I must try this.

CopperAlbatross · 3 months

This is known as "gaslighting" and can be extremely entertaining (for either party) and/or extremely damaging to the person being gaslighted.

Something like this is probably not harmful unless the person has a prior medical condition (depression, etc), but doing it for more than a day could have serious side effects.

As much as I would love to be a target of this myself, I cannot endorse ever doing it to other people. The chance of damaging the person involved is just too high.

Renmauzuo · 3 months

Y'know what this pic totally needed? That superfluous motivational border.

elderezlo · 3 months

You're waiting for a train...

JohnAbruzzi · 3 months

Why no more than three. Get the whole planet to do it and ruin somebodies life.

BritishMongrel · 3 months

just a tip if you really want to break them, rather than getting 3 friends get 3 random people/aquaintances: If you have 3 white college students doing it the believability of it being real is a lot lower than a bunch of people of varying ages and ethnicities.

Just imagine it: first a typical white male IT student does it, the victim is thinking "Hmm that was weird, must be a joke", a few hours later an old black guy waiting for the bus stop stops him and does it, now the victim's weirded out, finally while the victim's about to get home he passes a family walking a dog, a little girl suddenly runs away from the family tugs on the sleeve of the victim and says "wake up mommy/daddy" then runs off back to her family again... now the victim is an emotional wreck not only questioning reality but thinking they've got a family waiting for them

But in all seriousness don't do it.

shouldgotafalcom · 3 months

3 friends? That many? This is reddit my good man

slashsigh · 3 months

This is a little dangerous if the person happens to have some sort of psychological disorder. They may very well try to "wake up" by either hurting/killing themselves and/or others around them. It sure is a funny idea though.

RaccoNooB · 3 months

When you're done, all of the people who are into it, should probably walk up to the poor fella' and tell him it was a social experiment or something. If you tell him/her it's a joke they would probably get mad (if they were fooled by this). So by saying it's a social experiment and that they couldn't be aware of it they might(don't take my word for it) understand why you did what you did.

Or leave him/her alone and let the conspiracy thoughts grow...

theboymiles · 3 months

bit dangerous aint it?

sadsafariman · 3 months

my friends and i did this in the Dallas airport. the man had no initial reaction, the second person made him look surprised, the third time he started freaking out. this made our 7 hour layover so much better

naffarama · 3 months

Maybe best for a friend of a friend of a friend to be a target so you can sort of know they won't go on a spree of some kind.

It needs to be subtle though, first person should be rude, just say "wake up" after (literally) bumping into them. Next person should hint, "You need to wake up" and eventually someone should do the whole coma line at the end of the day.

Tubatu · 3 months

Tried it. My friend who did it with me almost got in a fight over it (he was the third one.)

thetardis_isonfire · 3 months

For once I saw something on facebook before seeing it on reddit...

LoriStrode · 3 months

This probably cause me to have a panic attack after awhile.

Ifunctiononkitkats · 3 months

For a few months, my roommate would imply I was in a coma every so often, but casually dropping hints in conversation, or as I was falling asleep. Evil genius.

Bradp13 · 3 months

My friends and I actually did this to a friend of mine over the course of a few days. We would subtly say weird shit in the middle of convos "You're sleeping Shawn", "Wake up Shawn". He got so fucked up, it was hilarious.

ItsDanimal · 3 months

And what happens when the person wakes up and we cease to exist because they reality we live in was created by their subconscious?

argh_minecraft · 3 months

Someone needs to film this challenge. I would really enjoy watching this.

SquidManHero · 3 months

It's a repost, but I still like it. Upvote.

greenaru · 3 months

I wouldn't do this myself but I'd really like to read about more people who've done it!

smokecat20 · 3 months

I usually would reply "Shhhh... I know...they're watching..."

CapnCrayg · 3 months

If your goal is to piss people off, you will succeed.

thevideoclown · 3 months

Until he punches you to see if anyone reacts

Thechariot7 · 3 months

Am I the only one who wouldn't be freaked out?? 90% of what strangers say to me confuses me anyway and I give it no second thought

Tony_fe · 3 months

Giving someone an existential crisis seems more than a little rude...

Ifunctiononkitkats · 3 months

This should be done by the cruelest flash mob ever.

johntiger1 · 3 months

We should do this to someone, but get everyone they know to get in on it. Later, if they start asking outside their personal circle of friends and family, we should get the entire world to do it. If everyone does it, does it become true?

markman71122 · 3 months

Can someone please do this and record it, please.

occupied_throne · 3 months

Sounds like this involves an entire day of stalking a random person...

Rosenthal · 3 months

TIL about gasslighting, could it be considered assault without a deadly weapon?

Roboyo · 3 months

Challenge accepted. Will get pics for you all.

KWiP1123 · 3 months

This gave me chills. I find matters of perceived reality vs "actual" reality really intriguing, in college/high school, I found myself right a lot of short stories on the matter.

Awesomely_awesome · 3 months

I...

Ap0crypha7 · 3 months

pfft

bonermachine · 3 months

This idea is dumb and doesn't make any sense. A random stranger? How are you and two friends going to bump into a "random stranger" in the same day? Are you meant to stalk this person? Why would you want to do this to someone you don't even know? I could maybe see playing a joke like this on a friend, so at least if they freak out you can tell them it was just a joke.

Really though, if you are this bored with your life, go volunteer to help build a house or pick up trash or something. Or just kill yourself, either way.

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