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In an apocalyptic scenario, would you survive long?

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fourikeachairs · 13/02/2023 23:22

I wouldn't! At all. I cannot run fast or fight, I'd be a goner immediately the zombies or aliens or whatever descend. When I watch a movie of tv with this theme I can't ever keep up with the characters when they make a quick plan about who is going to do what where, and when they give each other silent hand signals eg going into a room they think is occupied I'm just like huh what do you mean? Grin

If you reckon you'd survive a good while if the shit hits the fan, what are your best survival skills? Are you good at going with the flow, being flexible, thinking quickly on the go?

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Wallywobbles · 14/02/2023 08:32

We'd be good. 4 freezers. Produce our own food. Know how to can. Small farm. Husband can build anything or build a machine to build anything. Heat with wood. We have a well. Need to sort the solar generator but feeling pretty confident. And no we are not preppers just very rural France.

RedRosie · 14/02/2023 08:33

@Iwantabloodypizza I'd go for Ray Mears over Bear Grylls. Less showy, more dependable.

Wallywobbles · 14/02/2023 08:33

FatAgainItsLettuceTime · 13/02/2023 23:47

I have a hunker down and wait for the worst to sort itself out plan. I'm fat, unfit and would be fucked if I lose my glasses, so I have bugger all chance in a run and kill scenario.

If everything was to go to plan then I would rock it, of course that wouldn't be likely but still it's kind of fun to think through.

I've mentally plotted how we'd fortify our home and adapt it to self sufficiency, where we'd get supplies and how they'd be stored and preserved, what livestock would be needed to keep us in food (rabbits are top on the list, they breed quick, give meat and furs, easy to care for and feed), what fruit and veg could be planted for short and long term crops, what would make good bartering supplies.......

Big fan of zombie/dystopian movies, TV shows and books so find myself thinking about it fairly often.

Rabbits are harder to keep alive than you think.

SouperNoodle · 14/02/2023 08:47

I'd like to think I could but my blood sugar drops really easily so if I couldn't eat for a couple of days, I'd be screwed 😬
There are a few places I could go to though that are in the middle of nowhere and you can see all around for miles so I know it'd be safer.
Plus, there's farm land which means there'd be guns. I'd just need to swipe them from the farmers first 😂

Hobbesmanc · 14/02/2023 08:50

My husband is a little obsessive about apocalypse scenarios. He says it's the survivors going feral that would be our threat. I worry most about looking after the cats. I could probs forage for a while and eke out the tinned cupboard but are can't imagine they'd do great. Too fat and lazy to hunt. And what if starving neighbours tried to catch them to eat.

No. We have a small stash of recreational drugs and some morphine stashed away. A peaceful sleep like the Last of us.

WonderingWanda · 14/02/2023 08:51

If I was on my own I imagine I could run off onto the Moors and live wild. In reality we'd get killed while my dd is having a tantrum about how her shoes feel or insisting I catch the cat and take him with us. Or maybe I will just die from the inevitable infected cat bite.

JustAnotherManicNameChange · 14/02/2023 08:52

Nope. I'm fat,lazy, unfit, need to pee a billion times a day AND I'm fussy.Grin

JustAnotherManicNameChange · 14/02/2023 08:56

WonderingWanda · 14/02/2023 08:51

If I was on my own I imagine I could run off onto the Moors and live wild. In reality we'd get killed while my dd is having a tantrum about how her shoes feel or insisting I catch the cat and take him with us. Or maybe I will just die from the inevitable infected cat bite.

DD used to worry about a lot of things. Fires,break ins etc. We'd chat about preventative measures, what to do in case of emergencies,plans, what we can put in place etc. All good until .. "but what about the cat?" .Confused

massistar · 14/02/2023 09:19

We've talked about this a lot as a family and reckon we'd be pretty sorted.

DH is exceptionally practical so he'd work out how to build a decent shelter although may be stymied by the lack of power tools.

DS has been doing martial arts and rugby for years so he's our lethal weapon. He's also unrelentingly cheerful which is a massive boost. Although we might end up sacrificing him if it got a bit much.

DD has done a load of forest school so can forage and build a makeshift shelter. I'm sure the whittling would come in handy too.

They tell me I'm the weakest link but secretly know that I'm the emotional glue that holds them all together.

Iwantabloodypizza · 14/02/2023 09:22

JustAnotherManicNameChange · 14/02/2023 08:56

DD used to worry about a lot of things. Fires,break ins etc. We'd chat about preventative measures, what to do in case of emergencies,plans, what we can put in place etc. All good until .. "but what about the cat?" .Confused

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The amount of money my cat has cost me in vet bills over the years, that little bastard will just have to fend for himself come the end of the world.

I’d feel sorry for the useless bastard after a while though and rescue him. He won’t even eat meat that hasn’t been carefully cut up and deboned for him, he just stares at it an meows mournfully until it’s turned into some creation worthy of a Michelin star, so I don’t fancy his chances of living off mice and birds.

WonderingWanda · 14/02/2023 09:26

You can guarantee that when the apocalypse comes will be when when my cat stops bringing live food home for me 🤣

Morestrangethings · 14/02/2023 09:36

Wallywobbles · 14/02/2023 08:32

We'd be good. 4 freezers. Produce our own food. Know how to can. Small farm. Husband can build anything or build a machine to build anything. Heat with wood. We have a well. Need to sort the solar generator but feeling pretty confident. And no we are not preppers just very rural France.

Shhh, first rules of zombie apocalypse - don’t give your location away.

Or everyone will want to come and live with you.

ITotallyPaused · 14/02/2023 09:43

When Covid started I thought of it as a zombie apocalypse to see how long I managed to evade it and I lasted very long before I became a zombie (got Covid).

ExistenceOptional · 14/02/2023 09:51

If it really happened it would make sense for the government to bomb the affected cities/towns to eradicate the zombies.

Iceysuperslide · 14/02/2023 09:52

When I was young I would have survived ages , good at running but more importantly climbing! I did karate when young but not sure how helpful that would be. I could survive in the wilderness, know plants, starting fires etc. DH and DS both did their firearms qualifications in cadets and DH is a master sniper or whatever it’s called but we have no guns.

endoftheworldniteclub · 14/02/2023 09:52

ExistenceOptional · 14/02/2023 09:51

If it really happened it would make sense for the government to bomb the affected cities/towns to eradicate the zombies.

Like in Last of us! Didn’t work. The fungus spread anyway.

butterfliedtwo · 14/02/2023 09:54

The only plan I have in that scenario is an exit plan.

mrstea301 · 14/02/2023 10:03

I would last for about... ooh, three minutes or so! Was talking about this last night after watching The Last of Us.

Shannith · 14/02/2023 10:06

Forestcantrun · 13/02/2023 23:39

Zombie apocalypse is one of my distraction scenarios… I ask patients every day when I’m stitching or doing painful interventions😀

I have come to realise this is what I’ve been training for all my life🤣 Obviously lot of NHS emergency experience, can sort out injuries while on the move.

I now run, so I’m fit, not fast but can run! I’ve speedy tactical decision making skills, planning experience and more importantly, I’ve been dying for an excuse to drive like I’m escaping zombies.

Pick me🤣🤣

Smile picked for sure

BellatrixLestrangesHeatedCurlers · 14/02/2023 10:06

200lbs of unmedicated ADHD and anger problems? I'd be the big bad, swinging a club, rounding up people to eat 😁

Avonandice · 14/02/2023 10:13

If we have an apocolyse Im heading to Costco. Our local one is staffed on the door by a staff member who makes a Drs receptionist look like Miss Honey.

Failing that I have a house full of stuff as DH did a costco run saturday, I have a scout, a cat who thinks if it moves its prey, a ferret who likes chomping any flesh she can get her teeth into and a pair of teens who currently are possibly rabid pitbulls.

ExistenceOptional · 14/02/2023 10:19

Everyone heads to supermarkets and gun shops. They are the last place you want to go.

247SylviaPlath · 14/02/2023 10:20

My husband and I concluded that the moment civilisation deteriorated to the point where Waitrose stopped delivering, I'd just have to lay down in the road and die then.

Fundamentally, I am lazy as fuck, the zombies can have their apocalypse, I'll eat myself to death with my chocolate stash.

We think dog number 2 would survive though, she's small but smart and cute - she can get people to do anything!

Abra1t · 14/02/2023 10:21

Our terrier would let us down as she would have to bark when we were hiding from zombies/aliens/baddies.

DahliaMacNamara · 14/02/2023 10:25

Not a chance, not if there are hungry enemies about. Can't run. They'd catch me and render me down for soap and candles before turning me into a stew.

In a more friendly communal scenario, I'd be useful for cooking (as opposed to being cooked) and telling stories around a fire. But I won't be useful for long without a ready supply of heavy duty painkillers, which probably brings us back to the hungry enemies scenario.