What would you do if every other human disappeared?

[vtipoman]

What would you do if every other human -as far as you could tell- just disappeared?

Let's say you play it smart. Before the internet and/or the power grid starts giving in, you download all conceivable survival guides, Wikipedia articles, favorite pieces of media, etc. You try shouting out on every social media using any relevant hashtags you think of in hopes of getting a response. In the following days, weeks and months you stockpile supplies, get a working vehicle or two, set up and fortify safe houses, get some generators and/or solar panels running to power your stuff, secure clean running water, arm yourself to protect yourself from animals, perhaps save a few starving dogs to guard you and your property, get seeds and farming equipment to stay sustainable after even the longest lasting food starts to go bad. You set up habits and systems to keep your basic needs in check over a long time, and end up with a decent chunk of free time.

...then what?

Do you focus on preserving and archiving as much as possible? Do you study medicine, meteorology, engineering, or other advanced skills/topics just in case you'll eventually need them? Do you just cruise the mostly empty world, enjoying everything that was left behind? Do you look for any other remaining people, who have perhaps missed your early attempts to call out? What do you do?

 

[Deleted member 305]

dab nae nae

 

[sots]

keep some doggies for company and try to travel and see as much as possible with no one else around, especially places that are normally restricted like area51 i’m gonna find my alien homies and get teleported to the planet glonkfart and live out my best life on some alien world

 

[MaXenzie]

no matter what humanity would be extinct within a few years

realistically i'd kill myself

 

[Blackquill]

Contemplate existance

Not much different than normal

 

[Deleted member 22]

It'd just dissolve into wild nonsense for me, if the world just had everyone vanish I'm 100% living partying last one on leave the lights style

 

[Trains]

idk have a wank

 

[vtipoman]

Personally, if I managed to keep myself from giving up on everything (likely by holding onto hope that one day the dissapearance will be reversed and I'll get to see my loved ones again), I think I'd feel an obligation to do whatever I could to preserve whatever legacy I could- I'd look for other people, try to record information regarding the dissapearance and humanity overall in the most lasting ways I could think off, etc. Feel the weight of being likely the only human being to be able to give a first-hand account of the dissapearance, likely the last human being to represent them all and maybe, were I lucky, one of a number of remaining human beings able to meet up and restart humanity.

Well, I say that, but there's a good chance I would spiral into anxiety and pure escalating escapism so yeah

 

[GenericPlayer]

wait for THEM to arrive...

 

[Trains]

Well, I say that, but there's a good chance I would spiral into anxiety and pure escalating escapism so yeah

no change then

 

[cns - he/him/his]

play hl2rp

 

[MaXenzie]

play hl2rp

server would have about the same amount of players so not much changes

 

[Deleted member 243]

Shoot guns
Drink a lot, like all of the top shelf shit and then some
use drugs
read diaries

commit suicide in a comedic fashion, like slipping on a banana peel into a contraption that triggers a shotgun blast (frag shells) into my head

 

[Deleted member 61]

i'd straight up go to dragonman's in colorado

 

[GMK]

find a yacht with a water filtration system and park it near the coast, gradually moving south bearing towards the cape, pausing, then continue trucking it till new Zealand and i'll live out my days traversing between islands.

food will be plentiful, water filtrated, maintenance tools and fuel will have been stockpiled for said journey. solar power is on most yachts and can keep the lights on if i dont have an electric engine. would be best to go in the winter months when there's fewer storms and its relatively nicer in the southern hemisphere afaik.

it'll be a several month-long journey so at the very least i should hit a costco or wholesaler before i go, get a truck to bring all the goods via backroads since the highways will probably be jammed with abandoned cars (if you're in the NE or highly populated areas). same goes for tools, fuel is readily available and can be controlled at a terminal via release mechanism so I'd better get the truck first then go to my nearest harbor and siphon as much fuel as i can.

better bring some clothes too just in case it gets cold and multiple pairs get wet.

fishing supplies of course, line, tackle, nets, rods, etc.

camping gear for when the power grid starts to go down.

should probably keep a pet too to avoid insanity.

hunting gear too for the same reason as the fishing supplies.

books and games for entertainment.

internet porn will be down and since there's nobody else on earth that's another dilemma in itself. better find a doll or something. maybe a pocket pussy. this is a priority, think long and hard about this one.

medicines pertaining to anti-virals and antibiotics. anything in refrigerators are a priority and must be put in a cooler immediately and stored in such on the ship if they're not stored at a substantially low temp (-200 Fahrenheit or some shit).

take a fancy ship, you want to be comfy for the months long voyage, but nothing too fancy.

carry good vibes too, don't think about any regrets or past mistakes because that shit will come 20x stronger now that you have absolutely no way to redeem yourself socially.

if other lifeforms happen to visit, just do what they say unless they're into skin. don't follow them if they're into skin.

if you don't know what it is, don't eat it.

the ship may have a salt-water filtration system but if there's a fuck-up in some certain hose then you're fucked for water, bring a filtration kit just in case and stop by an island to gather water. if you want to learn how to make a water filter because you want to be billy badass the nature man living on survival planet x, then go to youtube- oh wait. yeah get the kit.

oh make sure you have a spare boat too, like a raft or something. make sure your anchor works too.

learn to enjoy being alone, no not because of your depressing life story of being forever alone, you'll end up pondering about it again and you'll just be in a cycle of self-pity and sadness. truly enjoy yourself and realize that you don't need constant socializing to validate yourself. however, you do need it consistently so become dr. doolittle and get used to talking to animals.

have a contingency plan starting from the most probable to the least. a dumb plan is no plan. expect it be one of immediacy and not of longevity. expect changes and anticipate adaptations.

and thats it basically, don't do anything stupid, yeah.

 

[MaXenzie]

find a yacht with a water filtration system and park it near the coast, gradually moving south bearing towards the cape, pausing, then continue trucking it till new Zealand and i'll live out my days traversing between islands.

food will be plentiful, water filtrated, maintenance tools and fuel will have been stockpiled for said journey. solar power is on most yachts and can keep the lights on if i dont have an electric engine. would be best to go in the winter months when there's fewer storms and its relatively nicer in the southern hemisphere afaik.

it'll be a several month-long journey so at the very least i should hit a costco or wholesaler before i go, get a truck to bring all the goods via backroads since the highways will probably be jammed with abandoned cars (if you're in the NE or highly populated areas). same goes for tools, fuel is readily available and can be controlled at a terminal via release mechanism so I'd better get the truck first then go to my nearest harbor and siphon as much fuel as i can.

better bring some clothes too just in case it gets cold and multiple pairs get wet.

fishing supplies of course, line, tackle, nets, rods, etc.

camping gear for when the power grid starts to go down.

should probably keep a pet too to avoid insanity.

hunting gear too for the same reason as the fishing supplies.

books and games for entertainment.

internet porn will be down and since there's nobody else on earth that's another dilemma in itself. better find a doll or something. maybe a pocket pussy. this is a priority, think long and hard about this one.

medicines pertaining to anti-virals and antibiotics. anything in refrigerators are a priority and must be put in a cooler immediately and stored in such on the ship if they're not stored at a substantially low temp (-200 Fahrenheit or some shit).

take a fancy ship, you want to be comfy for the months long voyage, but nothing too fancy.

carry good vibes too, don't think about any regrets or past mistakes because that shit will come 20x stronger now that you have absolutely no way to redeem yourself socially.

if other lifeforms happen to visit, just do what they say unless they're into skin. don't follow them if they're into skin.

if you don't know what it is, don't eat it.

the ship may have a salt-water filtration system but if there's a fuck-up in some certain hose then you're fucked for water, bring a filtration kit just in case and stop by an island to gather water. if you want to learn how to make a water filter because you want to be billy badass the nature man living on survival planet x, then go to youtube- oh wait. yeah get the kit.

oh make sure you have a spare boat too, like a raft or something. make sure your anchor works too.

learn to enjoy being alone, no not because of your depressing life story of being forever alone, you'll end up pondering about it again and you'll just be in a cycle of self-pity and sadness. truly enjoy yourself and realize that you don't need constant socializing to validate yourself. however, you do need it consistently so become dr. doolittle and get used to talking to animals.

have a contingency plan starting from the most probable to the least. a dumb plan is no plan. expect it be one of immediacy and not of longevity. expect changes and anticipate adaptations.

and thats it basically, don't do anything stupid, yeah.

why bother, you're the last human alive

eventually you will die and that will be the end of the human race

 

[sots]

why bother, you're the last human alive

eventually you will die and that will be the end of the human race

bit of fun innit, when i die i wont care if the human race continues forever or ends in that second cos i wont be there, so it shouldnt really matter anyway

 

[maxi]

illegally buy alcohol from the coop

 

[Dallas]

kill self

 

[jb]

find a yacht with a water filtration system and park it near the coast, gradually moving south bearing towards the cape, pausing, then continue trucking it till new Zealand and i'll live out my days traversing between islands.

food will be plentiful, water filtrated, maintenance tools and fuel will have been stockpiled for said journey. solar power is on most yachts and can keep the lights on if i dont have an electric engine. would be best to go in the winter months when there's fewer storms and its relatively nicer in the southern hemisphere afaik.

it'll be a several month-long journey so at the very least i should hit a costco or wholesaler before i go, get a truck to bring all the goods via backroads since the highways will probably be jammed with abandoned cars (if you're in the NE or highly populated areas). same goes for tools, fuel is readily available and can be controlled at a terminal via release mechanism so I'd better get the truck first then go to my nearest harbor and siphon as much fuel as i can.

better bring some clothes too just in case it gets cold and multiple pairs get wet.

fishing supplies of course, line, tackle, nets, rods, etc.

camping gear for when the power grid starts to go down.

should probably keep a pet too to avoid insanity.

hunting gear too for the same reason as the fishing supplies.

books and games for entertainment.

internet porn will be down and since there's nobody else on earth that's another dilemma in itself. better find a doll or something. maybe a pocket pussy. this is a priority, think long and hard about this one.

medicines pertaining to anti-virals and antibiotics. anything in refrigerators are a priority and must be put in a cooler immediately and stored in such on the ship if they're not stored at a substantially low temp (-200 Fahrenheit or some shit).

take a fancy ship, you want to be comfy for the months long voyage, but nothing too fancy.

carry good vibes too, don't think about any regrets or past mistakes because that shit will come 20x stronger now that you have absolutely no way to redeem yourself socially.

if other lifeforms happen to visit, just do what they say unless they're into skin. don't follow them if they're into skin.

if you don't know what it is, don't eat it.

the ship may have a salt-water filtration system but if there's a fuck-up in some certain hose then you're fucked for water, bring a filtration kit just in case and stop by an island to gather water. if you want to learn how to make a water filter because you want to be billy badass the nature man living on survival planet x, then go to youtube- oh wait. yeah get the kit.

oh make sure you have a spare boat too, like a raft or something. make sure your anchor works too.

learn to enjoy being alone, no not because of your depressing life story of being forever alone, you'll end up pondering about it again and you'll just be in a cycle of self-pity and sadness. truly enjoy yourself and realize that you don't need constant socializing to validate yourself. however, you do need it consistently so become dr. doolittle and get used to talking to animals.

have a contingency plan starting from the most probable to the least. a dumb plan is no plan. expect it be one of immediacy and not of longevity. expect changes and anticipate adaptations.

and thats it basically, don't do anything stupid, yeah.

Damn thats crazy i think id just od on ketamine