In Post-Apocalyptic Earth Would you Survive?

[Bellsprout]

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If I lived through an apocalypse somehow, I'd kill myself. Seriously. I'll take my chances with whatever's on the other side.

[Cusefan]

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Whether you think you will survive the apocalypse is irreverent, the opening event will take down the Majority of the population. Think about it, what would kill billions of People in a Short period of Time , Illness, Nuclear war, Famine? All of these will kill indiscriminately thus surviving will not be a matter of wills but blind luck.

Assuming you did survive the Opening round of the Apocalypse, It basically comes down to if you can kill. If you can kill another human being to survive then you will live that much longer. Without any semblance of order, The strongest will live, the weakest will die. Could you kill another person for a bottle of water?

[slickdtc]

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Just thinking about this really makes you think how well we really have it. People used to live in caves, man. That's incredible to think about.

The world would be flipped completely upside down, so any thoughts I have now wouldn't really be relevant in that backwards world. So if I did survive "the event," I think I could survive because it would definitely change me. When you go from, what, 6 billion to who knows how many, things change. Yeah, I'd fight life and limb for a bottle of water if that's what it takes. You're either going to die or get a bottle of water; each seems not so bad in that existence.

[deaduck]

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From a logic stand point...I think most fiction gets the supplies issue all wrong. Sure, they would be hoarding but the reality is with a reduced population base...the demand is now severely cut (at first).

Secondly, unless it dropped the numbers real low...the last place you want to scavenge at is Walmarts and Gun shops...where every other person who's seen a zombie film would head for as soon as they calmed down enough to think.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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From a logic stand point...I think most fiction gets the supplies issue all wrong. Sure, they would be hoarding but the reality is with a reduced population base...the demand is now severely cut (at first).

Secondly, unless it dropped the numbers real low...the last place you want to scavenge at is Walmarts and Gun shops...where every other person who's seen a zombie film would head for as soon as they calmed down enough to think.

I'm heading for the Dollar General and Dollar Tree.

[randombrother]

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From a logic stand point...I think most fiction gets the supplies issue all wrong. Sure, they would be hoarding but the reality is with a reduced population base...the demand is now severely cut (at first).

Secondly, unless it dropped the numbers real low...the last place you want to scavenge at is Walmarts and Gun shops...where every other person who's seen a zombie film would head for as soon as they calmed down enough to think.

You gotta point there but of course you just don't pull up at the front right away and take a number. You gotta scope the joint out from a distance and make sure everything is clear to the best of your ability. My intent really is to get a firearm I'm most familiar with. In my case an M16, a DE and/or a 45.

Man you got me thinking, maybe I should go get this stuff now. lol. I don't mean rob a store now, you know what I mean.

[Cusefan]

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You gotta point there but of course you just don't pull up at the front right away and take a number. You gotta scope the joint out from a distance and make sure everything is clear to the best of your ability. My intent really is to get a firearm I'm most familiar with. In my case an M16, a DE and/or a 45.

Man you got me thinking, maybe I should go get this stuff now. lol. I don't mean rob a store now, you know what I mean.

And that is why you will not live very long. Why would you pick a gun with so many moving parts, The M-16 Family of guns break down quite a bit. You gotta go with something German or the good ole fashioned Ak-47.

[deaduck]

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You know the gun thing is a catch 22 to me...

A. The sound alone announces where you are if you have to use it. And if it's zombies or scavengers...not a great thing.

B. Ammo. That's gonna run out and then you're back to putting yourself in iffy situations to get more.

[Bellsprout]

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If zombies are roaming the world, the only answer is this: Go to Pacific Playland.

Leaving the lights off would probably be a pretty solid idea, though.

[RAZRr1275]

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I have the knowledge and problem solving ability to do it. It's just that up until the event were to happen I'd have no inclination to test it out. I'd put up a pretty good fight.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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If you KNOW the event is coming then get an underground location. Use 85-90% of your savings on bottled water and food. Use the remainder on weapons for when you eventually decide to come out.

A good radio would be an important item to have.

[Bullit]

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I think we could survive. I have been in some pretty tough spots in my life and I have actually given this some thought in those long hours of the night when you cant sleep and your mind just races. One thing I have always wonder'd about is why everybody stays on land. Get food supplies and weapons steal a nice size boat with both sail and power float just off shore where nobody can get you easily but stay close to shore to re-supply. This allows you to travel with weather and be secure and have a view of your surroundings. Plus zombies cant swim.

Oh yeah I do love my zombie movies and games so sue me!!

[deaduck]

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One thing I have always wonder'd about is why everybody stays on land.

Read World War Z for a great deconstruction of the pitfalls of taking to the water on a zombie plauged world.

[Bullit]

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Read World War Z for a great deconstruction of the pitfalls of taking to the water on a zombie plauged world.

Who wrote it, I will try to pick it up tomorrow.

[deaduck]

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Who wrote it, I will try to pick it up tomorrow.

It's by Max Brooks...a lot of library's have it so you might be able to check it out. He also wrote the superb " The Zombies Survival Guide" which I find is worth owning.