What would you do if all of the human population on Earth was wiped out, and you were the only survivor in the world? I personally, would get to the nearest store, raid all the awesome stuff, and walk out. Then, I would take my cat and explore the world. I wouldn't get lonely because I would have a bunch of cats to talk to.
I would go online to look for where the nearest place is where people donate their...genetics...and try to repopulate the human race. Oh, and while I was waiting, I would raid pretty much everything from the LEGO aisle, declare myself ruler of the world, and kill all house cats, leaving only dogs to be people's faithful companions (even though cats only like people if they feed them, really)
Day 1:
I realize everyone but me is gone. I spend the whole day moping and crying, only comforted by my two cats, realizing I'll never have another chance to be with any one of my loving peers or family members ever again. It's a sickening thought, but then by the end of the night I realize I have the whole world to myself... And I need to survive, in case there is another out there. I am determined to shelter any others, and possibly to continue the human race.
Day 2:
I've driven to the nearest Best Buy. I'm stockpiling my entire car, up to the top, with backup batteries. I take another 50 or so outlet extenders with me, plus a Nexus 7 tablet to seal the deal. My current laptop would be a real battery waste, and I'd have to quickly transfer all my data to the tablet.
When I arrive back home, I'm busy occupying every outlet in the house with outlet extenders. And more outlet extenders. A massive chain of them, possibly 2 per initial outlet. I fill the rest of those spaces in with backup batteries, and charge them to their maximum capacity.
I can't risk losing power for the rest of my life once unmaintained, local power plants undoubtedly soon fall apart, cease to function or blow up!
Using a single outlet for the refrigerator, I speed back down the road to the nearby Publix to stock up on frozen or refrigerated foods. I drive back and unload into the refrigerator, probably having no more room for a good portion of the supplies.
I know I will need an excessive amount of electrical energy for some essential appliances like the refrigerator. I need a renewable power source, but I'm completely exhausted at this point.
I fall asleep soon at only sunset.
Day 3:
I have awoken and showered, and then alarmingly notice I'll also need a steady source of fresh, clean water. I've got to set up an entire miniature society, and fast!
I utilize Google's servers while they're still (surprisingly) running to locate the nearest place to find industrial solar panels.
Being an adequate electrician, I could set them up somewhat easily if I have the supplies.
I drive to the location I find and carefully pack a huge set of these panels into my car. I return home with them, still worrying about my solution to the fresh water issue.
I spend the rest of the day setting up the panels on the roof of the house with some non-powered tools. I wire them together with some supplies from my father's electrical workshop in the basement. I get a shovel from the garage and dig just to where I know the main power supply comes in. I proceed to cut it off and reroute it to the panel system.
I've solved my energy issue, and I'm absolutely thrilled about it, however I'm exhausted once more. I sleep soundly from what is likely around midnight.
Day 4:
With each minute that passes from the moment I awake this day, I grow more concerned about my water issue.
It shouldn't be too much of a problem for quite a while, but it'll eventually coming in.
Luckily, a creek is conveniently located within visible range of my house. I'm thinking of developing a piping and filtering system later on, but for now I'll just have to retrieve water and filter (read: boil) it myself for usage. Hygiene is not top priority now, either. I won't waste my energy getting water before my current supply runs out, but I'm satisfied that I've figured out a short and long term solution.
EDIT: By popular request!
Day 5:
Most of my stress is relieved in terms of survival.
I finally have a chance to use my new tablet and after setting it up for the first time, I boot my Toshiba laptop and begin transferring data to the tablet.
I realize I have pictures of my ex-girlfriend stored there. Pictures of my family, of all my close friends.
It's a nostalgic feeling, the feeling of human companionship, the feeling of love, that I realize I may never feel again, and it instantly brings tears to my eyes. I've begun sobbing uncontrollably...
Possibly an hour later, I clean my face and look around for one of the two cats that wander around the house normally. I realize they've been gone for a couple of days, or I've been too busy to notice the scurrying creatures. I head to my bedroom for the night, feeling depressed.
I spend more time crying, believing without the cats there is no more companionship, from humans nor creatures.
Just before I fall asleep, I stop crying due to the realization that I must move on. I absolutely must live the rest of my self-perceived miserable life to its fullest, no matter how I feel.
I grab the tablet from the nightstand beside me and before I can stop myself, I'm regretfully deleting all photos that bring nostalgic emotions to me.
I also feel that this whole day was a waste of precious time.
Day 6:
I'm ready to forget the previous day's events, and I begin pseudo-happily cooking myself breakfast. It's a nice treat to myself for starting to preserve the human race.
Which of course reminds me, I must do my best to preserve any historical object that I can access!
Of course, I use the tablet to connect to Google, and find the location of historical places located in Georgia.
I begin a 2-day journey across the entire state, and start collecting only the most precious of items from the museums and historical areas I visit. It's not too laborious of a task but it still exhausts me by the end of the day.
I finalize this day's part of the journey by sleeping in a hotel with, unfortunately, no electricity and therefore no air conditioning... It's quite a hot night! However, I manage to sleep easily.
Day 7:
I wake up only minutes after noon and head out to find some food. Nearby is a gas station, so I drive there to fill up my tank and retrieve some snacks. Packaged honey buns and on-the-verge-of-rotting chocolate milk are what my small but elongated (time-wise) breakfast consists of.
When I finally leave the place, I decide it's time to head back. The problem being, Google's servers are no longer running to aid me in finding my home... I'm nowhere near it, either.
This extremely alarming news causes a mental break down. I'm extremely tempted to end it all, to sacrifice hope of the human race's continuation just because I can't use Google to find my home.
Once I've reasoned with myself that such would be a selfish decision, I become calm enough to start thinking of other solutions.
I note an obscure electronics store down the street. It has never been more convenient!
And then I trip down some stairs and die. Again. I'll write some more later, possibly start my own thread related to it?
Well first it would be straight the bottle shop. I'd be like a kid in a candy store! Then I would walk around the streets looking for cars that appeal to me. When I see a Ford, I would turn it over, put it in neutral, & put a brick on the accelerator. Then sit back, crack a brew, & watch it **** bricks. If it shits bricks, then I burn it. If it doesn't **** bricks, then I burn it anyway, because you know, It's a Ford.
When I find a Holden, I'll smoke that ***** up until it too, shits bricks. If it doesn't **** bricks by the time the tyres have blown, then it has deemed itself worthy of a funeral.
What would you do?
Cats.
Yeah, electronics work.
Sure, why not?
Cats.
Well, considering he'd have no training he'd probably end up crashing and dying. Then, there goes the human race...
There would be no real human people, so yes.
I realize everyone but me is gone. I spend the whole day moping and crying, only comforted by my two cats, realizing I'll never have another chance to be with any one of my loving peers or family members ever again. It's a sickening thought, but then by the end of the night I realize I have the whole world to myself... And I need to survive, in case there is another out there. I am determined to shelter any others, and possibly to continue the human race.
Day 2:
I've driven to the nearest Best Buy. I'm stockpiling my entire car, up to the top, with backup batteries. I take another 50 or so outlet extenders with me, plus a Nexus 7 tablet to seal the deal. My current laptop would be a real battery waste, and I'd have to quickly transfer all my data to the tablet.
When I arrive back home, I'm busy occupying every outlet in the house with outlet extenders. And more outlet extenders. A massive chain of them, possibly 2 per initial outlet. I fill the rest of those spaces in with backup batteries, and charge them to their maximum capacity.
I can't risk losing power for the rest of my life once unmaintained, local power plants undoubtedly soon fall apart, cease to function or blow up!
Using a single outlet for the refrigerator, I speed back down the road to the nearby Publix to stock up on frozen or refrigerated foods. I drive back and unload into the refrigerator, probably having no more room for a good portion of the supplies.
I know I will need an excessive amount of electrical energy for some essential appliances like the refrigerator. I need a renewable power source, but I'm completely exhausted at this point.
I fall asleep soon at only sunset.
Day 3:
I have awoken and showered, and then alarmingly notice I'll also need a steady source of fresh, clean water. I've got to set up an entire miniature society, and fast!
I utilize Google's servers while they're still (surprisingly) running to locate the nearest place to find industrial solar panels.
Being an adequate electrician, I could set them up somewhat easily if I have the supplies.
I drive to the location I find and carefully pack a huge set of these panels into my car. I return home with them, still worrying about my solution to the fresh water issue.
I spend the rest of the day setting up the panels on the roof of the house with some non-powered tools. I wire them together with some supplies from my father's electrical workshop in the basement. I get a shovel from the garage and dig just to where I know the main power supply comes in. I proceed to cut it off and reroute it to the panel system.
I've solved my energy issue, and I'm absolutely thrilled about it, however I'm exhausted once more. I sleep soundly from what is likely around midnight.
Day 4:
With each minute that passes from the moment I awake this day, I grow more concerned about my water issue.
It shouldn't be too much of a problem for quite a while, but it'll eventually coming in.
Luckily, a creek is conveniently located within visible range of my house. I'm thinking of developing a piping and filtering system later on, but for now I'll just have to retrieve water and filter (read: boil) it myself for usage. Hygiene is not top priority now, either. I won't waste my energy getting water before my current supply runs out, but I'm satisfied that I've figured out a short and long term solution.
EDIT: By popular request!
Day 5:
Most of my stress is relieved in terms of survival.
I finally have a chance to use my new tablet and after setting it up for the first time, I boot my Toshiba laptop and begin transferring data to the tablet.
I realize I have pictures of my ex-girlfriend stored there. Pictures of my family, of all my close friends.
It's a nostalgic feeling, the feeling of human companionship, the feeling of love, that I realize I may never feel again, and it instantly brings tears to my eyes. I've begun sobbing uncontrollably...
Possibly an hour later, I clean my face and look around for one of the two cats that wander around the house normally. I realize they've been gone for a couple of days, or I've been too busy to notice the scurrying creatures. I head to my bedroom for the night, feeling depressed.
I spend more time crying, believing without the cats there is no more companionship, from humans nor creatures.
Just before I fall asleep, I stop crying due to the realization that I must move on. I absolutely must live the rest of my self-perceived miserable life to its fullest, no matter how I feel.
I grab the tablet from the nightstand beside me and before I can stop myself, I'm regretfully deleting all photos that bring nostalgic emotions to me.
I also feel that this whole day was a waste of precious time.
Day 6:
I'm ready to forget the previous day's events, and I begin pseudo-happily cooking myself breakfast. It's a nice treat to myself for starting to preserve the human race.
Which of course reminds me, I must do my best to preserve any historical object that I can access!
Of course, I use the tablet to connect to Google, and find the location of historical places located in Georgia.
I begin a 2-day journey across the entire state, and start collecting only the most precious of items from the museums and historical areas I visit. It's not too laborious of a task but it still exhausts me by the end of the day.
I finalize this day's part of the journey by sleeping in a hotel with, unfortunately, no electricity and therefore no air conditioning... It's quite a hot night! However, I manage to sleep easily.
Day 7:
I wake up only minutes after noon and head out to find some food. Nearby is a gas station, so I drive there to fill up my tank and retrieve some snacks. Packaged honey buns and on-the-verge-of-rotting chocolate milk are what my small but elongated (time-wise) breakfast consists of.
When I finally leave the place, I decide it's time to head back. The problem being, Google's servers are no longer running to aid me in finding my home... I'm nowhere near it, either.
This extremely alarming news causes a mental break down. I'm extremely tempted to end it all, to sacrifice hope of the human race's continuation just because I can't use Google to find my home.
Once I've reasoned with myself that such would be a selfish decision, I become calm enough to start thinking of other solutions.
I note an obscure electronics store down the street. It has never been more convenient!
And then I trip down some stairs and die. Again. I'll write some more later, possibly start my own thread related to it?
Yeah, you should continue. That was really good!
Cats.
OMG!, please write more!
I would Literally give you money to continue writing this.
For the love of god, Make a book for this!
Luke
I think he should start it out like this before making it a book...
Cats.
I would think not. The thing that killed all the humans disintegrated all the corpses.
Cats.
When I find a Holden, I'll smoke that ***** up until it too, shits bricks. If it doesn't **** bricks by the time the tyres have blown, then it has deemed itself worthy of a funeral.