **the people I care about?
I already live in a room that is smaller than the one in the OP.
For 10 points…you will have a shower/bath/sink.
For 20 points…you will have access to any hygiene product you want (soaps, shampoo, toothpaste).
For 10 points…you will have a medical kit that has access to any over the counter medicines you want and any medical things you may need (gauze, band aids, etc)
For 10 points…you will live, every day, on nothing but things (your choice) bought from fast food places. These will come pre-made (of course). Drinks will include (your choice), water, soda, or sports drinks.
Why couldn’t I have anything from a fast food drink menu?I want my coffee and my egg nog & shamrock shakes.
For 40 points…you will have access to a computer that has high speed internet (that never breaks and is always on) and any website you want to go to via it.
For 10 points…you may have a cat.
I found this surprisingly hard - I need more points! On the plus side, I think (though my maths isn’t great) that 6m by 6m is bigger than some of the flats I’ve lived in. So it’s not all bad!
I think I’d go for:
For 40 points…you will have access to a computer that has high speed internet (that never breaks and is always on) and any website you want to go to via it.
For 30 points…you will have ANY FOOD (in the world, your choice) at your disposal to make yourself (along with any tools you need to make things, I.E. Blender, Food Processor, Mixing Cups, etc). [ETA: I’m assuming this includes coffee, right?]
For 10 points…you will have a shower/bath/sink.
For 20 points…you will have access to any hygiene product you want (soaps, shampoo, toothpaste).
This apparently leaves me no points for alcohol and cigarettes. Can I borrow ten points off someone for some cigarettes? I’ll share my toothpaste and sink in exchange…
Is it an standard toilet, with an accessible tank? If so, that’s enough of a sink for me, I guess. I can wash myself with that water, as well. It won’t be great, but I’ve only got 40 points to work with here because the 5 years thing is happening.
So:
60: 5 years
10: fast food (ick)
10: books
10: workout room
10: TV, I guess. I think I’ll need some sort of voices, and the visual stimulation seems better than the radio option.
i’ll go with these two:
For 60 points…you will not age at all during the entire 10 years. Your age will remain frozen at whatever age you go in at.
For 40 points…you will be able to have a master cook (same gender as yourself) prepare ANY FOOD (in the world, your choice) stay with you the entire 10 years.
the time saved cannot be discounted. it’s crazy to give up the entertainment perks, but the cook really is many perks rolled into one. first and foremost, he is a social perk, being another person. second, since he could prepare any food, i would have him make edible versions of all the entertainment: books, games etc. third, his kitchen equipment will have shiny surfaces, with which i could groom myself with the kitchen knives etc; and the reason for the shiny surfaces is because of the cleaning equipment that comes with the kitchen, which, incidentally, comes with its own sink. this is necessary, as otherwise the promised food would just be inedible.
hmm, what else? being able to make ANY FOOD would also mean i have access to stuff like the plants the contestants on Survivors use to clean their teeth; alcohol which is the ingredient in whatever dish; edible pencils to write with, and maybe baking paper for writing? 10 years is a long time to think of the many things you can do with all the food ingredients in the world, and thanks to the first perk, i’ll get that 10 years back.
eta: i would also have whatever they cook with the world’s largest wok, or maybe a cauldron, with which i would take lengthy hot baths after my meals.
I would love to have a dog but I wouldn’t put a dog in isolation like that, so…
5 pts deck of cards
5 pts paper and writing utensils
10 pts shower and bath
20 pts hygiene materials
10 pts any book
20 pts any CD
30 pts, any food, with the tools needed to prepare it.
That’s why I chose the kitchen. With the right stuff, all allowed under the OP, I can make soap, toothpaste and the like. Various brushes necessary for cooking double as hygiene equipment, as do scissors, razors and the like.
Gaming the system a bit, since I included a pool and spa complex in my fitness room, I’l swap the bathroom sink/shower/tub for a dog, and necessary equipment for operation and care thereof.
10 points TV
10 points every video game console (exercise add-ons included like Wii Fit or DDR dance pads)
20 points healthy food (the inclusion of coffee is a must)
5 points writing paper
10 points shower/bath/sink
20 points hygiene (washing hands after defecating is a must)
Total 75 points
Since I have an extra 25 points, what would it cost to have internet with the video game consoles? I’m thinking 20 sounds fair since I’m already paying 20 for TV and video games. Surfing and communicating on the web would suck (terrible browsers on the machines), but I could still have multi-player games and video services like Youtube. Also some consoles are rumored (the upcoming Xbox One) to need to connect online every day. It’s no fun having a system and games that wouldn’t be able to work.
Am I correct in assuming that since we can’t access money, we wouldn’t be able to pay for monthly services like Netflix or Xbox Live Gold? The answer to this would change how I finalize my points.
For the same amount of points as all these put together, you could have a computer that would allow you to do all of those things, plus a million more things.
You people with no link to the outside world are insane. You’d have no idea what the current events were, if the zombie apocalypse had come, if your loved ones were still alive, etc, plus you’d probably lose your mind. You wouldn’t even be able to keep track of the date if you didn’t have a clock or a window, so you wouldn’t even know how much time you had left! Personally, I am almost completely certain I would turn psychotic under those circumstances.
reading the other responses, it seems that i am inadvertently Evil™ for involving another person in the hypothetical. i would apologise and blame it on Idle Thoughts for making food a compulsory perk.
as for not having a clock, not having been imprisoned before, i assume that having one would make it worse. akin to how time slows down when you are watching the clock. if you can get into the correct mindset and lose yourself in the activities, the passage of time might be felt less.
40 points: High speed internet computer
20 points: Healthy foods/meals
10 points: Cat.
10 points: Shower/bath/sink. You’d think these would come with soap, etc.
20 points: Hygiene products
The problem is, I’m already 67 years old, so when my 10 years are up, I’ll be pushing 80. So you’re removing the best years of the rest of my life. And in addition to that:
What about the prescription meds I have to take, to keep me alive? And what about my cat? He’s 12 now. Will he still be alive in 10 years? And what about feeding him, plus a litter box and toys? And if I opt for a sink and shower, I have to spend another fucking 20 points for soap and shampoo? That’s crazy.
And then there’s my partner. As much as I love him, there’s no way to have 50 points to have him with me. And it’s not so much the 50 points, it’s the fact that he’ll be imprisoned against his will, and I can’t do that to him. And his 50 points will eliminate half of everything else. I can’t imagine the two of us spending 10 years together with nothing more than fast food and a TV and a shower with not soap or shampoo.
Oh, and shouldn’t we GET 10 points for living on fast food for 10 years?