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

A bit sentimental. I've been contemplating the idea of just taking a tent and getting the fuck out of here.. If there where no more people I could just go into houses and steal their food. i'd have so much fun... I would love it if u guys where around though. Even just on dreamviews I would just post pictures on my stolen laptop with my stolen camera of how i'm chilling with 50 dogs.. sidenote: someone should make a movie with this idea.

Grow a long beard, get skinny, and talk to my volleyball.

Originally Posted by Sageous

^^ I think you may have missed the point of the OP, Snoop. The question was more a thought experiment about what you would do if given the opportunity of being perfectly alone in the world than it was a practical question about how you would survive in a world without people.

I can see how you may have been confused or misled, given that the impossibility of being alone or long-term survival seems all a couple people want to talk about. But this thread probably would have gone much better if the OP included a note saying something like "This is not a question about survival, but possibilities," I suppose.

[EDIT: I just noticed that you've already posted here, and are aware of the spirit of the OP. I guess I hadn't realized the subject had been changed; never mind!]

…Well, I guess the wording of my opening post does put the most emphasis on how you´d use your newly gained freedom, but it doesn´t have to be restricted to that. I do agree that the posts about your new life goals will probably be more interesting since each of them will be more individual than say survival strategies.

But “What would you do as the last person in the world?” can be read in many different ways. I wouldn´t say that posts defy the “spirit of the OP” since it wasn´t set in stone in the first place.

Being the last person left could be either heaven or hell depending on your perspective. It would be bitter sweet. Everyone is invited to think for themselves which of the two tastes would out weight the other.

If you focus on the sweetness, you could talk about how you’d rearrange your lifestyle now that you can live outside of society’s restrictions and push the worries of survival aside.

If you focus on the bitter side, feel free to ponder (and post) how you´d approach the challenge of living alone after losing access to all the possibilities which our human society used to provide. The danger of running out of food and other resources as well as the danger of becoming insane under the pressure of isolation are some very valid discussion points in that context.


As long as both discussions can peacefully coexist I don´t see a problem.

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.

Break into a chips and chocolate factory and eat till I become so fat I explode...

Originally Posted by Sageous

^^ I think you may have missed the point of the OP, Snoop. The question was more a thought experiment about what you would do if given the opportunity of being perfectly alone in the world than it was a practical question about how you would survive in a world without people.

I can see how you may have been confused or misled, given that the impossibility of being alone or long-term survival seems all a couple people want to talk about. But this thread probably would have gone much better if the OP included a note saying something like "This is not a question about survival, but possibilities," I suppose.

[EDIT: I just noticed that you've already posted here, and are aware of the spirit of the OP. I guess I hadn't realized the subject had been changed; never mind!]

The first part of my post was my attempt at following the spirit of the thread, the second part was a rebuttal to sivason's argument. No worries man, thanks for pointing it out because I'm pretty dense at times and as was already mentioned it flew over my head at first.

Guys, I just realized... If all the humans disappeared suddenly, all the pets that are inside their owner's house would slowly die, hungry and alone, desperately scratching the doors for freedom...

Now I need to hug my cats

Originally Posted by Suvid

Guys, I just realized... If all the humans disappeared suddenly, all the pets that are inside their owner's house would slowly die, hungry and alone, desperately scratching the doors for freedom...

Now I need to hug my cats

It is probably worse than that since many would likely escape and go feral and wild street dogs might end up attacking you as you go on with your life.

Originally Posted by Alric

It is probably worse than that since many would likely escape and go feral and wild street dogs might end up attacking you as you go on with your life.

You'd have to live up in the mountains anyway because the urban areas and lowlands would all be radioactive from the fallout of all the world's nuclear power stations melting down.

Originally Posted by cmind

You'd have to live up in the mountains anyway because the urban areas and lowlands would all be radioactive from the fallout of all the world's nuclear power stations melting down.

Good point. I wonder how you could get a map of all the reactor locations with no internet. This actually would be a big problem in many areas. Even if none were nearby, wind or water may carry it to you. Note to self: get a Geiger counter.

I know I saw a video once that explained what would probably happen with the world if all people disappeared in an instant. It was pretty interesting, I think they concluded that Hoover Dam would be the last lights to go out, if I remember correctly. I like the idea, it would be awesome to be able to see cities, centuries after everybody had disappeared. Just to see how maybe the animal kingdom has taken over. What wouldn't happen to big cities with sky scrapers and such? Imagine trying to survive alongside wildlife that's slowly taking over what used to be civilization.

Originally Posted by Maeni

I like the idea, it would be awesome to be able to see cities, centuries after everybody had disappeared. Just to see how maybe the animal kingdom has taken over. What wouldn't happen to big cities with sky scrapers and such? Imagine trying to survive alongside wildlife that's slowly taking over what used to be civilization.

I do wonder who will replace us when we become extinct. Just the same way we replaced the dinosaurs.

5 Mass Extinctions have already happened. The dominant species always dies.

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Some links to the prior mass extinctions.
Mass Extinction, Mass Die-Off Information, Prehistoric Facts -- National Geographic
BBC Nature - Big Five mass extinction events

Originally Posted by Maeni

I know I saw a video once that explained what would probably happen with the world if all people disappeared in an instant. It was pretty interesting, I think they concluded that Hoover Dam would be the last lights to go out, if I remember correctly. I like the idea, it would be awesome to be able to see cities, centuries after everybody had disappeared. Just to see how maybe the animal kingdom has taken over. What wouldn't happen to big cities with sky scrapers and such? Imagine trying to survive alongside wildlife that's slowly taking over what used to be civilization.

It was a Discovery tv series, "Life After Humans" or something like that. I've seen it too. As for cities, nature would reclaim them very quickly. After 100 years, you would be hard pressed to even know they were ever there. Some of the sturdier buildings might still be sort of standing, but they would look more like steep hills, covered with vegetation.

I really have no idea... Loneliness is one of the most painful things. I would have to master meditation in order to not kill myself. I would be a farmer, drink rainwater, generate electricity with solar pannels, and in my free time I would listen to music and build my music collection.

Take on the role as a steward for the environment around me, read whatever I could get my hands on, develop survival skills, try to domesticate an animal or two just enough so that I have something to keep me company but it's still able to fend for itself in the wild (if possible), meditate, etc.

I have thought about this since last month. I came to one important conclusion:

The internet would keep working, but only for a very limited time, somewhere between hours and days. Before long something would go wrong and that would be the end of internet.

My conclusion there fore is that I must rush to a place with a great printer and internet set up, such as the Kinko's copy center, with in the first hours of everyone else meeting what ever end.

I would then search the internet for every topic I can think of that would be important. The following is a short list of things I would want to print off:

Location of all Nuclear reactors in any area with in 500 miles of any area I may travel too.

Malaria prophylaxis (prevention) and treatment, plus areas of epidemic diseases such as malaria

Location of wind farms, solar panel warehouses, hydro electric dams that are small enough for a single person to maintain, and operation/maintenance manuals for each.

Location of pharmaceutical warehouses, dry goods warehouses, natural ice caves, and radiation protocol supplies (detectors, iodine tablets, suits, etc..)



Next, on the very first day, while electricity is likely still working I would go to all of the grocery stores near by the Hospital near my house. I would clean out all of the perishable stuff from a couple, so they would not foul the store later as they rot. I would take all of the items I would like, such as cheese, meat, dairy and I would take them to the hospital and place them in the deep freeze.

The next day I would go around the hospital and turn off most of the breakers to reduce power consumption. I would figure out a section that could be maintained close to the deep freeze and kitchen. I would clear that area of any bodies and close any security doors into other areas. Hospitals have emergency back up generators that will already be set up. I would simply need to maintain the gas and oil levels in the generators.

The third day I would search high and low for a truck that delivers gasoline, or at the very least set up a truck with smaller gas containers I could fill while the pumps were working. I would keep looking every day until I scored a nearly full semi truck that delivers gas. I would park it by the generators at the hospital.



What would I do then? Well I would plan out where I may want to relocate to eventually, but I would not attempt to travel until I had mastered survival in my home town and put tons of thought into it.

Good plan, sivason.

It's funny how radiation protection now plays such a huge role in survival, when just 60 years ago it wasn't even a thing.

Thinking about the internet issue: I think if you're really clever, you could locate an ISP and hook up their servers to solar or wind power. I believe (I could be wrong) they keep a cached copy of most of the static pages on the web, so that would give you unlimited access to all that stuff. Or failing that, find the local Google server. But power might be a bigger issue. Maybe this is getting too complicated for one person.

I think all of you are too smart for me when it comes to being the last person on the earth. Honestly,the first thing i would do if i walked outside and noticed no one around is laugh a bit thinking how funny this is but that I have to remain serious. Than I would pray about it, take my keys and a weapon than walk out the door and investigate the area. After a while if i get no answer from my prayer or see no one outside i would probably keep investigating until i find a answer. Of course I'd be taking care of myself as well. The search for all of you and the other human beings would be tiring and after waiting for a while i would get tired of waiting. Even finding food that does not get expired would be tiring. So I'd probably just eat the foods that have a far off expiration date and try to grow my own food in the meanwhile. I know!!! I'd go to the place where people go to see flowers and use their soil to grow food for myself! I'd also read books on growing your own food. As I'm doing that I will try to make signs in the sky or anywhere else for humans. I would keep searching and searching and searching until...╭( ✖_✖ )╮I die.Cause even though I'd be really lonely and scream out to God or the sky "whyyyyyyyyyyy!?" for someone to hear me. Hope would drive me to keep living.

Originally Posted by cmind

Good plan, sivason.

It's funny how radiation protection now plays such a huge role in survival, when just 60 years ago it wasn't even a thing.

Thinking about the internet issue: I think if you're really clever, you could locate an ISP and hook up their servers to solar or wind power. I believe (I could be wrong) they keep a cached copy of most of the static pages on the web, so that would give you unlimited access to all that stuff. Or failing that, find the local Google server. But power might be a bigger issue. Maybe this is getting too complicated for one person.

No, but google does. Head right for google in California. They have a ton of freebie snacks there as well while you're busy printing.

Actually I'm not sure if their data center is on-site or not. They probably have copies on-site at least.

I don't know if it's been answered yet, but the very first thing I'd do is a RC .

Originally Posted by FryingMan

No, but google does. Head right for google in California. They have a ton of freebie snacks there as well while you're busy printing.

Actually I'm not sure if their data center is on-site or not. They probably have copies on-site at least.

I don't know if it's been answered yet, but the very first thing I'd do is a RC .

Thanks for the correction.

I think google probably has lots of local servers. My guess would be that no human is more than a few hundred miles from a google server. But if you find one, you don't need to bother printing anything*, just hook up a laptop and a source of electricity.

*Unless the servers have some sort of time-out mechanism, where they automatically delete cached web pages after a certain amount of time has passed

Roam around the earth until i expire.

It is probably worse than that since many would likely escape and go feral and wild street dogs might end up attacking you as you go on with your life.

So much for being "natural."

It is probably worse than that since many would likely escape and go feral and wild street dogs might end up attacking you as you go on with your life.

Not to mention that without human intervention, after 10-15 days all of the worlds nuclear power plants would go critical and basically turn every major city into Chernobyl.

Originally Posted by JadeGreen

Not to mention that without human intervention, after 10-15 days all of the worlds nuclear power plants would go critical and basically turn every major city into Chernobyl.

Looking at a map of current reactors, every one in the Eastern USA would face potential radiation. The West has few reactors. Southern California over to LasVegas, Nevada, and part of Washington state would be at risk. Lucky I am in the broad swath in the West that would be well away from this problem.

I guess I'd walk around naked and eat a bunch of food from like buffets and shit while it's fresh and wander in peoples houses, go through crap to learn about peoples life and their travels. I'd probably wander into off limits buildings too. Probably die from messing around with flying crafts, or live long enough to die from the Chernobyl like events to come. I'd definitely get some Baskin Robbins first though. Vegas would be fun for a few hours I suppose. There would be a lot of singing Freddie Mercury songs out loud. It's be nice to find some rich persons lamborghini, I'd take that for a spin, drive it through a mall, then just gank stuff from the mall.