…with no contact with the outside world. Let’s just assume this is a sensory deprivation chamber, and you can’t feel anything or taste anything, even though you’re given food whenever you need it and whatever else you need to survive.
What would you rather have to listen to for the rest of your life? Your favorite song or piece (one only) playing in the background over and over without any breaks, or just plain silence?
IMHO, I would prefer silence. I would go insane if I had to listen to one song over and over again.
Yes, this is what I think about when I’m bored in the shower.
I would want silence because nobody is that good. I would also injure myself until I bled and them spend my time painting murals on the wall. That and masturbate a lot. Sometimes I would make murals to masturbate to because I have nothing but time.
Do these walls ever get cleaned? I would guess they have to because it would get to be gross after a while.
that was taken from one of those imposible scenario jokes…
“if you were up to your neck in diarrahea and someone threw a bucket of snot at you, would you duck into the diarrahea or take the snot right square in the face?”
I’d choose the music. Being in a silent room just makes me feel like my tinnitus is rising to deafening levels, to the point where it starts to feel painful. At least the music would detract from that somewhat.
I can tell you the one song I wouldn’t pick: White Room, by Cream. I mean, it might be funny for the first couple of years, but eventually I’m sure it’d get tiring.
I’d probably go with the music - eventually you’d be able to tune it out, I’m sure - and I’d choose Mountain Jam, by the Allman Brothers Band. Not my very favorite song ever, but it’s up there and it’s LONG. The longest version I’m aware of is about 58 minutes in length. So that’d give you a lot of music to analyze and think about, which would make it fun for a longer period of time.
The station on short wave that tells you what time it is. Prefereably the east coast US one, cos the woman’s voice is nicer than the one that comes out of Colorado Springs or wherever.
I’ll go crazy, but I’ll ALWAYS know what time it is!
As a small child when there were road trips involved to visit grandparents, my dad would always drive at night, and listen to that station to keep himself awake. I have no idea how that worked cos it puts me flat to sleep, but hey.
After awhile, wouldn’t you start to tune out the music anyway? When I worked in a store that had music playing constantly overhead, I could only hear it when I decided to pay attention to it, otherwise it was like it wasn’t even there. Of course it would also depend on how loud the music is.
I’d choose something classical, and very long. A symphony, probably something by Mozart or Dvorak. Because I’d be less likely to get sick of something “abstract” than a song with words. Of course I would still get sick of it after one day anyway.
I might choose something you could sing-along to, like ‘Hi Ho Silver Lining’, or maybe the karaoke instrumental backing for a song - at least then you could change the words every couple of months to spice things up a bit.
