# You are the only one alive on earth. What do you do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840 "2014-05-20T16:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840/101 "2014-05-25T04:47:58Z")
Get more cats. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840/102 "2014-05-25T06:44:38Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > This thread is like a litmus test to see who does and who doesn’t read the OP. It’s pretty funny. I can see that if the OP were hopelessly confusing and the tread were already five or six pages so you don’t want to wade through it all, but the OP here is only 41 words. I think that if the OP were to be interpreted on the severe side, saying that all domesticated animals and cultivated plants also disappear, then the three-month survival rate for people from developed nations is tiny. We just don’t have those skills. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840/103 "2014-05-25T13:00:19Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > Are there any movies about that? I think there is a Twilight Zone episode about that kind of thing where the guy decides to read every book he can… anyone know the title of that one? > Maybe its there or it is another show: > [Lists of The Twilight Zone episodes - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Twilight_Zone_episodes) . I remembering seeing the episode of The Twilight Zone when the last guy breaks his glasses. So, reading the OP nothing is left. I wake naked in some part of the world with no other human on the globe. Guess I’d try and clothe myself initially but eventually what is the point? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840/104 "2014-05-25T13:12:25Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > . > > I remembering seeing the episode of The Twilight Zone when the last guy breaks his glasses. > So, reading the OP nothing is left. I wake naked in some part of the world with no other human on the globe. Guess I’d try and clothe myself initially but eventually what is the point? You have protective clothes on and your bed. “What’s the point” is a good question, though. Innate will to live, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![therealyankey27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@therealyankey27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealyankey27)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840/105 "2014-05-25T22:54:29Z")
> [@Earth001](#): > > everything that is man made is gone Aren’t humans man made? we do come (no pun intended) from genitals after all. Any-who, i would say violently masturba- err try to befriend wild animals and MAKE THEM KILL, (Bear grylls voice) for survival. last time i listen to game grumps while posting ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840/106 "2014-05-26T00:37:31Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > You have protective clothes on and your bed. > > “What’s the point” is a good question, though. Innate will to live, I guess. A litmus test, yes. I think many, if not most would suffer from depression from the shock and the loss. Most people are social creatures and crave contact with others. I wonder which would be stronger, the will to live or the dispair. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840/107 "2014-05-26T00:53:30Z")
Try to construct a rudimentary lathe ---
**Author:** ![MahFL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@MahFL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MahFL)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840/108 "2014-05-27T12:45:51Z")
I would imagine most people would sink into deep depression, and eventually starve if they did not learn how to hunt or grow your own food, of course there would be lots of tinned food left. Find a nice penthouse in a moderate climate and enjoy the views, preferably not too far away from said canned/dried foods. And drink a lot of Scotch Whiskey ! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840/109 "2014-05-27T14:32:51Z")
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, people!!! Why is it so hard for everybody to read the OP, and the five or six posts which have come along to point out the fact, that it says: > [@](#): > > You noticed that everything is gone. No people and **everything that is man made is gone** except for your bed and the best set of clothes to protect you. Bold, Underline, mine. OK, sorry, I feel better now. Thank you for letting me vent. So here’s a question: What would be the best place in the world to face this scenario? Where would the food, climate, lack of predators, etc. be most conducive to a long and happy life for our sole survivor? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840/110 "2014-05-27T15:09:34Z")
😃 It’s good to know Im not alone in my feelings here… ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840/111 "2014-05-27T15:22:29Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > You noticed that everything is gone. No people and everything that is man made is gone except for your bed and the best set of clothes to protect you. You missed the color. > [@](#): > > So here’s a question: What would be the best place in the world to face this scenario? Where would the food, climate, lack of predators, etc. be most conducive to a long and happy life for our sole survivor? This seems like [a good place](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sentinel_Island). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-only-one-alive-on-earth-what-do-you-do/688840.md?page=5)