Engel

The 5 years would take quite a while to pass, even more so since it would be hard to tell time locked away in there. I don't believe I would be able to do it, doubt I could even get through a month.

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Inu

i don't play any musical instuments. for 5 million, i would do it with only books and paper/pen. but i'd like to have a 80gig ipod since i can't play music.

Beautiful Illusion

I probably couldn't do it ... couldn't bear to be away from Pyro for that long. xD

Seriously, though, I'm pretty quiet at home, don't interact much with my family because I don't really like 'em. >_>;; ... but I have this annoying little thing where I always haveta occupied, or going out somewhere, or doing something new, or doing something I enjoy. Playing music would remind me of music class, which was pretty much hell for me because I suck at music. xD ... paper, pens and books would be okay, 'cause I like drawing, writing, and reading, but can only do it for a few hours at a time, not five years ...

The 5m is an upside ... think of all the kids we could raise! =D

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Ivan

Wasn't this a story of some sort? I remember reading this a year or so ago, but I don't quite remember how it ended.

Inu

you're not alone. I don't like my immediate family. they're alright, but i never talk to them hardly at all.

Lisa

I couldn't do it. I'd go crazy within 3 weeks while talking to a coconut and growing a beard...wait.

Nah seriously, no way.

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Vizard

Nah, honestly I don't think I could. It's hard for me to pass a few hours in solitude and I can't even imagine staying for 5 years.

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Manic

I wouldn't. Think of the aftermath. Not many would remember you after that long. The only ones who would are close friends, and it's likely you two would have grown apart because of how much you both have changed in that time. Unless you're willing to:

A) devote a considerable chunk of your lifespan to being alone for a payoff,
B) essentially 'restart' your social life altogether and discard many of your current friends,
C) let skills you wouldn't be able to practice in solitude wither away...

... it wouldn't work out very well. You might come out a decent writer who can play a musical instrument, but you'd barely know how to use the internet anymore after things have changed in that period. The monetary value of $5 million would be a lot less than it was five years ago, and unless you either invest or know how to handle money really well, it would be gone in a matter of a year or two.

Also, consider that a lot millionaires have much more than $5 million, and made it in less than a few years. It's not really worth it, unless you're a talentless slob who has no life, and thus every reason to waste five years of it.

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Inu

I don't think anyone would have any trouble making new friends with 5 mill in the bank. I wouldn't, anyways

Vizard

Inuyasha, lets say the house was full of limitless weed. Would you stay?!
Personally, Hellz yeah

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Manic

Seconded.

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Inu

if i had weed and books, yeah. i like to read when smoking

Manic

With weed in the picture, I'd just write and make music during my solitude, and come out with like ten CDs & dozens of books to release and make another five million. Oh, and I'd procure one million of it to my girlfriend when I first began so she could get her life started in my absence, and be waiting for me when I was done. I know her well enough, and she wouldn't mess around on me while I was away.

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Vizard

lol, I'd write songs, poems and music about weed.

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Empathy

it's a short story by Anton Chekhov. in the end, the guy stays there for four years and 364 days and leaves right before he can collect his money because he thinks money is worthless.

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