Impossibly Impossible Situation: What are your priorities?

You're locked in a small room for four days. Let's say it's twelve feet by twelve feet, or something like that. After further inspection of your surroundings, you notice that for some impossible reason, an ice box with a few frozen foods and TV dinners is resting in the corner. Along with that, you notice a few wires coming from an adjacent wall. There's a phone wire, a CAT5 cable, and a television cable. It's 40 degrees fahrenheit in this room. It's also very dark. The floor is tiled, and there is nothing like a blanket in the room. You look at your cell phone and notice that it has absolutely no service. You think it might get service sometime, but you really are just guessing. Since there is no service, it can't display time. It's kinda old, so it only holds a charge for a day. In the wall, there are two power outlets. Frankly, your situation sucks. At least you won't be stuck here more than four days.

Before the door is closed, your...uh, captors decide to give you at least a little something so you won't go insane. They have quite a few things for you to choose from, but you can only choose two from the list. Here's what they're offering:

-A fairly small, modern mini-fridge
-A very large, yet powerful microwave
-A wireless telephone with charger
-A modern laptop computer with internet capabilities (limited to 150 MB of downloads a day, nothing but Windows and Internet Browswer on laptop at first. Clock is set to 1/01/2001)
-A lava lamp
-A miniature heater
-The cell phone charger for your cell phone
-Choice of Nintendo DS or PSP with charger. Internal clocks are innacurate.
-A 13" television with A/V ports. Internal clock is inaccurate
-A 70" television with A/V ports. Internal clock is inaccurate.
-Choice of PS2, Gamecube, XBOX, Dreamcast or XBOX 360 computer entertainment system. The internal clocks are inaccurate.
-A stereo, no clock
-An accurate alarm clock

Remember, it's 40 degrees, that ice in the ice box is going to melt, it's really dark, your cell phone doesn't get much service and can't hold a charge, the room is pretty cramped, and you DON'T HAVE AN IPOD OMG.

I'm not sure if this will be closed or not, but I just really want to know where people's priorities lie when it comes to what really needs to be plugged in. I'd imagine most want the laptop, because it's a twelve-in-one type device with one power cord, but it's obviously limited. Anyway, I'd go with the laptop, because I can still communicate with a way to the outside world with it, and I'd take the 13'' TV, so I can have it on while I'm on the internet. I could try using Skype or something I guess, but it wouldn't be the same without my cell phone, or any phone at all. I'd be pretty cold and hungry, too...

Yes, this can never happen. Just don't think about it. Now enlighten me.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Summonmaster

I would definitely choose the laptop as well, because the internet is like infinity, so I'd be hard pressed to be bored there.

I guess I'd also settle for the PS2 since I could keep myself entertained for days on end with the right game.

Well, you wouldn't have a TV, but I usually entertain myself with the manual that comes with the game for two hours or so before I play it. ^_^

Cool. People started innovating pretty early. Although, I admit I COMPLETELY forgot about time.gov. Oops. :doh:

45 degrees isn't cold for some of you? O_o I'm freezing in that kind of temperature.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Dee

I would take the laptop and the cell phone charger. I have a cell phone on my at all times whenever I'm out of my room, and that may be a more reliable form of communication than the internet since none of my family members ever really chat or anything. And how do you call for police or help online? Forums? Maybe chatting with your friend may do the trick, but it would be more urgent if you did so yourself.

I guess the frozen dinners are probably still edible when thawed out, and the temperature is really cold! In that case I may forego the charger for the heater since it would suck to be stuck in 40 degree temperature.

So laptop and heater for me. Sorry cell phone.

Heh. Well the point was never to get out, really. If you wanted to do that, there's one very obvious way to be rescued, and a few inventive ways as well. I just wanted to see what was important to people, how they'd innovate and use things for purposes other than what they were built for, and see who wouldn't choose the laptop.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Thanatos

I might modify my answer though..

Is food always available? As in, u get dinner all the time? (ur captors provide it to u)

No. They'll give you all of this, but not food. They like playing games.

Originally Posted by Lady Miyomi

Since you mentioned that TV dinners would be given, I would need something to store them in and something to cook them. There's no point in starving to death just to play games. There's no guarantee that the phones will work and what will and alarm clock do? Absolutely nothing. Food for four days is the most important priority.

Yeah, but it may not be food for four days. I thought people would assume that there was only three or four frozen dinners in there, but again, I didn't specify. People are seeing the microwave as a holy grail, but yeah, it is really good as a heater. I can't blame you, though. Any food is a lot better than none.

Originally Posted by nazpyro

The microwave just seems like a must since I'd have to eat. The other item I'd take would be the 70" TV. I wish I'd have a blanket too, but either way, I'll just sleep most of the time. I like the cold anyway. Then when my 4 days are up, that 70" TV is fucking mine. Hell yes.

I was waiting for someone to say that they wanted the big screen. I'm surprised, because it almost takes up all of one wall, but I wanted to see who didn't care and wanted to see their programs on a big screen. But, it won't be yours after four days. It's not a test with rewards, they're...uhm, doing an inhumane experiment. Because they're aliens. >_>

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YES. Heating the dinners on the heater is simple, but I never gave it thought. As for time, yeah, I really tried making the alarm clock useful, but I guess it isn't. Technology is just too good these days. ^_^

I made the room small for a reason, and the microwave big for a reason. So you better get used to deficating in a corner and staying as far away from it as you can. Unless you can think of an ingenius Macgyver way to get rid of it with what's provided (I can't).

I was speaking idiomatically.

It was never about escape. It's about using your resources, and seeing what people value in this day and age. Besides, if you escape, you'll just find yourself in a larger, more hideous room, where the power outlets are not from your region.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

So uh...what happens when you run out of stuff to throw in the microwave? I guess you can keep the thing plugged in with the door open, and I dunno, the LIGHT might provide some (almost none) warmth, but I'm pretty sure it's really bad for a microwave to just cook while there is nothing in there. I'm too lazy to confirm that, though.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Leknaat

You guys are going to love mine.

The 70" TV and the mini-fridge.

The TV will provide heat, light, and entertainment. As others have said, the frozen dinners can be eaten thawed, and I only eat one meal a day anyway.

And then I'd use the trays and boxes for my "waste" and store them in the mini-fridge so they won't smell.

You win this thread.

Of course, this is a lot of the reason why I'd choose to fast. I know I wouldn't be able to hold it for four days. >_<

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?