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Zathras Warn, but No One Listen to Zathras by Tyler
May 13th, 2008 10:59 AM
Right when I read the description, I knew this mission was for me. To accomplish it, I decided that for one day, I would be cut off from anything and everything that told time.
I started by removing all clocks, and things that featured clocks, from my room. These are all on a coffee table in the hall outside of my room.
Knowing my friends, who are usually big jerks, they would have found it hilarious to try to tell me the time somehow, either via phone call, email, or instant message. This meant that I had to turn off my cell phone (which is not in any of the photos, because it was the camera), and disconnect myself from the internet, effectively severing myself from communication with the outside world.
My next enemy was also my greatest. Since the dawn of mankind, it has been our greatest nemesis: the sun. I can, unfortunately, vaguely guess the time with the sun, so it had to go. To do this, I put black sheets over the window in my room, and a pillowcase over the window in my bathroom (which was conveniently attached to my room, so I would not have to venture through my house to relieve myself).
Next, I realized that I would need food if I were to survive the day. I would not be able to go to the kitchen for food, because I would be in danger of seeing either the sun, or a clock on the microwave or oven. So I filled my big pink bowl with nonperishable food (enough to last me three meals), and two big bottles of sparkling water (to which I am addicted to).
I went to bed at exactly 1:33am, with that being the only time I had looked at a clock for the day.
I woke up the next day, with no clue what time it was, so I started my day already lost in time. Every now and then, I would yell through the door and guess what time it was, and my friend waiting outside would write it down, along with the real time. My goal for the day was to stop when I thought I had reached 7pm. For the sake of the experiment, I guessed at the top of each hour.
The results were as followed:
Perceived Time: Real Time:
11:00am 9:10am
12:00am 9:43am
1:00pm 10:23pm
2:00pm 10:57pm
3:00pm 11:36pm
4:00pm 12:10pm
5:00pm 12:41pm
6:00pm 1:28pm
7:00pm 2:11pm
What I learned was that my perceived time was much faster than the actual time. I started off thinking it was much later than it actually was, because I had thought that I had slept in much later than I actually did. I was given quite a shock when I thought it was 7pm, and left my room, only to look at a clock and see that it was only 2:11pm.
All in all, it was a very interesting day that I will not soon forget.
I started by removing all clocks, and things that featured clocks, from my room. These are all on a coffee table in the hall outside of my room.
Knowing my friends, who are usually big jerks, they would have found it hilarious to try to tell me the time somehow, either via phone call, email, or instant message. This meant that I had to turn off my cell phone (which is not in any of the photos, because it was the camera), and disconnect myself from the internet, effectively severing myself from communication with the outside world.
My next enemy was also my greatest. Since the dawn of mankind, it has been our greatest nemesis: the sun. I can, unfortunately, vaguely guess the time with the sun, so it had to go. To do this, I put black sheets over the window in my room, and a pillowcase over the window in my bathroom (which was conveniently attached to my room, so I would not have to venture through my house to relieve myself).
Next, I realized that I would need food if I were to survive the day. I would not be able to go to the kitchen for food, because I would be in danger of seeing either the sun, or a clock on the microwave or oven. So I filled my big pink bowl with nonperishable food (enough to last me three meals), and two big bottles of sparkling water (to which I am addicted to).
I went to bed at exactly 1:33am, with that being the only time I had looked at a clock for the day.
I woke up the next day, with no clue what time it was, so I started my day already lost in time. Every now and then, I would yell through the door and guess what time it was, and my friend waiting outside would write it down, along with the real time. My goal for the day was to stop when I thought I had reached 7pm. For the sake of the experiment, I guessed at the top of each hour.
The results were as followed:
Perceived Time: Real Time:
11:00am 9:10am
12:00am 9:43am
1:00pm 10:23pm
2:00pm 10:57pm
3:00pm 11:36pm
4:00pm 12:10pm
5:00pm 12:41pm
6:00pm 1:28pm
7:00pm 2:11pm
What I learned was that my perceived time was much faster than the actual time. I started off thinking it was much later than it actually was, because I had thought that I had slept in much later than I actually did. I was given quite a shock when I thought it was 7pm, and left my room, only to look at a clock and see that it was only 2:11pm.
All in all, it was a very interesting day that I will not soon forget.
It's like theyr having a party!
Two digital clocks, an old cell phone, the home phone (with battery removed, because I could not think of another way to turn it off), two pocket watches, and a dead wristwatch (which was removed from my room because it would have been correct twice during the day)
Take that, sun!
The black sheet on my window made my room look like a crack den from outside.
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posted by Burn Unit on May 13th, 2008 5:33 PM
really terrific setup and methodology, I think. so yes, give us some further findings because I bet you've got some good ones.
so we have the setup, but did you get lost? is there more?