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It would be pretty awesome being in a time loop.

posted 4 years ago by pbt (113)
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If you have let's say $10,000 in the bank, that's basically you having a $10,000/day spending allowance. If you lived in a big city like Chicago, or better yet if you live in a place like Las Vegas, you have all the restaurants and entertainment to keep you busy forever.

As far as food goes, you can eat anything you want, regardless of cost, and without worrying whether it's bad for you. If one day you decide you wanted to eat ice cream for breakfast, cake and brownies for lunch, and Big Gulps and Milkyways for dinner, then go for it. You don't have to worry about cavities, or gaining weight, or long-term problems to your health like diabetes. If you want to go to the most expensive restaurant in town and splurge on a lobster and steak dinner, then go for it. Eat out every day if you want to.

Need even more money? Go to a casino. Since you know the outcomes of the game, you win big. Go see the Vegas shows, or spend your money on strippers and blow if that's your thing. Tip your stripper a thousand dollars! You'll have more fun than the globetrotting adventurers who post their videos on Youtube. You won't be able to acquire permanent material possessions, but as far as experiences go, the sky's the limit.

[–] MrFilmJunkie (899) 4 years ago

no new movies to look forward to, no new music etc. ... doesn't sound appealing in the long run.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

There are already enough movies, books and music ever made to be enjoyed for hundreds of years.

[–] MrFilmJunkie (899) 4 years ago

i don't think so, let's face it: with the pandemic, we're basically living in a similar situation right now. all the big movie highlights for 2020 have been postponed, so i spend most of the time watching old movies, catching up with some classics. for example, i've already seen more than 75% of the imdb top 250 and the remaining stuff are films that i'm not that interested in. so what is there to be enjoyed for hundreds of years as you say? if you can't look forward to new movies by your favorite directors, if you've already seen all the classics and even most of the hidden gems... you will be stuck with the mediocrity that remains.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

Well maybe I'm not a film junkie. I like movies, but they are just that, movies. A cheap entertainment to waste 2 hours of your free time or so. If I run out of movies... pfft, big deal. I'll play videogames, listen to music, read books, etc.

[–] Banes (30) 4 years ago

I think that's the underlying point of time-loop stories - You can enjoy consequence-free pleasures forever. In certain ways you can do superhuman things. But after enough time - 50 years? 100? 1,000? 10,000? - those pleasures will have no meaning. It will all feel pointless. Heaven becomes a living hell!

[–] Xcalat3 (3748) 4 years ago

Yeah but thats a looong time compared to real life and all its crap.

[–] moviechatterer (15643) 4 years ago

I think the key element in this hypothetical time-loop-for-fun scenario should be

"There is an exit button , one way deal , how long before you push it?"

How long before you get so bored you return to fending for yourself and ... growing old!

[–] StoneKeeper (26660) 6 months ago

I think I could go like 2 or 3 years. Do all the crazy stuff there is to do. Then come back to family/work life.

You?

[–] moviechatterer (15643) 6 months ago

my first instinct is longer , reminds ne of my current life lol
although the daily reset would get annoying ,
but at least i wouldnt start any house renovations or car restorations that never get finished (like now)
i cant wait till these jobs are done and each day is the same with no long term projects to do 🤣

[–] StoneKeeper (26660) 6 months ago

Humm, I think after 3 years you’d get tired of living the same day no?

[–] moviechatterer (15643) 6 months ago

yeah probly, I'm just thinking what the specific differences are from people who basically do this anyway

Go to work - do same stuff all day , go to bar after have a couple beers , eat , sleep , repeat.
only difference is the stuff in the newspaper and on the tv repeats

If you normally have 6 different buddies that you rotate playing squash with on a tuesday night , you dont need a 6 week timeloop to accomodate that , you just need the one day

You could still read every book in the library , and watch every show on netflix

I guess once your new expanded circle of friends are repeating the same predictable lines, despite your attempts to divert conversation into new territory its time to quit .

[–] StoneKeeper (26660) 6 months ago

Good points. I also think that in our case, we are able to travel so what destination can I go to and be able to enjoy within 24 hours?

There are quite a few. Especially that I will get myself a personal jet pilot (by gun point! Lol). So yeah, maybe 3 years isn’t enough to watch all the movies I want to see and travel all the countries I want to travel and fuck all the girls I want to… oops, I mean… read all the books I want to read

[–] moviechatterer (15643) 6 months ago

yeah it might take some time , some of those books at the library might be seeing other guys 🤣

[–] StoneKeeper (26660) 6 months ago

Right! 😂

[–] sokar (2098) 4 years ago

Simple experiment to see if you could do it.

Put yourself in a room with the same 5 people, 5 books, 5 movies and 5 albums and see how long you would last.

We as humans crave new experiences.

[–] moviechatterer (15643) 6 months ago

Phil in the movie had access to a lot more than 5 of those things though.

[–] kwestmo (4385) 6 months ago

That concept would make an original film as far as I know.

[–] Zarkoff (1857) 5 months ago

If you are into extreme sports, you could take even madder chances with your life without having to worry about failing. The next day you'll just restart anyway.

Maybe the fact that you'd know you wouldn't permanently die would take away a lot of the thrill, though.