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[AdventureRacing]

There are so many things i want to learn (languages, instruments etc.) so it would take a long damn time. I really don't get bored easily at all.

Of course knowing if the day would ever end would make a big difference.

 

[vicissitudes]

I WOULD BE BECOME BATMAN.

I would become the hero Puxatony deserves, but not the one it needs. And then when I realize there is no crime in Puxatony, I would become a criminal mastermind. Of course the career of each would only last 24 hours. But I would hold the whole town hostage.

Uh-oh, the Dark Knight Rises thread has started to leak into other threads.

 

[xxracerxx]

Shit really??

Some people say between 30 and 40 years.

 

[Socreges]

wasn't there a movie with the exact same premise that's action based? this guy sees a woman get shot and tries again and again and again to prevent it, either causing the shooting or failing to prevent it each time. anyone know the movie?

Source Code is kind of like this.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Uh-oh, the Dark Knight Rises thread has started to leak into other threads.

You said that yesterday.

 

[low-G]

It would be horrible to feel the lack of progress from one day to another, I think.

Even if you're in the most loving relationship, have the best sex, whatever. Waking up the next day without people having remembered? That is some real existential horror.

 

[thetrin]

Would love to live the same day over and over again for probably...a week? Then I think it would become horrible.

 

[Beerman462]

Shit really??

8.7 years

Which puts us at the grand total of 3176 repeated Groundhog days, or 453 weeks, or 105 months, or 8.7 years. Precisely, 8 years, 8 months, and 16 days. So, in the end Harold Ramis was right and I wasted a Bill Murray length of my time. But I made the hash marks, and I was going to do the math!

 

[Good Job Bob]

It would be horrible to feel the lack of progress from one day to another, I think.

Even if you're in the most loving relationship, have the best sex, whatever. Waking up the next day without people having remembered? That is some real existential horror.

That's why it works best if you're a loner like Bill Murray's character.

 

[Culebra 64]

You said that yesterday.

GROUNDHOG DAY

 

[jb1234]

It would be horrible to feel the lack of progress from one day to another, I think.

Even if you're in the most loving relationship, have the best sex, whatever. Waking up the next day without people having remembered? That is some real existential horror.

It sounds horrific. Every relationship you have is stuck on that one day. And in the movie, he can't even die so it could last for an eternity. You'd go insane first.

 

[Divvy]

8.7 years

I like this estimation more: 33 Years, 358 days

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

GROUNDHOG DAY

 

[Beerman462]

I like this estimation more: 33 Years, 358 days

It's so fascinating to think about.

 

[Culebra 64]

 

[SquiddyCracker]

I like this estimation more: 33 Years, 358 days

I like to think that he has lived 10,000 years - which shows on the last day.

 

[Socreges]

8.7 years

I like this estimation more: 33 Years, 358 days

I know that neither calculation is at all serious, but they both claim that Phil became fluent in French. But isn't it pretty obvious that he just mastered one French poem but very likely knew nothing else? That was the joke.

I'd guess that the minimum is a lot less than 8 years. The ice sculpting and piano playing is what pushes it up - not really anything else.

 

[wondermega]

Great topic.
My life in many ways has become Groundhog Day, for better or worse (likely the latter) as it's been particularly routine and in many ways quite limited the last couple of years, in some ways feels like being a prisoner. Eat at the same few places. Have the same conversations with the same people. Its not a pleasant thing- fortunately I am quite productive between all the projects I am working on, which absolutely keeps me excited & refreshed. If I woke up every day with the previos days' work erased, for eternity - that'd be a fate worse than death.

 

[johnny_park]

Great topic.
My life in many ways has become Groundhog Day, for better or worse (likely the latter) as it's been particularly routine and in many ways quite limited the last couple of years, in some ways feels like being a prisoner. Eat at the same few places. Have the same conversations with the same people. Its not a pleasant thing- fortunately I am quite productive between all the projects I am working on, which absolutely keeps me excited & refreshed. If I woke up every day with the previos days' work erased, for eternity - that'd be a fate worse than death.

Why would you go to work?

 

[MadeWell]

wasn't there a movie with the exact same premise that's action based? this guy sees a woman get shot and tries again and again and again to prevent it, either causing the shooting or failing to prevent it each time. anyone know the movie?

might be Run Lola run?

With the internet and living in a densely populated city,
boredom would take awhile to set in.
The sheer amount of things that could change based on my actions would keep me very entertained.

 

[Timedog]

Hundreds of years. Maybe thousands. Anyone who says less might not be creative enough.

The only thing I'd need is to not wake up tired when I wake up at the exact same time every day. If I wake up refreshed in the morning I'm good on that shit for a long, long, long, long fucking time.

 

[Jason Frost]

wasn't there a movie with the exact same premise that's action based? this guy sees a woman get shot and tries again and again and again to prevent it, either causing the shooting or failing to prevent it each time. anyone know the movie?

Could this be Retroactive with James Belushi and Kylie Travis?

 

[Alx]

I like to think that he has lived 10,000 years - which shows on the last day.

Yes, I remember that was the original idea in the early scripts, that he had been living that day for 10000 years because it "sounded mystical", and I agree with that. On the other hand someone living for so long with himself couldn't turn back to a normal life. Even if you're the dumbest person alive, spending even a small part of that time just thinking should get you at another level of wisdom, like some sort of super-guru (or super-cracknut, or both).

 

[kruis]

The worst thing about a groundhog day life would be that nothing is permanent. You can learn to play guitar or piano, but you'd never be able to write down and record songs, because it'll be all gone the next day. If you write a story one day, you'll never have someone else read and comment on it, because there's not enough time. Everything you create will be wiped out of existence when you wake. No one will know, unless you learn it by heart but that will limit severely what you can create and share with others.

Must be hell for a creative person.

 

[apocalidiot]

Yeah, yeah, I know.
I just can't get behind something when it makes no sense whatsoever.
His brain never resets, yet it doesn't get old?
But at the same time he is retaining his memories, so that much mean that new synaptic connections are being created, but the brain cannot hold an infinite amount of memories so eventually he'd forget stuff or go catatonic from every neuron in his brain making every single possible connection and thus leave no room for further connections.

Still, it was a fun movie

You realize that the movie involved a dude going back in time every day right?

 

[Jader7777]

Pfft. If you don't try new things in life it would suck. For everyone else:

Imagine the backlog you could finish!

Might be hard to do 20+ hour games without TAS though. I guess you could hack/download a save state.

 

[Khezu]

If I could go through the experience with a friend it would be fucking baller. Until they get depressed and become an everlasting killjoy.

Man, if I did that with my friend it would probably end up becoming a game of who can kill each other first, EVERY DAY. Shit would probably escalate to some crazy shit like making traps out in the woods, complete disregard for anyone else's life, and strange convoluted ways to off one another.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Man, if I did that with my friend it would probably end up becoming a game of who can kill each other first, EVERY DAY. Shit would probably escalate to some crazy shit like making traps out in the woods, complete disregard for anyone else's life, and strange convoluted ways to off one another.

...that would be kind of awesome. Then the next day you could rub it in their face over a beer.

 

[kruis]

Man, if I did that with my friend it would probably end up becoming a game of who can kill each other first, EVERY DAY. Shit would probably escalate to some crazy shit like making traps out in the woods, complete disregard for anyone else's life, and strange convoluted ways to off one another.

You do realize that you'll never rally die, but you will be able to suffer if you don't die on the spot. It's not like you're invincible. Making traps and shooting each other may sound like adolescent fun, but it isn'when you're in excruciating pain when a bullet actually pierced your body and you've got 11 hours on the clock till the reset.

 

[Wafflecakes]

Eh would just buy a different movie or TV show every day. Could keep me occupied for a while. Fishing maybe..... Lots of relaxation.

I think I could last a year. Maybe 5 (there are a lot of TV shows out there).

 

[AdventureRacing]

Hundreds of years. Maybe thousands. Anyone who says less might not be creative enough.

The only thing I'd need is to not wake up tired when I wake up at the exact same time every day. If I wake up refreshed in the morning I'm good on that shit for a long, long, long, long fucking time.

Pretty much exactly what i think when people say they are happy to only live 80-100 years (assuming you never became old and frail). There is just so much to see and do and so many ways to have fun.

 

[rCIZZLE]

I'd lose a lot of interest in my hobbies after a pretty short amount of time. No new comics or TV episodes would be a major bummer. Getting godlike at a fighting game wouldn't be as fun if I couldn't go to tournaments. I could do a lot of reading and some light traveling but I'd be restricted by availability of books and time required for traveling.

Probably could last a year before I've done everything I'd want to do under current conditions.

 

[TheVampire]

I think maybe after a year the fun would run out.

By then I would of done many terrible things lol

 

[MrCow]

great movie!
every time i see it, i get reminded of all the things we could do with our lifes and all the things we actually want to do but somehow never do - instead we waste our time working or slacking of in different ways.

to all the people who have posted a long long list of all the things they would learn on a groundhog day cycle - what stops you from learning them now?

we are probably all under the age of 50 here (if not it doesn't matter) the there is actually enough time to learn what you want and there is still time to master it and enjoy your thing..

well i'm not different i tell you that, just i get reminded every time that there is so much more that one could do

(learning to play the guitar at the moment - one of the things i always wanted to do)

 

[hiro4]

wasn't there a movie with the exact same premise that's action based? this guy sees a woman get shot and tries again and again and again to prevent it, either causing the shooting or failing to prevent it each time. anyone know the movie?

There was also a series called daybreak.
Awesome show.

 

[UFRA]

Probably a month. After that, I'd have trouble coming up with new ideas of what to do.

 

[Phat Michael]

Id love this. Especially if i could choose the day.

One in particular involving lots of amazing sex with a hot woman id never get to touch again, go out, have a coffee, see a movie, rob a bank etc. would LOVE it.

 

[rCIZZLE]

I think maybe after a year the fun would run out.

By then I would of done many terrible things lol

I'd probably be terrified to do anything too bad for fear that time would continue and I'd be fucked. Like robbing a bank or driving my car through walmart. Things that would be hilarious at the time but not if they actually had consequences.

 

[dabig2]

Honestly, I'd get bored after a month. There's only so much you can do, see, and experience in a day that eventually shit starts to become routine. There comes a point where you just get bored of learning new pointless shit you won't even get to use or gain satisfaction from.

Worst immortality ever. What gets me excited about living life is moving forward and experiencing all the cool new shit in the future.

 

[Xero]

I it would take a good amount of time to adjust, before you just went screw it and started having, fun because you didn't care. Then you would probably get depressed and hit a wall. After awhile you would probably stop with the silly stuff, and start actually improving yourself and those around you, this point you probably resign yourself to it never ending.. So basically like 2 barriers you would have to get through, much like the movie.

 

[Forsaken82]

Christmas as an eight year old, every day forever.

You would be cool with getting the same presents over and over again for eternity?

Must have been an amazing christmas...

 

[jgcurtis]

worst case scenario is when you win the lottery on the day that keeps repeating...you can never collect your winnings and everyday you have to hear the numbers and know they're yours.

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

Now imagine if A WEEK reseted itself, an you happened to be in an exotic, tropical island like Hawaii with all the necessities, food, vehicles, women, men etc.

Sign me the fuck up!

 

[Rhomega Beta]

I imagine after a while I'd go mad and think I'm the Guardian of Time and take note of every little thing that happens in that 24 hour period.

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

Honestly, I'd get bored after a month. There's only so much you can do, see, and experience in a day that eventually shit starts to become routine. There comes a point where you just get bored of learning new pointless shit you won't even get to use or gain satisfaction from.

Worst immortality ever. What gets me excited about living life is moving forward and experiencing all the cool new shit in the future.

I've seen the movie many times, one of my favs, and I totally agree, It will be no different than living an infinite nightmare.

Fact is 24 hours is such a short little time even in our short little time on this planet. We cannot possible achieve enough things within 24 hours to be fully satisfied with ourselves, maybe I'm an underachiever....eh!

Life is all about growing up and growing old, it's all about discovering what's around the next corner, lighting up shadows to see what's there.

All the mystery all the wonder of life and change would probably die in a very short time ( a year or two)

It will come to a point where, they would be literally no point to get out of bed. How fun is that? sounds very depressing..

 

[Partial Gamification]

In the movie, the day resets when he sleeps. DARPA is developing a nasal spray to induce the effects of sleep. If that kept the “current day,” one could stretch-out the geography that the “Groundhog Event” was limited to. The world would be your oyster.

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

In the movie, the day rests when he sleeps.DARPA is developing a nasal spray[/URL] to induce the effects of sleep.

You better have that DARPA spray within your 24 hour's reach, otherwise you are fucked!

EDIT Oh ok, so I didn't know he can go for days without sleep and the day would change. but is that really what happens in the movie?

 

[Partial Gamification]

You better have that DARPA spray within your 24 hour's reach, otherwise you are fucked!

EDIT Oh ok, so I didn't know he can go for days without sleep and the day would change. but is that really what happens in the movie?

He tries to stay up with his producer, at the bed and breakfast, but they fall asleep. I don't remeber the movie addressing the isse if he stayed up past the Sonny and Cher wake-up radio broadcast time.

[edit] the above-post changed to "day resets"

 

[TheExodu5]

wasn't there a movie with the exact same premise that's action based? this guy sees a woman get shot and tries again and again and again to prevent it, either causing the shooting or failing to prevent it each time. anyone know the movie?

The Butterfly Effect?

 

[strafer]

Creating a new character in WoW every day? Yes please.