So you wake up and are the last person on earth...
Discussion
Major Fallout said:
What about the people on the space station?
Can they return to earth on their own, as in do they have a capsule or whatever? Or does a Soyuz need to go and get them?I would expect they would fall to earth, and wherever they landed there would obviously be no one to pick them up.
So they would flop around uselessly for a bit on their wasted muscles resenting having weight again - probably unable to catch anything. Except dissentry.
Head down to somewhere where it doesn't get too cold in winter (Barcelona, Lisbon etc.) on a bike (to get round all the parked cars) with panniers (with supplies and big bloody gun to kill wild animals).
Once there, set up a small greenhouse, drink too much wine and go paranoid within weeks.
Once there, set up a small greenhouse, drink too much wine and go paranoid within weeks.
It would be interesting to see how quickly nature would reclaim the Earth.
I imagine it would be like 'I Am Legend' to an extent.
Funnily enough I was reading about Chernobyl / Pripyat recently and the article was talking about how after the disaster, wildlife moved back in and reclaimed the land in and around the city / plant that they'd been pushed away from through farming / building etc.
Apparently a nuclear disaster is favourable to human occupation
I imagine it would be like 'I Am Legend' to an extent.
Funnily enough I was reading about Chernobyl / Pripyat recently and the article was talking about how after the disaster, wildlife moved back in and reclaimed the land in and around the city / plant that they'd been pushed away from through farming / building etc.
Apparently a nuclear disaster is favourable to human occupation
smithyithy said:
It would be interesting to see how quickly nature would reclaim the Earth.
This is a good series to see what would happen. You might be able to find some episodes on YouTubehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433058/
Cotty said:
This is a good series to see what would happen. You might be able to find some episodes on YouTube
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433058/
I'll have a look for that, seems interesting!http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433058/
Just ordered the DVD of Life After People https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/buy/thankyou/handlers/...
That was the series that sparked The Last Man On Earth. Well, two series.
It's pretty good. There's some speculation but some "educated guesses" too based on areas like Pripyat that have been left to nature to reclaim, as well as natural occurrences like flooding and disasters like bridges failing.
I remember Christmas cake being one of the items that could conceivably last for decades owing to the amount of preservatives turning to alcohol within.
But unlike TLMOE, there will be a lot of decay. A lot of currently-civilised areas will become no-go areas owing to disease and/or insects. Warmer suburbs like LA where there are a lot of garden swimming pools will become hatcheries for insects in no time, once the power and regular filtration ceases.
However being the last MAN on earth doesn't necessarily imply there are no women... what if?
It's pretty good. There's some speculation but some "educated guesses" too based on areas like Pripyat that have been left to nature to reclaim, as well as natural occurrences like flooding and disasters like bridges failing.
I remember Christmas cake being one of the items that could conceivably last for decades owing to the amount of preservatives turning to alcohol within.
But unlike TLMOE, there will be a lot of decay. A lot of currently-civilised areas will become no-go areas owing to disease and/or insects. Warmer suburbs like LA where there are a lot of garden swimming pools will become hatcheries for insects in no time, once the power and regular filtration ceases.
However being the last MAN on earth doesn't necessarily imply there are no women... what if?
airsafari87 said:
Find and figure out how to operate the satellites in space and point the camera at a country of my choosing.
Find and figure out how to launch a nuclear missile.
Point all of them at the country that had already been chosen previously.
Launch, then sit back and watch them on the satellite feed.
I imagine the excitement would be on par with striking a single match then using that match to sit fire the rest of the box in one go.
Frivolous, pointless but f*cking brilliant.
The results would be interesting - could the whole global arsenal of weapons create a new volcano if directed at one spot? i say volcano because i hope any crater could be deep enough to get through the earths crust somewhere... Find and figure out how to launch a nuclear missile.
Point all of them at the country that had already been chosen previously.
Launch, then sit back and watch them on the satellite feed.
I imagine the excitement would be on par with striking a single match then using that match to sit fire the rest of the box in one go.
Frivolous, pointless but f*cking brilliant.
Could also speed up global warming and hit the ice caps, never going to visit them and would allow easier travel by boat moving forward. My Planet i'll do as i like!
Vocal Minority said:
Can they return to earth on their own, as in do they have a capsule or whatever? Or does a Soyuz need to go and get them?
I would expect they would fall to earth, and wherever they landed there would obviously be no one to pick them up.
So they would flop around uselessly for a bit on their wasted muscles resenting having weight again - probably unable to catch anything. Except dissentry.
They land in the middle of a siberian tundra and usually have a team waiting for them who carry them back to warm vehicles. I saw it on TV once. so yeah, they're fI would expect they would fall to earth, and wherever they landed there would obviously be no one to pick them up.
So they would flop around uselessly for a bit on their wasted muscles resenting having weight again - probably unable to catch anything. Except dissentry.
kedOk, good thread, what about the scenario where there are two people left on earth.
One of each sex of a similar age.
You know with 100% certainty the other exists, and is looking for you, but you have no idea where in the entire world they are, and vice versa.
Could be on a remote island in the pacific or mainland Europe, anywhere in fact.
How do you find or communicate with each other with the deteriorating infrastructure and resources at your disposal.
Quite a challenge?
Go to the BBC world service HQ and set up a tape loop broadcasting on shortwave about your existence and intentions. I think that's my choice, but it relies heavily on the other person having the nonce to try and find a short wave receiver and scan the bands on a daily basis. How long could you keep the transmitters going at the BBC site? Could you even make them work at all? Use an amateur shortwave transceiver and take it with you putting it on a loop at every place you stopped.
You need an objective or purpose beyond simply surviving to keep you alive, finding that other person might be the thing that stops you killing yourself in the first few months..
Perhaps you to try and head for the most famous place in the world and set up camp there, hoping they think of the same idea. Where is that though? How long do you stay there?
Perhaps you could travel to the capital of each country you could access, and leave some kind of easily found permanent message on it's most famous landmark indicating your intentions and destinations, timetable, contact frequency etc..
One of each sex of a similar age.
You know with 100% certainty the other exists, and is looking for you, but you have no idea where in the entire world they are, and vice versa.
Could be on a remote island in the pacific or mainland Europe, anywhere in fact.
How do you find or communicate with each other with the deteriorating infrastructure and resources at your disposal.
Quite a challenge?
Go to the BBC world service HQ and set up a tape loop broadcasting on shortwave about your existence and intentions. I think that's my choice, but it relies heavily on the other person having the nonce to try and find a short wave receiver and scan the bands on a daily basis. How long could you keep the transmitters going at the BBC site? Could you even make them work at all? Use an amateur shortwave transceiver and take it with you putting it on a loop at every place you stopped.
You need an objective or purpose beyond simply surviving to keep you alive, finding that other person might be the thing that stops you killing yourself in the first few months..
Perhaps you to try and head for the most famous place in the world and set up camp there, hoping they think of the same idea. Where is that though? How long do you stay there?
Perhaps you could travel to the capital of each country you could access, and leave some kind of easily found permanent message on it's most famous landmark indicating your intentions and destinations, timetable, contact frequency etc..
Watchman said:
That was the series that sparked The Last Man On Earth. Well, two series.
It's pretty good. There's some speculation but some "educated guesses" too based on areas like Pripyat that have been left to nature to reclaim, as well as natural occurrences like flooding and disasters like bridges failing.
I remember Christmas cake being one of the items that could conceivably last for decades owing to the amount of preservatives turning to alcohol within.
But unlike TLMOE, there will be a lot of decay. A lot of currently-civilised areas will become no-go areas owing to disease and/or insects. Warmer suburbs like LA where there are a lot of garden swimming pools will become hatcheries for insects in no time, once the power and regular filtration ceases.
However being the last MAN on earth doesn't necessarily imply there are no women... what if?
Knowing my luck it would turn out to be my bloody sister!It's pretty good. There's some speculation but some "educated guesses" too based on areas like Pripyat that have been left to nature to reclaim, as well as natural occurrences like flooding and disasters like bridges failing.
I remember Christmas cake being one of the items that could conceivably last for decades owing to the amount of preservatives turning to alcohol within.
But unlike TLMOE, there will be a lot of decay. A lot of currently-civilised areas will become no-go areas owing to disease and/or insects. Warmer suburbs like LA where there are a lot of garden swimming pools will become hatcheries for insects in no time, once the power and regular filtration ceases.
However being the last MAN on earth doesn't necessarily imply there are no women... what if?
Our house has generators (we only use them when there's a power cut) and gallons and gallons of petrol and diesel. So I suppose I'd start a generator and light the fire and pour a beer and start making a few plans. I could reasonably keep the place running with electricity until I absolutely could find no petrol or diesel anywhere.
There's also enough frozen food and tinned foods here alone to last several people probably months
Then I suppose I'd be doing my best to stock up on good food and drink!
There's also enough frozen food and tinned foods here alone to last several people probably months
Then I suppose I'd be doing my best to stock up on good food and drink!
Jimmy Retard said:
Our house has generators (we only use them when there's a power cut) and gallons and gallons of petrol and diesel. So I suppose I'd start a generator and light the fire and pour a beer and start making a few plans. I could reasonably keep the place running with electricity until I absolutely could find no petrol or diesel anywhere.
There's also enough frozen food and tinned foods here alone to last several people probably months
Then I suppose I'd be doing my best to stock up on good food and drink!
After all those months where would you be getting this good food from? There's also enough frozen food and tinned foods here alone to last several people probably months
Then I suppose I'd be doing my best to stock up on good food and drink!
227bhp said:
After all those months where would you be getting this good food from?
I would've collected as much as possible (including taking extra freezers from shops and homes) pretty much immediately upon realising what had happenedI should say that for some reason I added the paragraph about having lots of food here after I'd written it. The 'then' was supposed to be linked to the first paragraph but I wasn't paying attention
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