# You're the sole survivor of the apocalypse. How do you pass the time? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 18, 2006, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056 "2006-02-18T05:32:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![caveat\_lector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@caveat\_lector](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveat_lector)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/21 "2006-02-18T14:33:01Z")
First stop, Washington (the state): [http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/17/marijuana.harvest.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/17/marijuana.harvest.ap/index.html) SPOKANE, Washington (AP) – Law enforcement officers harvested a dubious record last year – enough marijuana plants to rank the illegal weed as Washington state’s No. 8 agricultural commodity, edging out sweet cherries in value. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/22 "2006-02-18T15:13:14Z")
> [@Corporate Hippie](#): > > Yup. And the best thing, the very best thing of all, is there’s time now… Yup. Now, where the hell are my glasses?.. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/23 "2006-02-18T15:25:36Z")
I seriously consider finding a sperm bank and restarting the human race. I’d have to hurry though - I’m not that far from menopause. Other than that - LOTS of lonely crying jags. Lots of pets. Lots of time at the library reading up on survival skills. Try to move to a lifestyle not requiring electricity or other unsustainable-for-one-person technologies. Just surviving should keep me pretty busy. Even more so if I manage to squeeze out a few kids. ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/24 "2006-02-18T16:04:56Z")
Unlimited bass fishng. Oh, yeah, I’d get by. Provided I survived the loss of my wife. That would be the real issue for me. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/25 "2006-02-18T16:17:09Z")
1. Stockpile the foodstuffs. 2. Stockpile power supplies(generators, batteries etc.) 3. Become the world’s foremost(and _only_😃 ) authority on cloning. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/26 "2006-02-18T16:27:06Z")
The 30 minutes of _The Quiet Earth_ would probably happen to everyone. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/27 "2006-02-18T16:56:00Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Even more so if I manage to squeeze out a few kids. Tell me more. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/28 "2006-02-18T17:02:24Z")
I’d travel. Might as well try hiking the Appalachian trail, there’s nothing else to do. Though I’d probably save that for after the electricity ran out. Up until then I’d be watching movies. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/29 "2006-02-18T17:06:46Z")
I’d become a necrophiliac for a while, until I was no longer able to stand the smell. Then I’d learn as much about cloning as possible. Or human/animal hybrids. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/30 "2006-02-18T17:12:00Z")
I’d take one helluva long road trip. I suppose that I’d be limited by a couple of things, like the availabilty of gas, and the deterioration of the highway infrastructure. But, if I could manage to avoid a stupid accident or nasty wildlife encounter, I’d live out my days in relative contentment, being a witness to mother nature re-asserting herself. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/31 "2006-02-18T17:13:08Z")
Well I would not assume that I am the only one left. With that assumption I would set off to find the ‘others’ or at least one member of the opposite sex. I would set off on this great quest, knowing that I could stop in any house and find canned food and cloths as well as other supplies. I would be well armed, as one never knows what one will run into, and a gun could also be used to signal others. Also I would assume cars are jus tthere for the taking, but then again roads would be clogged with people either going about their lives when it hit, or trying to escape. I might opt for a motorcycle if the roads were impassable by car. Once I get to a coast I might look for a boat. Not having ever piloted a plane, I would tend to stay on the ground (or water), but wouldn’t rule it out entirely either, but would have to find a way to learn fast. I would wonder just how long before it became very hard to find a working engine or vehical. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/32 "2006-02-18T17:27:50Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=336538&highlight=drugs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=336538&highlight=drugs) Same thing. I’d spend all my time taking hallucinogens. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/33 "2006-02-18T18:06:59Z")
Go to church, get naked, and do my song-and-dance of “War! What is it good for?” ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/34 "2006-02-18T18:09:45Z")
Mass consumption of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Hennessy VSOP, followed by a hopefully infinitely extended diabetic dirt-coma. ---
**Author:** ![caveat\_lector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@caveat\_lector](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveat_lector)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/35 "2006-02-18T19:31:06Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > Mass consumption of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Mmmmmmm. Peanut butter. > **[Does anyone eat more peanut butter than me?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=359413)** > > Mmmmmmm. Peanut butter. I eat a lot – three to four 16oz jars a week. Crunchy. 🙂 I used to eat commercial low-fat extra crunchy. I ate too much. Too many carbs. Now I just do natural. I first used to think mixing the oil into it was a pain;... ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/36 "2006-02-18T20:19:52Z")
I’d explore. I like the idea of hiking the Appalachian Trail. I’d try to learn to sail, and I’d sail around the world. (Would there still be GPS?) I’d head over to Papua New Guinea and look at all the animals. And then I’d probably die of boredom, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/37 "2006-02-18T20:29:31Z")
Well, with **The Master** gone, I guess that would make me the World’s Smartest Human. Piece of cake. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/38 "2006-02-18T21:28:16Z")
I’d head up to DC and NYC and catch up on my musuems. Seriously, every time I finally make it to a museum, especially one w/ a really world class collection, I’m thinking to myself, “Wow!” “Wow, look at that one!” “Whoa! Why don’t I do this more often?” Besides that, mostly what everyone else said about DVDs, books, and junk food. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/39 "2006-02-18T21:57:56Z")
You know that Twilight Zone episode where the guy joyfully goes into the library and then breaks his glasses? Well, that’s pretty much exactly what would happen to me. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056/40 "2006-02-18T22:12:55Z")
Like others, I’d travel. But if animals survived, I wouldn’t travel by motor vehicle. I would ride a horse instead. No worries about finding fuel since it would be able to forage on it’s own, and it would be able to cross terrain even a Jeep or an enduro motorbike couldn’t go. Besides, all the stored gasoline would start turning to varnish after a few months anyway. My parents have horses and one in particular would be well suited for such a journey. I should be able to scavenge enough canned goods until I was able to read enough about wilderness survival to get by off the land. Oh, and I’d mastrubate and cry myself to sleep every night. [sub]Just kidding. I’d cry while I mastrubate, too.[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-sole-survivor-of-the-apocalypse-how-do-you-pass-the-time/345056.md?page=3)