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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Hit refresh and reset buttons and wonder why my devices don't work. Honestly no idea what I'd do once I figure out what's going on - any socially/legally unacceptable behavior would be a huge risk because I'd have no way of knowing how long the timestop lasts.

TBH I'd probably just try to wait it out, maybe take a walk outside and take a look around.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Hit refresh and reset buttons and wonder why my devices don’t work

David Wong wrote a book where time would stop, but he actually put thought into it. So like, a field of grass was basically a field of razor blades because nothing else could move.

Fog and clouds could be walked on, a bunch of other stuff that made sense but is rarely thought of.

I think it was "This book is full of spiders"

[–] scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

I got a house full of books, notebooks to write my partners notes, and sleep. If it seems to last more than I don't know, a month? Probably walk to an Ocean, then see if one can walk or drive across one. Try and figure out why time seems stopped.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Go find an Aztec god. Someone is bound to be in charge of this mess.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

One could arrange a lot of pranks with a time freeze...

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lots and lots of reading and learning. Especially languages

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is time going to restart? Otherwise the languages seem pointless.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

Languages unlock not just more knowledge but also ways of thinking

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Do I retain my inertial momentum? If so, I immediately slam into the ground or shoot up into the sky, turning into a fine mist or burning up instantly, or both.

If the planet (and the universe) stop moving, but I don't, I'm dead, haha.

Similarly if we say that I don't retain that momentum, what happens to my ability to see? Light is no longer travelling, so I'll be mostly blind? Will I be able to move through the air, given that I'll be pushing on time-frozen air molecules? If I can move them by exerting force, are they sufficiently sparse that they have somewhere to move that doesn't require pushing even more frozen air, to the point that moving becomes very difficult?

Will air that I've moved continue to move after I breathe it out, or will it go back to being frozen in time, such that I can't sleep or stay in the same spot for long, because I will build up an unmoving cloud of CO2 around my face and die?

What other ways can you think of that would make pausing time this way suck or kill you? :-D

[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's why you always carry a towel

[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

How else to achieve the status of hoopy frood

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

Why? You have plenty of time to work things out

[–] NeedyPlatter@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Intimidate a French man by moving him back to his original postion on the stairs while I pose dramatically. /ref

[–] weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

While talking about how great I am with my STANDO POWA

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Look at the movie cashback

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

Disrobe a bunch of women then get really good at figure drawing

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

No, I think they're just going to watch it a bunch of times.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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Suffocate probably

[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

I scream "Stop! Hammer time!" and then go looking for a hammer.

reference

Shit myself but that's my answer for most things

[–] Jaxia@startrek.website 6 points 2 days ago

Depends on what time of the day/night it is and where I am. I imagine if I am at home, sleep or play computer games. If I am at work I am screwed... Fighting to drive home if other cars are stuck in time would not be fun. Would have to borrow a motorcycle or a slim form of transportation to get home. Or just bunker down at a local restaurant (that has alcohol) until time resumes. Doesn't sound like an ideal situationat all unless I am at home or can get there easily.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Try to fix it since I don't seem to have initiated it or know if it will ever end. It gets kinda wierd as so I can interact and move things? But if I play a tape or video it won't play yeah? Its a pretty fucked situation.

[–] Throskie@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago

I'd finish hate-reading The Fermata

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

I don't know, depends on where I find myself in at the moment. One thing I know for sure, the first few hours would be to nose around.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 4 points 1 day ago

Die from asphyxiation, presumably.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Apparently, set all of reality on fire simply by existing in a state of singular hyper-agitation.

Thanks, universe. 🖕🏻

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Steal a bunch of weed and freezers to store the weed

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah, you don't want to freeze it. Just get some airtight containers.

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

That’ll make the heist a bit easier on me

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Do a little bit of stress testing then go to bed

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Depending on how long, I can think of a bunch of people across the globe that could use an acid bath.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Have fun for like an hour then go crazy and interact with frozen people like Will Smith to the mannequins in I Am Legend

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