I was wondering, what people would actually do in that situation. Its somewhat expectable thing in some horror games, but i dont think i have seen the concept explored in this light.
Lets say you get an emergency message to your phone, the one they use to inform people of things like toxic chemical spills, accidents and everything. The message informs you to stay indoors and expressively says that you should not look outside no matter what, but does not clarify further why. And the message is repeated enough times that its clear its not joke/hoax/error.
What would you do?
If the moon is out, I would stay indoors, block all moonlight from entering, and break all of my mirrors. Not falling for that again.
I gotta peek through a gap in the blinds.
Well since the only realistic danger to looking outside is a large explosion, maybe nuclear …. It depend s whether I’m still looking when the blast wave hits
Look outside, obviously
Immediately
I’d look at my camera feeds to see what’s outside without looking outside
Check online, see what’s going on.
Christmas lights being lit up!
Ho ho It’s the Christmas time yo!
I’d look, of course. Phenomena that can kill you just by looking at them exist only in horror stories and movies.
Radiation says hello
Funny you should use that word. There is an audiodrama called The Phenomenon with this exact premise. I wonder if OP just listened to it.
DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON
Get someone else to look inside. I have seen Indiana Jones.
We have some windows without curtains, blinds or shutters, so die, I guess.
You don’t die because of looking outside, silly.
I would immediately and involuntarily have looked outside immediately after the first message.
Human instincts are dumb like that.
Look outside
If they don’t explain why, then that’s suspicious. I’d think that someone hacked the emergency alert system for some kind of ARG or joke.
From past experience : I seem to be one of the ones that actually will not look outside.
One lesson I have paid attention to is when people say “learn from my mistakes”, and in this hypothetical, I would first think that we’re being told to avoid making a mistake someone else has made.
At least until I find out why we’re not looking outside, and can evaluate whether I will look. I’ll then promptly make whatever the wrong decision is after learning why.
