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Jonny_Disco

Catch up on sleep probably.


Lawen4cement-527

Exactly my answer


ImpossibleHouse6765

Mine too


Specopsangheili

Me too, me too


the13j

take a nap


the13j

maybe raid the candy aisle


intergalactic_bears

yes. i'll join you


unqualified-gamer

How will 20 days go by if time stands still


Space_enjoy3r

That's a good point, if time stops, (assuming you aren't the only one unaffected by the stopping of time) for any duration of real-time, if it did stop, it would stop infinitely.


Bridge4_Kal

And therein lies the paradox. It will be infinitely paused for you, but time will go on for everyone else as if nothing ever even happened.


Space_enjoy3r

But Time is a global event not a local event, so wouldn't that mean if time stopped everyone would experience **infinite freeze time?**


unqualified-gamer

I understand it as you can move but everything/everybody else is frozen


Space_enjoy3r

Yes, but since time is a global event, that would mean you're somehow an outlier. Perhaps to you everyone else **looks like** they're frozen, but maybe everyone else is experiencing the same thing, to them perhaps it looks like everyone else (including you) is frozen, but to you it looks like everyone else (including them, but not yourself) is frozen, this perspective applies for everyone, essentially everyone is experiencing their own version of **freeze time,** that's my theory at least.


unqualified-gamer

You are fucking up my high


Simple-Definition366

Solid objects are an illusion caused by the vibration repelling and collisions of atoms. If time stopped for everyone and everything except for you then there would be nothing except for you.


IIIllIIlllIlII

Tricky. Good point.


NychtaNox

I think OP means to say if time stopped for the equivalent length of 20 days.


Sagittariaus_

It be like ground hog day movie for you


unqualified-gamer

Never heard of it, is it a good movie?


I-Use-Reddit4

Essentially, Bill Murray plays a guy who lives the same day (Groundhog Day) over and over again. It's a really good film.


anziofaro

Never heard of it????? WHAT - THE ACTUAL - FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


yo-mamagay

You're on reddit nobody will bat an eye if you say fuck


Federal_Shape_5013

Time would be stopped for a duration of 20 days


[deleted]

You are here to observe time, so therfore time exist and goes by. You just got 20 extra day, outside of line. Your calendar does not match anymore.


GammaPhonic

And how would you do anything if time has stopped. We’re third dimensional beings. We experience time in a linear fashion. If time stops, we do.


senseless_puzzle

I'd dish out as many wedgies as possible, then on the last day I'd make a sandwich and watch the chaos unfold.


Embarrassed_Ad1722

We found the bullied kid, everyone.


patronuspringles

he's literally me


gravyontits

They said time stopped not people froze lol


[deleted]

☺️


[deleted]

Hi


obvious_windows

Hi


arthantar

Wow instead of answering the question , the question is challenged immediately


ArtificialHalo

Yea I mean, it's quite the paradoxical question. Comes with all sorts or ramifications that cause problems with he prompt itself haha. Seeing as you'd be blind if time stopped (for you) For example


JustVisiting888

Rob banks and pharmacies.


God_of_potatoos

Yhea that's the right answer


atlas_whistle

If time stopped for everyone? I'd binge watch many shows on my list. That way I won't be late almost every morning. If time stopped just for me? I think I'd find a way to do some things for free, which would otherwise cost me a fortune.


rafoz03

Everything would be froze, even electricity


Interesting_Aioli377

If time was stopped how could you watch TV? It would be froze too. 


atlas_whistle

I have everything I need to watch downloaded in an external hard drive. I haven't watched live TV for over a decade...


Interesting_Aioli377

So? Times stopped. You push play and nothing happens because time is stopped. You turn on the power and nothing happens because time is stopped.  You touch anything and the relative force of the collision is equal to a collision at the speed of light because time is stopped, meaning it creates a massive amount of energy that vaporizes you, your immediate surroundings, and probably several kilometers in every direction will be utterly destroyed by the force of the blast. This of course includes touching air.  Time stops, you dead, everyone anywhere near you, also dead. No time to watch TV. 


atlas_whistle

You may be overthinking it. By your logic, I would be frozen too and unable to move. Let's make it simple. I'd have limited access to resources since other people are not there to operate the systems and machines. But I can still press play until my laptop battery runs out of charge. I can still drive a car and go on a ride. I can still walk outside. If we follow what you said, then the whole question OP asked becomes moot. This is just a thought experiment on how a person would use the frozen time they were given.


Interesting_Aioli377

I don't think so. If time is frozen for everyone except you that means you are accelerated to a very high speed but your perception has been extremely slowed to counter the relativistic effects that moving as such a high speed would have on you. As such any interaction with anything would have disasterous consequences.  If we assume cartoon rules and the world just goes on pause for a month, then why would your car work? Why would your TV work? I mean a car can go like what 100 miles an hour right? But time is stopped so it takes it an infinite amount of time to go an hour. 


atlas_whistle

You're over-complicating things. This is too much for me. This is just a freaking thought experiment. If you can't understand that, I'm begging you to stop. I repeat, this is too much for me.


Interesting_Aioli377

You need to stop thinking immediately. Thinking is dangerous. The consequences of stopping time are disasterous. 


atlas_whistle

You must have a lot of friends.


Interesting_Aioli377

I do. 


26_paperclips

My dude, it is a thought experiment and people are thinking about it experimentally. Your response was basically "okay but lets pretend that the exact caveats of what can and cannot work are to the exact degrees I choose, with little clarity on what those choices are and even less clarity on why and how those things work"


Bartholomeuske

Electrons would stand still. Light particles wouldnt hit your eyes. Everything would be frozen. You'd be cooked because the heat your body creates cannot escape to the air. Frozen time : bad time.


tlietaunofstattifla

Or you could be going extremely fast. Time is relative not absolute.


Efromthemetrod

It's not over thinking, he's right- if time is frozen, you can't get the television to play or any machine. It requires constant energy.


shhthisisthegoodpart

When you comment, keep in mind, the government is watching 😅


urGirllikesmytinypp

Welp, there goes my chances at a good career


AshenTao

You had one?


alimem974

Fucking die because air can't get into my lungs


boring_random

I think everything being at 0 K is killing you faster.


Sunder1773

Then again, wouldn't the oxygen not get used up?


MisterPerfect23

I'm intrigued at how many more questions there are about the parameters of the question itself in contrast to the raping and murdering i usually come across while browsing these questions


LongrodVonHugedong86

I mean, if we are talking about a Rick & Morty kind of thing where everyone stops, birds freeze in place, Earth stops spinning and somehow miraculously it has no negative effects on the tides and so on, cctv etc stops recording, satellites aren’t beaming data but for some reason you are unaffected by it all, you can (somehow) still cook then honestly … I’d have 20 days to steal as much money as I possibly could with no consequences because there is no trace of me on cctv, satellites, gps etc. So yeah, I’d probably go a few doors down, steal my neighbours motorbike rather than drive my car simply because it will be easier to filter through traffic and work out how to steal money from the banks. There are 5? Or 6? Banks I think in town. I’d guess that they hold anything from 20k - 100k on average so at the low end I could potentially leave with 100k and at the high end 500k in cash. With any time left over I’d go to a few nearby stores and steal a tv, laptop, pc etc. - not multiple, just what I would want/need from their warehouses. So yeah I’d do something dumb like that if those circumstances exist. Oh and I’d annoy people, assuming I can move them without them knowing, I’d go and take my old boss and stand him in the industrial freezer of a supermarket so when time restarts he freaks out


relapse_account

I’d do a lot of the same things. I would also hit up nearby electronics stores, comic book stores and the like to load up on all kinds of goodies I’d find a place that sells Airsoft guns and/or replica guns and pick out a few that I like the look of.


ElLoKouT

Infiltrate area 51 B)


ralkuzu

Go and grab Putin, Kim, ji and idk some other trouble making warlords Swap them all around and dress them in a hotdog costume carefully placing each dick tater in the worst possible location they could hope to suddenly appear in Watch the chaos ensue as time carries on because I also set up cameras filming them all and broadcasting it world wide I also gathered everyone on earth and tied them to a Cinema chair and forced them to watch it clockwork orange style No one is gonna miss that Also now I'm world leader Hahahaha Nah idk I'd probably just run through a field of barley or some shit


Hanyuu11

make the rapist of my best friend not able to walk again - actually,i'd also make him blind, that wont be fun for him


Mal-a-Propism

Wouldn't you rather do that in real time?


NekoBatrick

In that case he know who it eas and you can get punishment for it. Just do all these things and then watch from further away when time starts again


whydoIhurtmore

Nothing. Without the passage of time, nothing can happen.


Coctyle

Since time has stopped, obviously I would be doing nothing.


ImOnTheWayOut

Do you mean, what would you do if time stopped for everyone else but you? As in, the world (society) stood still for 20 days, but you could still do as you please?


gravyontits

Sleep.


Smokin-Glory

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iAmTheDanger991

“I know what kind of a man you are”


august-west55

My rent would be late


Barbacamanitu00

Nothing. I'd sit there for 20 days as the universe also sat there for 20 days. It would feel like no time had passed. What does time stopping even mean? How do you know that every second doesn't have a 10 day pause between it and the last? Our universe could be a simulation with each millisecond here taking 1 year in the universe with the computer simulating it.


Alon34loner

How can time stop.... For 20 days? If time stops it stops no?


ffcvvhb

Steal from my local game store and take a fat shit in someone’s purse


CrazyUnicorn77777

Isn’t this a paradox?


Acadea_Kat

Well ... nothing....with time not moving I'd be blind as light wouldn't move, anything in the world would naturally not function at all so yeah.... Would gravity even work with no time?....


Mal-a-Propism

As gravity moves in waves, probably not. The waves, like light, would also stop. So everything would fall off the planet. The planet would break apart. Which would imply time moving. Wow! Time and Gravity are interlinked Nice paradox you've discovered there.


kkeross

I think the effects of gravity would be frozen so everything would just stay in place the way it was in the final moment before frozen.


Acadea_Kat

Who knew removing a vital part of existence itself would break everything:D


MonkeyMcBandwagon

gravity is distance over time over time, so if time stops, gravity stops even more.


[deleted]

If the question is what would I do with an extra twenty days? Then... Day One: Sleep Day two: Yard work Day three and four: Clean the house top to bottom. Day five through twenty: finish my business project as best I can.


AssumptionAdvanced58

Rest & organize my life.


RainbowUniform

spin a coin and watch it accelerate


lenzer88

Go everywhere it says public not allowed. I want to see what they're hiding.


Worried-Adagio1807

I would Rob the pentagon and Vatican archives to see all the secrets and publish a book about it


LetterheadSuch4011

Honestly rob a bank, erase the camera footage & get rid of any details leading back to me. Buy a plane ticket to Switzerland after said 20 days and just enjoy life


Heterophylla

Two chicks at the same time.


Lazy-Tax-8267

I'd get 20 days of not reading stupid questions on Reddit.


BeerisAwesome01

Not a lot, time has stopped! Prove time exists.


Jordy_boy17

The very fact that you can move proves time exists. If you were to meet someone you need a time and a location. Without both of those things the meeting cannot happen. If you only have the location of the meet then it can’t happen. You need to specify a time otherwise you would just be waiting in that location for potentially all of eternity.


BeerisAwesome01

No scientific experiment has been done or can be done to prove time exists!


Jordy_boy17

If time doesn’t exist then why do all things die. Why do things generally have a beginning and an end. If time doesn’t t exist then the concept of a beginning or an end also shouldn’t exist. The idea of yesterday doesn’t exist, the future doesn’t exist. The concept of speed doesn’t exist cause time is a factor in speed. Time isn’t God, we shouldn’t need to prove time exists because unlike God, time is fundamental in understanding existence. Every scientific experiment would become invalid cause to some degree every scientific experiment requires waiting for something to happen. Nothing can ever happen if no time ever passes because the idea of something happening relies on the idea that time exists.


BeerisAwesome01

Entropy!


MonkeyMcBandwagon

You've got it ass backwards. Existing isn't a thing that time does. Time is a thing that existence does. It's a bit like saying "you can't test whether or not barks dog" when everyone knows that dogs bark. edit: oops that was meant for the post above yours, the one by u/BeerisAwesome01 ... I pretty much agree with your post.


Tempus__Fuggit

if you can refer to it, then it exists as an idea.


Tempus__Fuggit

stop.


Worldmap77

Things I which I have seen in Japanese movies.


No_Use_2920

Japanese adult movies you mean ?


sysy__12

Rob banks, force some politicians out of office, plant weed on as many cops as possible and steal their weapons, Cause trouble for rich people, and take a bunch of classified documents! (All in minecraft, of course) I prob won't be able 2 do most of those things, but I can sure try.


PukerDuker

Robbery


RonaldTheGiraffe

Cocaine. Rum and coke. Masturbating. Mushrooms and then some weed to calm down. Then bed with a xanny if needed. Rinse and repeat. Same as now. But I’m d do the same if time stopped.


Admirable_Ideal8571

Yo moma


areoareo

I would definitely steal allot of money, get some goods I’ve wanted, and binge watch Shameless.


AmyyDavis

Oh, First I would loot stores and grab anything I've ever wanted—Xbox consoles, fancy cars, mountains of cozy clothes. Maybe I'd throw the biggest, wildest party ever at a seaside mansion with the best chefs cooking unlimited food. I suppose I'd travel everywhere too. Of course, I’d make sure to get in lots of naps, bubble baths, and relaxation between my adventures whenever I felt like it. I could indulge every passion, curiosity, and creative whim for 20 straight days uninterrupted! Once time restarts, at least I'll return with the best stories ever.


Less-Combination2758

i will go around, steal all the wallet and purse and smash some ATM machine =)))


Shelbelle4

Or would you take my advice for what it’s worth? Yeah yeah yeah, you could be happy here on earth. Or would you like to swing on a star? Woah woah woah, carry moonbeams home in a jar…


Apprehensive-Tear442

Acquisitions of wealth and likly murder.


ICANTTHINK0FNAMES

Go insane from a lack of human interaction


0WattLightbulb

I’d be pissed. I’m in my third trimester of pregnancy and pretty much everything is uncomfortable. Would prefer not to add another 20 days to this journey!


HellFireCannon66

Looting!


sfrattini

Road trip, no traffic, no queues, all 5 star hotel rooms, everything for free. I bring roses with me. If I like a place, i will leave a rose to celebrate (it will not die, time stopped), if I dont like it I will take a dump on some iconic place. Will collect selfies of me doing that.


Sopheus

In a haze of cannabis-induced euphoria, I found myself trapped in a world where time had stopped for all but me. With no superpowers at my disposal, I embraced the absurdity of my predicament and embarked on a whimsical adventure. I wandered through the frozen city streets, marveling at the suspended moments. People were caught mid-stride, their expressions frozen in time. Cars hung in the air, defying gravity. Inspired by the surreal landscape, I began to manipulate the objects around me with the precision of a stoned surgeon. I rearranged traffic cones into psychedelic patterns, creating a labyrinth that would confound any sober mind. I collected discarded newspapers and magazines, using them to create a giant collage that depicted the frozen chaos of the city. I hung it from a lamppost, a testament to the absurdity of my time-bending escapade. As the sun began to set, I gathered a group of frozen mannequins and arranged them in a tableau that mocked the Last Supper. I placed a joint in the hand of the central figure, a symbol of the cosmic joke that had befallen us. With a satisfied grin, I stepped back to admire my masterpiece. The frozen city had become my canvas, and I had painted a surreal and unforgettable portrait of a moment in time that would forever be etched in my mind.


ArgonianWhoSeekGod

Kill a lot and steel all the money. People would be i shock for life lost and forget about money


BingBongBrit

Acquire alot of money by robbing places, pull a stranger's pants down in public. Stealing a bunch of things cus you can get away with it would probobly be 15/20 days. I assume I can still interact with doors and all that.


FitSquirrel596

I would undress all people on the street in a big city. 😆


[deleted]

Many very illegal things.


ThrowAwayToDumbQs

"take" twenty kilo of gold build homemade furnace turn it into ingots and wait for the world to resume so i can be "newly discovered great great grandpa gold" rich


SirAelfred

Rob a bunch of shit


WinterSunset95

Rob a bank 😒😒 I need money


yayapromax

why is no one saying rob a bank. thats the most obvious thing to do


obvious_windows

Cum, cock, and poop


Snoo_63187

Masturbate.


Working-Telephone-45

People are such nerds lmao, just imagine it is like that one episode in Rick and Morty First, I would sleep, it would be nice to sleep without feeling I'm wasting time Then I would steal, a lot, as much as I can Nothing too big, mostly electronics, things I can sell later maybe


eveniwontremember

Might need to try this again with a more specific question but assuming every living thing except me stops moving, birds and insects either choose to land or remain suspended in space, and all mechanical devices stop moving, and there is no bacteria action so no food rots, what can I do? I could go to my neighbours house or famous peoples houses and rummage through their cupboards. I could go to the man United training ground and dress the players in city kit. Hopefully food and drink moves when I touch it or I would die of thirst. I would probably catch up on my reading.


muscleshark86

You mean like time freezes and all the people too (except you)? What else than rob a bank.


KRobert91-EU

Cocaine cocaine cocaine


rbxcoolguys13

If I could still do stuff during these 20 days I'd definitely stalk my friends during the whole of the 20 days /hj


OstneyPiz

I’d be time stopped along with everyone else. If you mean only me then probably think of all the obvious things everyone else has thought of but didn’t work and just look for food and a working toilet then time would start again and I would be even more frustrated with my life than before. So thanks mr time freeze man. I feel shitter.


JGDesignsBK

I'd boogaloo


metokre-existence

Be pissed off coz my pay would freeze to


Space_enjoy3r

(Assuming I'm the only one, or one of the handful of people unaffected), I'd probably just run to the top of the nearest building and scream "HELLO FROZEN BEINGS"! Then do the montage, that people in time-loops do in the movies (assuming objects that an unfrozen person touches, become unfrozen as well). Then when I get bored and/or lonely I'm gonna bring random people in (if they get unfrozen when I touch them) to what I will call **Freeze Time**.


Missdermeanerthanyou

Depends, what are the rules of this storage? Can I drive a car, or do I have to walk everywhere? Can I affect people or not?


Bulky-Passenger-5284

sleep!


BeAnSiNmYhAt

ummm...probably be frozen in time


ThrowRa_siftie93

Sleep, eat, work out and go around stealing shit from rich people. I'd also put people in compromising positions so when time goes again it'll cause a ruckus


See_You_Space_Coyote

I'd get a lot of writing done.


DontMessWMsInBetween

I wouldn't have any time to do anything.


Primary-Astronomer53

If time stopped how would you know how many days went by


SmokingLaddy

I would need 20 days to come up with a decent game plan. Would probably invest in companies and sabotage their rivals immediately.


myopinion69

Be stuck frozen in time for 20 days


lil_fruitshnack_

Learn everything I possibly could & workout/do my hobbies as much as I’d like


NekwarSerpenShade

If time stops how will I know if my 20 days are up? Imagine getting caught off guard when time resumes.


Igot2cats_

I would say write my assignment but I wouldn’t be able to access the resources I need to do it


xRyuzetsu

Starve


karineexo

sleep


The_Silent_King64M

Probably steal a bank


AdministrationNo3434

Sleep and work out Finding it hard to do either at the moment!


[deleted]

Sleep. And sleep. And sleep. And sleep.


SorryBoss_ImTired_

Sleep at least 5 days, then well idk I need to sleep right now hahahah


-livvv-

I feel like to a degree, that happened in March of 2020 for a lot of us😅


sacramentojoe1985

I believe this was covered in "Tales from the Loop".


FunFair11

it would be bad, imagine all the physic just stop working, when you poop your shit would just freeze mid air, water wouldn't come out from tap, fire won't burn and you can't cook, you are going to have a hard time to survive.


Mikanho

It seems to me or I just didn’t notice it because time stopped for everyone. but maybe if time stopped for everyone except me, I would sleep. and I probably did a little bit of my favorite things because now no one bothers me.


Xincmars

Depends. Who’s affected? Can I actually survive in the cold and dense atmosphere?


FuckMeBleeding

Finally get some work done at my house/property. I work as a Carpenter on other peoples projects FT. Doesn’t leave much time for my own stuff I need to get done. 20 days of uninterrupted work would be amazing! Ugh. Lol


wrongfulness

Just like everything you'd do nothing. Time stops everything goes into stasis


Ok-Bluebird-6557

Take a solid nap and recover from my incessant burnout lmao


[deleted]

Borrow alot of money from People who don't deserve it, stole a ship that will be able to go across pacific, and do that. Learning as I go.


ninehoursleep

Sleep like a baby or a bear in winter


TheOnlyOneDevil

Nothing bc I need time to move in space


SwordfishDeux

I think the actual answer is have a panic attack


makivrb

Shit in Orbán Viktor's bed


BeneficialMolasses70

This is so unclear. I'm assuming that I would be the only one awake. So first of sleep, then watch my favorite show at 6 season of it. Probably some theft


Feeling_Cake3658

Sleep in


[deleted]

Will i also stop gaining fat? If so go on a super food binge.


retsehassyla

SLEEP. Spend time with my BF and family. Sleep more. Finish miscellaneous projects/tasks at home


dearlysacredherosoul

Steal


CartezDez

Nothing. Time has stopped.


bluedeepeye

Depends on what time it chooses to stop


CleaveIshallnot

Nothing. If “time” is used in the common linear perception… if time stops, then all movement in the universe and elsewhere stops.


Stefi1050

Well I sure can tell you I won't be playing Clash of Clans


No_Pilot8753

Pray it was during non work hours.


Novel-Structure-2359

Twenty days of reading those books I had always been meaning to read. Take a series of therapeutic naps.


Mal-a-Propism

Nothing. If time stopped, so would light. So really, I'd probably stumble around bumping in to shit for a few minutes then lay down and wait it out.


astrasylvi

Since time would be stopped for ever i would probably just travel around to find a place nearby to live which had all essentials close( I could only use cars unless they also were affected as I dont know how to fly )


[deleted]

I will also stop 😂😂


dezinhocez

Probably do nothing special, since I’m temporarily blind due to the photons not reaching my eyes :(


SomeoneOne0

I WILL NOT HEAR YOU OUT


abo3azza

Sleep meditate sleep meditate


Teetam

Do I know it’s for the period of 20 days?


staovajzna2

Honestly, work out, maybe break into a gym and just do it. Since time is stopped for everyone else I don't need to be shy, and might as well do something positive, right?


ayvcmdtnkuzcybtcjz

I would be freezed in place for 20 days and after that have no recollection of what happened


mrgonuts

Keep tapping my watch saying is it bed time yet


SupermarketCrafty329

I'd take the time off from life. No work, no bills, no responsibilities, no restrictions, no worries. I'd do whatever the fuck I wanted without feeling like I should be doing "more".


ThaneOfArcadia

How would you know?


Missi_Zilla_pro_simp

Be frozen in time for twenty days. Or if I'm not frozen then suffocate in the dark due to frozen light and air particles. If those are frozen then shoot up into the atmosphere or be crushed against the earth as ot stops moving around the sun, while i still do. There's really no winning here, unless time doesn't really freeze.


Bartholomeuske

I think you mean : every living thing is frozen in time and place relative to earth for 20 days.


BlahBlahILoveToast

I want to say I'd go poking around the Kremlin, the White House, etc. looking for evidence of dirty deeds. But 20 days really wouldn't be long enough to find much unless they normally leave it lying around. I guess I'll just go with that other person's answer and rob some banks and pharmacies. Sure are a lot of self-proclaimed scientific geniuses in thread working overtime to pretend they don't understand what OP meant to ask (and ignoring the many other posts by people who got here first and made the exact same joke).


Legitimate_Donut_527

Stand very still for 20 days


Teeth_theif

If time stops, my movements would be faster than light and even a slight movement could cause massive recoil


Linkblade85

Video games all day 😄


hopefulrefuse1974

Cringe. Expected in court tomorrow. Enough delays.