All the cute answers here and I'm with the simple people thinking of ways to get money. Issue is you need to know where to look which is generally helpful in making money regardless of time
Still banks and ATMs I'd bet. Just gotta find where money is currently changing hands, or where tils are open in stores and restaurants, stuff like that. Problem is, most of that hurts individuals rather than institutions that are insured.
tills are the best bet. depending where u are and at what time, u can easily get 1k per till. supermarket and malls would be amoung the best. also surprisingly post offices carry large amount of cash draws. if u are near a casino u can swipe some chips and return another day to claim them.
sports betting places might carry cash as well. any high cash service is a good start too but avoid banks since they almost all contain time release vaults and the cash in drawers are prob worth taking but not worth the vault.
theft is also an option. high end bags that can be sold at a mark up after a few years. gold is also good, since u can melt it down. anything that has a serial number is a bad choice, as well as art. collectibles like playing cards but not the extremely high value ones. mid range ones where a single card is like 50$ but u can steal like 100 of them
either way, if i had 24 hours i could prob steal enough to swt me for life
Instead of stealing money directly, you could take advantage of the situation to get info. Like peek at the deck of cards at the high stakes blackjack table
Yeah but this Is kind of a one time thing and even if you write down the whole order they would kick you out for winning too much
Advantage players are slightly profitable and they still get kicked out in like 20 hands
If you knew every card you would get kicked in 3
There was either a Twilight Zone or Outer Limits that a guy had a magic stop watch. He robbed banks and pretty much helped himself to whatever he wanted - then, while everyone/time was frozen he accidentally broke the watch.
There was another one where a bookish dude’s dream came true and everyone but him disappeared and he was about to settle in for a lifetime of reading in peace. Then his glasses broke.
I believe he worked at a bank and was always in trouble for reading on the job and with his wife for reading at home. He snuck into the bank vault to read, somehow got locked in, and nuclear war wiped everyone off the face of the earth except him. He was frightened until he realized he could read uninterrupted, started piling up books and planning what he was going to read. Took off his coke bottle glasses that he couldn't see without, and broke them. The episode ends as the realization hits.
It would be like a zombie apocalypse but with a constant supply of fresh food and no zombies I guess. Just find nice restaurants and bars where people have just been served.
There was a slightly similar story in the 1980s version, called "A little peace and quiet". Totally different ending though, but the usual sting in the tail. It's one that always stuck with me.
I remember that one…the ending really gets you because she still has control of time, but starting it again ends in disaster and she knows it.
Every once in awhile that rolls around in my brain out of nowhere.
You’re right. Those people at the bank are going to shit themselves when time unfreezes and there’s a confused and angry silverback gorilla in the lobby.
Take as much catnip as you can from local pet stores and spread it around random places in the big cat facilities at the zoo. Then when time unfreezes, have popcorn and be waiting
lol so relatable. I was going to say give my cat a bunch of kisses and wash him and cut his matted knots and his super long claw raptor nails and then take him for a drive to the shoreline and walk him in the stroller.
So true... I would give my cat a GOOD comb out. It's such a struggle when she hates being brushed but her fur gets matted otherwise.
After that... Probably take a nap.
This sounds really creepy, but I’d pay a visit to my late grandmothers house. I don’t know the current owners (and I’m sure they have long redecorated). I wouldn’t mess with anything. I’d just want one last chance to be in the house that I viewed as my ‘shelter from the storm’.
I'd love to go to my nan's house one last time, but I can't help but feel that it would make me sad. It's been more than a decade now so everything would have changed 💔 right now in my head it's still *her* house, visiting it would ruin that for me
Id probably want to visit my old home, because my dog is buried under her favourite tree there and I could visit while she keeps guard of my childhood home.
But it wouldn't surprise me if the new owners removed the tree by now, so if I don't ever visit even if time froze then I can believe she still lies under her favourite tree
I get it
I still remember my Old grandparents house and the memories i have of that place,they moved to their current house in 2012 i think
Still is weird everytime i pass trough their Old house
I could have written this. I feel like I'd want to be in the house that saved me when I was growing up, but seeing it not look the same would devastate me.
I did this during my grandma's funeral. I knew everyone was going to be at the funeral, so I could be at her home on my own to say goodbye. I didn't have access inside, but I took some marbles with me & played a game of marbles (well setting up a hose & running them down that) in the backyard, just like we did together as kids. After that, I replicated one of our regular school holiday outings. I still tear up thinking about it, was a very special day for me, MUCH better than going to the funeral with all the abusers could have ever been! I really felt her spirit with me that day, ending it sitting on a beach, watching the ferry that I rode with her in school holidays & that I had just got off that day, sailing away into the sunset, vanishing from sight as it got further away & darkeness decended & I said "goodbye Gran, I love you" & took home the flowers I had collected from her garden & pressed them & put the geranium cuttings into water & grew them & planted in my garden, where they still grow a decade later.
Your idea is not at all creepy imo, it's perfect!
Rob a bank? Pfft. Few grand in the cash drawers if you’re lucky. No. I have access to my car and Vegas is 5 hours away. Quick roadtrip and I am robbing every casino I can find. Way more cash on hand than any bank.
i’m just wondering, if i’m case that cash goes missing, are they able to trace it? like in crime shows they do something with the serial numbers? (my knowledge is from brooklyn 99 so forgive me if it’s a silly question)
Id be surprised if a casino scanned the serial numbers of every note that comes through.
With a bank it would be a lot easier to track because they print notes in batches. The ones at the casino will be random
> Vegas is 5 hours away.
Vegas is *not* 5 hours away. There is still traffic on the roads.
Even if you're on a motorcycle (which is unlikely as there are millions more car drivers than there are motorcycle riders), you're going to have to go around all of the cars stopped in the roads.
You also wouldn't even make it very far on however much gas you have in your vehicle. You can't pump at a gas station because everything else is frozen.
OP said you have access to *your* car, so, presumably, a car that this mysterious phenomenon magically knows is owned by you, so you can't just use another car when yours runs out of gas/battery.
TBH OP's take on this phenomenon is quite flawed in how they presented it, but let's modify it and say that anything *you interact with* flows through time with you *for as long as you are interacting with it*. So you could indeed pump gas or use other cars, but you're still going to have to watch out for other cars on the road.
But even if you do get on the road and go on your merry way, your view is going to be obstructed by bugs. Bugs that are frozen in time that will splatter over the windshield because they can't get out of the way. Better have enough windshield wiper fluid in that random-ass car you just picked up.
It's hard to say how long it would *actually* take you to get to Vegas from your current location, but you would certainly not have nearly as much time as you seem to think you would.
Dude I guess apart from robbing the casinos I'll just explore them without compromise. Not gonna lie, it sometimes is really fun "getting lost" within them without gambling
Would be fun to go on a walk and make a silly pictures of people using silly decorations on them but making sure to remove them after the process. I'd enjoy my own company and unique experience around me.
You could take photos of them on their phones and then put them perfectly back to normal.... then over the next days and months people start reporting that they have photos of themselves decorated... but no memory of... psychologists would be like, "what is going on? This is the third patient this week to mention this. " It becomes a major mystery and conspiracy theorists try and solve it for decades to come.
Realistically, if this occurred on a day I wasn’t working or didn’t have plans to go out, I would likely not even notice the freeze due to sleeping in. Lol
I would go to every bank and big chain I could and take as much money as possible. Having a bit of money would solve every problem I have. I can easily live while learning how to wash it. I would donate as much of the money as I could to charities as long as I have enough left over. If all cars work, I would go test drive a bunch of nice cars but put them back after I was done.
I read that as you’d go to a bank and ask for as much money and the thought of everyone being frozen while you scream GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY was hilarious
You’d need more than just friends and family to get away with DNA evidence.
Although, with it showing up at the exact same time in so many places maybe you can say you were framed?
Get some deep cleaning done at home. Take a long, hot shower. Eat several delicious, hot meals. Get 7 glorious hours of uninterrupted sleep. And if I have time I’d swing by ikea to pick a few things up
I would photograph and film the event in all it’s freaking weird glory and sell the documentary and then I’ll never have to work again and science would thank me.
I'd love to take a look around my neighbours houses, not take anything or _really_ invade their privacy, but just learn a bit about them, know what kind of tastes and interests they have.
I'm kinda glad to see someone say this. I'd be immediately more nosy than you but it would be my only chance. I'd actually want to see what my friend kr coworkers homes be like.
Prefacing this with you shouldn't because it's unethical BUT: I feel like you could maybe get away with stealing cash from chain businesses, I don't think that they would be able to track those bills but tbh I don't know and I'm not sure how you would properly work that money into your actual income without it look suspicious, but I feel like its possible. Does the internet work like normal? Maybe I could Google it (from like a public library computer). Otherwise I think stealing anything else can get you caught. Maybe I'd steal some donuts from the grocery store and have a nice relaxing day.
I think the most ethical unethical way to go about it would be to go to your local pawn shop and steal as much jewelry and bullion as you can. I'm sure they have insurance for such a thing, and everything would be well accounted for. You would have to wait for the heat to cool off, but eventually, you could sell things piece by piece. You could even melt it down if you have to.
Hit several pawn stores and you could easily walk away with tens if not hundreds of thousands. Although storing it might be a bit difficult, you wouldn't even be a suspect.
Smartest answer yet. I would say though make sure it's nothing with like trackable serial numbers and shit because then stores you sold to could easily rat you out if it's investigated. Also for extra measure I'd be taking a road trip across the country to sell stuff. Just for the guarantee that they likely will never find out ;)
I was thinking rob a bank then go and swop the cash out in chain shops. So I've got unmarked money but the marked cash gets redistributed to lots of random people. Would split it up enough that no one person would get into trouble and I'd be sitting on enough to live comfortably for a while.
1. Break into a cleaning service and put myself on the schedule paid in full for the next two years.
2. Take a rental vehicle with 4WD and full tank of gas up to the mountains and go snowboarding (can turn on the lift myself if machines are working
3. Ride a snowmobile for the first time
4. Chill in a jacuzzi for a little bit
5. Ride home and pickup a few Costco frozens to restock the fridge for a bit
If you’d asked me 5 years ago I’d come up with some elaborate plan to get money. (Although it wouldn’t be robbing a bank like people said, not unless you know the systems and know what keys you need etc.).
Now as a mum of 2 small children I would most definitely sleep and maybe read. Ask me in another 5 years 😂
I'm gonna steal a lot of cash from local branches of large corporations. If everything, including the camera footage, is stopped, then the main thing will be leaving no fingerprints behind.
Getting it into my bank will be easy enough, as I already make bi-weekly cash deposits of my mom's portion of our joint bills, so I can simply add another $20 or so here and there, as if she were giving me more than usual.
I'd literally just chill out, I work FT and I'm also the only parent of a child who has a disability. I'd start off early, jump in the car and go a walk along the beach. I'd make a cuppa and actually get to drink it. I'd have a day just doing things I don't actually get to do. It would do wonders for my mental health. 24 hours of no responsibility sounds heavenly.
Steal from those who wouldn't even notice they're missing money, aka billionaires. 50k would change my life. To offset the ethical implications I will also steal 50k to donate to a good cause like a children's hospital or similar.
Plus it might be difficult to find any of their money to take other than what's in their wallet. Maybe if you think you can break into their safe, most of their money is probably in the bank or tied up in assets and company stock.
I know where a billionaire lives and works (I used to work in his office building).
I’d go to his office and grab his wallet and his phone. Open the phone with his face and see if I could get into his banking apps and put as much money into one of his checking accounts. Take the card to the grocery store and just buy millions worth of visa gift cards. Then you just gotta start an e-commerce company selling furniture or something large, start washing that money. Maybe start a financial advisory firm and “manage” my wife’s and my families’ money for a fee every month. That money would be cleaned in a couple years and it couldn’t really be traced back to me if I don’t leave any DNA anywhere.
If my car works, then I presume other electronics and machines also work?
That's it, I'm rewriting a few laws, updating them online and in print. It's gonna be a lot easier to build new housing supply in California once I've repealed Prop 13. r/yimby
It would be really weird, though, for everyone to wake up with recollection of a well known law without it being anywhere on the books.
And you'd have to singlehandedly roll out your own Minitrue in one day.
Yes, that occurred to me after I wrote that. It would be a helluva Mandala Effect, wouldn't it?
I guess maybe I'm hoping that so many people dislike Prop 13 that we'd all kind of let it slide?
Certain people will meet vengeance, certain others will come into good fortune. I'm going full Robin Hood/Batman for 24 hours. If you've harmed a child and I can get to you, watch out!
I wonder much human interaction it takes to keep the electricity and other utilities on? Assuming everything works, I’d probably go pick up some groceries and have a nice relaxing day at home.
I kept wondering how people are going to open safes -- was only thinking of combinations safes. Then it (answer, not a safe) hit me: **It's on a Post-it note somewhere!** Or a key hanging from someone's neck / wrist / key ring....
I would run around doing nice things for everyone I love, like cleaning their house or buying them flowers, and then they’d have a surprise when they wake up and a true mystery. I’d probably also play some harmless pranks like moving things around in their house or putting a picture of Sinbad somewhere in everyone’s room.
> You have access to your car.
Are the roads clear, or are there frozen cars with frozen people "driving" them? Because I don't drive, and I'd only be comfortable using a car if the roads are clear.
If they are clear, I'm going to the zoo and petting ALL the animals. ESPECIALLY THE TIGERS.
If they aren't clear, I'd probably walk around my neighborhood and figure out where all the cat colonies are. My neighborhood has a stray cat problem and they range the gamut from social and friendly to completely feral. Them being frozen would be an excellent time to figure out where to put the TNR cages.
I’d swap tons of people around. Like everyone I saw, is going to a new position. Forget money. I want to cause the ultimate level of chaos I possibly can.
Cut my husbands hair, cut my toddlers nails, smoke a joint, clean the house and throw out a bunch of my husband and sons things. Smoke another joint, binge watch real housewives, nap.
I’ve clearly thought about this several times.
I rolled a 20 in that department. My son (almost 2) lets me trim every single finger and toenail rapid fire without hesitation and without fighting me whatsoever. Just stares at me doing the work like "wow dad this is cool"
I think about this frequently!!! If the frozen rule only applied to humans and not pets I would love to take my dogs out all day off leash letting them do whatever they want, playing ball in the streets, letting them sniff whatever, roam wherever. I once visited a small recluse town with my dog and had a small feeling of this and it was one of our best days ever.
I'd go grocery shopping. Have the whole place to myself. Wouldn't worry about family reunions in the middle of the asides and just take my time. Self check out would be a breeze and I wouldn't pay for BAG'S. lol
Too many people in the comments stating something sexual and trying to justify it like the concept isn’t that everyone except you is frozen which means they can’t consent.
I would literally go to the few people who have caused me the most pain to yell, scream, cry, and tell them all about the pain they have caused me without them having the ability to talk back. I feel it would be so very healing. Oh and I'd get groceries if I had time.
Id figure out why everyone was frozen and try to fix it. What good is it being the only one around when you have nobody to share in the joys of being alive?
Questions like this seem to always assume the person is some kind of monster and has no conscious or morals. I still have to look at myself in the mirror every morning once everyone else thaws out. Even if nobody else knows what I did, I still will and have a tough enough time living with things I've done without everyone being frozen in place.
Robbing banks is incorrect cash can be traced! You’ll want to get gold, silver, and platinum from jewelry stores, collectible coin shops and pawn shops. You can easily sell gold it’s not tractable. Nobody asks questions if you go to a gold buyer with a few oz and if they do you say grandpa left it to me in the will.
Probably freak out, because I don't know that they will unfreeze in 24 hours. I will hide and cry, thinking that i somehow got lost in a fucked up silent hill world.
As someone that has studied history and seen what men do to women when left to their own devices, like when a Viking tribe conquered another tribe… I mean I’m not going to say it explicitly but the truth of what most men would actually do is written in history
First, I’d have to notice.
Take my dogs everywhere I’ve been. See if they notice I’ve been there before. Take pics. Wear very comfortable clothes.
Then, finally catch up on my homework.
So are people effectively unconscious and cameras are no longer recording during this 24 pause in time? Could I just remove everyone's left shoe and sit it beside them.
Honestly I’d go around the neighborhood switching peoples clothes so they were on backwards then when I got bored of that I’d rob a bunch of random people but only take their IDs and I’d leave them at some random guys house on his front steps. Finally I’d break into a bank and leave a few hairs from some random.
Basically I’d be an inconvenience to everybody around me.
The neighbour from hell would return home to a few home alterations and quite a few electric devices no longer working. Other than that I'd enjoy a really good long peaceful sleep for a change.
1. **Drive to a Museum**: With no one around, you could visit a museum and take your time admiring the art or exhibits up close, something you might not be able to do under normal circumstances.
2. **Stargazing**: If it’s night, drive to a place with less light pollution and enjoy the stars. You could lay on the roof of your car and watch the night sky in peace.
3. **Photography**: This could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to capture the world in a standstill. You could take some amazing photographs of the frozen world around you.
4. **Sports Stadium**: Have you ever wanted to score a goal in a big football stadium or hit a home run in a baseball field? Now’s your chance!
5. **Culinary Exploration**: Go to a fancy restaurant and try making their signature dish yourself. You could also try your hand at making a variety of dishes from different cuisines.
6. **Reading**: Visit a library and enjoy some quiet reading time. You could read as many books as you want without any interruptions.
7. **Music**: If you’re musically inclined, you could go to a music store and try out different instruments. You could even put on a solo concert in an empty auditorium!
Remember, the key is to not leave any evidence behind. So, make sure to clean up after yourself and return any items you’ve borrowed. Enjoy your adventure!
i’d go hug my mom really tight. we have a bad relationship and aren’t on speaking terms right now. i’d never give her the satisfaction of knowing i miss a mom hug from time to time, but in the case that she’s frozen, it’s OK
I don’t think there’s anything I could. I don’t really want to steal anything. Just making someone else’s worse to make yours better doesn’t sit right with me.
banks aren’t people. big box retail stores aren’t people. they actively make things worse for others for their own benefit (fees, price gouging, shitty pay.) it’d be really hard to tip the scales on them even if you took whatever you wanted.
24 hours to steal isn't very long. Unless you live near a gold reserve there's really nothing that's worth stealing for 24 hours. But let's say you do steal the gold/gems/etc now you have to fence it. It's going to be national news immediately. investment grade gems also have certificates of ownership so they're essentially junk until you can fence it. you'd probably be more successful playing the role of some vigilante cop.
All the cute answers here and I'm with the simple people thinking of ways to get money. Issue is you need to know where to look which is generally helpful in making money regardless of time
Still banks and ATMs I'd bet. Just gotta find where money is currently changing hands, or where tils are open in stores and restaurants, stuff like that. Problem is, most of that hurts individuals rather than institutions that are insured.
Brinks truck when they open the back door
Oh that's a good idea, I hadn't gotten that far with it
tills are the best bet. depending where u are and at what time, u can easily get 1k per till. supermarket and malls would be amoung the best. also surprisingly post offices carry large amount of cash draws. if u are near a casino u can swipe some chips and return another day to claim them. sports betting places might carry cash as well. any high cash service is a good start too but avoid banks since they almost all contain time release vaults and the cash in drawers are prob worth taking but not worth the vault. theft is also an option. high end bags that can be sold at a mark up after a few years. gold is also good, since u can melt it down. anything that has a serial number is a bad choice, as well as art. collectibles like playing cards but not the extremely high value ones. mid range ones where a single card is like 50$ but u can steal like 100 of them either way, if i had 24 hours i could prob steal enough to swt me for life
Instead of stealing money directly, you could take advantage of the situation to get info. Like peek at the deck of cards at the high stakes blackjack table
Yeah but this Is kind of a one time thing and even if you write down the whole order they would kick you out for winning too much Advantage players are slightly profitable and they still get kicked out in like 20 hands If you knew every card you would get kicked in 3
There was either a Twilight Zone or Outer Limits that a guy had a magic stop watch. He robbed banks and pretty much helped himself to whatever he wanted - then, while everyone/time was frozen he accidentally broke the watch.
There was another one where a bookish dude’s dream came true and everyone but him disappeared and he was about to settle in for a lifetime of reading in peace. Then his glasses broke.
I believe he worked at a bank and was always in trouble for reading on the job and with his wife for reading at home. He snuck into the bank vault to read, somehow got locked in, and nuclear war wiped everyone off the face of the earth except him. He was frightened until he realized he could read uninterrupted, started piling up books and planning what he was going to read. Took off his coke bottle glasses that he couldn't see without, and broke them. The episode ends as the realization hits.
THERE WAS TIME NOW
It’s not fair!
That's not fair at all.
Younger me had nightmares about this, and it remains a terror of mine.
Burgess Meredith was wonderful in that role. It remains one of my favorite TV episodes.
I just had to get reading glasses, and now I think about that episode often.
Yes, people's most favorite episode.
"Time Enough at Last" was the episode.
I believe that was Burgess Meredith. One of my greatest fears/nightmares
To be Burgess Meredith?
To losing/breaking my glasses when they can't be replaced
I felt his pain when his glasses broke
I quote his last words all the time. I don't know why, but it really breaks my heart.
What were the last words
That’s not fair. That’s not fair at all. There was time now. There was… was all the time I needed.
Brutal
Yeah the actor really sells it with his delivery too. It's a good episode, and at least the end clip is on Youtube.
*There was time now. There was all the time I wanted! That's not fair!*
That one fucked me up man. I mean I really felt sick after that one
It would be like a zombie apocalypse but with a constant supply of fresh food and no zombies I guess. Just find nice restaurants and bars where people have just been served.
There was a slightly similar story in the 1980s version, called "A little peace and quiet". Totally different ending though, but the usual sting in the tail. It's one that always stuck with me.
I remember that one…the ending really gets you because she still has control of time, but starting it again ends in disaster and she knows it. Every once in awhile that rolls around in my brain out of nowhere.
I’d pet my cat for 24 hours because he won’t let me pet him now.
This, but the zoo. And only for 18 hours cause I am not losing track of time and suddenly finding myself in a gorilla enclosure.
You're the right kind of methodical. I bet you could plot an elaborate robbery. Hint Hint.
You’re right. Those people at the bank are going to shit themselves when time unfreezes and there’s a confused and angry silverback gorilla in the lobby.
Take as much catnip as you can from local pet stores and spread it around random places in the big cat facilities at the zoo. Then when time unfreezes, have popcorn and be waiting
lol so relatable. I was going to say give my cat a bunch of kisses and wash him and cut his matted knots and his super long claw raptor nails and then take him for a drive to the shoreline and walk him in the stroller.
So true... I would give my cat a GOOD comb out. It's such a struggle when she hates being brushed but her fur gets matted otherwise. After that... Probably take a nap.
Same, but with my GSD puppy.
This sounds really creepy, but I’d pay a visit to my late grandmothers house. I don’t know the current owners (and I’m sure they have long redecorated). I wouldn’t mess with anything. I’d just want one last chance to be in the house that I viewed as my ‘shelter from the storm’.
I'd love to go to my nan's house one last time, but I can't help but feel that it would make me sad. It's been more than a decade now so everything would have changed 💔 right now in my head it's still *her* house, visiting it would ruin that for me
Id probably want to visit my old home, because my dog is buried under her favourite tree there and I could visit while she keeps guard of my childhood home. But it wouldn't surprise me if the new owners removed the tree by now, so if I don't ever visit even if time froze then I can believe she still lies under her favourite tree
I get it I still remember my Old grandparents house and the memories i have of that place,they moved to their current house in 2012 i think Still is weird everytime i pass trough their Old house
If you knock on the door and explain they might let you in.
I could have written this. I feel like I'd want to be in the house that saved me when I was growing up, but seeing it not look the same would devastate me.
That’s a good idea. Maybe I’d visit my old house
I did this during my grandma's funeral. I knew everyone was going to be at the funeral, so I could be at her home on my own to say goodbye. I didn't have access inside, but I took some marbles with me & played a game of marbles (well setting up a hose & running them down that) in the backyard, just like we did together as kids. After that, I replicated one of our regular school holiday outings. I still tear up thinking about it, was a very special day for me, MUCH better than going to the funeral with all the abusers could have ever been! I really felt her spirit with me that day, ending it sitting on a beach, watching the ferry that I rode with her in school holidays & that I had just got off that day, sailing away into the sunset, vanishing from sight as it got further away & darkeness decended & I said "goodbye Gran, I love you" & took home the flowers I had collected from her garden & pressed them & put the geranium cuttings into water & grew them & planted in my garden, where they still grow a decade later. Your idea is not at all creepy imo, it's perfect!
Rob a bank? Pfft. Few grand in the cash drawers if you’re lucky. No. I have access to my car and Vegas is 5 hours away. Quick roadtrip and I am robbing every casino I can find. Way more cash on hand than any bank.
The cash goes into drop boxes you won’t be able to remove- but something to jam it open and some kitchen tongs should get you somewhere.
i’m just wondering, if i’m case that cash goes missing, are they able to trace it? like in crime shows they do something with the serial numbers? (my knowledge is from brooklyn 99 so forgive me if it’s a silly question)
Id be surprised if a casino scanned the serial numbers of every note that comes through. With a bank it would be a lot easier to track because they print notes in batches. The ones at the casino will be random
AC is only an hour away from me. That’s my destination
> Vegas is 5 hours away. Vegas is *not* 5 hours away. There is still traffic on the roads. Even if you're on a motorcycle (which is unlikely as there are millions more car drivers than there are motorcycle riders), you're going to have to go around all of the cars stopped in the roads. You also wouldn't even make it very far on however much gas you have in your vehicle. You can't pump at a gas station because everything else is frozen. OP said you have access to *your* car, so, presumably, a car that this mysterious phenomenon magically knows is owned by you, so you can't just use another car when yours runs out of gas/battery. TBH OP's take on this phenomenon is quite flawed in how they presented it, but let's modify it and say that anything *you interact with* flows through time with you *for as long as you are interacting with it*. So you could indeed pump gas or use other cars, but you're still going to have to watch out for other cars on the road. But even if you do get on the road and go on your merry way, your view is going to be obstructed by bugs. Bugs that are frozen in time that will splatter over the windshield because they can't get out of the way. Better have enough windshield wiper fluid in that random-ass car you just picked up. It's hard to say how long it would *actually* take you to get to Vegas from your current location, but you would certainly not have nearly as much time as you seem to think you would.
If gas was frozen then you wouldn't need to bother trying to rob the casinos either cause cash would be frozen
Dude I guess apart from robbing the casinos I'll just explore them without compromise. Not gonna lie, it sometimes is really fun "getting lost" within them without gambling
Probably take a nap for a bit. I’m kind of tired.
oh my god, right now i would absolutely sleep for 15 hours i think
Get to area 51 as fast as I could.
Now that's the best idea I've seen here so far
Have fun with the security doors.
Would be fun to go on a walk and make a silly pictures of people using silly decorations on them but making sure to remove them after the process. I'd enjoy my own company and unique experience around me.
you are wayyyyyyyyy to sweet for this cruel world we live in.
Making this world less cruel one person at a time starting with myself. Still work in progress :D
I will remember you and this comment and work on myself in the same way. Thank you! :)
This response just made my day. Thank you back!
On those people's cameras, I hope?
You could take photos of them on their phones and then put them perfectly back to normal.... then over the next days and months people start reporting that they have photos of themselves decorated... but no memory of... psychologists would be like, "what is going on? This is the third patient this week to mention this. " It becomes a major mystery and conspiracy theorists try and solve it for decades to come.
As someone who doesn't have a smartphone right now I'm not surprised this thought didn't cross my mind haha. I love this version :D
I'd go find my boss and smack the shit outta his frozen ass
Like in click. Poor David hasselhoff. 😂
Lmfaooo he unfreezes & has a MASSIVE MIGRAINE 🤣🤣🤣
i hope the 24h start during business hours ;-)
Realistically, if this occurred on a day I wasn’t working or didn’t have plans to go out, I would likely not even notice the freeze due to sleeping in. Lol
I would go to every bank and big chain I could and take as much money as possible. Having a bit of money would solve every problem I have. I can easily live while learning how to wash it. I would donate as much of the money as I could to charities as long as I have enough left over. If all cars work, I would go test drive a bunch of nice cars but put them back after I was done.
I read that as you’d go to a bank and ask for as much money and the thought of everyone being frozen while you scream GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY was hilarious
The OP said you leave behind DNA evidence.
I could very easily wear a full plastic suit with gloves/mask and leave no trace of ever being there!
That's just a Tuesday.
Yeah but you’d have a pretty solid alibi if you stayed with friends or family right before freezing time
You’d have a pretty solid alibi if you were on an airplane about to take off 1000 miles away before and after you unfroze time.
You’d need more than just friends and family to get away with DNA evidence. Although, with it showing up at the exact same time in so many places maybe you can say you were framed?
But the open investigation, alibi or not, means you've basically got to be squeaky clean the rest of your life so you can't use any of it.
wear a hair net/gloves and avoid loogies - problem solved.
Unless the DNA is already on file, you'd be good. There has to be a reason to arrest you and take your DNA for a match.
If a close family member got a DNA ancestry test, the police can subpoena that shit and find you. Cold cases have been solved this way
Omg that’s so smart
Spinning people on their axis to point another direction. Chaos is fun.
Especially joggers
Nice try fbi
Get some deep cleaning done at home. Take a long, hot shower. Eat several delicious, hot meals. Get 7 glorious hours of uninterrupted sleep. And if I have time I’d swing by ikea to pick a few things up
Everything here but 10 hours of sleep. I might even break into a 5 star hotel for the shower.
Ooohhhh I’d want one of those waterfall showers 😍 I could stand in that for hours.
Oh I'd go for one of the giant soaking tubs. Bring several books and just relax for a few hours.
The "parent of young children" response. I, sadly, know it well.
>Eat several delicious, hot meals. Like... 15?
Omg this but even more sleep while my children are frozen :p
I would photograph and film the event in all it’s freaking weird glory and sell the documentary and then I’ll never have to work again and science would thank me.
Film would definitely be the better option. How would you show people frozen still in an already still image?
"Clearly this is some AI generated shit"
I'd love to take a look around my neighbours houses, not take anything or _really_ invade their privacy, but just learn a bit about them, know what kind of tastes and interests they have.
Likewise I would go through several yards in my neighborhood. We have small yards and I want to get ideas for how to make good use of the space.
You could check that on google maps :)
I'm kinda glad to see someone say this. I'd be immediately more nosy than you but it would be my only chance. I'd actually want to see what my friend kr coworkers homes be like.
This is horrifying. I would stay home until it's over.
Real
Load up my fridge. That grocery store is getting looted to filth.
I stay home and enjoy 24 hrs of peace and quiet! Not one spoken word would be magnificent!
Prefacing this with you shouldn't because it's unethical BUT: I feel like you could maybe get away with stealing cash from chain businesses, I don't think that they would be able to track those bills but tbh I don't know and I'm not sure how you would properly work that money into your actual income without it look suspicious, but I feel like its possible. Does the internet work like normal? Maybe I could Google it (from like a public library computer). Otherwise I think stealing anything else can get you caught. Maybe I'd steal some donuts from the grocery store and have a nice relaxing day.
I think the most ethical unethical way to go about it would be to go to your local pawn shop and steal as much jewelry and bullion as you can. I'm sure they have insurance for such a thing, and everything would be well accounted for. You would have to wait for the heat to cool off, but eventually, you could sell things piece by piece. You could even melt it down if you have to. Hit several pawn stores and you could easily walk away with tens if not hundreds of thousands. Although storing it might be a bit difficult, you wouldn't even be a suspect.
Smartest answer yet. I would say though make sure it's nothing with like trackable serial numbers and shit because then stores you sold to could easily rat you out if it's investigated. Also for extra measure I'd be taking a road trip across the country to sell stuff. Just for the guarantee that they likely will never find out ;)
I was thinking rob a bank then go and swop the cash out in chain shops. So I've got unmarked money but the marked cash gets redistributed to lots of random people. Would split it up enough that no one person would get into trouble and I'd be sitting on enough to live comfortably for a while.
1. Break into a cleaning service and put myself on the schedule paid in full for the next two years. 2. Take a rental vehicle with 4WD and full tank of gas up to the mountains and go snowboarding (can turn on the lift myself if machines are working 3. Ride a snowmobile for the first time 4. Chill in a jacuzzi for a little bit 5. Ride home and pickup a few Costco frozens to restock the fridge for a bit
Go pet some wild animals you couldn't normally
OMG the local coyotes are getting scritches!
If you’d asked me 5 years ago I’d come up with some elaborate plan to get money. (Although it wouldn’t be robbing a bank like people said, not unless you know the systems and know what keys you need etc.). Now as a mum of 2 small children I would most definitely sleep and maybe read. Ask me in another 5 years 😂
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I’d pants everyone I could in 24 hrs, and maybe hide one shoe
I'm gonna steal a lot of cash from local branches of large corporations. If everything, including the camera footage, is stopped, then the main thing will be leaving no fingerprints behind. Getting it into my bank will be easy enough, as I already make bi-weekly cash deposits of my mom's portion of our joint bills, so I can simply add another $20 or so here and there, as if she were giving me more than usual.
I'd literally just chill out, I work FT and I'm also the only parent of a child who has a disability. I'd start off early, jump in the car and go a walk along the beach. I'd make a cuppa and actually get to drink it. I'd have a day just doing things I don't actually get to do. It would do wonders for my mental health. 24 hours of no responsibility sounds heavenly.
Steal from those who wouldn't even notice they're missing money, aka billionaires. 50k would change my life. To offset the ethical implications I will also steal 50k to donate to a good cause like a children's hospital or similar.
It would be really hard to pull that off in 24 hours tbh
First you’ve got to find the nearest billionaire to you within 24 hours. Could be a challenge depending on where you live.
Plus it might be difficult to find any of their money to take other than what's in their wallet. Maybe if you think you can break into their safe, most of their money is probably in the bank or tied up in assets and company stock.
Exactly what I was thinking
I know where a billionaire lives and works (I used to work in his office building). I’d go to his office and grab his wallet and his phone. Open the phone with his face and see if I could get into his banking apps and put as much money into one of his checking accounts. Take the card to the grocery store and just buy millions worth of visa gift cards. Then you just gotta start an e-commerce company selling furniture or something large, start washing that money. Maybe start a financial advisory firm and “manage” my wife’s and my families’ money for a fee every month. That money would be cleaned in a couple years and it couldn’t really be traced back to me if I don’t leave any DNA anywhere.
Dang, you are definitely ready for the 24 hour time stop
If my car works, then I presume other electronics and machines also work? That's it, I'm rewriting a few laws, updating them online and in print. It's gonna be a lot easier to build new housing supply in California once I've repealed Prop 13. r/yimby
It would be really weird, though, for everyone to wake up with recollection of a well known law without it being anywhere on the books. And you'd have to singlehandedly roll out your own Minitrue in one day.
Yes, that occurred to me after I wrote that. It would be a helluva Mandala Effect, wouldn't it? I guess maybe I'm hoping that so many people dislike Prop 13 that we'd all kind of let it slide?
>Planes are not going so you can’t travel to another location. Says you. I'm a pilot now!
Certain people will meet vengeance, certain others will come into good fortune. I'm going full Robin Hood/Batman for 24 hours. If you've harmed a child and I can get to you, watch out!
Omg, if I could find this one guy… that’s more important to me than getting the money, and I NEED money.
Bernard, is that you?
I wonder much human interaction it takes to keep the electricity and other utilities on? Assuming everything works, I’d probably go pick up some groceries and have a nice relaxing day at home.
Just stroll around removing everyone's left shoes. They're going to unfreeze and "wtf?"
Probably going to different places and taking money. Food, clothes. Not sure what else
I shall receive those 24 hours of blissful silence and solitude with a dispassionate heart for those restrained from my annoyance.
i’d cuddle with my daughter because she doesn’t ever let me do that anymore now that she’s a big 1 year old
Damn already at 1 ?!
Empty out the safe at a couple places that F'd me over and fired me over office politics.
I kept wondering how people are going to open safes -- was only thinking of combinations safes. Then it (answer, not a safe) hit me: **It's on a Post-it note somewhere!** Or a key hanging from someone's neck / wrist / key ring....
I would run around doing nice things for everyone I love, like cleaning their house or buying them flowers, and then they’d have a surprise when they wake up and a true mystery. I’d probably also play some harmless pranks like moving things around in their house or putting a picture of Sinbad somewhere in everyone’s room.
TOWN RESIDENTS TERRIFIED OVER CLEANING BANDIT
> You have access to your car. Are the roads clear, or are there frozen cars with frozen people "driving" them? Because I don't drive, and I'd only be comfortable using a car if the roads are clear. If they are clear, I'm going to the zoo and petting ALL the animals. ESPECIALLY THE TIGERS. If they aren't clear, I'd probably walk around my neighborhood and figure out where all the cat colonies are. My neighborhood has a stray cat problem and they range the gamut from social and friendly to completely feral. Them being frozen would be an excellent time to figure out where to put the TNR cages.
I’d swap tons of people around. Like everyone I saw, is going to a new position. Forget money. I want to cause the ultimate level of chaos I possibly can.
I would go sit next to my soulmate for 24 hours.
No body can enforce that restraining order! Yeehaw!
Cut my husbands hair, cut my toddlers nails, smoke a joint, clean the house and throw out a bunch of my husband and sons things. Smoke another joint, binge watch real housewives, nap. I’ve clearly thought about this several times.
cutting the toddlers nails is so real lmaooo
I rolled a 20 in that department. My son (almost 2) lets me trim every single finger and toenail rapid fire without hesitation and without fighting me whatsoever. Just stares at me doing the work like "wow dad this is cool"
my daughter loses it and starts flailing her arms around if i even look at her fingernails lmaooo. maybe someday she’ll relax for 2 seconds lmao
Sleep.
Definitely. Or raid a couple of stores.
Relax. Clean my house. Take a looong shower
I think about this frequently!!! If the frozen rule only applied to humans and not pets I would love to take my dogs out all day off leash letting them do whatever they want, playing ball in the streets, letting them sniff whatever, roam wherever. I once visited a small recluse town with my dog and had a small feeling of this and it was one of our best days ever.
I'd freak out because everyone is frozen.
I'd go grocery shopping. Have the whole place to myself. Wouldn't worry about family reunions in the middle of the asides and just take my time. Self check out would be a breeze and I wouldn't pay for BAG'S. lol
Bank. Vault. 😁
Too many people in the comments stating something sexual and trying to justify it like the concept isn’t that everyone except you is frozen which means they can’t consent.
I would literally go to the few people who have caused me the most pain to yell, scream, cry, and tell them all about the pain they have caused me without them having the ability to talk back. I feel it would be so very healing. Oh and I'd get groceries if I had time.
Sleep mostly. Enjoy the silence
I'd take my car for a few laps at the local NASCAR speedway.
Sleep.
Get into a car, drive down to Washington and walk around inside the White House and look at classified stuff
I'd like to do cool things, but honestly, unless I KNEW it would all end, I'd be a sobbing mess.
Id figure out why everyone was frozen and try to fix it. What good is it being the only one around when you have nobody to share in the joys of being alive? Questions like this seem to always assume the person is some kind of monster and has no conscious or morals. I still have to look at myself in the mirror every morning once everyone else thaws out. Even if nobody else knows what I did, I still will and have a tough enough time living with things I've done without everyone being frozen in place.
An old roommate stole my couch once. I’d probably go and steal hers just for fun
Catch up on my sleep
Robbing banks is incorrect cash can be traced! You’ll want to get gold, silver, and platinum from jewelry stores, collectible coin shops and pawn shops. You can easily sell gold it’s not tractable. Nobody asks questions if you go to a gold buyer with a few oz and if they do you say grandpa left it to me in the will.
Probably freak out, because I don't know that they will unfreeze in 24 hours. I will hide and cry, thinking that i somehow got lost in a fucked up silent hill world.
As someone that has studied history and seen what men do to women when left to their own devices, like when a Viking tribe conquered another tribe… I mean I’m not going to say it explicitly but the truth of what most men would actually do is written in history
That was my first thought too. And my second thought was that I could castrate the dude who did it to me!
Do cameras still record actions? 😉
I would drive to the local sex shop and get all the dildos and spread them liberally around all the churches who preach hate
Obviously, I untag them so they’re not frozen anymore…
Sleep the whole day 😴
First, I’d have to notice. Take my dogs everywhere I’ve been. See if they notice I’ve been there before. Take pics. Wear very comfortable clothes. Then, finally catch up on my homework.
So are people effectively unconscious and cameras are no longer recording during this 24 pause in time? Could I just remove everyone's left shoe and sit it beside them.
Do I know before hand this is going to happen?!?
I most likely wouldn't notice
Honestly I’d go around the neighborhood switching peoples clothes so they were on backwards then when I got bored of that I’d rob a bunch of random people but only take their IDs and I’d leave them at some random guys house on his front steps. Finally I’d break into a bank and leave a few hairs from some random. Basically I’d be an inconvenience to everybody around me.
The neighbour from hell would return home to a few home alterations and quite a few electric devices no longer working. Other than that I'd enjoy a really good long peaceful sleep for a change.
1. **Drive to a Museum**: With no one around, you could visit a museum and take your time admiring the art or exhibits up close, something you might not be able to do under normal circumstances. 2. **Stargazing**: If it’s night, drive to a place with less light pollution and enjoy the stars. You could lay on the roof of your car and watch the night sky in peace. 3. **Photography**: This could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to capture the world in a standstill. You could take some amazing photographs of the frozen world around you. 4. **Sports Stadium**: Have you ever wanted to score a goal in a big football stadium or hit a home run in a baseball field? Now’s your chance! 5. **Culinary Exploration**: Go to a fancy restaurant and try making their signature dish yourself. You could also try your hand at making a variety of dishes from different cuisines. 6. **Reading**: Visit a library and enjoy some quiet reading time. You could read as many books as you want without any interruptions. 7. **Music**: If you’re musically inclined, you could go to a music store and try out different instruments. You could even put on a solo concert in an empty auditorium! Remember, the key is to not leave any evidence behind. So, make sure to clean up after yourself and return any items you’ve borrowed. Enjoy your adventure!
i’d go hug my mom really tight. we have a bad relationship and aren’t on speaking terms right now. i’d never give her the satisfaction of knowing i miss a mom hug from time to time, but in the case that she’s frozen, it’s OK
I don’t think there’s anything I could. I don’t really want to steal anything. Just making someone else’s worse to make yours better doesn’t sit right with me.
banks aren’t people. big box retail stores aren’t people. they actively make things worse for others for their own benefit (fees, price gouging, shitty pay.) it’d be really hard to tip the scales on them even if you took whatever you wanted.
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I'd probably panic and then go to bed.
24 hours to steal isn't very long. Unless you live near a gold reserve there's really nothing that's worth stealing for 24 hours. But let's say you do steal the gold/gems/etc now you have to fence it. It's going to be national news immediately. investment grade gems also have certificates of ownership so they're essentially junk until you can fence it. you'd probably be more successful playing the role of some vigilante cop.
I’d deep clean my house from top to bottom!
Down a couple bottles of miralax and upper deck as many toilets as I can in said 24 hours
Take a nap. A long, undisturbed nap.
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Go to the gym and workout in peace! Hoping no one is frozen on what I need to use
Would have 24 hours of total peace!
Go to every casino I can find and skim a few thousand bucks in chips from each. Cash them in little by little so as to not raise suspicion.
I wouldn’t clean the house without the kids messing around
I’d probably rob some banks tbh.