Thread: What would you do as the last person in the world?

Originally Posted by Suvid

If you feel lonely, you can always paint a face on a volleyball and name it Wilson ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Hence going insane. I agree with cmind. If you're a hermit or a very strange individual you might not want to kill yourself, but the likelihood of insanity is still pretty high. Ignoring that, the real reason I find the argument against this to be futile is because most people on this website probably wouldn't fall into the category of those who would actually wind up being alright totally alone. I hate people and I would still want to die if I were completely alone and had no hope of every seeing another living person, realistically.

I know this is a hypothetical situation but I feel like a lot of the people responding aren't thinking about how much things would collapse and degrade without maintenance. There wouldn't be any power, not for a very long period of time without expertise and having to perform enough upkeep of the generators that is impossible for just one human being. You would have to do a lot of work to survive. Essentially, without killing yourself you would have your lifespan reduced significantly for the simple fact that there is no one to care for you. It becomes a matter of survival on a day-to-day basis when present and unrotten supplies run out. It wouldn't be possible to spend your time on frivolous things like writing or reading except at very limited times if you value living. In fact I'm willing to bet after living in the hell of having to try and merely survive and without a hope of ever having others to help out or to comfort you (or you to comfort them) you would soon abandon such practices because they serve no practical purpose, and the pain and effort of simply thriving would be too great.

Originally Posted by snoop

Hence going insane. I agree with cmind. If you're a hermit or a very strange individual you might not want to kill yourself, but the likelihood of insanity is still pretty high. Ignoring that, the real reason I find the argument against this to be futile is because most people on this website probably wouldn't fall into the category of those who would actually wind up being alright totally alone. I hate people and I would still want to die if I were completely alone and had no hope of every seeing another living person, realistically.

I know this is a hypothetical situation but I feel like a lot of the people responding aren't thinking about how much things would collapse and degrade without maintenance. There wouldn't be any power, not for a very long period of time without expertise and having to perform enough upkeep of the generators that is impossible for just one human being. You would have to do a lot of work to survive. Essentially, without killing yourself you would have your lifespan reduced significantly for the simple fact that there is no one to care for you. It becomes a matter of survival on a day-to-day basis when present and unrotten supplies run out. It wouldn't be possible to spend your time on frivolous things like writing or reading except at very limited times if you value living. In fact I'm willing to bet after living in the hell of having to try and merely survive and without a hope of ever having others to help out or to comfort you (or you to comfort them) you would soon abandon such practices because they serve no practical purpose, and the pain and effort of simply thriving would be too great.

Portable generators are everywhere (gas could last the first 10 years or so if you get it from a proper storage tank). You would not need to have a power grid, just one generator. A windmill powerplant only needs greased and solar panals are going to last a very long time, Also a water wheel generator would work fine. . Canned food will still be good for about 100 years or more (just looked it up). Dried survival food would also last you life time. You would have unlimited guns and bullets and no laws to regulate hunting (you could even use a land mine to hunt if you wanted.) Fruit trees and many crops will grow and produce for decades if not centuries.

I can care for myself unless I get cancer or something. I imagine I would try to not do really dangerous things, but anti-biotics, skin stapling guns and everything else would be free for the taking. You can also learn almost any skill from a book.

So, survival would be very easy, unless you are not intelligant. Then it may be a problem.

I would assume there were a reason for me being the last person alive. So I would wait.

Originally Posted by Whatsnext

I would assume there were a reason for me being the last person alive. So I would wait.

Only interesting response in this entire thread.

Originally Posted by cmind

Only interesting response in this entire thread.

The source of his concern is revealed. If he were the last person who would he be rude too. Dogs don't get trolling and cats just ignore it. Being rude to yourself probably just wouldn't give him what he is looking for.



I would enter all sorts of competions and always take 1st place. Best of show everytime!
Oh, I would embrace the madness. Pumpkin juggling?

If I was the only person on earth, I will make robots to replace the people, but of cause they will serve me like a king.

It's hard to give an answer... I think I will kill myself, at this point, I can't live without people. But first I will travel. All the world. And then I can die happily