# I'm about to try a social experiment and I need you guys to tell me if I'm crazy or not. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 9, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-try-a-social-experiment-and-i-need-you-guys-to-tell-me-if-im-crazy-or-not/737096 "2015-11-09T12:50:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-try-a-social-experiment-and-i-need-you-guys-to-tell-me-if-im-crazy-or-not/737096/21 "2015-11-09T23:30:50Z")
I think it’s a bad idea but you should totally do it. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-try-a-social-experiment-and-i-need-you-guys-to-tell-me-if-im-crazy-or-not/737096/22 "2015-11-10T01:07:24Z")
You could call council on aging and see if they need someone to delivered Meals on Wheels or help an elderly person with their yard or moved junk out of it. I had clients that lawns needed cutting really bad and I tried to get someone to do it and had no luck . It made it looked like no was one living in the house and that meant someone could try to break in. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-try-a-social-experiment-and-i-need-you-guys-to-tell-me-if-im-crazy-or-not/737096/23 "2015-11-10T01:43:53Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > As some weird social experiment to answer the question “is the public at large dumber & stranger than I thought they were?” it’d be entertaining. I can tell you right now the answer you’ll get is “Yes!!!” it’s dangerous to assume which side of the bell curve you’re on. ---
**Author:** ![justpassingthrough](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@justpassingthrough](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justpassingthrough)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-try-a-social-experiment-and-i-need-you-guys-to-tell-me-if-im-crazy-or-not/737096/24 "2015-11-10T03:09:49Z")
If you’re on Facebook, check for groups in your area. Someone organized a work party of volunteers to paint and make home repairs for a single mom just last weekend in my area. I hope you find a good outlet for your energy. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-try-a-social-experiment-and-i-need-you-guys-to-tell-me-if-im-crazy-or-not/737096/25 "2015-11-10T03:16:10Z")
I have been doing volunteer work for the past 25 years with addicts and alcoholics. I also considerate it a social experiment. I help them with job resumes, sometimes I give haircuts, I take them shopping at the goodwill for clothes, things like that. I often feel like the most important thing I do is give them a little motivation by validating their self worth. Funny thing is that since I have retired a few years ago I don’t volunteer near as much time. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-try-a-social-experiment-and-i-need-you-guys-to-tell-me-if-im-crazy-or-not/737096/26 "2015-11-10T03:21:14Z")
“Whenever I hear the words ‘social experiment’…I release the safety-catch on my Browning.” – Hermann Goering, paraphrased ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-try-a-social-experiment-and-i-need-you-guys-to-tell-me-if-im-crazy-or-not/737096/27 "2015-11-10T07:22:45Z")
Would you expect someone looking for volunteer work to even check for it on Craigslist? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-try-a-social-experiment-and-i-need-you-guys-to-tell-me-if-im-crazy-or-not/737096.md?page=1)