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Jinn · 07-12-2006, 07:21 AM

Its the uncanny beginning to tons of horror and sci-fi movies, but I've always thought it was a neat idea. You're the last person on earth. What do you do? The assumption is that everyone has just dissapeared, and all possessions and places exist as they do now, subject only to their decay over time from unuse.

As I thought about it this morning it gradually evolved into more and more grandiose and neat plan.

Here's what I'd do:

Spent the first day doing research on the Internet. I figure that assuming everyone died yesterday many of the backbones and mainframes could still be operating and hosting websites, autonomously.

I'd research lockpicking, hotwiring, cloning, artificial insemination, general medicine, and flying. Why? You'll see.

The first task would be take every bit of food I had in my apartment and get it in a bag. I'm going to be on the move, and food in a post-apocalyptic world devoid of people is going to be difficult to find. Bag in hand, I'd hop in my car and head off in the general location of the zoo. During my trip, I'd be looking for faster cars. I'd gradually break into and steal nicer and nicer cars until I was satisifed that I had a car which was both comfortable and fast.

When I got to the zoo, I'd break down the gates and set free all of the animals. No human caretakers to feed them, but they'll be at least a little better off foraging for themselves. It's probably a moot gesture, but it'd be a nice first step.

My next desintation would be any hospitals or doctors offices I could find. I'd begin stocking up on painkillers, antibiotics, and surgical/medical tools.

Next, I'd head for the airports. I'd look for any flying manuals I could find and finish teaching myself flying. Once I had a relatively safe understanding of piloting, I'd take the most convenient aircraft and head for the previously researched Artificial insemination clinics. I'd see if there were any eggs or semen stored up, and if they were still viable. If so, I'd try to make between 15 and 20 "new humans" to repopulate the earth. The next stops would be raiding grocery stores for any food that I could find, and storage for it. I'd stock up 2 or 3 years of food for 15 to 20 people, and attempt to clear land to begin a farm. While the childen grew (9 months, at least) I'd research cloning and attempt to clone myself, in case the aritificial insemination would not succeed.

I'd spend the rest of the time locating as much historical text as I could in preparation for the children's future - explaining what had happened. And I'd found a city - New Jinn. And from there, I'd hope to repopulate the Earth.

What would you do?

Ustwo · 07-12-2006, 07:30 AM

I'd go to the zoo and eat all the animals.

Gatorade Frost · 07-12-2006, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Ustwo

I'd go to the zoo and eat all the animals.

Yeah, that was my thought.

I'd horde as much food as humanly possible that will last. Horde all the medicine. Print off as much information I can or move to a library close to a grocery store.

Ample · 07-12-2006, 07:51 AM

I would like to do something ludicrous like run around the Oval Office naked while flapping my arms making bird noises.

Willravel · 07-12-2006, 07:54 AM

Well I already have enough fruit trees and veggies in the back yard to keep me alive, though I'd have to figure out how to get protien and animal fats. The scary thing is that the only real source of meat around here that wouldn't go bad immediatally is household pets. I'd either have to move to an area with more meat, or get over my urk factor over eating Rover and Spot for sustenence. I don't know if there is a zoo in my area. You'd need to eat herbavores in order for you to be able to maintain their health over a long period of time, and considering their life expectancy, you might need to try breeding.

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Originally Posted by Ample

I would like to do something ludicrous like run around the Oval Office naked while flapping my arms making bird noises.

Is something ludicrous if the President does it every day?

Jason762 · 07-12-2006, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by JinnKai

When I got to the zoo, I'd break down the gates and set free all of the animals. No human caretakers to feed them, but they'll be at least a little better off foraging for themselves.

Hmmm would the animals know how to feed themselves? Be interesting to know. They came from the wild, but they've been fed instead of getting it themselves.

And the lions and tigers and bears (oh my!) would probably kill the other zoo animals for food, so some wouldn't suffer.

Just make sure you're in a safe spot when you release that Bengal Tiger! :-O

Has anyone considered hunting for proteins? Gun stores would be available and animals would be rampant, and after a long period of time (possibly) a threat.

Think about the dogs. They're used to being fed. You are walking around, and walk into their terrortitory. They're hungry, you're invading their home... whatchu gonna do?

Anyway, I'll come back and post what I'd do when I'm not on my mobile device.

I like posts like these! Thanks for creating it!

Pip · 07-12-2006, 08:56 AM

Does anyone know what would happen to the nuclear plants if everyone just disappeared? Do they have some sort of auto-shutdown?

I should know this, being a nuclear power fangirl, but alas...

Lady Sage · 07-12-2006, 10:39 AM

Move to the south where its warmer, start a farm, live off boxed food until I get a good crop. Have a very large herbal garden, brush up on my herbology books for medicine. Make a heating and cooling system, aquire livestock for slaugher, milk, eggs breeding and clothing. Live life the good way.

cookmo · 07-12-2006, 11:06 AM

I would become super moderator of the TFP and respond to my own posts under different usernames......then ban myself

JustJess · 07-12-2006, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Pip

I should know this, being a nuclear power fangirl, but alas...

I had NO idea you were a girl, I am an idiot!! You're still one of my "knights" though, I don't care what you say. But man, I feel stupid for not knowing that.
/end threadjack

Average_Joe · 07-12-2006, 11:11 AM

Although my first thought was that I would just have a great time with other people's stuff, I am now considering that finding a way to survive would be the only real solution. I would treat it as if I was stranded on a deserted island. However, I realize that I would have some time to prepare for this and choose where to live and gather supplies and such. In fact, the safest place would probably be on an island that was easily accessible to the mainland by a rowboat, and I would make sure that I was the most threatening animal on it. I would gather as many supplies on the mainland as possible (food, wood, seeds, building materials, gasoline, weapons, etc.) for as long as I could (before dogs and other carnivorous animals got out of control) and bring them to the island. On the island I would be safe from dangerous animals, and if 1 or 2 somehow crossed the water and got on, I could easily control it. The more I think of it, living on the island wouldn't be so different than living on the mainland after a while (no electricity, farming for food, raising animals for food). I would not care about repopulation...I can live without other people.

Infinite_Loser · 07-12-2006, 11:27 AM

I'd move into the White House and pretend I was president of the United States.

Carno · 07-12-2006, 12:28 PM

Why would people spend years of flight training if they could just research it on the internet or find some "flight manuals" laying around the airport?

Shit, and here I was spending all this money and I never knew it could be so simple.

If I were the last person alive, I would go to a gun shop or national guard armory and shoot all the interesting weapons. I'd probably just waste weeks doing all kinds of destructive things that are against the law right now. Yeah.

Bill O'Rights · 07-12-2006, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by cookmo

I would become super moderator of the TFP and respond to my own posts under different usernames......then ban myself

You can't ban yourself. Trust me.

shesus · 07-12-2006, 01:00 PM

I think it would be depressing to be the last person on Earth. You'd have no one to talk to or share what you're doing with except yourself.

With that being said..artificial insemination would be an interesting start, but wouldn't you need a host to actually breed? I guess I would have to conduct a lot of research on that.

But for fun, I would go into all the really expensive stores and try on all the clothes and shoes and choose an awesome outfit to wear...which would be sort of pointless since I'm the only person left, I could walk around naked I suppose.

But it would be fun to shop without worrying about the prices. Then I would start heading south to better weather. I wouldn't want to get stuck in a Chicago winter without heat.

I would live on the beach until I went completely insane with loneliness and comitted suicide or died from lack of food or too much smoking. If I'm the last person on earth I would never have to hear about second-hand smoke again.

I guess I like to share my accomplishments and things I do with other people. If someone isn't around to talk with and learn from, what's the point? I wouldn't be a good candidate for the 'last person on earth' position. The human race would definitely go extinct.

Gatorade Frost · 07-12-2006, 01:02 PM

Oh yeah, if people were still around, but just dead, I'd go find Natalie Portman and take a leaf from this post...

Bill O'Rights · 07-12-2006, 01:18 PM

Everything that I would need, in the way of supplies, I can forage from Offutt AFB. Weapons, ammo, MREs, other misc equipment. Toss it all in an APC, and just drive. It doesn't matter where to, because there's really nowhere to go. Just..."be". And, of course, I'd always be on the lookout for the cute little nymphet that also survived the cataclysm. (Oh, c'mon...you know there's one in every cheesy "last person on earth" film)

But...before I do that...I'm going to the local Jaguar dealer, draining all the oil out of the nearest red XJ that I find, and run her hell bent for glory on I-80 till the motor blew. Why? Just...because I can.

Glory's Sun · 07-12-2006, 01:44 PM

I would just do copius amounts of LSD and pretend there were people around.

Then I'd probably do lots of other now legal things. Shit, it's not like there's any law to stop me. Then I'd re-write the laws and make drug use legal but all sales go to me then while I was still trippin nuts, I'd tell the aliens to come down and start a new civilization............

or I'd just drink myself to death.

NoSoup · 07-12-2006, 06:41 PM

When I was in gradeschool, I read a great book that was similar to your scenario, and somewhat plausible, I suppose. "Z for Zachariah" I believe was the title.

Anyway, I think artificial insemination would be difficult, since there isn't really anyone to inseminate - unless you're a chick.

What I think I'd do is first stock up on guns and ammo - it would be ironic if the last person on earth was killed by a household pet because the dog hadn't eaten in a couple of weeks.

After that, providing I KNEW that noone else was around, I'd probably head south so that I could survive the winter. Green Bay gets mighty frigid in the winter - I think it would be difficult to survive.

I'd probably live in a library, and obviously I'd stock up on food and what not, but learn as quickly as I could how to at least farm the essentials and breed a herd of cattle.

Oh, and I'd definately break into a high end dealership and steal a diablo.

And if I got bored? Well, I can imagine a number of different scenarios that would fufill my sense of destruction. Hell - I never liked L.A. anyway, and I think setting an entire city on fire would qualify as a planet-sized smoke signal for aliens to come and keep me company...

WhiteDevil · 07-12-2006, 07:11 PM

Stage 1: Go apeshit and do everything I ever wanted, a berzerk and gluttonous King of my own doomed world.

Stage 2: Realize the sheer existential horror of the situation and fall into a deep depression.

Stage 3: Struggle vainly to overcome and repopulate the earth.

Stage 4: Live out the rest of my days coming to terms with myself and trying to make the most of it.

NoSoup · 07-12-2006, 07:33 PM

I just mentioned this thread to a friend of mine, and he said he would do his best to repopulate the earth.

I asked him how he planned to do that since there weren't any other humans around...

His response?

Create a hybrid - half human, half sheep

TexanAvenger · 07-12-2006, 07:42 PM

I'm going to assume I know for sure that I'm the last. That makes this better for me.

1st- do a little grieving. I'm upset that I can't even have my Babes with me. And my TFP has disappeared... fuck.
2nd- drive around town and stock up on guns, ammo, food, and medicine.
3rd- and books. But they won't be the "learn your way to survival" books you guys want. I just want to read entertaining books.
4th- Find motorcycle, reliable/durable car, and a trailer to haul the former, as much gas as I can load in there, and my maintenance supplies..
5th- Travel the country/continent and see all that I can. When I feel I've seen enough, I might decide to try a boat until I find some island. If something goes wrong... at least I'll have gone having seen more of the world and trying to find yet more.
6th- Take naked pictures of myself with a digital camera and upload them everywhere on the internet that I can (before the power goes) with the vaguely morbid title of "Sexiest Man Alive."

ASU2003 · 07-12-2006, 08:06 PM

1. Find guns. Lots of guns. I would become very paranoid, and would be on the lookout for everything. Get lots of ammo

2. Figure out if everyone is really dead. If dead bodies are everywhere, have some fun with a group of dead chicks. *it sounds weird now, but it wouldn't be at that time. And it wouldn't be good if it was a biological thing that killed everyone.

3. Learn taxidermy to keep a few humans around that look somewhat normal. Not for use if viruses killed everybody either.

4. Travel down to Texas, find a big house on a lake to take over, and hunt cows (if they are still around) when needed.

5. If there is a way to get gasoline, and a EMP didn't wipe out all of the electronics, I would find a nice sports car to use. Or I would take a military humvee.

6. Find solar panels and generators to have electricity.

7. Find a CB radio/ FM radio station/ AM radio/ TV? Try to see if anyone if left. Put out radio announcements.

8. Get night vision goggles, binoculars, weapons, motion sensors and be paranoid that someone is out to get you.

9. Get a bunch of food that doesn't go bad that quickly from grocery stores.

10. Have fun and travel, take a yacht out and go fishing, steal/borrow things, find cool places to live.

cookmo · 07-12-2006, 08:30 PM

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Anyway, I think artificial insemination would be difficult, since there isn't really anyone to inseminate - unless you're a chick.

Actually, I think this could be done if you used a chimps womb as an "incubator".

Zeraph · 07-12-2006, 10:35 PM

JK is certainly ambitious, even though I don't think most of that is possible (learning to fly a play on your own without dying, learning enough to clone or inseminate) I'd probably try a similar plan, just in a different order. First id look up on maps or the internet (if it works) where some nearby farms are, go to a library and learn all I can about growing my own stuff, go there (with supplies) for a test period to see if I can be a farmer. If I can I stay there till Im comfortable, then I'd make trips to a library and start learning all I can about genetics, etc. If it turns out I cant farm, or just get really bored, I'd move to a large body of water I could fish from and go from there figuring out a way to survive until Im comfortable, then see what I can learn and what advances I could make.

Lady Sage · 07-13-2006, 05:49 AM

My question is... even if someone did manage to procreate.... everyone would end up inbred! So what would be the point of procreation???

Jinn · 07-13-2006, 07:26 AM

Why would they have to be inbred? If I did indeed find a AI clinic with viable eggs and sperm, they wouldn't likely be brothers or sisters. They'd be genetically variable, and able to procreate without any problems.

Zeraph · 07-13-2006, 11:27 AM

Or maybe Lady Sage meant that you'd never be able to get a diverse genetic pool big enough not to avoid inbreeding down the line. Anyone know the minimum amount of people needed to start a new clean pool?

I remember something around 300 people but I think that was a made up number in some scifi (I read a lot of). If I had to personally guess, I think it would be more around 28 people, not sure why that particular number comes to mind though.

And I mean long term here, I know short term inbreeding usually doesn't have bad results.

Jason762 · 07-13-2006, 03:01 PM

Okay. So I’m the last person on earth. I assume the scenario is I wake up one morning and everyone’s gone (disappeared – abducted during my sleep or something). Everything still functions as you said (at least until lack of human maintenance causes things to break down)

If depression doesn’t set in (and end up ending my own life). I would realize I’m a male. Therefore is NO way to try to repopulate the earth. Even if I was female and had kids, their children would come out mentally messed up.

I would sit down and decide between two courses of action.

1) Stay where I am (Easy Bay Area, California) – the most likely decision, or
2) Get moving.

If I stay where I am, I will head out to the locksmith store then to the local CostCo. I could live there for YEARS (if I take the time to properly preserve the food). Food will be frozen (when the expiration date nears), the food court has cooking items (mmmmm pizzas for months), and they have mattresses, clothing, power tools, bathrooms, first aid kits, entertainment, even gas, a tire shop, and a demonstration vehicle! (which is at the moment a H3 Hummer).

After I got those affairs in order, I’d go to the gun store because it’s just a matter of time when the animals start attacking each other and me when I’m out and about. With an H3 hummer, I’d just make 3 trips and clean it out. I’d also go to my local fishing store since my CostCo is located about 200 yards from the bay. Once I ran outta food I could fish.

Then I would start preserving food. They sell those little vacuum sealer machines/bags. I’d separate the foods and start sealing them up, and sticking them in the freezer. I’d move food into the refrigerator/freezer. Even if the electricity stops, the coldness of the frozen food and the seals on the opening will continue to keep the food cold for quite some time.

If food runs out or spoils I can climb on top of my CostCo building and easily see and shoot game. I can cook with the propane BBQ grills CostCo has, along with the propane tanks.

Before the electricity goes down, I’d use CostCo’s laptops (break into the “cage” where they keep all the high price items) then travel until I found a wireless internet signal. Then I’d start to download everything. Music, porn (hey, there’s no other humans), movies, whatever you got, I’ll take it! I’d put the music onto ALL the iPods they have (because eventually I can’t recharge them when the batter dies).

Actually you know what? I’d just go out and find a bunch of generators! Fuck that, I don’t have to live without electricity! :-P

Once I got all the necessary stuff done, and I’m just about dying from boredom, I’d just start tearing down buildings, trying to restore the earth. I’d take the near-expired food to put out to keep the animals occupied (to prevent attacking me), and just start leveling stuff. Burn ‘em, blow them down with Internet info, whatever means necessary. Replant trees, bushes, flowers, whatever I find at Home Depot, K-mart, Orchard’s supply, nurseries, etc.

And that’s what I do. Pretty well thought out, isn’t it?

EDIT:

Some other things I would do.

Go to the bookstore and get a book about medicine. I just remembered CostCo also has a pharmacy. Get books on hunting, skinning and game prep, medicine and general self care, and.... cooking (Why? keep reading!)

Burn the wood pallets they put merchandise on (the non painted ones anyway) for general useage.

Put their bottled water into black garbage bags to prevent molding.

Use their flour and sugar and baking goods to make yummy-licious pastry.

raeanna74 · 07-13-2006, 04:49 PM

Generators would eventually run out of gasoline. Would the gas stations pump gas without electricity? I'd probably find a place up north with a really good wood furnace, hook up solar panels for my electricity. Round up some cows for milk, chickens for eggs, start planting a garden, grab a few beef cattle, A dozen horses for transportation. KISS - right? No running out of gasoline with those. I'd have to turn to farming too. Find some older plows for hauling behind ox or horses. I'd PLAN to not have gasoline or electricity. Machinery, without knowledgeable repair will eventually break down. I know animals a little better than I know machinery. I can feed and train them better than fix machines.

Otherwise I would scavange all that I could from stores till the gasoline in any vehicle I could procure ran out. I'd have quite the stockpile of canned goods including tuna and canned chicken and spam. It would carry me through when the meat I could hunt and butcher wouldn't last in the heat of summer.

I'd probably go out naked a whole lot more.

NoSoup · 07-13-2006, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TexanAvenger

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6th- Take naked pictures of myself with a digital camera and upload them everywhere on the internet that I can (before the power goes) with the vaguely morbid title of "Sexiest Man Alive."

That's priceless Texan

Ustwo · 07-13-2006, 06:43 PM

As a side note, any man that thinks somehow he can repopulate the earth or even have one child lacks information on the state of the art in biology on the subject.

Aint gunna happen. There is one way you MIGHT be able to do it, but how good of a C-section do you think you can give yourself?

Willravel · 07-13-2006, 06:47 PM

Who thinks it'd be funny to kill yourself right away?

Ustwo · 07-13-2006, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by willravel

Who thinks it'd be funny to kill yourself right away?

No funny was going to the zoo and eating all the animals. Killing youself right away is sort of passé, plus makes an awful novel.

ASU2003 · 07-13-2006, 08:08 PM

I know how to siphon gas. I'm sure there would be a lot of cars around with gas in the tanks. It can be done without electricity.

cookmo · 07-13-2006, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ASU2003

I know how to siphon gas. I'm sure there would be a lot of cars around with gas in the tanks. It can be done without electricity.

yeah, there would be so many cars around wit gas in them you would never want for gas.

stevie667 · 07-14-2006, 02:11 AM

I'd go nick some food, a big screen tv, then find my nearest porn store.

Jason762 · 07-14-2006, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by willravel

Who thinks it'd be funny to kill yourself right away?

Actually if this scenario actually happened, this would probably be the first and heavy thought that came to mind. Chances are I would.

But then, in my current situation, I think how much fun it would be to survive long enough to make a difference in my local area. That way if humans ever came back I can be referred to as, "CostCo Man" the guy who spent his lonely days surviving off of CostCo and making the surrounding area natural again.

I imagine the end results after I died would shorta like the Myan pyramids they found down in the jungle... still there, but covered by nature.

krwlz · 07-15-2006, 01:31 AM

Quite honestly, I'd probably off myself within a week.

ASU2003 · 07-15-2006, 10:07 AM

How would you know that there was no one left after 1 week? There are people who work underground and in biohazard facilities that might have survived.

07-12-2006, 07:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	Last person on earth.. Its the uncanny beginning to tons of horror and sci-fi movies, but I've always thought it was a neat idea. You're the last person on earth. What do you do? The assumption is that everyone has just dissapeared, and all possessions and places exist as they do now, subject only to their decay over time from unuse. As I thought about it this morning it gradually evolved into more and more grandiose and neat plan. Here's what I'd do: Spent the first day doing research on the Internet. I figure that assuming everyone died yesterday many of the backbones and mainframes could still be operating and hosting websites, autonomously. I'd research lockpicking, hotwiring, cloning, artificial insemination, general medicine, and flying. Why? You'll see. The first task would be take every bit of food I had in my apartment and get it in a bag. I'm going to be on the move, and food in a post-apocalyptic world devoid of people is going to be difficult to find. Bag in hand, I'd hop in my car and head off in the general location of the zoo. During my trip, I'd be looking for faster cars. I'd gradually break into and steal nicer and nicer cars until I was satisifed that I had a car which was both comfortable and fast. When I got to the zoo, I'd break down the gates and set free all of the animals. No human caretakers to feed them, but they'll be at least a little better off foraging for themselves. It's probably a moot gesture, but it'd be a nice first step. My next desintation would be any hospitals or doctors offices I could find. I'd begin stocking up on painkillers, antibiotics, and surgical/medical tools. Next, I'd head for the airports. I'd look for any flying manuals I could find and finish teaching myself flying. Once I had a relatively safe understanding of piloting, I'd take the most convenient aircraft and head for the previously researched Artificial insemination clinics. I'd see if there were any eggs or semen stored up, and if they were still viable. If so, I'd try to make between 15 and 20 "new humans" to repopulate the earth. The next stops would be raiding grocery stores for any food that I could find, and storage for it. I'd stock up 2 or 3 years of food for 15 to 20 people, and attempt to clear land to begin a farm. While the childen grew (9 months, at least) I'd research cloning and attempt to clone myself, in case the aritificial insemination would not succeed. I'd spend the rest of the time locating as much historical text as I could in preparation for the children's future - explaining what had happened. And I'd found a city - New Jinn. And from there, I'd hope to repopulate the Earth. What would you do? __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

07-12-2006, 07:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	I'd go to the zoo and eat all the animals. __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.

07-12-2006, 07:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ample Psycho Location: In your closet	I would like to do something ludicrous like run around the Oval Office naked while flapping my arms making bird noises. __________________ Her juju beads are so nice She kissed my third cousin twice Im the king of pomona

07-12-2006, 12:28 PM	#13 (permalink)
Carno Junkie	Why would people spend years of flight training if they could just research it on the internet or find some "flight manuals" laying around the airport? Shit, and here I was spending all this money and I never knew it could be so simple. If I were the last person alive, I would go to a gun shop or national guard armory and shoot all the interesting weapons. I'd probably just waste weeks doing all kinds of destructive things that are against the law right now. Yeah. __________________ http://how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/

07-12-2006, 01:00 PM	#15 (permalink)
shesus Fancy Location: Chicago	I think it would be depressing to be the last person on Earth. You'd have no one to talk to or share what you're doing with except yourself. With that being said..artificial insemination would be an interesting start, but wouldn't you need a host to actually breed? I guess I would have to conduct a lot of research on that. But for fun, I would go into all the really expensive stores and try on all the clothes and shoes and choose an awesome outfit to wear...which would be sort of pointless since I'm the only person left, I could walk around naked I suppose. But it would be fun to shop without worrying about the prices. Then I would start heading south to better weather. I wouldn't want to get stuck in a Chicago winter without heat. I would live on the beach until I went completely insane with loneliness and comitted suicide or died from lack of food or too much smoking. If I'm the last person on earth I would never have to hear about second-hand smoke again. I guess I like to share my accomplishments and things I do with other people. If someone isn't around to talk with and learn from, what's the point? I wouldn't be a good candidate for the 'last person on earth' position. The human race would definitely go extinct. __________________ Whatever did happen to your soul? I heard you sold it Choose Heaven for the weather and Hell for the company

07-12-2006, 08:56 AM	#7 (permalink)
Pip Likes Hats Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Does anyone know what would happen to the nuclear plants if everyone just disappeared? Do they have some sort of auto-shutdown? I should know this, being a nuclear power fangirl, but alas...

07-12-2006, 10:39 AM	#8 (permalink)
Lady Sage Mistress of Mayhem Location: Canton, Ohio	Move to the south where its warmer, start a farm, live off boxed food until I get a good crop. Have a very large herbal garden, brush up on my herbology books for medicine. Make a heating and cooling system, aquire livestock for slaugher, milk, eggs breeding and clothing. Live life the good way.

07-12-2006, 11:06 AM	#9 (permalink)
cookmo Insane Location: Ohio	I would become super moderator of the TFP and respond to my own posts under different usernames......then ban myself

07-12-2006, 11:11 AM	#11 (permalink)
Average_Joe Psycho Location: Under the Radar	Although my first thought was that I would just have a great time with other people's stuff, I am now considering that finding a way to survive would be the only real solution. I would treat it as if I was stranded on a deserted island. However, I realize that I would have some time to prepare for this and choose where to live and gather supplies and such. In fact, the safest place would probably be on an island that was easily accessible to the mainland by a rowboat, and I would make sure that I was the most threatening animal on it. I would gather as many supplies on the mainland as possible (food, wood, seeds, building materials, gasoline, weapons, etc.) for as long as I could (before dogs and other carnivorous animals got out of control) and bring them to the island. On the island I would be safe from dangerous animals, and if 1 or 2 somehow crossed the water and got on, I could easily control it. The more I think of it, living on the island wouldn't be so different than living on the mainland after a while (no electricity, farming for food, raising animals for food). I would not care about repopulation...I can live without other people.

07-12-2006, 11:27 AM	#12 (permalink)
Infinite_Loser Junkie Location: Lake Mary, FL	I'd move into the White House and pretend I was president of the United States.

07-12-2006, 01:02 PM	#16 (permalink)
Gatorade Frost Rookie	Oh yeah, if people were still around, but just dead, I'd go find Natalie Portman and take a leaf from this post... __________________ I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well." Emo Philips

07-12-2006, 01:18 PM	#17 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	Everything that I would need, in the way of supplies, I can forage from Offutt AFB. Weapons, ammo, MREs, other misc equipment. Toss it all in an APC, and just drive. It doesn't matter where to, because there's really nowhere to go. Just..."be". And, of course, I'd always be on the lookout for the cute little nymphet that also survived the cataclysm. (Oh, c'mon...you know there's one in every cheesy "last person on earth" film) But...before I do that...I'm going to the local Jaguar dealer, draining all the oil out of the nearest red XJ that I find, and run her hell bent for glory on I-80 till the motor blew. Why? Just...because I can. __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

07-12-2006, 01:44 PM	#18 (permalink)
Glory's Sun Registered User	I would just do copius amounts of LSD and pretend there were people around. Then I'd probably do lots of other now legal things. Shit, it's not like there's any law to stop me. Then I'd re-write the laws and make drug use legal but all sales go to me then while I was still trippin nuts, I'd tell the aliens to come down and start a new civilization............ or I'd just drink myself to death.

07-12-2006, 06:41 PM	#19 (permalink)
NoSoup Non-Rookie Location: Green Bay, WI	When I was in gradeschool, I read a great book that was similar to your scenario, and somewhat plausible, I suppose. "Z for Zachariah" I believe was the title. Anyway, I think artificial insemination would be difficult, since there isn't really anyone to inseminate - unless you're a chick. What I think I'd do is first stock up on guns and ammo - it would be ironic if the last person on earth was killed by a household pet because the dog hadn't eaten in a couple of weeks. After that, providing I KNEW that noone else was around, I'd probably head south so that I could survive the winter. Green Bay gets mighty frigid in the winter - I think it would be difficult to survive. I'd probably live in a library, and obviously I'd stock up on food and what not, but learn as quickly as I could how to at least farm the essentials and breed a herd of cattle. Oh, and I'd definately break into a high end dealership and steal a diablo. And if I got bored? Well, I can imagine a number of different scenarios that would fufill my sense of destruction. Hell - I never liked L.A. anyway, and I think setting an entire city on fire would qualify as a planet-sized smoke signal for aliens to come and keep me company... __________________ I have an aura of reliability and good judgement. Just in case you were wondering...

07-12-2006, 07:11 PM	#20 (permalink)
WhiteDevil Brave Corporate Logo Location: Undisclosed	Stage 1: Go apeshit and do everything I ever wanted, a berzerk and gluttonous King of my own doomed world. Stage 2: Realize the sheer existential horror of the situation and fall into a deep depression. Stage 3: Struggle vainly to overcome and repopulate the earth. Stage 4: Live out the rest of my days coming to terms with myself and trying to make the most of it. __________________ Join me or die! Can you do any less?

07-12-2006, 07:33 PM	#21 (permalink)
NoSoup Non-Rookie Location: Green Bay, WI	I just mentioned this thread to a friend of mine, and he said he would do his best to repopulate the earth. I asked him how he planned to do that since there weren't any other humans around... His response? Create a hybrid - half human, half sheep __________________ I have an aura of reliability and good judgement. Just in case you were wondering...

07-12-2006, 07:42 PM	#22 (permalink)
TexanAvenger Born-Again New Guy Location: Unfound.	I'm going to assume I know for sure that I'm the last. That makes this better for me. 1st- do a little grieving. I'm upset that I can't even have my Babes with me. And my TFP has disappeared... fuck. 2nd- drive around town and stock up on guns, ammo, food, and medicine. 3rd- and books. But they won't be the "learn your way to survival" books you guys want. I just want to read entertaining books. 4th- Find motorcycle, reliable/durable car, and a trailer to haul the former, as much gas as I can load in there, and my maintenance supplies.. 5th- Travel the country/continent and see all that I can. When I feel I've seen enough, I might decide to try a boat until I find some island. If something goes wrong... at least I'll have gone having seen more of the world and trying to find yet more. 6th- Take naked pictures of myself with a digital camera and upload them everywhere on the internet that I can (before the power goes) with the vaguely morbid title of "Sexiest Man Alive."

07-12-2006, 08:06 PM	#23 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	1. Find guns. Lots of guns. I would become very paranoid, and would be on the lookout for everything. Get lots of ammo 2. Figure out if everyone is really dead. If dead bodies are everywhere, have some fun with a group of dead chicks. *it sounds weird now, but it wouldn't be at that time. And it wouldn't be good if it was a biological thing that killed everyone. 3. Learn taxidermy to keep a few humans around that look somewhat normal. Not for use if viruses killed everybody either. 4. Travel down to Texas, find a big house on a lake to take over, and hunt cows (if they are still around) when needed. 5. If there is a way to get gasoline, and a EMP didn't wipe out all of the electronics, I would find a nice sports car to use. Or I would take a military humvee. 6. Find solar panels and generators to have electricity. 7. Find a CB radio/ FM radio station/ AM radio/ TV? Try to see if anyone if left. Put out radio announcements. 8. Get night vision goggles, binoculars, weapons, motion sensors and be paranoid that someone is out to get you. 9. Get a bunch of food that doesn't go bad that quickly from grocery stores. 10. Have fun and travel, take a yacht out and go fishing, steal/borrow things, find cool places to live.

07-12-2006, 10:35 PM	#25 (permalink)
Zeraph Banned Location: The Cosmos	JK is certainly ambitious, even though I don't think most of that is possible (learning to fly a play on your own without dying, learning enough to clone or inseminate) I'd probably try a similar plan, just in a different order. First id look up on maps or the internet (if it works) where some nearby farms are, go to a library and learn all I can about growing my own stuff, go there (with supplies) for a test period to see if I can be a farmer. If I can I stay there till Im comfortable, then I'd make trips to a library and start learning all I can about genetics, etc. If it turns out I cant farm, or just get really bored, I'd move to a large body of water I could fish from and go from there figuring out a way to survive until Im comfortable, then see what I can learn and what advances I could make.

07-13-2006, 05:49 AM	#26 (permalink)
Lady Sage Mistress of Mayhem Location: Canton, Ohio	My question is... even if someone did manage to procreate.... everyone would end up inbred! So what would be the point of procreation???

07-13-2006, 07:26 AM	#27 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	Why would they have to be inbred? If I did indeed find a AI clinic with viable eggs and sperm, they wouldn't likely be brothers or sisters. They'd be genetically variable, and able to procreate without any problems. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

07-13-2006, 11:27 AM	#28 (permalink)
Zeraph Banned Location: The Cosmos	Or maybe Lady Sage meant that you'd never be able to get a diverse genetic pool big enough not to avoid inbreeding down the line. Anyone know the minimum amount of people needed to start a new clean pool? I remember something around 300 people but I think that was a made up number in some scifi (I read a lot of). If I had to personally guess, I think it would be more around 28 people, not sure why that particular number comes to mind though. And I mean long term here, I know short term inbreeding usually doesn't have bad results.

07-13-2006, 03:01 PM	#29 (permalink)
Jason762 Insane Location: Bay Area, California	Okay. So I’m the last person on earth. I assume the scenario is I wake up one morning and everyone’s gone (disappeared – abducted during my sleep or something). Everything still functions as you said (at least until lack of human maintenance causes things to break down) If depression doesn’t set in (and end up ending my own life). I would realize I’m a male. Therefore is NO way to try to repopulate the earth. Even if I was female and had kids, their children would come out mentally messed up. I would sit down and decide between two courses of action. 1) Stay where I am (Easy Bay Area, California) – the most likely decision, or 2) Get moving. If I stay where I am, I will head out to the locksmith store then to the local CostCo. I could live there for YEARS (if I take the time to properly preserve the food). Food will be frozen (when the expiration date nears), the food court has cooking items (mmmmm pizzas for months), and they have mattresses, clothing, power tools, bathrooms, first aid kits, entertainment, even gas, a tire shop, and a demonstration vehicle! (which is at the moment a H3 Hummer). After I got those affairs in order, I’d go to the gun store because it’s just a matter of time when the animals start attacking each other and me when I’m out and about. With an H3 hummer, I’d just make 3 trips and clean it out. I’d also go to my local fishing store since my CostCo is located about 200 yards from the bay. Once I ran outta food I could fish. Then I would start preserving food. They sell those little vacuum sealer machines/bags. I’d separate the foods and start sealing them up, and sticking them in the freezer. I’d move food into the refrigerator/freezer. Even if the electricity stops, the coldness of the frozen food and the seals on the opening will continue to keep the food cold for quite some time. If food runs out or spoils I can climb on top of my CostCo building and easily see and shoot game. I can cook with the propane BBQ grills CostCo has, along with the propane tanks. Before the electricity goes down, I’d use CostCo’s laptops (break into the “cage” where they keep all the high price items) then travel until I found a wireless internet signal. Then I’d start to download everything. Music, porn (hey, there’s no other humans), movies, whatever you got, I’ll take it! I’d put the music onto ALL the iPods they have (because eventually I can’t recharge them when the batter dies). Actually you know what? I’d just go out and find a bunch of generators! Fuck that, I don’t have to live without electricity! :-P Once I got all the necessary stuff done, and I’m just about dying from boredom, I’d just start tearing down buildings, trying to restore the earth. I’d take the near-expired food to put out to keep the animals occupied (to prevent attacking me), and just start leveling stuff. Burn ‘em, blow them down with Internet info, whatever means necessary. Replant trees, bushes, flowers, whatever I find at Home Depot, K-mart, Orchard’s supply, nurseries, etc. And that’s what I do. Pretty well thought out, isn’t it? EDIT: Some other things I would do. Go to the bookstore and get a book about medicine. I just remembered CostCo also has a pharmacy. Get books on hunting, skinning and game prep, medicine and general self care, and.... cooking (Why? keep reading!) Burn the wood pallets they put merchandise on (the non painted ones anyway) for general useage. Put their bottled water into black garbage bags to prevent molding. Use their flour and sugar and baking goods to make yummy-licious pastry. Last edited by Jason762; 07-13-2006 at 03:27 PM..

07-13-2006, 04:49 PM	#30 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	Generators would eventually run out of gasoline. Would the gas stations pump gas without electricity? I'd probably find a place up north with a really good wood furnace, hook up solar panels for my electricity. Round up some cows for milk, chickens for eggs, start planting a garden, grab a few beef cattle, A dozen horses for transportation. KISS - right? No running out of gasoline with those. I'd have to turn to farming too. Find some older plows for hauling behind ox or horses. I'd PLAN to not have gasoline or electricity. Machinery, without knowledgeable repair will eventually break down. I know animals a little better than I know machinery. I can feed and train them better than fix machines. Otherwise I would scavange all that I could from stores till the gasoline in any vehicle I could procure ran out. I'd have quite the stockpile of canned goods including tuna and canned chicken and spam. It would carry me through when the meat I could hunt and butcher wouldn't last in the heat of summer. I'd probably go out naked a whole lot more. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.

07-13-2006, 06:43 PM	#32 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	As a side note, any man that thinks somehow he can repopulate the earth or even have one child lacks information on the state of the art in biology on the subject. Aint gunna happen. There is one way you MIGHT be able to do it, but how good of a C-section do you think you can give yourself? __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.

07-13-2006, 06:47 PM	#33 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	Who thinks it'd be funny to kill yourself right away?

07-13-2006, 08:08 PM	#35 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	I know how to siphon gas. I'm sure there would be a lot of cars around with gas in the tanks. It can be done without electricity.

07-14-2006, 02:11 AM	#37 (permalink)
stevie667 Too Awesome for Aardvarks Location: Angloland	I'd go nick some food, a big screen tv, then find my nearest porn store. __________________ Office hours have changed. Please call during office hours for more information.

07-15-2006, 01:31 AM	#39 (permalink)
krwlz Fledgling Dead Head Location: Clarkson U.	Quite honestly, I'd probably off myself within a week.

07-15-2006, 10:07 AM	#40 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	How would you know that there was no one left after 1 week? There are people who work underground and in biohazard facilities that might have survived.