What would you do if you were the last person on earth?

[Disgustipated]

cry and masturbate? I already do those things already, no need to do them if I'm all alone.

My serious answer is the thing which we cannot discuss here at CFC.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Moderator actions?

 

[NickyJ]

I would break my glasses.

You have received thirty internetz for the Twilight Zone reference.

To answer the OP's question, though, there would be time enough at last, so why be hasty?

 

[wilycoyote]

I'd frolic with bunnies.

 

[Quackers]

I think being on my own forever would be so immensely traumatic it would push my fragile emotional mind over the edge and one night when I drink a load of whiskey I'll get the courage to throw myself off a pier.

 

[caketastydelish]

1. Cry
2. Masturbate

You beat me to it (except leave cry out)

 

[Skwink]

I'd probably be too scared to believe that I was really the last person on Earth, so I'd gather a ton of supplies in a truck or something and drive about trying to find another person.

 

[bhsup]

Probably try to figure out why everyone BUT me was raptured.

 

[jtb1127]

My serious answer is the thing which we cannot discuss here at CFC.

I'd go with that too.

 

[Singularity]

The only way I would accept that I was indeed the last person on the earth was if some divine power revealed herself for me and told me so. If so I would kindly ask her to take me with her to the hereafter if such a thing existed.

If not I would find a suitable army base and make it my fortress of solitude. Then I would raid army depots, book stores, teenage boys rooms and libraries for things to eat, read, play with my consoles/PC and listen to.

And I would teach myself to fly a plane and realize my dream of flying in a fighter jet. Now that would be a good way to go if I should make an unfortunate slip during my barell rolls.

Of course all of the above is moot because of my first paragraph. So I would pursue my remainding days seeking out other survivors while keeping myself fed, healthy and sane. Now, I might go insane and imagine God herself is speaking to me, which would bring us right back to #1 again.

 

[Takhisis]

I think being on my own forever would be so immensely traumatic it would push my fragile emotional mind over the edge and one night when I drink a load of whiskey I'll get the courage to throw myself off a pier.

It wouldn't be 'forever', only until you died.

 

[Winner]

I am currently continuing a story on this theme. It is not exactly post-apocalyptic though, since it is argued even inside of it that it may all be a vast dream, during a comatose state, or something similar to that.

It takes place in an empty Thessaloniki, and the main character (myself) is spending most of his time breaking into apartments to collect food, and then has also a quest inside one apartment in one of the most prestigious parts of town.

Although electricity was supposed to have been killed off, there is a sole electric light operating in a room. There something happens, and now the main character has to spend time away from the light.

But the thread is supposed to be a more general question. What would you do if you were the last person alive in your area? No internet, no media of communication, you can only travel to where your own feet get you.

In the story it is argued that when one has only some weeks of life (until the food supply runs out, OR something else happens) he can focus more easily on the important questions of his left-over existence. The story is about deciphering life as a dream, whether one is in a dream, or not.

Too bad it's not more of a post-apocalyptic story, I like these. In any case, it depends - did all the other people just disappear without a trace, or are there bodies rotting around everywhere? If they just disappeared, there should be enough canned food and water to sustain a person basically for the rest of his/her life.

I'd go to places I always wanted to see, and I am fortunate enough to live in Europe where most of them are within (relatively easy) reach. A bicycle should provide all the transportation I'd need, I expect the roads would be mostly blocked by abandoned cars, and I wouldn't care about looking for petrol anyway.

If you mean how I'd feel psychologically - well, I wouldn't just accept that I am the last person on Earth. I'd cherish a hope there is someone else, preferably a female in her early 20s somewhere in the world In most post-apocalyptic stories, other people are the greatest danger, in this one it would be different.

(oh, also if everybody just disappeared and I could find no bodies, I'd seriously question my sanity.)

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

I would imagine masturbating safe in the knowledge that there is absolutely zero , zilch , nada chance of getting caught may be quite awesome ( or terrible if that's your thing) .

 

[wilycoyote]

Why is everyone so obsessed with masturbating? You can do that whenever you want. Why also do it in such a unique situation? Plus, in your last moments of life, masturbating would really be at the top of your lists?

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Plus, in your last moments of life, masturbating would really be at the top of your lists?

If " last moments of your life" is the parameter , then doubly so.

Thread should probably be retitled "Views on masturbation given you are the last person alive"

Also , it's rare Kyriakos doesn't Red Diamond us , so I'm gonna milk it

 

[classical_hero]

Probably try to figure out why everyone BUT me was raptured.

So heaven is easier to get into than Arizona State.

 

[Quackers]

It wouldn't be 'forever', only until you died.

What?

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Probably try to figure out why everyone BUT me was raptured.

So no masturbating for you I guess.

 

[aronnax]

After the standard masturbation and crying. And masturbating while crying. I'll see if I can walk from Singapore to London.

 

[Catharsis]

Well I'd probably set out from my home with dreams of adventure, get a few miles away, remember that I'm on an island, then become a bit morose and look for a beach to lie on for the rest of my life.