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Hypo: $4M, but someone breaks a glass overnight in your house 1x per year
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Date: February 11th, 2026 5:40 PM Author: smoky center tank You get $4M, tax free today.
Then, approximately once per year for the rest of your life, someone will break a glass in your house overnight, in the wee hours of the morning. If you have suitable glasses (or beer bottles, etc.) it might be one of those. If you don't, it'll be a random, standard glass, wine glass, beer bottle, etc.
The glass will shatter in the way a glass typically does when dropped onto a tile floor from a few feet up.
But, it'll happen in a random location in your house. It's just as likely to be a carpeted corner of your living room as it is on the middle of the tile in your bathroom.
The "someone" who breaks the glass is kind of like a ghost or apparition. Not in a spooky way. Just the glass kind of breaks on its own, when no one is around.
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Date: February 11th, 2026 5:47 PM Author: Cobalt appetizing brethren Sure, seems ok. My wife’s job is now to put on her house boots and scan the house for broken glass every morning. Worst case I step on a piece of glass when I get up which is NBD. After that we do whatever. Beats current setup. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664072) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 5:52 PM Author: smoky center tank Stepping on a piece of glass sucks. It's definitely not NBD. And the Fear of the potential for it every step, every day would be stressful.
How does the $4M change your life? |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 5:56 PM Author: Cobalt appetizing brethren I never again am required to converse with a woman who does an office job. I can pick a piece of glass out of my foot if necessary. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664090) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 6:26 PM Author: dun racy stag film french chef (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664142) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 2:25 AM Author: angry provocative sneaky criminal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49665108) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 11:20 AM Author: wonderful jet theater stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49665628) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 5:48 PM Author: rose soul-stirring main people lol, yeah man. i can deal with a little broken glass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664073) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 6:05 PM Author: smoky center tank What's your strategy? Are you wearing shoes in the house all the time, or are you just going to slide and let do? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664107) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 6:20 PM Author: rose soul-stirring main people slide and let do. i wear socks at home all the time.
thinking about it more, i'd probably shuffle more instead of stepping |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 6:24 PM Author: smoky center tank I don't think socks alone are cr for this hypo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664137) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 6:26 PM Author: rose soul-stirring main people socks + shuffling means i'll run into glass instead of stepping on it.
maybe i'll adopt house shoes like these
https://us.giesswein.com/pages/wool-slippers |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 5:54 PM Author: motley scarlet deer antler Good hypo. I accept. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664087) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 6:05 PM Author: smoky center tank 180. How does your life change? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664108) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 6:41 PM Author: motley scarlet deer antler Keep more first aid kits around the house. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664164) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 2:33 PM Author: wonderful jet theater stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49666136) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 6:09 PM Author: Turquoise french people who are hurt I have a feral pack of children marauding about my house 24.7.365 as it is, so the only thing I would notice in this hypo is the change in my brokerage balance. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664115) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 6:25 PM Author: smoky center tank Doing this with kids sounds rough. Getting glass in your foot in 120. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664140) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 6:38 PM Author: Turquoise french people who are hurt They already all have nice slippers/house shoes. Beyond that, they’re all old enough that they’re on their own (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664159) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 6:15 PM Author: Cerebral Rebellious Idiot Mood i would LOVE that, but where will i get (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664124) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 9:02 PM Author: wonderful jet theater stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664451) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 6:26 PM Author: dun racy stag film french chef just wear sliders lol retards (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664144) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 7:06 PM Author: Sepia degenerate lodge What constitutes a house?
I accept whatever the definition this is too easy |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 7:29 PM Author: dun racy stag film french chef id do this for 5k (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664240) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 11:26 AM Author: Chocolate whorehouse old irish cottage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49665654) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 8:03 PM Author: odious puppy university Uh yea pay a maid $100k a year to search your house every morning for glass.
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Date: February 11th, 2026 9:57 PM Author: smoky center tank So you're just chilling in bed until the maid comes and completes her sweep? I hope she doesn't get complacent after 350 straight days of NO GLASS. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664644) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 1:36 PM Author: wonderful jet theater stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49665975) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 8:06 PM Author: cordovan idea he suggested couldn't you just install those ground motion sensor lazers like that european guy dances through in Ocean 12 and program them to only go off in a certain zone if they're only tripped in that zone. that way you'd know exactly where the glass was broken and could dispatch your robot vacuum to sweep that shit up wtf easy af hypo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664335) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 9:59 PM Author: smoky center tank The glass will just sort of appear broken. It'll be an ethereal and undetectable presence until it's at rest, broken and on the ground. So, no motion detectors. They won't work.
I guess you could rig up some sort of camera and AI analysis system to detect the changes on the floor, if you're able and inclined.
Robo vacuum is OK, but it's probably not good at getting up all tiny pieces of glass. And it's definitely not good at getting into corners, in tight spaces, etc. |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 11:25 AM Author: rose soul-stirring main people i think running a robo vacuum at 4AM every morning and arranging furniture to eliminate small spaces would be the way to go.
on top of socks/slippers/shuffling |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 2:18 PM Author: cordovan idea he suggested you're changing the hypo. the original prompt was (emphasis added):
Then, approximately once per year for the rest of your life, SOMEONE will break a glass in your house overnight, in the wee hours of the morning. If you have suitable glasses (or beer bottles, etc.) it might be one of those. If you don't, it'll be a random, standard glass, wine glass, beer bottle, etc.
*****The glass will shatter in the way a glass typically does when dropped onto a tile floor from a few feet up.*****
in this case, my system defeats the hypo. and it's not particularly complex or innovative. gay hypo |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 9:05 PM Author: Buff Sanctuary Half-breed i mean i can break my own glasses for free (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664462) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 9:05 PM Author: Thriller puce blood rage market are you sure you dont mean once per night (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664464) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 9:11 PM Author: wonderful jet theater stage My primary concern (if you really want to know) is whether, under the terms of the hypo agreement, I'd be allowed to talk with my Autoadmit friends about it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664480) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 9:59 PM Author: smoky center tank Of course. That's priceless. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664652) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 10:44 PM Author: wonderful jet theater stage 180^180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664717) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 9:59 PM Author: indecent fragrant prole kitty Glass? Who gives a fuck about glass? Who is this? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664653) |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 10:53 PM Author: sickened sable lay I need to get $4m from my cat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49664767) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 11:27 AM Author: Chocolate whorehouse old irish cottage Just build a new house on a slight slope so all the glass rolls downhill into the same corner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49665659) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 11:28 AM Author: wonderful jet theater stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49665661) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 11:30 AM Author: brindle concupiscible garrison laser beams Why is this at all concerning? Are people imagining that because glass is usually clear, you wouldn’t be able to see it when you start walking around the next morning? Wouldn’t you just see it and sweep it up? I probably average one broken glass a year anyway, so this would make two. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49665663) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 11:33 AM Author: rose soul-stirring main people lot of people who don't live in hawaii have carpets or rugs. it's a lot harder to see on carpet and harder to clean up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49665671) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 12:26 PM Author: smoky center tank Broken glass is a bit of a pain when you know it's there and can clean it up. It would be a much bigger burden not knowing when and where you have a broken glass--only that about once per year, you will have a broken glass.
So are you in? Are you taking any steps to avoid stepping in broken glass, or are you just not going to worry about it? |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 2:33 PM Author: brindle concupiscible garrison laser beams I'll just take the money, put on slippahs when I get out of bed, and let do. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49666135) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 1:05 PM Author: Magenta Nursing Home lol I would do this for way less than that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49665880) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 12:35 PM Author: wonderful jet theater stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49708259) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 1:10 PM Author: Big Bright Fanboi Corn Cake Presumably I would have the ability to put all the movable glass (i.e. except windows) to a certain location. And I could avoid buying furniture with glass moving forward. I'm also pretty sure I'd hear a broken window at night.
$4m is way too much. Fuck yes I accept |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 4:24 PM Author: wonderful jet theater stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5833788&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310744#49666433) |