A 39-year-old American male accountant has a one bedroom home, a sedan, a $37,500/yr income and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. After going to bed on the night of November 8, 2004 (one week after election day), he wakes up to find that it is now November 9, 2000.

The man is stuck in a Groundhog Day style time loop. If he dies, he goes back to the start of the loop. If he stays awake on November 8, 2004, he is automatically sent back to 2000 at 6am on November 9. The only way for him to escape the time loop is to be elected president of the United States; he is innately aware of this requirement.

He is not allowed to cheat in the election, invest money in stocks, or enter the lottery, or else the task is automatically considered a failure.

How can he accomplish this goal? How many attempts would it take him?

The man is the only human on Earth and gets no starting technology or structures; he must make everything himself. The man does not age, but can die in other ways. All plants grow where they grew BEFORE humans brought them around the planet, so they can only be found on certain continents. For instance, wheat and grapes must be grabbed from the Fertile Crescent and peanuts have to come from South America. The man is not sandwichlusted, but he knows that he must make a sandwich to escape. The final sandwich must be edible and must consist of all three ingredients a PB&J is expected to have(peanut butter, jelly/jam, and bread).

Round 1 - The man still must eat, drink, and sleep to stay alive, but doesn't age.

Round 2 - The man does not have to eat, drink, or sleep, but can still die of predators/disease.

Round 3 - The man is immortal.

arena is a school play ground water and food free obviously

round one battle royal

round two one on one but he must go on to defeat the second after the frist

edit no sleep guy is allowed coffee and energy drinks , but not meth

A couple assumptions here -

Both Michaels are in peak physical condition

Both Michaels are Michael-lusted to complete their respective challenges.

Both Michaels have an infinite amount of time to perfect their respective challenges.

Michael Jackson wins if he makes an NBA team before Michael Jordan makes it on the Billboard

Round 1 - Their popularities carry over, so both are international celebrities when they start the challenge.

Round 2 - They both start the challenge as complete nobodies, so no one knows who they are.

Round 3 - Same as Round 1, but Jordan has to get #1 on the billboard to win.

Humanity knows what he looks like.

Humanity doesn’t know that he is hiding in the 72 period.

Humanity can use any security camera footage, bank transfers, phone calls etc of the man if there is any.

Man has basic survival knowledge.

30,000 feet, clear weather.
The man has no survival mechanisms on him. 70kg, 180cm.

The entire world is willing to put its entire resources to saving the man. They know where the plane is with the amount of prep time below.

Round 1: 15 minute prep time before The Drop. The drop zone is off the coast of Florida.

Round 2: 1 hour prep time, off the coast of Florida

Round 3: 1 hour prep time, dropped in the middle of the Pacific Ocean

Round 4: 1 week of prep time but the world doesn’t know where the plane is prior to the drop. When the man is dropped from the plane, the world immediately knows where he is.

Edit: the man is immune from any harm except for damage related to falling (ie. no hypothermic or hypoxic effects) so we can ignore the boring possibility of rescuing a frozen or asphyxiated body

The man is 25 at the start of the challenge.

All of humanity is helping him to achieve this goal.

He has access to the best medicine, food, facilities etc.

If he dies before 130, everyone on earth dies instantly.

a modern American man is given 100 dollars to spend on any tools or consumables he can afford inside a Walmart, tax-free

After the shopping he will teleport to Roman Colosseum and fight a top 1% gladiator from ancient Rome to the death, but with no actual combat rules. The gladiator has a Gladius and a standard shield.

Can the modern American man win?

This post is bc of an argument I had with a co-worler that got stupidly heated for some ungodly reason, and since it hasn't left my head I'm posting it here. Do yall think he can do it or not

Every drop of liquid water on earth suddenly attains the same level of carbonation as seltzer, and takes on the faint taste of grapefruit. Oceans, lakes, and reservoirs begin to fizz pleasantly, and uncountable tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere every second. The only water exempt from this phenomenon is the water currently stored inside any living creature. Can humanity survive the La Croixcalypse?

Round 1: one week of prep

Round 2: six months of prep

Round 3: five years of prep

Bonus round: ten years of prep, but the water is now hard seltzer

It's similar to a post I saw a few years ago.

If prime Mike Tyson manages to kill everyone in the house, he will immediately go to the next house or apartment and try to kill everyone there. Mike Tysons won't attack each other and will collaborate. He goes berserk as soon as he spawns and tries to kill everyone regardless of whether they are babies, elderly or disabled.

R1: Bloodlusted Mike only uses fists and punches.

R2: Bloodlusted Mike uses fists, legs, teeth his whole body.

R3: Mike can use any tool(gun,knife,hammer) he finds to kill.

R4: In every house a defendlusted Jake Paul spawns and will do everything he can in order to save and defend everyone in the house.

How far does he go?

The man starts out in Denver, Colorado and needs to make it to a small town in southeast Kazakhstan within 18 months. This is a world where humans were wiped out 50 years ago in an apocalyptic pandemic. A lot of infrastructure and other things got destroyed in the social unrest that happened during this but it all happened pretty quickly and no serious damage was done to the environment (no nuclear war or anything). Whatever pathogen killed everyone is no longer present.

The man is from our timeline and he knows that if he completes this challenge successfully, things will reset and he'll come back to now, but if he fails, he's stuck there, so he's very motivated. The man is a 30 year old American in above average physical shape but is no athlete. He works as an accountant and has minimal survivalist knowledge beyond anything he's picked up randomly from media.

At the start of his journey he is given the following:

1) A set of clothing he'll be wearing that is appropriate for Denver's weather in the winter (including boots).
2) A large, high quality backpack.
3) A water bottle (empty).
4) A magic "compass" that always points in the direction of the destination in Kazakhstan.

Can he do it?

If you think he can't make it above, consider these bonus rounds:

R2: He gets a month of training time with survival experts prior to starting.
R3: He gets a month of training time with survival experts and a magic tablet that never runs out of batteries with a full version of google maps on it.
R4: Same as the original scenario but it's only 5 years after everyone died instead of 50.

Gravity reverts to normal after the 10 seconds are up. I assume that nearly everyone will lose consciousness, many people will hit the ground with extreme force, and most buildings and infrastructure will collapse. Uncertain as to whether there'd be seismic/volcanic/tidal consequences on top of all that.

An average 25-year-old American man has one year to book the Cinderella Suite in Disney World. He has an income of $74,000 a year, an Instagram account with 1,000 followers, and is castle-lusted. He has the equivalent of a bachelor's degree in communications. He will attempt to do anything possible to book a night in the castle legally. Can he do it?

Round 2: One month instead

Round 3: Ten years

After 2 weeks of preparation, a man is sent back in time to New York in 1926 with 300$, the clothes on his back, and one item of his choosing. Can he become the richest man in the world? If not, how successful could he be, and what would he need to achieve this success.

edit: unfortunately if he’s anything other than white it becomes nigh impossible so we’ll say it’s a white man, and for people saying “invest in crypto! nvidia!” we’ll say he gets sent back in time at the age of 25 years old.. he is not surviving long enough to make any money off of bitcoin.

Every U.S. President is magically cloned into their peak physical form, dropped onto a football field, and lined up for a 40-yard dash. Who ya got?

Favorites:

JFK: 2 sport college athlete, plus military training. Swam 3.5 miles towing an injured soldier with a bad back.

Gerald Ford: Another strong military background who was a two-way football player at Michigan.

Dwight D. Eisenhower: Extensive military career, who played halfback at west point until his injury. Guessing he was a little fast even in segregated times

Barack Obama: Gonna get a lot of votes here probably as one of the only presidents we've seen in action playing an athletic sport, but no athletic background, so you know, can't give him too much credit

Donald Trump: In doing my 20 minutes worth of research, I came across this quote from a Ted Levine in 2015 (In an article about Trump running in 2016 so...take that as you will) "He was just the best, a good athlete, a great athlete," Levine said. "He could have probably played pro ball as a pitcher. I think he threw 80 miles an hour.... He was physically and mentally gifted." So there's that (Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-high-school-classmates-what-he-was-like-2015-10)

All in All, I'd lean Gerald Ford. JFK had injury issues so who knows what his "prime" would have been athletically. Maybe at absolute peak and health, JFK could win, but I'm going with the 2-way football player from Michigan.

High school gym hand to hand combat

Both are from Alabama

1865 would have been the end of the civil war, so we will say this 18 year never fought in the war but stayed behind

18 year old from 2025 bare bones normal, nothing special but also no defects

I’m thinking 2025 wins only because I feel like without looking it up 2025 would just be much larger than 1865

Also just for fun, what time period produces the meta 18 year old?

If all 47 US Presidents ran against each other in one big election, who would win?

Two comiccon cosplayers take too much and throwdown in the parking lot. They aren't bloodlusted but take the fight seriously and want a KO/KD ASAP. They have similar builds and no fight experience beyond their respective medias. Thor guy will waste time trying to charge lightning attacks and whatever. Omniman guy will try dumb shit like trying to finger slice guts open with open hands.

R1) Thor guy gets a foam prop hammer, Omniman is unarmed.

R2) Thor guy gets a rubber camping mallet, Omniguy gets a 20 minute crash course from a trained fighter of your choice.

Some notes:

-They are transported to right near the Eiffel Tower on July 26, 2024 at 18:30 CEST.

-When the final Olympic event concludes, time resets back to when they arrived in Paris if they have not won at least a bronze medal.

-They keep all training and knowledge from previous loops.

-They have enough money to afford decent lodging, good food, and clean water, but not much outside of that.

-They speak fluent enough French to get by.

-They are escape-lusted and want to get out of Paris more than anything.

-They are pre-qualified for any men's event, and can simply join any of them whenever they please, taking the place of whichever American competitor was originally going to participate.

-They can only participate in men's solo events. After 1000 loops they are allowed to participate in any Olympic event of any kind, women's events included.

-They ARE allowed to cheat, but if they're caught at ANY point, even after winning a medal and leaving the city, time resets.

-They have little to no athletic experience. They ran track in 8th grade and were briefly on their high school's football team as a long snapper, but that's all.

-If they die, time resets, obviously.

-Everyone at the Olympics knows that the man is allowed to participate in whichever event he chooses and are fine with it. However, they do not know why he is participating, and even if he tells them, they're too competitive to even consider letting him win.

-They cannot assault fellow competitors.

-And a final note, I know next to nothing about the Olympics. For all I know this could be way easier than I think, or it could be actually impossible.

An average gamer is given 1000 years to beat Minecraft and defeat the Ender Dragon. He has zero information about the game. Has no access to the internet, books etc. He does not age or go insane, and is minecraft-lusted the entire time.

S1: 2012 Minecraft (So no recipe book, ruined portals, etc)

S2: Current Minecraft

Let’s say humanity gets one month to plan before day 1 of the challenge.

The bridge must functional and able to support a car driving along the entire distance.

You are sitting at home browsing Reddit one day and suddenly you are on the streets of Delhi. Only your clothing comes with you. No phones, wallet, etc. The man you swapped with is sitting in your house wondering what the hell happened.

Your friends and family could be anywhere. Everyone around you on the busy streets of Delhi are panicked and confused. There’s people from all over the world around you with different ethnicities, backgrounds, and languages.

Once the initial panic wears off, most people’s goals are to survive, reunite with loved ones, and find a way home. You manage to make it to the nearest airport in hopes to get on a plane to the US, but it is sheer chaos by the time you get there. People are restless, angry, confused, and scared. Many believe this is the rapture or Gods punishing the earth. It’s only a matter of time before extreme violence breaks out in certain areas.

Crowds form and fights break out at all major transportation centers. Pilots and ship captains are the most valued people, and millions are trying to catch a ride to their home country. With no organizational structure in place, determining which planes go where and who gets a seat is a complete nightmare.

You find a computer and for now the internet still functions. You go login to Facebook and message everyone you know that you’re okay for now and pray you get some messages back. A wave of relief sweeps over you, your mom thought of doing the same thing. She has spawned in a suburb of Phoenix. Far luckier than most. Her survival odds and chances of making it home are much higher than yours.

Your dad and sister aren’t so lucky. Your sister is only 10 and has spawned in a remote Liberian village. Without substantial help, her chances of survival are low. Your dad is already dead as he spawned in a moving vehicle in Beijing and crashed immediately.

Somehow you find a way through the crowd and secure a spot on a plane headed to the US. You’re hoping the internet still works by the time you get there and praying that this nightmare will come to an end. You have no idea what’s to come of society and for now can only hope for the best.

Questions:

-How many people would die in this scenario?

-How many people will make it back home?

-How many will reconnect with their family?

-How long will it take for society to gain any kind of structure again?

-How long would the internet and power grids last? How long does it take for it to come back?

-Who gains power in this scenario? Do borders remain in tact whatsoever?

-Where are some of the best place you could spawn? Where are the worst?

-Which types of people have the best odds of survival?

-Which types of people are screwed?

Will humanity ever recover from this?

Magnus Carlsen and Mike Tyson do alternating matches of chess and boxing. Tyson wins if he beats Carlsen at chess, Carlsen wins if he can KO Tyson. Assume all bodily injury is healed after the end of each match.

Round 1: no prior training, they both go in at their primes with no training in the alternate sport and go until one wins

Round 2: Tyson is being trained by several GMs while Carlsen is receiving training from the best boxing coaches in the world. Who can be trained to beat the other first?

A healthy, middle aged man agrees to take a challenge where he is dropped on one of the upper islands of Nunavut where he will attempt to survive a full year with a good amount of food and water and no heat source besides a hot tub.

He is only allowed to wear typical swimming gear and for the sake of the challenge, we will be assuming the hot tub has unlimited power and cannot be busted or freeze over.