To think im not made to survive

[Mammyloveswine]

I love a disaster film (dont judge me) but omg in real life id be shit..Reasons here:

I cant drive so wouldnt be able to make my escape...

I wear contacts so in a plane crash/boat capsize id be blind...

I have zero upper body strength to cling on to a building....

And as for this... m.youtube.com/watch?v=xITzTrFFopQ i could NOT throw my kids over a roof 😱😱😱😱😱

Please reassure me im not the only one?

@MrsTerryPratchett have you seen the app Run zombie run?

It's one of those where you have to pay for extra content but the free bit is fun for a while. It's an interval jogging timer and when it's time to run you have sound effects of zombies coming after you and people screaming 😂

[quote HalfShrunkMoreToGo]@MrsTerryPratchett have you seen the app Run zombie run?

It's one of those where you have to pay for extra content but the free bit is fun for a while. It's an interval jogging timer and when it's time to run you have sound effects of zombies coming after you and people screaming 😂[/quote]
I might download this

I think people think of it as some minor thing, popping your glasses off, that's worth it if it reduces the risk of some extremely rare accident or whatever. But in an emergency situation I'm dead without them.

I’d be one of the first to go. In the beginning of the disaster/siege when everyone is running around like headless chickens not knowing what’s going on 😂

I would suck at any sort of dangerous situation. If I panic I pass out.

I am very resourceful though and would enjoy the making food/equipment from whatever you can find. If we could just go off grid and survive, that would be quite nice actually!

Hmm. I think I’d be doomed fairly quickly.
Terrible eyesight. No spatial awareness. No sense of direction. No upper body (or any body) strength. Can’t run. Moany if I’m too hot, too cold, hungry, tired. Generally a bit pathetic.
Maybe I could utilise my teacher stare? That’s literally all I’ve got.
I’ll just lie down and give up I think.

I wear contacts so in a plane crash/boat capsize id be blind..

Yes, this! I was thinking the exact same thing the other day. Only my disaster scenario was a zombie apocalypse. I was thinking that I wouldn't know if the figures coming towards me were friendly or wanted to eat my brains. I was wondering how close they'd have to be for me to realise, if I wasn't wearing my contacts/glasses, and if I'd have a chance to run once I did realise.

I actually wondered if we got forewarning of impending world collapse whether there would be any time to get my eyes lasered just so I'd have a better chance at survival. Then I considered that I may not want to survive anyway if the world really did turn to shit.

Ahhh the things you think about when you're in the shower.....

[quote HalfShrunkMoreToGo]@MrsTerryPratchett have you seen the app Run zombie run?

It's one of those where you have to pay for extra content but the free bit is fun for a while. It's an interval jogging timer and when it's time to run you have sound effects of zombies coming after you and people screaming 😂[/quote]
No but I will now!

@PoorMegHopkins

Hmm. I think I’d be doomed fairly quickly. Terrible eyesight. No spatial awareness. No sense of direction. No upper body (or any body) strength. Can’t run. Moany if I’m too hot, too cold, hungry, tired. Generally a bit pathetic. Maybe I could utilise my teacher stare? That’s literally all I’ve got. I’ll just lie down and give up I think.

Are you me?? As teachers wed be quite practical/organised in the first instance

Really dodgy sight (excuse me, are you a zombie? I can't quite...AAAARGH!)

Yeah I'd be super shit too.

@CurlyhairedAssassin

I wear contacts so in a plane crash/boat capsize id be blind..

Yes, this! I was thinking the exact same thing the other day. Only my disaster scenario was a zombie apocalypse. I was thinking that I wouldn't know if the figures coming towards me were friendly or wanted to eat my brains. I was wondering how close they'd have to be for me to realise, if I wasn't wearing my contacts/glasses, and if I'd have a chance to run once I did realise.

I actually wondered if we got forewarning of impending world collapse whether there would be any time to get my eyes lasered just so I'd have a better chance at survival. Then I considered that I may not want to survive anyway if the world really did turn to shit.

Ahhh the things you think about when you're in the shower.....

"Gets eyes lasered asap" genius suggestion 😂

I’m glad other people have a “give up and die plan”. Anytime in a film people are trapped and single songs in the darkness with just their mouth sticking out the water I think stuff that for a game of soldiers, have my oxygen - glug.
I have perfect vision and a cast iron stomach so in theory I’m off to a good start but living in perpetual fear is not for me. If I’m in the mood I will distract the zombies while everyone else runs away but I might not even bother that.

I’m the same. Whenever we watch a disaster movie I always say to my DH I couldn’t be arsed with all that running around just to die anyway I’d just take to my bed lol

If everyone got together, we could put the skills we do have to good use so we could all survive.

I'll make the clothing out of knitted grass and stitched together tree bark. I can't kill animals, but I can cook. I think I can remember how to filter water.

Anyone want to team up?

@HalfShrunkMoreToGo that sounds amazing

If I'm ever in a survival situation I hope it's not with my older brother! He told me quite matter-of-factly when we were children that he'd eat me if he was hungry enough. I mean, cheers for that mate!

Erm. I'm really good at spelling and Tetris (assuming I've safely retained my old-glasses collection). Does that come in handy at all?

I’ve always said I have absolutely no desire to survive an apocalypse, imagine the fear, anxiety and the physical and mental exhaustion not to mention the lunatics you’d meet on the way. To only end up somewhere where life would never be the same again and most likely all the people you love are dead. No thank you very much!

@MaChienEstUnDick

Oh my friends regularly tell me I wouldn't get onto the island/into the enclosure/the keys to the mansion. I remind them I'm as funny as fuck and can make pasta from scratch. But it would definitely be touch and go.

In a drunken conversation in our 20s a friend said he'd ditch me in a zombie outbreak because 'I was the kind who'd get bitten and then hide it from everyone'. I think he was mostly joking but I was furious - I had to apologise for my reaction when I'd sobered up calmed down

I’m nearly 58 but would give it a go especially if we DP in fact we discussed it recently and think we’d make a great survival team
I cook sew knit crochet and am a bit of a problem solver - can climb, fish, hunt etc
DP is great at DIY, electrics, mechanics, carpentry, chemistry, electronics and can shoot, ice skate and run faster than me

I've also thought about this loads too. I'd be nothing but an absolute nightmare for the rest of my family.

Reckon I'd find a good bottle of red, break into a pharmacy, cover myself in fentanyl patches and peace out ✌🏻

@HardbackWriter I've heard that about you

@groeggmeg

I’ve always said I have absolutely no desire to survive an apocalypse, imagine the fear, anxiety and the physical and mental exhaustion not to mention the lunatics you’d meet on the way. To only end up somewhere where life would never be the same again and most likely all the people you love are dead. No thank you very much!

Same. If some nuke got dropped, I would be running towards it. I would not want to live in the fall out of anything.

Same here can doggy paddle but that’s it.

I’d be doomed.

I’m fat, unfit, can’t see without my glasses, and am on lifelong medication so lack of that would kill me off after a few weeks.

Also, I’m really hairy and, if zombie movies have taught me anything, it’s that the women who survive for many seasons are the ones who never grow leg or armpit hair.

But I figure that if I barricade myself into my house with a moving treadmill facing outwards on each doorstep, the zombies won’t be able to get in.