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| pbj:
Sign up for medical testing, that's mostly how I fund my piles of unopened games. You get to act all smug like, "I'm doing my part for human health" and spend money on stupid ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- you don't need. Win-win. |
| Mike A:
You might be on to something there. I just looked up a study near me. It says completion of a 4 treatment study pays up to 3500 bucks. |
| Howard_Casto:
I'm always afraid if I do one of those studies they'll finally figure out what is wrong with me and have me committed. ;) |
| pbj:
Eh, I've done a few and they've been mostly okay. One was for a guy doing time perception (he had a miniseries on PBS about the brain a few years back). I sat in a tiny, dark room staring at a computer screen doing countdowns over and over. My task was to say which one was faster. I got a case of chicken wings and handle of rum with that. Done a few allergy medication trials. One was awful and required tons of pill swallowing and checking in every few hours with a cellular Palm pilot. The other one I just used a nasal spray once a day. Got 2 HDTVs and a JTAGed Xbox 360 with that money. Earlier this year, I was strapped into a chair, had a mask molded to my face, no lights, white noise in the ears, and a platform would move in one direction while the image on the screen in front of me moved another. My task was to use a joystick to move to where I thought a circle had flashed on the screen. 5 hours! That was honestly one of the most traumatic experiences of my life. They came back and asked if I was interested in doing more sessions! Only time in my life I've walked away from "free" money. :lol Anyway, the $100 I made from that funded booze and chicken wings at ZapCon. So, I hope it was worth it, Mike.... and Ond... and TacoTownCharlie....and Arroyo... and Opt2Not.... and Nephasth... and all you other ---daisies--- that ate 10lbs of my chicken wings. Did a chikungunya vaccine trial that bought my plane ticket to Zapcon... Lately I've been doing a flu study. Seasonal shot plus an amplifier to see if it would be more effective. $600, so that's been nice. |
| Mike A:
Offer me chicken wings at your own peril. I was reeallly drunk. Hit me up for some cash before you shop this time. I will be happy to pitch in. We will see if they let me rob the hotel pantry bare everyday again this year. |
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