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

[GoodGame]

I'm surprised so many people are so content to live a life alone. I'd be scared crapless (the other word they won't let me use). It's funny because I am a loner, but I don't want to be completely alone. I once went primitive camping, and I was by myself miles from anyone. It's kind of scary. Anything could happen to you, and no one could help you out. There's a reason why humans banded together. It was for their own safety.

Definitely people would go through phases of acceptance with it, and probably some people would go an kill themselves or something.

I mean, I don't think I'd be content just writing my thoughts in a journal and considering it equivalent to CFC-OT....lol
And obviously the internets would be down, though you could start your own free library of sorts. You wouldn't be "asking jeeves" for survival advice.

I'd take it in strive to be careful. One situation I thought up is----what kind of car would you go out and "steal"? Something with high safety ratings? A crazy sports car that you would get yourself killed in?

We also didn't discuss the wildlife, wild dogs, etc... I'd get armed quickly, probably grab a tractor trailer, go scavenging, and migrate South to a very large building where I could winter and defend against nature and wildlife. Then start building stashes of goods, like a squirrel. And I'd probably travel a bit, and make videos, for entertainment.

The main metaphysical problem is why? It'd be the same question as "why do you live?" A lot of people say it's to procreate---which is removed by being the only person. So I'd probably try to live "the good life" and maybe hope there was a god. There's not much else really, if it's just you.

 

[Silurian]

Well I did note dogs being a problem.

In the UK there are no dangerous wild animals but dogs would be a problem. So shoot and eat the dogs or just shoot them.

Since the op states that vehicles do not work it is just as well there are lots of nice yachts in the harbour. So once I have set up my base I would sail up and down the coast and across to France to see if I could run into anyone else but would not stay away for long.

And no sports cars or tractor trailers allowed in OP.

 

[sophie]

1. Be extremely practical
2. Get Bored
3. Be extremely impractical
4. Die

 

[Quintillus]

Right after all the other people mysteriously vanished, I'd probably still be in decent shape living-wise due to all the food in stores and so forth. So that wouldn't be an immediate concern. Knowledge of how best to survive long-term would be a concern. So I'd probably spend a lot of time reading books from abandoned bookstores, as well as honing skills like farming, archery, and fishing. Technically, books are media, but they wouldn't disappear like TV broadcasts. They'd also be a good source of know-how for construction projects or anything else of that sort.

I probably would get pretty lonely after awhile. So, if I was thinking of that after the vanishing, I might try to make my way to my parents' house, where I'm already on good terms with the resident cats. They might not speak English, but it would be a lot better than watching the grass grow for social interaction. It would also be someplace that I'd have an interest in keeping in good condition.

Long-term, I'd probably become a philosopher and try to figure out the meaning of life, assuming I did survive awhile. What I figured out from that would give me my life-goal.

 

[sophie]

1) Mastur...err, get some weapons which don't require ammunition (including a knife), take them to somewhere for storage, a sharp ax as well as some lighters and matches for fire.

2) Find an atlas, and carefully study a map of South America.

3) Get some books which explain what the controls on a plane do.

4) Get a lot of canned food, as well as some porn and a lot of reading material (including books which help to tell me the symptoms and treatments of several diseases - And medical equipment, for that matter).

5) Take all of this stuff to an airport, and find the largest plane there which looks like it was about to take off (so that there is a lot of spare fuel).

6) Put all the stuff on the plane.

7) Try to fly to somewhere near the Ucayali River, although going closer to the source than the mouth would be preferable.

8) Hope the river water is safe to drink.

9) Try to land the plane without killing myself or destroying my items.

10) Remove items from the plane. The weapons will be for hunting, the location near the river will be for water, the porn and books due to boredom, the ax will be for chopping trees down, while fire will be made by the lighters and matches.

11) ???

12) PROFIT!!!

The ??? is obviously masturbate.

 

[Winston Hughes]

The word you're all looking for is 'crank'.

As a wise man once said:

Masturbating is the saddest thing a person ever does and tears are its only rational accompaniment.

 

[Optical]

1. Find and sustain a food source
2. Find place to live
3. Try and set up/fix communication systems (phone lines?)
4. Find out if I'm the last person on earth
-If no: find other people
-If yes: give up, starve, die

 

[Ahovking]

1. Be extremely practical
2. Get Bored
3. Be extremely impractical
4. Die

Well said.

 

[Disgustipated]

Before I die, I'd try to create some sort of permanent (I know permanent is probably unfeasible as time takes everything) memorial to the human race. Something that showed the good in all of us, I'd probably show the bad too, but I'd focus mainly on the good. I'd show how humans had the capability to love one another deeply. Maybe eventually some alien craft will come and discover such memorial.

 

[Mise]

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?

Yup! Classic episode.

 

[Part_Time_Civer]

I probably would get pretty lonely after awhile. So, if I was thinking of that after the vanishing, I might try to make my way to my parents' house, where I'm already on good terms with the resident cats. They might not speak English, but it would be a lot better than watching the grass grow for social interaction. It would also be someplace that I'd have an interest in keeping in good condition.

Long-term, I'd probably become a philosopher and try to figure out the meaning of life, assuming I did survive awhile. What I figured out from that would give me my life-goal.

Wouldn't it be utterly depressing to be in your parents' house without them there?

 

[NickyJ]

I would necro this thread after about 20 years without worries of the Staff hunting me down.

 

[Mechanicalsalvation]

1. wake up,
2. if that doesnt work ask God to make you a mate from your rib and show you way to Eden,
3. if that doesnt work you are screwed so you can do whatever you want...