July 31, 2008
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Paid To Stay in Bed
NASA is doing a bed rest study and they are paying participants to stay in bed for three months.
The participants are paid $10 per hour and they will make $17,000 over the three month period plus a month money preparation and recovery. Here is the link: Link
Would you want to stay in bed for three months if you could make $17,000?
Comments (155)
Where do I sign up?
And…can I take a friend?
Quite possibly. Just give me my laptop and frequent trips to the loo.
Absolutely, with very few questions asked.
I want that job!
Nope.
Maybe.
but laying around doing nothing isn’t really my thing. haha.
Hell yeah!
Nooooooo…my back starts killing if I stay in bed too long.
I would like to, but I would get bored after the third day of just laying around.
I couldn’t do it. I would get bored.
That seems to hard.
I couldnt stay in bed all day!
Thats just crazy talk.
Xo
No, and I wouldn’t actively whore my body either.
NO! I couldn’t stand that.
Yes!
that sounds painful.
It depends on whether I could be accompanied from time to time.
NO WAY!
It’s tempting, but I do like moving around…
hellzz yeahzz!
hell yes
Do they have to use a bed pan?
Heck yeah, Id do it for $17,000. That would get me out of debt.
I’m not sure…
$10/hr is just a bit above minimum wage.
Plus, I’m losing three months of my life by being in bed.
I’d rather take a job (that will probably pay me more than just $10) and still have a social life!
Fuck no.
I think the lack of bathroom privileges is a deal breaker for me. I couldn’t use a bedpan and shower in bed (?) for three months unless I was having serious health problems.
Will I at least be able to stretch my legs every now and then? Give me my laptop and the net. I’ll be good to go.
hell yeah
Hell yes!!!! $17k and I get to sleep right through it? WOW.
I’d get so bored,
so fast.
Nooo.
Definitely not.
yeah definitely but as long as i’m allowed to move a little and i’m not strapped down with belts and chains
eww- Bedsoares!
No, I think three months would be a little much.
I like to sleep but damn. I need to be out in the fresh air sometime, you know?
It said in the article that they can SHOWER will in bed. How is this possible? Cyber showering or what? I feel out of the loop here.
I would hate to have to learn how to walk all over again.
the idea sounds great, but my body would hurt. hurts my back thinking about it..3 months straight..interesting
HECK YES!!! THAT IS -SO- MY KIND OF JOB!!
@mitztaken1 - nice. was gonna say no, but give me a call…
Yep! As long as I’ve got my laptop, I’m fine.
Maybe.. i’m not sure!
but it depends if i could do anything i want on the bed, haha
yes, but its not good for ones circulation and how would someone burn their blood sugar?
Maybe…I’d need a TV and a bunch of magazines and books, but yea for $17,000 why not?
Well that seems kinda hard. But if we can like use a laptop with internet connection, then yes yes yes.
I have been bedridden for two weeks before and the month after was horrible-I cannot imagine three months of that crap! you would have to have rehab just to to be able to walk again-forget anything else.
absolutely not. id go freaking insane. 3 months? thats longer than it sounds.
hmm.. why not? but then again, this is too good to be true.. o_0
I’d like to jump right up and scream *YES!!* But the the reality of the situation sets in. How bored I’d get. The fact that I have a family to take care of. All of the things that HAPPEN within a three month time frame that I wouldn’t want to miss. So I’d probably have to go with… no.
Given the bedsores that I would undoubtedly obtain and the muscle atrophy and weight gain that I would endure I think I would have to be very desperate for money to do such a thing.
no
I’d try, sure.
do I get bathroom breaks?
Absolutely. This would be the best thing ever
Would I be able to do other things in the bed other than just…laying? Would I be allowed to go to the bathroom or shower? Would there be steps to prevent bed sores?
Three motnhs is a long time when you’re doing stuff. When you’re just…there, it would probably seem like forever.
I don’t think so. I’d be bored as fuck and too weak after it all.
My first reaction is to say yes, but I actually think I’d get way too fucking bored way too fucking quickly.
Er…hell no.
I don’t want to think about the health problems, in the aftermath…ick.
HELL YEAH!
Sure I need to learn a new language, basic principles of modern physics and find the end of the internet.
no i’d kill myself
YES
As some who is going through physical therapy again, I’m going to say that rehabilitation stage will be rather unpleasant.
Easy money sounds cool, but life’s too short to spend in such a manner. You never know what will happen, be it to yourself or to someone close to you.
I’ve kinda got this thing where I have to move around or I get extremely bored…
The American dream!
No!! There are too many things to do in life!
No thanks.
No way. I can’t even imagine how my physical and mental health would decline (I’d have a major depression for sure). But I do know that after three months of nonstop bed rest, walking will be incredibly difficult. I like using my legs, thanks.
if people can visit me, and I can have a laptop and a guitar… HECK YES!!!!
@ELBOWpasta - if this were some other time, i’d agree but uh, staying in bed three straight months is an eternity. yikes. i just can’t fathom it. this comes from a guy who’s brother won’t leave the house most of the time due to his OCD. I don’t know how he does it. I’d go nuts.
Will admit the money at least gives it some rationale. but god damn.
@lightsang07 - yeah, that’s a big part of why I said no. I am now so used to being active again that i couldn’t risk it. yesterday, i did over 4.5 miles at the park alone.
Paying 17,000 to let someone sit on their ass? Why don’t they just ask the government workers?
@complicatedlight - Hey Phil….answer the damn phone.
No, it’s not good for your body and it will dull your mind.
Yes!
sign. me. up.
hell. yes.
I could not do it.
I’d be so done with the bed in a couple days.
it would be cool for awhile then id get bored….
Where do I sign up?
No I dont think I could do it, even being allowed to broadcast it on Xanga TV would not want me to do this job.
I don’t think I would, no… three months in bed might make me go crazy.
Hell yeah!
My mom makes in the range of $15-20k a year! So $17k is like a years salary in three months!
I heard about this….And the answer is No….
I think it would be awesome! For a day. Maybe two. After that? Not so much, no. I think I’d go a little bed crazy.
b/c they can surf the internet, I would totally do it. It means I can do my course work and still work on my PhD. If there was no internet, I would have to say no.
seriously…?
No I wouldn’t want to gain weight because of it. And it would get SO boring!!!
with no food? wouldnt a person die? hahah.. you did say 3 months. hahah
Nah. I’d get antsy to get outside…especially in the summer. Now, if they want me to stay in bed all winter…I’d be just fine with that!
Only if I were an ameba! Otherwise, absolutely NO. AND….has anyone done the math?? Duh!!! Just multiply 90 days by 24 hours @ $10 per hour and there seems, to me anyway, a gross deficiency in the old paycheck….like short $4,600! Now if they pay you the same scale in the prep month before….that’s another $7200. My caculations add it up as $29,800! And then, one should really consider the atrophy of muscle which will take place during those sedentry months…not to mention bathing, evacuating and the mental distress. I wouldn’t participate for a million dollars. You will need that paycheck to go to physical REHABILATION. Yikes!
No, can’t sleep longer than 8 hours at a time, and it gets sweaty and hot if I stay in bed too long.
Dude, where do I sign up?
@mitztaken1 - waitaminute, that was YOU? rawr.
If I knew how to hibernate, sure. Otherwise forget it … let the tree sloths have this job.
No, I would be willing but it would take a significantly larger amount of money.
Strictly because that sort of money would total pay off my debt..yes! But man…I’d have to be able to roll around on it or something because you don’t want bed sores and to lose muscle density.
fuck no that sounds like a nightmare
I don’t think so..I would maybe do it for a week or so. But I wouldn’t want to risk the terrible effects it has on your body, and I would probably be bored out of my mind after a while.
I don’t think I’d like the after effects.
I don’t think so. Just think how much your muscles would atrophy and your back would ache. It would take forever to recover. I would rather work for my money and not hurt my body.
NOOOO.
Absolutely.
Welllll…. can I have visitors?
I think that would be hard…bed sores, weight gain…dunno if it’s worth it.
Hmmm, good question. I really don’t know. There would be some good points to it. Afterall, it would be assumed that this was being done to help the mass popuation with “something” However it has it’s downsides too. I would lose three months of my life, gain weight, the money is not that great, and I would probably get bedsores.
It would really depend on why they were doing it before I would agree or disagree.
Uh…YEAH! That’s a dream job right there, get paid to lie in bed.
I’d WANT to do it. But I honestly don’t think I could. Even staying in bed for just a couple of days makes me feel absolutely miserable. I think you’d want to die after three months.
This experiments seems a little shady to me.
HECK YEAH! That is more than what I make!! And for what I do. . As long as I have a tv, computer, books, magazines, and radio to entertain me! =D Unless I have to lay completeing still, no computer for me =(
x0x MK
If I could get three months off of work with no repercussions…in a snap.
I don’t think I could stay in bed for three months. It would be great but seriously, I’m getting $9 an hour to play around on the Internet, I think I have a better deal.
Do I get visitors? How’s the food? I would probably consider it if they feed me well.
17,000 is way too low for a study like that.
Tempting, but no. LOL
No. lying around for too long makes me feel really awful!
FUCK YEAH!
No. Couldn’t handle it.
NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think that would kill me.
No, I’d be bored and I’d feel like a parasite on society.
YES, absolutely, but only *if* I could have my computer.
Waste 3 months of my life for a measly 17 grand? Pass.
Women do this often when pregnant. I was on bed rest almost that long and did it for free. Now someone wants to pay me…. HELL YEAHHH why not this time there would be no painful end to the bedrest lol…
As long as I could have my laptop I would require nothing more then food/drink.
They also pay for my prep and recovery??? Hell yeah. Thats more money than I make at my job now in a YEAR.
Hell yes! Just let me stock up on a bunch of books, though. And I do mean a LOT of books.
$17,000? Bring on the bed! I’d be alright as long as I could have my dog there occasionally and a good library of books and DVDs!
If I could get up to use the bathroom and I’m provided with a computer and other essentials like books and a pen and paper then I’m all for it.
Maybe… The money is good, but would it be worth having to learn to walk all over again?
no
Heck yeah.
nope, but I can think of a few of my friends who would do it
Oh how dreadful. I know my husband would have no problem with it.
they’d have to give me a bunch of weed to keep me tired.
since i almost do that anyway i would probably say yes. it would probably make me grumpy if that was all i was allowed to do even not being able to go to the bathroom but having to stay in bed even then would be aweful. but wouldn’t be too hard though.
No way. I cannot stay still for too long, even for that amount of money. I have kinda observed what prolonged bed rest does to people physically (bed sores, muscle atrophy, etc.).
Probably not…
there are times when i could go for that, but 3 months is kinda long to just lie in bed. i’d get cabin fever and go nuts before i could enjoy the money. this is saying a lot for me as i have the tendency to be VERY lazy. one would think i’d be all over this opportunity.
yes/no! wow. what a bunch of repsond to this one small question. three months isn’t so bad, you wouldn’t lose much of soical life if you kept in touch.
i would love to do it for 17g. definately paid off a lot of things i owe. plus some leftover! i would love to lay in bed and do nothing, as long as i am able to do some fun stuff i like doing.
three months IS long for something like this but it isn’t forever. and it isn’t the end of the world, either if you joined up.
Seriously, where can i apply for that? i would be interested!! [after all, three months off my feet, while im in my third pregnancy sounds wonderful. lol]
do they give GOOD bed or that kind of bed the pic shows? cuz three months in THAT bed, would be HELL…. i cudnt managed one hour on it.
but ooh… 17g for nothing. yea.
sweet mother of god, YES! i get books right? and cable? and a laptop? sign me UP! reading, movies, and xanga all day. dream come true!
hell no
Noooo!
that is my dream job
As tempting as it may sound, I got to say no. Three months is pretty long time and damaging my health is not worth the money.
Yess, where do i sign up?
Heck yes, I would. As a matter of fact, I had just been terminated from my job when I first heard about this and could not find out how to participate. I would have done it in a heartbeat! (I’m still without a job.)
dude … how can i sign up?!!!!!
I could probably think of LOTS of ways to do things from my bed…..if only my job would stay with me…..hmmm….not worth the trade…
No. Just no.
If I did this, I would lose my health care benefits because of the change in income, plus I would no longer have a job once the study was over. Also, I have a child at home, whom I love being able to escape by going to said job each day. I don’t think this is the study for me.
It would depend.
I would want my laptop.
At least twice daily visits from at least someone.
Amazing food.
I’d need to be able to stretch to keep my muscles from going to goo.
Wait.
NASA wants people to just lay around?
Thats got to be dangerous
Hell yes.
So long as I had a book and my cell phone.
Absolutely!
Two reasons:
-it would give me a chance to catch up on the sleep I’ve lost as a result of bringing 2 children into this world. Just the thought of sleep makes me googley eyed.
-$17,000? Give me books, the internet, & a printer. I’M IN!!!
That’s torture – although the money looks easy.
hello? bedsore and bedpans are not my thing! no thanks! even if it made $17,000, my skin would be prone to skin break down and i need to take a bath…
hold on… i seem to be getting way over my head here. is this complete bedrest or with bathroom priveleges?
but as a nursing student, i’ve learned that prolonged bedrest is never a good thing… even if you have massage therapists and respiratory therapists…
but before asking us to answr, could you please be more specific? thanks! God bless!
no freaking way! I’d go crazy! yeah also cause of the health effects…
no way
Heck yes.
But I’d be a heck of alot bored.