Most of my problems are caused by other people being evil. I'd take being the last person on earth over that any day. I wouldn't live a super long time just because of lack of access to healthcare but I can't afford that today anyway.
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Round about a day or two. I'd likely make an oopsie while letting the zoo animals out and get myself slaughtered.
In complete isolation I think a lot of people (including me) would probably kill ourselves just after few months. We all need at least some social interaction to stay with healthy mind.
Aside from that, what the hell is even the point of living if you are the only person left?
Aside from that, what the hell is even the point of living if you are the only person left?
Visiting museums naked? Cmon dog
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Probably depends on how everyone else disappeared
19 years, 5 months, 21 days, 16 hours, and 23 minutes.
If the material world survived, living in a large city, I could probably scavenge for non-perishable foods for quite some time.
If it's a nuclear wasteland and I'm fending off mutants, I guess it depends on how many caps and nuka-cola I can find.
19 years, 5 months, 21 days, 16 hours, and 23 minutes
someone did the math
Depends on what happened to the world, what resources I have, time of year, etc.
Assuming decent conditions and luck (nothing saving you from a severe infection gotten because wrong place wrong time), likely a fair few decades. I have a lot of survival knowledge, both theory and practical - and I refresh myself on a regular basis
Long enough to teach some monkeys how to make fire.
Or just set them on fire....
Id probably get a fast car or bike and speed and end up crashing and dying or something
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Considering the number of nuclear power plants that would explode without someone to take care of them. Not long after the one about 45 minutes from my house goes up. It would be a painful death. Even if I somehow survived that, there would be LOT of radiation that would be put into the environment. Yeah I'd die pretty quick from radiation poisoning.
I don't think they work like that...
They need heavy water. After a while the heavy water would boil away / evaporate.
That would leave the rods exposed. Of everything I've been told there is a very loud bang at that point.
What would prevent a catastrophe from happening?
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Something completely unforeseeable would off me within the first six months, is my guess. That tiny hangnail that breaks some skin which leads to an infection would be my demise. Assuming I didn’t have access to antiseptic, antibiotics, and the like.
Well, I'd guess no one would keep you from going "shopping" at the nearest pharmacy.
True! But with my luck this would all happen whilst camping in the wilds.
Probably about 5 years. I'd have to teach myself how to live in the rough by then and I don't think I could learn everything.
Probably not for long. I'm on immune suppression medication, if it's a post apocalypse then I'll die from infection and if I somehow survive that then my ulcerative colitis will do it for me when it flares up.
Similar boat, I would last about 4-8 days without medical intervention (dialysis and other regular treatments I need)
Until I finished eating the second to last person.
Honestly, the biggest issue would be mental, trying to figure out if there was any reason to continue.
I've always wanted a zombie movie that focused on the absurd boredom and how you might combat it. Like setting up Rube Goldberg killing machines
I'm pretty sure I've read some zombie stories that brought up that very idea, killing the zombies in fun ways just because they were bored. One I can think of would be Newsflesh. Not about boredom per se, but humanity has learnt to more-or-less coexist with the Z virus. Post-post-apocalyptic setting. Killing zombies in fun and novel ways isn't the theme, but comes up now and then. Really interesting novel.
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Luckily I have a lot of experience with that debate.
So the last survivor will be chronically depressed?
If it's me, yes.
So... Congrats? I'm sorry?
Hope you're alright in some way 💖
In some ways I am, yes. Thank you.
That's good. If you ever feel down, just remember: you're not alone. A lot of us are miserable sometimes.
Wait, that doesn't help at all...
No, no, it kind of does.
Then let's be miserable together sometimes and happy when the sun comes back.
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After getting over the urge to kill my self…
Longer then one would expect
Most of us don’t have or are only kinda aware of real survival skills. - farming, hunting, fishing — okay there’s your food
Next thing is shelter and clothing- are the people just gone? Or is shit really messed up?
- you can get good clothes and if housing is still standing you’ll be fine for a long time.
Holding out hope that there are any other survivors would help you go on, I believe as you’d want to find them.
So yes there are no numbers, but if you’re in a good place mentally. You can survive a long time
It's not even necessarily hunting/farming, it's being able to safely preserve it and survive a winter without starving or botulism.
If you can boil water, you can can. Jars are reusable. Lids will be your most scarce commodity after a while (you shouldn't reuse the lids after they have been under pressure). Build a little smokehouse and you can preserve your meat.
I don't even worry about downloading how to's. There are libraries and book stores that have this information that isn't dependent on any kind of electrical device to access it. These sites probably won't be high priority scavenge sites to the average survivor either.
Winter meals will be mostly canned veggies, bread, and beans for protein. Salt or smoke cured meats infrequently. You'll learn to trap small game or hunt deer. Surviving will be a lot of work but it's totally within reach of anyone who can camp or is crafty/handy.
I don't think I'd even make it through a full day