You're the sole survivor of the apocalypse...

[Dark Phoenix Rising]

You're the sole survivor of the apocalypse. How do you pass the time?
Suppose a neutron bomb or a super virus hit and wiped out every living human being on the planet... except you. Let's say it was a very efficient bomb or virus, too. That means no bodies lying around rotting, just empty cars, empty houses, empty cities, etc. No property has been damaged whatsoever. Let's also say that you're fully aware of the cause and extent of the disaster, so you don't have to go through the whole "am I halucinating!?" phase.

Okay, so what do you do? How do you pass the time? What is your first act as Lord and Emperor of Planet Earth?

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First things first, raid a liburary/book shop and find books on survival, farming, blacksmithing, etc. and be prepared to start swatting up.

Secondly, Find an electronics store that sells CB radios and aquire one, a frequency scanner, solar charger, and batteries.

Thirdly, find an old house that still has a useable fireplace and setup base there

Then find some tools to use for survival (such as an axe for cutting and splitting wood)

Start practicing archery again.

Then start worrying about whether there are any food animals left alive after this apocalypse and hope that at least a few milk cows haven't died due to lack of milking.

And living on an island as I do it I would probably end up visiting most of the major towns and cities (and probably more than a few of the villages too) hoping that there is someone of the opposite sex still alive.

[ss]

If you KNOW that your the only one left....

If you don't know that you are----look for a woman... ;D

[LaFille]

Except taking care of my own survival needs, and checking if other animal species have survived, if I knew I was alone left I think I'd try to find a way to give birth to another human, others ideally, provided that all the material and books left are intact. I'd look at in vitro stuff left, clonage (but not of myself!) or whatever.

And if I didn't know if I was the only one left, I'd search for other people who could have survived; keeping also in mind the goal above.

And I think that sooner or later, I'd have to envision moving towards south, somewhere the climate is less harsh than here.

[Venom65437]

Probably walk around naked. I mean, why not?

[janggut]

@ Venom -> no wonder there's apocalypse. ;D

as for me, oh yeah, i would look for animals too for survival.

as for woman-thing, well, i won't miss what i do not have.

maybe i'll go to town, have some fun getting stuff for myself, especially to bookstores & libraries to enhance my knowledge for survival. probably learn to pilot an aircraft (& all sorts of other vehicles), assuming it's not neutron bomb that caused the apocalypse.

oh yes, watch lots & lots of DVDs! ;D

oh what the heck, probably i might just go to a THX certified theatre & watch the DVDs there. ;D

& another thing - i might get worried about aliens. ;D

[LaFille]

Awww, janggut, I hope you don't run off of electricity/energy in your post-apocalyptic world. ;D

[Elliot Kane]

The way I figure it, the world now consists of me and lots of empty buildings, right? So with all the canned food and powdered food etc, I'm probably OK on eatables for the rest of my life.

With that taken as read, the first priority is weaponry, as I may be the last human, but who knows what else escaped from where? Fortunately, there are now a load of abandoned cars so transport is not a problem.

Life would probably involve slow travelling around the country - not so much in search of survivors, but because it seems like the best idea would be to keep on the move. In case the apocalypse didn't hit the enemy as badly as it hit Britain.

I'd really miss the internet... ;D

[janggut]

& that's why i always champion Single-Player RPGs. u'll never know. ;D

[Galadriel]

janggut said:

as for woman-thing, well, i won't miss what i do not have.

That is not nice Janggut, you know me, and as far as I know, I'm still what they call a woman ;D

I think I would die of lonelyness, I need people around me, not 24/7 of course, but no one to talk to, not even over the internet?? Man, I rather die >GAL< <---

[Dr. Doom]

I'd read comics all day.

Once I read every single one (or at least the good ones) I'd drive around everywhere land based vehicles could reach (I'd be learning to fly a plane in my past time, so I could visit Europe). I'd probably be drunk or high all the time, so as to avoid the depression of losing my family. Let's face it, would you really care about anything at this point?

[ss]

Hey Doom,

At least you wouldn't have to worry about the law against underage drinking....(he he).. ;D

[Dr. Doom]

True, ss, but then again I didn't exactly worry about in the past either.