Post #4180761

2026-07-29 02:41 UTC

You’re caught on the spot and offered $1000 per correct word if you recite any existing piece of text you know - accumulating up to the point you make your first mistake. How much do you walk away with?

Replies (12)

@rotopenguin@mastodon.social 2026-07-29 02:49

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social this is the song that doesn't end…

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@RnDanger@infosec.exchange 2026-07-29 02:59

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social "This is the song that doesn't end..."

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@xssfox@cloudisland.nz 2026-07-29 03:04

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social $4000

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@senil@gts.social.senil.me 2026-07-29 03:31

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Hmm, would the lyrics (not the full vocal range) for a song technically count as a piece of text? I have Barbara Streisand's "Don't Rain On My Parade" pretty well memorized, I'll either fuck up right at the beginning and walk away with like, 4k, or get the whole thing correct and walk away with something like 275k.

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@bytex64@awesome.garden 2026-07-29 03:34

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Probably ~$21K? They made us memorize either the Gettysburg Address or “O Captain My Captain” in eighth grade. I chose Gettysburg and I think I’d probably get to “dedicated” before I bunged it up. Alternatively, I can recite all the words to Mr Weebl’s “Badgers” and it doesn’t ever end. So if that counts… infinite money?

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@lukeharby@infosec.exchange 2026-07-29 05:13

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social 84K for this ditty https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/twas-evening-november

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@WooShell@chaosfurs.social 2026-07-29 07:36

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social I can't predict at which point I'd first stumble over one of the declinations, but thanks to a certain teacher I've got the whole "Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae..." Caesar's pamphlet living in my head rent-free.. If it has to be English, I'd get 48k$: "Attention: If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with Mesothelioma .."

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@yaakov@cloudisland.nz 2026-07-29 08:26

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social around $650,000 for one of the pieces of the Shabbat prayer service, with an extra $70,000 if that Shabbat is also the 1st or 30th day of the Hebrew month. easy cash.

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@dezz@infosec.exchange 2026-07-29 09:53

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Double-checking... er... much less than I thought I would :-(

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@gsuberland@chaos.social 2026-07-29 02:44

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social knowing me, I recite 500 words correctly but the second one was subtly wrong.

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@miriamrobern@dice.camp 2026-07-29 02:45

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Jabberwocky is 166 words long so $166,000

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@ChristineMalec@mstdn.ca 2026-07-30 02:53

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Great question! Do song lyrics count? I'd be flush!

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