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Ideal for: Insomniacs
Job Specifications: You are locked into a small room
that’s specially designed to create a completely blank and empty
environment. You can’t hear anything. Feel anything. See anything. You start
to lose a sense of time, and begin to hallucinate—the brain is simply not
able to work in a vacuum, and will create images just to keep itself busy.
This can mean anything from imagining cute little bunny rabbits hopping
across a field of flowers. Or you could start seeing what looks like demons
of hell, or thousands of tiny ants crawling on your skin. You scream for
help but nobody answers. They do this for several days.
Drawbacks: yes, you’re contributing to scientific progress, but whatever
pay cheque you receive for your efforts will just about cover the therapy
you’ll need from having to go through this kind of torture. The next time
you sign up as a test subject, ask what’s it about. That’s what you get for
not reading the fine print.
Perks: You get to escape from your life, or even all of reality, for a
couple of days. A great option for henpecked husbands, who may enjoy the
only moments of silence they’ll know for the next few decades.
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