So you wake up and are the last person on earth...
Discussion
FRA53R said:
Would there be animals? Or is this a case of being the last living creature on Earth?
It would be cool if it were an alien experiment and everything worked as usual, electricity, water, etc.. and there were just no other humans.
However without mass consumption I'd imagine the smell of rotting food would get old very quickly, making towns a horrible place to go.
After going a bit mad, I'd probably end up in a lighthouse with a small garden for subsistence and many books, wine, painting supplies. I reckon that I could see out the end of my life quite happily. Would be nice to have a dog for company though.
I'd say just humans gone but it would be sad and scary to see all the hungry and scavenging animals left over so to keep this light hearted lets go no domestic pets remaining - just already wild animals.It would be cool if it were an alien experiment and everything worked as usual, electricity, water, etc.. and there were just no other humans.
However without mass consumption I'd imagine the smell of rotting food would get old very quickly, making towns a horrible place to go.
After going a bit mad, I'd probably end up in a lighthouse with a small garden for subsistence and many books, wine, painting supplies. I reckon that I could see out the end of my life quite happily. Would be nice to have a dog for company though.
Me, I'd
- take a visit to my local Ferrari and Lamborghini main dealers and empty their inventory. They're next door to each other so easy peasy.
- collect as much cash as I can just to create a huge bonfire ala Joker.
- be nosy and look round some houses check out the secrets within.
- blow something big up
- visit the local Air Force base and fire off some weaponry
- see how quickly I can make the city from my house - 18 miles of freeway so reckon 5m 30 in an Aventador should do it.
Buzz84 said:
This is worth a watch:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Man_on_Eart...
the character has some great fun on his own, bowling with cars, drinking, exploring, driving round super markets etc etc
Was watching that tonight hence the thought https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Man_on_Eart...
the character has some great fun on his own, bowling with cars, drinking, exploring, driving round super markets etc etc
I like the bit where he:
Drove round in a Stealth Bomber
Stole Pitbulls yacht and blew it up
Went supermarket shopping in his car inside the supermarket.
Hung the Mona Lisa in his house.
Stuff like that
KaraK said:
DannyScene said:
Watchman said:
DannyScene said:
evenflow said:
For those planning to tour Europe, how are you going to get there?
Ever heard of a thing called the channel tunnel?... how would you get a car through the Chunnel? I believe you could drive through the service tunnel but it has some pretty serious steel doors that probably failed "closed".
Let's face it, with all the time in the world you could easily get through
Timmy40 said:
Pommygranite said:
You're absolutely fine, no zombies, no apocalypse just everyone's disappeared. The whole country/world is yours to do with as you wish.
What do you do?
Is it just the people who have gone? Would there still be sheep? If there were sheep left to look after, and a horse, and dog I'd be OK I reckon. What do you do?
Adenauer said:
Cotty said:
Timmy40 said:
Is it just the people who have gone? Would there still be sheep? If there were sheep left to look after, and a horse, and dog I'd be OK I reckon.
Knock up some mint sauce and it doesn't seem so bad.williamp said:
The issue of survival is an interesting one. Nature is very keen to reclaim land (far more then any environmentalist concrete jungle would have you believe). Check out the Devils punchbowl in surrey after the hindhead tunnel opened, and original Hockenheim ring (ok and Chernobyl) for example of how quick nature works...
So mobility will become a problem. Even if you can rig enough solar panels to charge something like a chevy Volt, finding a route might be problem. So head somewhere arid and dry, where nature wont be as quick to take over. Spain or Portugal would be my aim. Maybe Italy, Greece. Solar power would be easier too. There are solar farms in Spain which you could use.
Also, amateur radio. If the internet fails, you still will be able to contact someone (anyone??) in the world providing they think of it too. If you can find a member of the opposite sex then you have a goal in life. If not, I think I would quickly start thinking what's the point in staying alive....
Good points but I wonder if anyone would really go into apocalyptic survival mode and start scavenging far and wide like a cross between the walking dead and mad max.So mobility will become a problem. Even if you can rig enough solar panels to charge something like a chevy Volt, finding a route might be problem. So head somewhere arid and dry, where nature wont be as quick to take over. Spain or Portugal would be my aim. Maybe Italy, Greece. Solar power would be easier too. There are solar farms in Spain which you could use.
Also, amateur radio. If the internet fails, you still will be able to contact someone (anyone??) in the world providing they think of it too. If you can find a member of the opposite sex then you have a goal in life. If not, I think I would quickly start thinking what's the point in staying alive....
I reckon most people would just sit on their arse at home, looting shops nearby and just spending all day reading and jerking off.
Jon321 said:
vanordinaire said:
If you were the last person on earth, how would you know that. You wouldn't and would spend the rest of your life trying to find someone else.Even if you suspected you were the last person on earth, you'd still keep looking otherwise what would the point of surviving be.
Totally agree. You'd always hope that there was someone else out there, and probably someone of the opposite sex. Ideally someone hot, fertile and gagging for it when you eventually track them down. Or at least that's how I see it in my mind. Interesting stuff on MSFS - maybe leave flying unless it's a gyrocopter
What I don't get so much is why there is run to a fight for survival type scenario where building bases, stocking up on supplies, go look for people, and earn caveman skills.
My reasoning is this - you wake up tomorrow and no ones around. Once you get over the shock you're surrounded by supplies whether it's supermarkets, shops, houses, hotels, restaurants. More than enough for the next 50 years on your own. And you can travel not by fortified Landrover but Lamborghini and just rock up and find food in the next town and don't take a damn thing anywhere.
Want to find people!? I dunno, I reckon the autonomy and lack of stress being on your own would be amazing. There's enough stimulation in TV/video/books that you could probably get by ok without anyone else for a long time. I think scouring the world for someone but not finding them would be soul destroying and exhausting. Set fire to a few big buildings if you want to draw attention let them come to you.
Also imagine having an idyllic world with total freedom and finding people who just wind you up and mess with your world and create a new society with all the problems of the current one.
Find a hotel, stay in a fresh bed every night and a clean toilet every day by room hopping.
I can't see everything in the world just degrading in the next 10/15 years. Hell my childhood home from the 70's still stands and it's not like someone is maintaining the exterior brickwork.
I live in Perth Australia so I'm lucky 300 days of the year are sunny, don't need heating or cooling and plenty of solar powered buildings to live in and power everything. Need clean water? Raid camping stores and get filtration tablets/systems. The only bugger is if I want to go and look for people I have to find a safe way off this big bloody island or trek 3/4 days east to Sydney/Melbourne.
Think I'd just stay put.
Me,I'd just chill my beans and enjoy a simple yet bountiful life and just hang out each day reading, watching films, learning fun skills, exercising, fishing and dreaming up a bunch of fun stuff to amuse myself involving fire, machinery, cars, exploring and collecting interesting stuff from interesting places.
What I don't get so much is why there is run to a fight for survival type scenario where building bases, stocking up on supplies, go look for people, and earn caveman skills.
My reasoning is this - you wake up tomorrow and no ones around. Once you get over the shock you're surrounded by supplies whether it's supermarkets, shops, houses, hotels, restaurants. More than enough for the next 50 years on your own. And you can travel not by fortified Landrover but Lamborghini and just rock up and find food in the next town and don't take a damn thing anywhere.
Want to find people!? I dunno, I reckon the autonomy and lack of stress being on your own would be amazing. There's enough stimulation in TV/video/books that you could probably get by ok without anyone else for a long time. I think scouring the world for someone but not finding them would be soul destroying and exhausting. Set fire to a few big buildings if you want to draw attention let them come to you.
Also imagine having an idyllic world with total freedom and finding people who just wind you up and mess with your world and create a new society with all the problems of the current one.
Find a hotel, stay in a fresh bed every night and a clean toilet every day by room hopping.
I can't see everything in the world just degrading in the next 10/15 years. Hell my childhood home from the 70's still stands and it's not like someone is maintaining the exterior brickwork.
I live in Perth Australia so I'm lucky 300 days of the year are sunny, don't need heating or cooling and plenty of solar powered buildings to live in and power everything. Need clean water? Raid camping stores and get filtration tablets/systems. The only bugger is if I want to go and look for people I have to find a safe way off this big bloody island or trek 3/4 days east to Sydney/Melbourne.
Think I'd just stay put.
Me,I'd just chill my beans and enjoy a simple yet bountiful life and just hang out each day reading, watching films, learning fun skills, exercising, fishing and dreaming up a bunch of fun stuff to amuse myself involving fire, machinery, cars, exploring and collecting interesting stuff from interesting places.
Watchman said:
Pommygranite said:
Interesting stuff on MSFS - maybe leave flying unless it's a gyrocopter
What I don't get so much is why there is run to a fight for survival type scenario where building bases, stocking up on supplies, go look for people, and earn caveman skills.
My reasoning is this - you wake up tomorrow and no ones around. Once you get over the shock you're surrounded by supplies whether it's supermarkets, shops, houses, hotels, restaurants. More than enough for the next 50 years on your own. And you can travel not by fortified Landrover but Lamborghini and just rock up and find food in the next town and don't take a damn thing anywhere.
Want to find people!? I dunno, I reckon the autonomy and lack of stress being on your own would be amazing. There's enough stimulation in TV/video/books that you could probably get by ok without anyone else for a long time. I think scouring the world for someone but not finding them would be soul destroying and exhausting. Set fire to a few big buildings if you want to draw attention let them come to you.
Also imagine having an idyllic world with total freedom and finding people who just wind you up and mess with your world and create a new society with all the problems of the current one.
Find a hotel, stay in a fresh bed every night and a clean toilet every day by room hopping.
I can't see everything in the world just degrading in the next 10/15 years. Hell my childhood home from the 70's still stands and it's not like someone is maintaining the exterior brickwork.
I live in Perth Australia so I'm lucky 300 days of the year are sunny, don't need heating or cooling and plenty of solar powered buildings to live in and power everything. Need clean water? Raid camping stores and get filtration tablets/systems. The only bugger is if I want to go and look for people I have to find a safe way off this big bloody island or trek 3/4 days east to Sydney/Melbourne.
Think I'd just stay put.
Me,I'd just chill my beans and enjoy a simple yet bountiful life and just hang out each day reading, watching films, learning fun skills, exercising, fishing and dreaming up a bunch of fun stuff to amuse myself involving fire, machinery, cars, exploring and collecting interesting stuff from interesting places.
Because nuclear power stations.What I don't get so much is why there is run to a fight for survival type scenario where building bases, stocking up on supplies, go look for people, and earn caveman skills.
My reasoning is this - you wake up tomorrow and no ones around. Once you get over the shock you're surrounded by supplies whether it's supermarkets, shops, houses, hotels, restaurants. More than enough for the next 50 years on your own. And you can travel not by fortified Landrover but Lamborghini and just rock up and find food in the next town and don't take a damn thing anywhere.
Want to find people!? I dunno, I reckon the autonomy and lack of stress being on your own would be amazing. There's enough stimulation in TV/video/books that you could probably get by ok without anyone else for a long time. I think scouring the world for someone but not finding them would be soul destroying and exhausting. Set fire to a few big buildings if you want to draw attention let them come to you.
Also imagine having an idyllic world with total freedom and finding people who just wind you up and mess with your world and create a new society with all the problems of the current one.
Find a hotel, stay in a fresh bed every night and a clean toilet every day by room hopping.
I can't see everything in the world just degrading in the next 10/15 years. Hell my childhood home from the 70's still stands and it's not like someone is maintaining the exterior brickwork.
I live in Perth Australia so I'm lucky 300 days of the year are sunny, don't need heating or cooling and plenty of solar powered buildings to live in and power everything. Need clean water? Raid camping stores and get filtration tablets/systems. The only bugger is if I want to go and look for people I have to find a safe way off this big bloody island or trek 3/4 days east to Sydney/Melbourne.
Think I'd just stay put.
Me,I'd just chill my beans and enjoy a simple yet bountiful life and just hang out each day reading, watching films, learning fun skills, exercising, fishing and dreaming up a bunch of fun stuff to amuse myself involving fire, machinery, cars, exploring and collecting interesting stuff from interesting places.
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seriously... Watch the "Life After People" episode that dealt with nuclear power stations. In the scenario they proposed where people vanished suddenly, they say:
Life After People wiki said:
1 day after people Without any people around to use the electricity they produce, nuclear power plants shut down into a safe mode to avert a possible meltdown of the reactor.
10 days after people Every 18 months the uranium fuel rods in the reactor core stop producing enough energy to sustain a nuclear reaction and must be replaced. When the fuel rods are removed they are dangerously hot, up to 2000 degrees, and must be placed in cooling pools. The fuel rods were kept in these pools for ten years before they could be safely removed. There is actually more radiation contained in the cooling pools than there is in the reactor. It takes 40 feet of water maintained at below 120 degrees to keep the fuel rods from overheating. Now the heat of the fuel rods has boiled all the water away and the fuel rods catch fire and burn. The equivalent of 20 cores worth of radiation is released into the environment and nothing is safe for miles.
1 year after people The areas around nuclear power plants have been devastated. There are now large irradiated dead zones for up to a mile radius around nuclear power plants.
175 years after people The cooling pool fires at nuclear power plants went out long ago and life has returned to the dead zones. The power plants themselves are now structurally unstable. The most iconic structures in a nuclear power plant were the cooling towers. A steel lattice ring at the base supports the 50 foot tall concrete cooling tower but after nearly two centuries of corrosion the steel lattice ring doesn’t have any strength left. The cooling towers now fail at the base and tip over and humanity’s mighty power plants of the future are reduced to rubble.
Although they mention a 1-mile radius around the power plants at 1-year, I would be concerned that a number of them failing all within a similar timescale could lead to more widespread radius.10 days after people Every 18 months the uranium fuel rods in the reactor core stop producing enough energy to sustain a nuclear reaction and must be replaced. When the fuel rods are removed they are dangerously hot, up to 2000 degrees, and must be placed in cooling pools. The fuel rods were kept in these pools for ten years before they could be safely removed. There is actually more radiation contained in the cooling pools than there is in the reactor. It takes 40 feet of water maintained at below 120 degrees to keep the fuel rods from overheating. Now the heat of the fuel rods has boiled all the water away and the fuel rods catch fire and burn. The equivalent of 20 cores worth of radiation is released into the environment and nothing is safe for miles.
1 year after people The areas around nuclear power plants have been devastated. There are now large irradiated dead zones for up to a mile radius around nuclear power plants.
175 years after people The cooling pool fires at nuclear power plants went out long ago and life has returned to the dead zones. The power plants themselves are now structurally unstable. The most iconic structures in a nuclear power plant were the cooling towers. A steel lattice ring at the base supports the 50 foot tall concrete cooling tower but after nearly two centuries of corrosion the steel lattice ring doesn’t have any strength left. The cooling towers now fail at the base and tip over and humanity’s mighty power plants of the future are reduced to rubble.
And I'd stay away from the US for similar reasons. Canada would be OK, and lots of South America would too.
I'd raid a hospital to find their Geiger counter - they must have some way of monitoring X-ray machines and some have departments or labs called "nuclear science". I'd like to have a GC on hand at all times but ultimately I would probably seek to "get out of Dodge" and leave the UK and EU altogether. Central Africa looks like the safest zone (in this regard) although there are vast swathes of Russia and countries immediately south where there aren't any nuclear power stations either.
1. Wouldn't there be enough residual 'stuff' using electricity that they wouldn't go into shut down mode? You know traffic lights, building lights, stuff on standby, fridges etc?
2. I couldn't quite work out that it's the replacement of rods that creates the issues and burn up - but if no ones around to remove them wouldn't they happily and safely just stay as they are?
3. I'm in Australia - no nuclear plants - bonza! I'm all good.
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