# Is a "truman show" possible? or Are you in a "(your name here) show"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220 "2001-10-24T01:44:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/1 "2001-10-24T01:44:34Z")
What are the technical errors in the movie and what is the feasability of such a show (legal/technical hurdles) happening? Is it possible that such a show is happening and u are the subject? Has anyone ever thought they were a part of such a show? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Strange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Mr\_Strange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Strange)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/2 "2001-10-24T01:56:09Z")
I’ve always felt I’ve been watched. I mean, just the way it all works. I see people always looking at me, no matter if dressed normal (punk) or not normal (nice). Weird. And I swear I know how it fits together. And if it isn’t just me, I think the whole world is some sorta science project, if you know what I mean. Well there’s my thoughts. And stay away from me, watchers, I know where you live… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/3 "2001-10-24T01:59:18Z")
I hope to God that I’m not. ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/4 "2001-10-24T02:17:00Z")
Seriously? I can’t _prove_ that I’m not in an artificial reality, but it’s just too unlikely for me to worry about. First, it’s just not practical - too expensive to fake. Second, my life for the most part is too damn boring to make compelling entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/5 "2001-10-24T02:23:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr Strange \* > And if it isn’t just me, I think the whole world is some sorta science project, if you know what I mean. Actually, the world is really a big computer designed to figure out the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything. (The answer is 42. They know that already.) ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/6 "2001-10-24T02:27:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\*(The answer is 42. They know that already.) \*\* Huh, and all this time I thought the answer was “none of the above”. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/7 "2001-10-24T05:56:51Z")
Do you ever pop in a CD while hitting the open road & feel like you’re in a movie? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chickenhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Chickenhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenhead)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/8 "2001-10-24T06:10:05Z")
If my life were a movie, it would be a _ **PORN!** _ Yes, it would. uh-HUH [sub]shut up[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Khadro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Khadro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadro)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/9 "2001-10-24T06:20:59Z")
my life does not even have the production value of porn, so I doubt very much that it is being watched by millions of people on the “outside”. Even the music in my life is worse… ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/10 "2001-10-24T06:30:06Z")
Though I often think the world revolves around me, sometimes I suspect it doesn’t. Truman’s world was paradise. September 11 would never happen in Truman’s world. ---
**Author:** ![Smokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Smokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smokey)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/11 "2001-10-24T06:40:57Z")
Rockwell’s _I always feel like somebody’s watching me_ just popped into my head. At times I feel as if I may as well be Truman, my wife feels that every aspect of our life has to be shared with her friends. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/12 "2001-10-24T15:27:04Z")
I don’t think I’m Truman, but I’ve always had a nagging suspicion that my life is a hit TV show in Argentina. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/13 "2001-10-24T15:38:34Z")
If my life were a TV show, it would have been canceled about 1994, although there still might be some reruns floating around in sydication. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/14 "2001-10-24T17:28:59Z")
if my life is a show it better be rated for mature viewing only because they are getting a lot of solo male masturbation material. ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/15 "2001-10-24T18:17:51Z")
I always feel like I’m being watched. If not by Big Brother than by all the ghosts that surround us. Ghosts watching us take showers, pick our wedgies, take a dump, have sex, pickin’ our nose… the list goes on and on. They’re watching me type this right now! Arrrgh! ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/16 "2001-10-25T22:09:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cazzle \* > \*\*Though I often think the world revolves around me, sometimes I suspect it doesn’t. > > Truman’s world was paradise. September 11 would never happen in Truman’s world. \*\* Maybe your world is paradise and the world is a living hell. Maybe September 11th was just a little peek into the real world, stuff that happens everyday, put there just to test your reactions to a simulation of real life. Or maybe the producer just wanted better ratings. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Strange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Mr\_Strange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Strange)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/17 "2001-10-25T22:11:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Mr Strange \* > > And if it isn’t just me, I think the whole world is some sorta science project, if you know what I mean. > > Actually, the world is really a big computer designed to figure out the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything. > > (The answer is 42. They know that already.) \*\* Ah, Good ol’ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/18 "2001-10-25T22:27:59Z")
The question is _What do you get when you muliply six by nine_, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/19 "2001-10-25T22:45:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by clayton\_e \* > \*\*Maybe your world is paradise and the world is a living hell. Maybe September 11th was just a little peek into the real world, stuff that happens everyday, put there just to test your reactions to a simulation of real life. Or maybe the producer just wanted better ratings. 🙂 \*\* Arghh! What are you trying to tell me here?!?!?! How’d you know that Cazzleland is paradise and the real world is hell? :::shrinking back into a world of my own::: Ahhhhh… that’s more like it. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220/20 "2001-10-25T23:23:26Z")
Well, if I am in such a show, I guess someone got good footage of me chasing my escaping dog through my yard, my neighbor’s yard, down our road, and tackling her 3 feet from the highway while cars drove by. I can run faster than I would have thought. Damn dog. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-truman-show-possible-or-are-you-in-a-your-name-here-show/89220.md?page=2)