What would you do if you were the only human alive?

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Lost_in_the_Woods · Accepted Answer

I'd honestly be so happy.

I'd go to all the zoos and SPCA's I could find and let all the prisoners be free.

Then I'd probably go try to find Miley Cyrus's Maserati cus that is like, so exciting in so many ways.

But, long term I'd find a nice safe piece of woods where my car could be happy. Preferably near an abandoned race track. We'd just hang out and do hunting and farming and enjoy not being bothered.

I'd also go joy riding in an ocenliner or a big cargo ship, ideally an auto transporter with a ramp so I can take all my cars and bikes with me.. Probably stockpile resources on it along with a smaller faster boat just in case anything goes wrong.

After ten or 20 years of that if I didn't die in a terrible racing accident, I'd probably try to befriend a wolf pack and just hang out with them. Share our knowledge with eachother.

Also, 6 flags baby. No lines, no fees, and I get to press all the buttons myself. (Maybe with a long stick, maybe just smash em and hang onto the car without the seatbelt)

Probably do a lot of drugs, maybe find a flight simulator so I could learn to fly and see more of the world. Always wanted to drive a submarine...

But for the most part, I'd try not to do too much damage. I'd raid the seed vault and try to regrow as much plant life as I could, but I'd leave it intact incase another species ever developed agraculture (monkey or aliens or?)

Try to set the other creatures up for success now that we were done messing things up for them. There is far too much polution and there are far too many nukes and offshore oil wells for me to really even make a dent by myself, but I might try to get rid of at least some of it.

And, if I got bored, or just couldn't deal with the lonelynes, I'd probably try to rocket myself off into space. Either towards the sun or just towards nothing. The sun would be more exciting and more effective, but the idea of my frozen corpse floating millions of miles away forever until it hits something or gets discovered by someone is pretty tempting.

Miristheiss · Accepted Answer

Hmmm, it depends... am I in a town or city with fully stocked grocery stores and bottled water in every store, every mart, canned goods for years... endless hotels, homes of all sizes everywhere that I can just go hole up in... stay in a different house every day... endless book stores and libraries... endless outlets with soap, toothpaste, sheets, jackets, pants, socks, belts... anything I can think of... the entire city belongs to me and I can tap into any resource I want anytime?

If that is the case then I would live in many of these places. I suppose I'd visit the bike shop and get some bikes and spare tires and air pumps and get around by bike. Cars my be usable for a while. I'm sure gasoline would be a very limited resource I could only have access to for a limited time. I'd pick me a nice area with nice, large homes lots of grocery stores and such nearby.

I'd live off of the bottled water and canned goods. I'd do a lot of reading.

I'd work on planting food and trying to grow crops so that I could be able to get a lot of food from that because I don't think canned goods last forever. Maybe a few years. Maybe I'd be near a body of water... lakes/rivers and I'd practice my fishing skills so that after several years I'd eat home grown crops and eat fish. The groceries should get me through the first 3-5 years though.

While I have access to drive-able cars and fuel I'd find every container of bottled water in the entire city... every grocery, every Wall-Mart, Target, convenience store, 7-11, BP, Shell Station, Circle K, Kroger, Meiers... and get every bottle stored up in a few houses next to the one I'm living in. Once I see how many I have I'll know if I can live the rest of my life with that or if I'll need a new source of fresh water at some point.

If I'm not like this but rather in a remote forest with now food or water... who knows. I may die. I'd do my best to learn to hunt and fish and find water.

MoonStalker · Accepted Answer

Assuming it's not because one of my worst fears turns out to be real, (aka immortality) I would rejoice over the fact that humans would no longer be able to destroy Earth and that the planet would be able to heal itself. And wonder if inklings will truly come into being. if so, I wish them the best, and also hope they can avoid going to war with any other future humanoids including themselves, and that they are much wiser than us and take good care of their planet. Better than the humans did at least.

summerfox · Accepted Answer

Probably have a big mental breakdown and go through a long period of grief due to losing family and friends, then have another breakdown because of all the trapped indoor animals that will die of starvation.

Andres77 · Answer

Find weapons and ammo.
Kit myself out.
Find a sweet 4x4 vehicle and load it with fuel cans, runflat tires, food and water and powerful search lights.
Move into the Mayor's home.
Beef up security.
Find all the food and water, stock up the house to be able to stay there for a year if necessary.
Find generators. Loads of fuel.
Settle in for a while until I KNOW that I'm the last guy. Research causes, was it sudden? Did I know this was going to happen?
Start exploring.
If the power hadn't gone out yet I'd explore all the fancy places just to see.
Are there dead bodies all over?
I'm not burying every human on the planet.
I would have emptied the mayor's house of bodies but I'd wait for a month or so until most of the stink was gone.
Then keep exploring.
Find explosives and experiment with taking down a skyscraper, just to see.
Find a boat and play out at sea for a while.
I'd never go out of sight of land.
I'd try my hand at sea fishing.
I've got plenty of things to keep myself busy.

Anonymous · Answer

If I were to wake up and everyone had vanished there is a very high chance that the power supply grid with go down within 3 days so I would focus on things that require grid power

*1st I would get on my laptop and download 1000s of pdfs and information about topics ranging from advance mechanics and electronics to seasonal food production and navigation. I'll also need maps marked with locations of fuel stations, supply warehouses, alcohol brewing shops farms with nice houses.
Hopefully get the info I need before the internet goes down which will be irreparable.

*I would then go to stock up on fuel, food, brewing kits, solar panels, and seeds and store at home.

* Then I would stop at the hardware store to get a range of timber, tools, cabling and generators
I will need generators to supply power to water bore pumps for drinking water and fuel station pumps as well as basic needs till I'm semi off grid
*Then I would mark locations of nice houses around the country within 3 hours drive from my location, I would spend the next months moving food and supplies from the local stores to these house

* At some point in time I'm going to have to start brewing prue alcohol and tuning a vehicle and generators to run off it as after a year maybe two all the petrol and diesel would have gone off.

* Come spring I would start planting vegetables to a manageable level.

Luckily I live in a warm climate all year round
I do some surfing, fishing, gardening etc when I have time.

Maybe over time I would start collecting treasure and stuff

JustinTimberlegs · Answer

Perfect time to start doing improv. And role playing. Get all the mattresses I can and join them all together. Make a huge ass fire like as big as a city. Make a huge fireworks show, new years eve scale. Hook up all the emergency speakers and. do some horrible karaoke singing. Get all the mirrors I can and arrange them to reflect light between them. Make one of those huge domino setups or a big house of cards. Jk probably too lazy and just lie in bed until I die. Maybe I'll fill up a jet plane with explosives and try flying it with no prior experience, that way if I crash at least I'll die and not be left alive but wounded.

serious · Answer

I hope this is a serious question and not for fun, even though this is a hypothetical question because I am always serious and so will my answer.

Scary thought but yes if that was the case then I would try to just live as long as I can with the supplies I have and with whatever supplies I can find from shops and supermarkets I will pile them which will keep my going for a few months.

It is not a problem for me to live alone and manage things but the challenge to manage other things like generating electricity to see TV, use internet and light at night and even getting gas will be tough so cooking would also be an issue for me because I only like to eat cooked food and not sealed and canned food.

I may be able to manage for some time though.

TravisOfOregon · Answer

I'd probably raid a grocery store to get enough food to get me started, then I would slowly learn how to grow and preserve my own food, how to wash clothes without electricity, etc. I'd probably wind up living like a medieval peasant. Actually it'd be worse than that since medieval peasants traded for things they didn't make.

I'd definitely try to get some pets. Humans don't do well without company. And I'd raid a library for books since entertainment will be in short supply.

Tbh, I'd probably die of infection because my dumb ass would accidentally step on a Rusty nail or something.

I could try to restart the human race, but I'm guessing frozen embryos would be thawed by the time I got to them. It seems unlikely that I'd be able to get any progress on that front.

dray995 · Answer

I’d try to find out how everyone else died, if I didn’t already know, then work on figuring out how to create an antidote to bring anyone I wanted to back to life who had died from whatever killed everyone else but first I’d enjoy the ability to walk around naked without having to worry about offending anyone with my nakedness.

Once I’d perfected the antidote, making sure there aren’t any side effects, I’d revive the earth with whoever I wanted to and find me a woman to make into my wife and have children with.

*Assuming everyone else hadn’t been turned to dust and I somehow managed to miraculously survive that without harm, in which case I’d search the world for a Time Machine and once found, undo whatever killed everyone else.

NathanDavis · Answer

well, the first thing I would do is to try my best and plan for the next 20 to 30 years...

because I would sure want to witness how nature recovers and takes over the world again, I would not want to miss that... I'd just become a witness and enjoy all of that

Dawnn13 · Answer

I'd travel and find all the animals and be the best animal mom ever. Also I'd live my life long dream of hanging out with wild animals cuddle with cheetahs play patty cake with orangutans! I'd probably eventually die from trying to pet a lion cub but I'm okay with that.

Open2It · Answer

It would be tougher than one might think. Soon, there would be no power, no city water, eventually no readily available food. I would travel to somewhere where fresh water and wild game is abundant, preferably near a sporting good store, where I could stock up on ammunition, camping gear, survivalist food, etc. I would find a house or building with solar power too.

Beyond that, I would learn how to farm and tame animals that may help me in survival mode.

Oh... I would learn how to play the guitar and harmonica to entertain myself...

Oigit · Answer

Enjoy the solitude for awhile. Then probably do my best to piece to the worlds scientific plans to fly to mars and colonize it. Even if I'll probably die doing so. But to me its worth a shot. Because odds are that if there is only one person left alive on human alive on earth people where unable or unwilling to face the biggest problem humanity has. Our self-destructive nature. So its best to attempt to give the species a fresh start on another planet and erase the past.

Jae98 · Answer

If there is no hope in finding anyone then probably would have some fun with things what are left on earth, explore what I can, not gonna lie probably do some weird and disgusting things what would come to my head too, and then die when I won't find more food, probably that would be something with high chance to be the way how I die

rcljr · Answer

Rejoice that all the leftists were finally gone, I’d go hunting with my laser guided missile rifle, the dreaded Ak-97 that shoots a bajillion rounds a second. I’d go to your house, put my feet up on the couch , drink beer, watch porn, leave the toilet seat up, not wipe my ass. I’d go shit on Nancy pelosi’s grave. I would set New York on fire, it would be good times.

FinalFantasyBro · Answer

I would logically just stop wearing clothes and try to see if I could live my life as one of those jungle man who wear leopard print loincloth.

Account · Answer

Explore. I would have to keep my mind busy from ending up insane.

Cherry234 · Answer

I would travel the world. At least I wouldn't have to work and I would have all the food, clothing, and accessories I want. Honestly that sounds scary to me. I wouldn't want to be the only person left on this planet

mrkdvsn · Answer

I would be confused as to why God allowed only one person to be left alive on Earth, without having sent Jesus back before it got down to only me being left.
Then I would make the assumption that I had actually died, and was living in my own afterlife.

Scotte1us · Answer

First, i would not know the difference, i am sure God would have created me to adapt my surroundings, maybe just like living in a small island by myself, no taxes no tags on me like social security, no pollution, fresh healthy life, i could have made my own moonshine, since i would not know any difference i guess there would be no sex , and no worries your woman cheating on me, no stress.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Go around the world and take all the root beer and records I could find for myself... except for the disco, rap and pop princess records. Someone else can grab those or melt them down to make GOOD records.

Nightroads · Answer

Study. Mainly genetics. Find a fertility lab and dedicate myself to bringing back the human race and start over however long that may be.

DeeDeeDeVour · Answer

I'd freely roam the globe until I nature wins over me.

Anonymous · Answer

Tbh I wouldn't have the guts to kms. I would just spend my time searching for food, water, and shelter. If I ever get bored, I would look for ways to entertain myself and possibly take care of a dog if I feel lonely.

VanillaSalt · Answer

Depends. Are we talking zombie apocalypse or alien addiction of the entire race? Because I got a plan for both lmao

Sarahr123 · Answer

Be sad because I don’t have my family and friends. If my family and friends can be the only people alive and have eternal life then I’ll be happy.

TikiTook · Answer

I’d probably go insane and kill myself or live in misery. We’re social beings. It would be a very sad situation.

nolabels · Answer

After I had all the fun that I could all by myself, I'd get out my people making kit and whip up a batch of friends, and partay!

Anonymous · Answer

Nothing obviously. I won't be able to watch anything use the wifi. There will be no food because no one is there to manufacture it. Kill myself for sure. There's literally nothing that can be done if you think about

Sakiyamoon · Answer

At first I would take a deep breath in and relax but as time went on I would definitely become lonely.

Inexpensivefurniture · Answer

I wouldn't survive long alone. I'd probably take what time I could to try let animals out of their houses, pens to give them a chance to survive

menina · Answer

I would feel lonely and sad. I would have to find ways to entertain myself.

SphynxUK · Answer

Exactly what I do now. Makes no difference to me or my life.

DonkeyDan · Answer

Probably masturbate myself into dehydration and death lol

Anonymous · Answer

I think most people would not be able to tolerate it emotionally, assuming they were able to fend for themselves throughout their lives.

katiesmuff · Answer

What would be the purpose as there would be absolutely nothing to live for.

hahahmm · Answer

Would travel to verify that I'm all alone. Could take a lifetime to explore the world.

Flower7 · Answer

I would be able to stop stressing about how my hair looks.

Sonorous · Answer

Probably off myself in a peaceful way as soon as I could.

suisuiola · Answer

Travel the world even more and do everything I can possibly do

invalid1 · Answer

I will live like in Cast Away... With lots of animals, and a farm... Until dead.

Charliefretz329 · Answer

I’d spend a lot of time traveling to make sure it was true... I’d assume I was in purgatory and try to make resolution... tour the world and look at all the stuff that exists.

Ryfyle · Answer

Probably raid all the government black budget tech and clone up a better generation.

Recurrence · Answer

Pick somewhere peaceful to live and figure out how to live off the land. Raise some animals

Dinosaursandanime65 · Answer

Become a Legendary Pokémon, I don’t know

_乃尺OЩ刀_TITI · Answer

Gonna bury all the humans and make giant grave with giant tombstone. RIP Humans

coupleofquestions · Answer

Go to a car dealer lot and pick a car of my choosing to drive around the city

Anonymous · Answer

I’d look for another human, preferably someone from the opposite gender, and procreate.

Anonymous · Answer

I will make sure no other humans exists. If they do, i will shoot them and kill them and kill myself to ensure humanity has no chance again

robocop666 · Answer

get bored and worry that without technology I would soon die

Fire7788 · Answer

Was raised on a small farm. Go back to my roots and live off the land.

SaoirseS · Answer

Talk to myself. A lot.

DescendantofLilith · Answer

Declare myself Queen of the planet😂

blueseas_ · Answer

I would finally be happy

exitseven · Answer

Figure out a plan for the rest of my life.

SlightlyEccentric · Answer

"Hey it's finally quiet around here."

IcedLemonade · Answer

Life would still be beautiful and amazing

Anonymous · Answer

Realistically, probably be terrified

Anonymous · Answer

I would die at a quicker rate due to loneliness.

Floppy2112 · Answer

Steal all the Ferrari's.

John_Doesnt · Answer

I would take a crap in every toilet in the world.

disgustingfather · Answer

I would enjoy life to the fullest.

Aquariusmystery · Answer

Probably have an existential crisis if in honest

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