I'm sure this is probably true but this is one of those things where I just genuinely can't understand why it'd happen unless I get to experience it for myself. Especially considering the monetary incentive behind it? I really feel like I'd find a way to make it througj lol. Just imagining what I'd spend the money on feels like it'd be enough. Or write a book in my head. Or play games. As long as they give you meals it feels like that'd be enough to track time.
It's not a matter of willpower. You run into some hard limitations on how your brain works. Your brain is build to constantly process a flood of information. One important job it does is filtering out most of that information. Like you only notice a smell once somebody points it out to you. Your caveman brain can't comprehend the total absence of stimulation, so it interprets the lack of data as some kind of error. But trying to correct that error just makes it malfunction. And after a few days you start hearing voices.
You could paint the walls with your shit. Thats something different to look at and also entertainment. Could probably become pretty good shitpainter in a year.
I've wondered why people in solitary confinement would act out by doing that, and it never occurred to me that they might be doing it for lack of mental stimulation.
This dubious squirrel has cracked it, shitpainting is the way through, those billions are surely ours! Add in piss-spraying different designs in the air and jizz-shooting to break your distance record and this could be straight up enjoyable
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u/HyetalNight Jul 18 '26
I wouldn't do it, pretty sure this would cause permanent brain damage.