Being stuck underwater in a 400 foot long 30 foot diameter pipe with 125 or so of your closest friends is the closest I have come to house arrest. No sunlight or fresh air for 60-90 days and your only contact with the outside world was a 28 word long family gram 6 times during the deployment.
...After 3 days, I get out of the house no matter what, even if it is just to the front steps to shovel.
...More than 3 days ? I'd go crazy [-]crazier[/-] without the internet or fun human contact.
I got a tour of the USS Enterprise(aircraft carrier, not a star ship) back in the 60's. The cabins made me panic. If I understand correctly, they were like luxury suits compared to a sub.
Cabins? LUXURY! There were two of us, sharing a phone booth lying on it's side, in the middle of a hallway...
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