You wake up buried alive? What would you do?

[Anonymous]

you wake up buried alive? have no idea where you are what would you do? you have a lighter, pocketknife, cell phone, wallet on you. what would you do?

[nolabels]

First thought - Determining whether my final wishes to be cremated were ignored, or have I become the victim of a psychopath.

Either way, although the ignoring of my final wishes is much more likely to have occurred, there is little chance of my escaping.

Determining the type of clothing that I find myself to be wearing, if any, may answer the question, or it may not.

I find it extremely odd to have the above-named items with me.

The lighter turns out to be out of fuel, the blade of the pocketknife breaks upon opening, cutting my hand in a non-life-threatening, yet painful and bloody manner. The cell phone has no service, but at least I can play Spades on it while the battery lasts. The wallet contains my bank card, so maybe St. Peter accepts VISA. That's a joke right there, God. I gotta maintain my sense of humor in this situation.

I guess I'd contemplate the ramifications of what either of those two possibilities might mean while waiting for the inevitable.

Three days tops, probably.

You can tell that I'm a 'glass is half full' kind of guy, can't you?

[Asker]

of course! but so am i, lol thank you for such a detailed answer!!!

[nolabels]

Thank you for the provocation of thought, and for the fun in reading the novel responses of the other responders.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I'd use the pocket knife to score the wood. I'd try to guess where my knees would need room as I get out and start the hole there, working my way up.

I'd check the phone while I catch my breath, if I feel like I'm doing well, I'm gonna call a Chinese place nearby and order chicken broccoli with extra sauce.

After that I'd probably panic for a second because I never checked the wallet but I'm sure there's enough in there.

Then I'd start working my way up

[Asker]

ah so you have thought about this before ah ha, nice, jk

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Chinese is my go to 😂

[Asker]

pizza for me, hopefully reeses in there somewhere ah ha

[Andres77]

Stay calm.

Push on the lid, hands and knees.. If it doesn’t budge conserve strength and oxygen. Use lighter and see my surroundings and check wallet for cash, determine if the motive was robbery too. Check cell battery and signal strength. If signal, turn on location and dial 911. If no signal, put it away. Stop, listen, see if any light comes through any cracks. Sudden shift of bodyweight, see if box is resting on something and My shifting of bodyweight moves it.

iif nothing moves, if no sound or no light and no signal then pull out knife and start cutting a hole through the lid, making sure that I move the dirt away from my face and down to my feet so it doesn’t smother me. As I displace the dirt I move it to the empty space in the coffin so I still have space to move. Keep going, check signal strength periodically on the cellphone.

keep going. Develop a list of who might have done this and plan a counter-strike.

[SnowedIn]

Try to stay calm.

Turn on cell phone / location. 911 if service available.

Lighter for quick check of my surroundings.

If in something, use knife to pry out/break out/find holes/dig/etc.

Repeat all until I get out and then use wallet for ice cold Coke regardless of what @msputiton says I can drink. ;)

After Coke, use cell phone to call in posse on those who buried me alive.

If I don't get out, look at pictures of loved ones from wallet until I'm dead.

[Sour-rose]

1. Chill, preserve my air

2. see how much power I have, try to- (already dead, so the second step.

3. See if I can break it with my fist and... pretty sure that'll have to do.

As I really can't even think straight right now, even though I'm sittin' on my chair. Pretty sure the first step I have to go back to every second

[ArtemisSilver]

Try to place a call for help, elsewise try to dig myself out with my pocket knife. I've got a leathman new wave so it's about the best there is at least. Chances are though that I'd simply die.

I guess I could meditate and try to slip into another time stream but I doubt I could pull it off under pressure.

[Anonymous]

PANIC... Sweat like a pig, Mouth would become so dry and then Pray for Death and God to forgive me for my sins. Back in the olden days, They used to dig up bodies to move them to different burial grounds for whatever and find them upside down and the sides of the coffin all scratched to hell and hair pulled out. How horrible and what a way to die.

[Dana223]

Probably commit crime. Dead people cannot be wanted by the police, can they?

[Asker]

true but how did you get out of being buried alive?

[Dana223]

Oh yes, I completely missed the question! 🤦‍♀️ Well certainly nothing with the lighter because I'd suffocate of the smoke if I lit anything up. I might try the cell phone if there's any reception. And would try to pry/open op the coffin if possible.

[Asker]

no worries girl!

[dustybiker]

Start singing to raise the dead. They don’t want someone alive bugging their eternal rest. They’ll dig me out.

[dustybiker]

@NathanDavis We know Nickelback would shake you.

[NathanDavis]

the one thing that could actually disturb me... lmao

I'm still the most stubborn, though

[NathanDavis]

I'll check the phone...

"FTW... 100 years early"

*turns around, goes back to rest*

[Agape93]

Use cell to call 911 and leave my location clicked on, tell them im. buried and need help, then stop talking entirely. Then try and push my way out. But if help doesn't come and I cannot get out, use the knife to make it quick.

[OpenClose]

Well hopefully it's airtight. Then I could just breathe rapidly and suffocate. Though the CO2 levels would probably suck in the meantime. But maybe I'd get lucky and there would be enough N2 that I wouldn't even know I'm suffocating.

[Anonymous]

Assuming my hands aren't bound then

1. Check if the wallet is mine and has my ID card

If yes , throw it towards my feet
If no, leave it be

2. Open the cell phone for it's battery and open that up with the penknife then ignite with the lighter

3. Wait for the inevitable to happen

If my hands are bound then just skip to step 3

[hypojoe]

Probably just drop a pin in google maps and share it with a few of my go too's in my contacts , which can be done hands free kf your phone is set up that way then I would ask google to play bury me alive by Icp

[exitseven]

I would use the cell phone light to assess the situation. See if I could get a cell signal and call for help. Or I would use my knife to try and get out of what ever container I was in. Then I would carefully dig myself out.

[emily2009]

I'd turn the phone on to try and call someone but then probably get a candy crush notification and just get distracted until I die

[DJB72]

If the phone battery is charged I'd send a pin to everyone on my WhatsApp contact list asking them to come and dig me up then I'd try to go to sleep until I was either dug up or suffocated.

[Kaneki05]

I would start digging up of course. If it ain't working I'll just have fun with making myself bleed out.

[art84]

Just go to sleep as I don't think getting out of the coffin would be possible with dirt on top. Even if I could open the coffin, the dirt would come in. Maybe call my family members if I can get service down there.

[jshm2]

Kick out to the side and break the coffin to get out. The longer you lay there and think, the less oxygen.

[Aerissa_Jade]

Use the pocket knife to find an artery to kill me faster.

[A_Bell]

Lay in a dark box underground because there is nothing else you can do.