If you were the last person left on Earth

What would you do if one day you just woke up from a normal routine day and everyone on the Earth was gone but you? No evidence was left behind and every human being just vanished without a trace. You have the entire planet to yourself. What would you do with your time?

Would you be able to continue on without companionship? Would you just raid all the stores and loot all the electronics and mess around with them every day? Maybe you'd go around exploring different parts of the world without interruption?

Me personally, I'd probably loot all the stores and get all the fancy electronics I could. Then I'd relocate to some really big mansion and set up shop there and store up on food. I'd have as much fun as I could probably until things like nuclear power plants started completely falling apart without routine maintenance. I might try to find some scientific way to procreate along the way and renew the human race, but that would be close to impossible.

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I don't see much point in looting a electronics store. At least until you have set yourself up with electricity that isn't going to come from the electric grid. Which will go down eventually.

But, that depends on the circumstances. Is this like a Dawn of the Dead scenario?

'Cause if it is a zombie scenario I'm totally going to hijack a gas truck, a couple of generators, and as much ammunition, food, water as I can store whilst I await my unavoidable but "totally cool way to go out with a boom" ending. No use fighting the enviable.

Or maybe a global plague scenario. In which case I'm first going to raid the libraries and book stores. As mentioned above the grid won't last long, and you're (possibly) the last one left. So anything electric, medical, and/or mechanical, you're going have to know. Anybody I run into in the process of this can have my antibodies, but if they don't have sterile needles fuck them.

In the scenario without plagues, zombies, or anything cool, you're probably just going to die alone and insane. Probably the worse fate of them all.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I'd probably vandalize and loot a ton of stores and get as much food, water, supplies and random junk as I can. After that, I'd secure my house with some extra fences or something just to be safe.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Ehh, no one else around but me, and entire life of looking forward to a complete regression of civilization while shit crumbles to pieces around me? And me without any kind of woodslore to speak of? Yeah, I'd probably just go jerk off somewhere public, and then shoot myself at the height of orgasm. You know, that way I died really happy.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I'd probably just throw myself off a cliff. But I like Radez's idea too.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Avalokiteshvara

Ehh, no one else around but me, and entire life of looking forward to a complete regression of civilization while shit crumbles to pieces around me? And me without any kind of woodslore to speak of? Yeah, I'd probably just go jerk off somewhere public, and then shoot myself at the height of orgasm. You know, that way I died really happy.

What if you miss the target you wanted to hit... thus making you suffer <___>

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Originally Posted by Kimchi

What if you miss the target you wanted to hit... thus making you suffer <___>

Then he feeds his love of pleasure-pain. You're assuming Mr. Radez isn't a masochist.

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Originally Posted by Kimchi

What if you miss the target you wanted to hit... thus making you suffer <___>

Yeah, a bullet through the head is not the surest way to die.

A fully-loaded gas truck on the other hand..... booooooom!

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Originally Posted by Lizardcommando

I'd probably vandalize and loot a ton of stores and get as much food, water, supplies and random junk as I can. After that, I'd secure my house with some extra fences or something just to be safe.

You're not vandalizing anything if nobody sees it.....

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I'd commit suicide.

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Let's be honest, who wouldn't? You're the last person left. This isn't the 'Oh, I'll survive for a few years in the wreckage and get rescued'. This isn't even 'Oh, we were destroyed by Aliens but I'll join with them'. No, you're the last human. And given that even today's best geneticists and biochemists can't reliably clone humans (ignoring all known problems with cloned DNA, inbreeding, et. al) much less clone them and change their sex, your average GFF poster isn't going to be able to do shit. Go play your favorite Video Game until the power goes out, then go find a nice fun way to die. I recommend explosions. If you're feeling particulary adventurous, find a nearby nuclear plant and turn off enough safeguards to go all Chernobyl on you. That ought to do it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I might take the Armageddon route out, in which I get my ass into the Pentagon (or wherever the hell you guys down there launch nukes) and fire a few of them on my direct position simultaneously, but also throw a few at Canada, France (assholes <3), Russia, a few at Africa, China, Australia. Get the whole Earth pretty well covered in radioactive awesome. That way the Earth becomes totally inhospitable for a few hundred years, or until roaches breed extensively again.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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much less clone them outside of the womb

Fixed for slightly-higher-up-the-importance-scale-ness.

I'd probably off myself after a few days of weeping.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Well seeing as how I could never get the nerve to off myself even if I wanted to... I'd probably just go insane.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I'd go with the general idea of killing myself, but I'd take the addict's way out and drug myself to death. Hopefully one of those fancy drugs that give one an unvanquishable feeling of euphoria. I figure I might as well go out laughing my ass off.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I like to think that mankind deserves to be extinguished in the most ironic way possible, and there could be nothing more ironic than the real-life enactment of an already ironic vision of man's final days.

I'd head for the nearest library and smash my glasses until I could use them no more.

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Originally Posted by Crash Landon

I like to think that mankind deserves to be extinguished in the most ironic way possible, and there could be nothing more ironic than the real-life enactment of an already ironic vision of man's final days.

I'd head for the nearest library and smash my glasses until I could use them no more.

"No... I... it's not fair. I had time, now..."

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I'd probably find a good dog, and read alot. I'd also travel. I would definitely make learning to control an aircraft a top priority.

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if that really happen,I'll throw my self from highest point on this earth.the life will be useless.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Avalokiteshvara

Ehh, no one else around but me, and entire life of looking forward to a complete regression of civilization while shit crumbles to pieces around me? And me without any kind of woodslore to speak of? Yeah, I'd probably just go jerk off somewhere public, and then shoot myself at the height of orgasm. You know, that way I died really happy.

Yeah, but you'd leave a REALLY awkward corpse =( Folks could come back and be all "HAY WE LEFT THE PLANET FOR A FEW DAYS SORRY WE LEFT YOU BEHIND AND -- oh dear."

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Given that there's a shitload of portable resources to use, like gas bottles, battery operated machinery and generators, I'm sure that you'd be able to survive somehow.

Fresh meat would be outta the question, everything would have to come from long-life stuff, and maybe vegies that you'd farm yourself.

Given that there would be no more boundaries on ANYTHING or ANYWHERE, I think I'd take the time to learn a few things I never had time to do.
There's no internet, but the library is a pretty good resource to learn pretty much anything you'd need to know.

Also, being Australian would suck, cause there's no place you can go. We're on a massive motherfuckin island, and we're the only country on it.
Though if you were the last person on Earth and you were say...from Tonga or some other shit small island, I'd probably kill myself straight away if I knew there was absolutely no way off. I don't wanna die drowning.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Survival really wouldn't be that difficult. There would be plenty of canned, long-life food available, and if that wasn't an option, you could steal a gun and some ammunition and shoot your own food. You've got plenty of time to learn. Or you could start farming your own food, or just take over a preexisting farm. You could use gas-powered generators to power necessary items. Nobody else will be using the gas, so you wouldn't ever run out. Which also means you'd be free to drive anywhere you wanted. If something happened to your car, you could just steal any random one and use it instead. You could cook your food using good old fires or portable gas burners (just go to the store and steal them, and all of the fuel canisters too.)

Really, survival wouldn't be a problem if you lived in any semi-urban area. The real question is would you want to survive? I would never be able to kill myself, so for me, survival would be the only option.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yea there'd be no point in killing yourself for at a year and most likely a few years. At least get to experience what life would be like as you being the only person alive. Whether it is good or bad, it is something you'd never be able to experience ever. Also I think hope of some sort of luckily miracle alone would be enough to allow people to stay alive for years before killing themselves.

I probably have too much pride to ever kill myself, but you never know what happens in extreme circumstances like this one.

Someone that mentioned finding a dog would be a good idea. At least you could have a companion there. Though taking care of it would be tough.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Clean water is probably the most important aspect. There would be numerous situations where that could be a problem. Especially if you chose to spend the rest of your days traveling the world.

Turning on the tap might not be a desirable option. If it even is a option. Collecting rainwater would probably be a good option. Especially for the times you're not moving around. Figuring out how to distill water on a small portable basis would be an added plus.

Originally Posted by DragoonKain

Someone that mentioned finding a dog would be a good idea. At least you could have a companion there. Though taking care of it would be tough.

A imaginary friend doesn't require any necessities. Just as long as you're not stuck on a beach talking to some volleyball named Wilson.

Damn, that Tom Hanks movie sucked.

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What about suicide

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Denicalis

"No... I... it's not fair. I had time, now..."

At least I can still read the large-print books...

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