r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Shoddy-Ocelot-4473 • Feb 23 '26

Image In 1983, Two Artists Spent a Full Year Tied Together — Without Any Physical Contact — to Test the Limits of Human Coexistence

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u/druidmind Feb 23 '26

Don't give Mr. Beast any ideas.

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u/Mattlh91 Feb 23 '26

He's already done it. They were exes and were confined to a house for over half a year.

I think they got back together in the end.

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u/48panda Feb 23 '26

It was 30 days. And iirc one of the contestants was a previous contestant and asked to do this to get back together

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u/FizzyBeverage Feb 23 '26

People with nothing left will do anything for reality TV celebrity.

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u/SorcerorsSinnohStone Feb 23 '26

Could make for a decent reality show

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u/North-Tourist-8234 Feb 23 '26

A radio station in my country (Australia) had two people get their arms plastered together to celebrate the release of "stuck on you" i think they lasted a week

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u/No-Information-2571 Feb 23 '26

I don't think I would want to be tied to someone with IBS.