Would You Rather

I have a very large fear of the open ocean, and even I'd take that deal

A ten minute commute is more dangerous than this shit.

The ocean is BIG. Chance of something big enough to be interested in you discovering you and deciding to eat you in 30 seconds is minuscule.

Sharks aren't mindless chomping machines.

Cthulhu might be problematic, though.

Sounds like a good alarm clock.

Can I choose a different time on weekends and holidays?

Does it take daylight savings into account?

It says I come back dry... does it clean me too? Can it replace a shower, is what I'm getting at..?

30 seconds a day for only 5 years... That's 912.5 minutes, or just over 15 hours. Less than a typical work week to tread water for a few seconds.

Can I bring a camera?

People who set challenges like this just don't understand money. $100,000,000 will buy you and everyone in your family a house, a car, food, drink, hobbies, holidays, almost anything you could conceivably want for the rest of your life. And that's even if you blow it all and don't even bother investing. It's an insane amount of money. 30 seconds for five years is 15 hours. That's a pay rate of $6,600,000 an hour. Just to be in the sea.

as long as i spawn on the surface then it's fine.

if the locations are random, chances are it'll be in the middle of the ocean/sea, far away from any dangerous cliffs.

and as I get the money upfront, if I die, my loved ones will get it, so it isn't that bad

I don't think you can drown in 30 seconds?

So, just don't get eaten. How hard can it be?

The real question is how does pressure factor in? I don't care what kind of preparations you make. If you end up at the bottom of the Mariana trench you won't survive 30 seconds. You just go from biology to physics instantaneously.

It'll be a routine like a gym that you will start to miss it once the 5 year is up (the thermal suit and auto drying are crazy good boons to make this way less unpleasant than it could be).

Sorry, what's the catch?

I only see upside.

Take the money. Use all 50 skip days up front. Consult lawyers/financial people to set friends and family up for life. Let the ocean take me on day 51.

Surface of the ocean or anywhere from the deepest trench up?

Surface, no brainer, I can swim for 30s. Below the surface, you'll be like the surfaced blob fish before the end of the first month.

Is it always at the surface of the ocean? Not at the bottom where the pressure will kill me, or unexpectedly submerged so I breathe water and die? Then yes, yes, yes. I will take those odds and consider it a very reasonable retirement plan, and an incredible hourly wage.

ETA I would think the biggest risk is data loss from so many teleportations. The sea is so big and empty that if it's literally random the odds of appearing inside the wall of a ship or in the mouth of a shark does seem less likely than being mowed down by a car on my way to work (same 30 minutes a day total riding back and forth) for a much bigger payout.

If I've got 70 years left to live that works out to effectively $120,000 a month for the rest of my life. The worst case is I get eaten and my family is set up for life. People take worse odds all the time for a lot less.

30s per day of mild-to-moderate discomfort for 5 years, or working an average of 6 hours per day for virtually my entire life.

This was clearly written by someone with an intense and irrational fear of the sea. Nothing's doing shit to you in 30 seconds. Most creatures wouldn't even register your presence quickly enough to even think about doing anything.

Surface of the ocean? So, no chance of randomly arriving at submarine-crushing depths?

Hell yes. In fact I'd probably pay for the experience 🤣

There are many benefits to being a marine biologist.

I love how seriously everyone's taking this! Like "I want to help set up the parameters of the experiment!"

I can tread water for over 30 minutes, 30 seconds is nothing. Even if there is a storm, just hold your breath for 30s. Sure, unpleasant. Worth it.

Assuming it's always at the surface of course. Deep sea pressure would be a death sentence.

100%. I'll take my chances with the mostly empty ocean for a few years over dealing with capitalism trying to kill me for 40+ more years for the crime of being poor.

Spend a little over 15 hours in the ocean for 100 million, spread out over 5 years? Yeah I think I can handle that. I'd have to get better at swimming though. Storms would be scary, and honestly the biggest threat would be waste dumps and ships, but I think I could take that risk. It seems to be that you'd be at the surface so I'd want clarification on that one.

As long as it's survivable, piece of cake. Very unlikely to be eaten, freeze to death, etc in 30 seconds and if it's unbearable 50 skips. Too easy unless it's at any depth. Then it's far more likely to die. Way more volume than surface area.

Random part of the ocean, including crushing depth? This needs some clarification.

Honestly unless you somehow spawn in front of some manowars or a large shark mid charge there is really not much of a threat here. Even if you spawn in a school of sharks they will ignore you. You could even afford a private medical wing and doctor at your house.

I once tread water in a sketchy public pool for two hours straight just to prove to the other lifeguards that I could. I was born for this

Random part of the ocean: any day, you can arrive in the middle of a storm, get crushed by a massive wave on nearby rocks (or ice, or floating debris) and die in an instant.

You can arrive in a patch of human garbage and be stabbed by metal or wood, or swallow petrol or oil, and return wounded to death.

You can land in the spot where orcas are fighting, or a white whale is just splashing and be killed there and then.

You can land in front of a cruiseship as it arrives at full speed and be knocked dead on the spot.

I don't know why people aren't more terrified of the ocean.

You should be terrified of the ocean.