August 20, 2025
“Don’t worry, it doesn’t hurt for long.”
That’s my answer. Equal parts terrifying and vague enough to guarantee the other person sprints for the next floor.
But sometimes questions like this tell us more than we expect. They show how humor and fear are often just a sentence apart—and how the setting matters more than the words.
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So… what’s the creepiest thing you could whisper to a stranger on an elevator?
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