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Probably find the closest knife and stab it right through my subclavical arteries. I've promised myself that I can do that once my parents are no longer around to miss me, if I'm still alive. Even when I thought I had reason to live, that I might actually do some good in the world, I've always thought that in any sort of apocalyptic event where most of the human population was wiped out, I'd want to be one of the ones who died, not a survivor.

It would make it hard to survive for long. I could always break into pharmacies and stores and take what I needed for as loing as there were uncontaminated food, clothes, medication and other usable items. But at some point that would run out. Even if I walked/biked around and emptied them one by one, medication and food might both still run out and expire. Electricity would run out making hygiene and cooking among other things very hard. Living in an apartment, there is no fireplace, but I could always move to any of the empty houses around and get heat that way.

Hopefully I would be too busy thinking of all the poor animals that would now be done for; being stuck in homes, zoos etc.

Hopefully I wouldn't need a doctor.

It would make it hard to get around seeing as I don't know how to drive, and I doubt public transport would be a thing unless this happens after they run themselves. Even then, it wouldn't last long.

It would be really hard to make it. And without loved ones, I wouldn't have much reason to. It would make practical stuff very hard with everyone else gone, but I would be willing to face that if my small number of loved ones are still around. If not, why should I? I'm into my interests and all, but I'd be miserable without my family. And it's not like I have any pets to consider anymore.


How would I suddenly be alone though? Does everyone die off? Do they just disappear?

I would make it my life's goal to launch myself into space. I would certainly die in the process, however, slowly suffocating would be worth the view no matter how short the experience and catastrophic failure would be a quick death should I not make it to the view.

If I was somehow 100% certain that I was the last human left alive, a part of me would feel relieved.

For years, I've wondered if I'll ever find someone who loves me romantically. The fact that I don't know (and can't know for a very long time) is a huge source of anxiety for me, possibly my biggest.

If all of humanity were to die except for me, then at least I wouldn't have to wonder anymore. I'd finally have my answer.

Since the world's electricity would eventually run out (and I don't know how to set up solar panels or anything like that), I would only be able to play videogames for a brief period of time. I would do that for a while, just so I can rap up any unfinished business. Then I would kill myself, most likely by sitting in a vehicle in a closed garage and letting the engine go, since that's the least painful method I can think of.

In my case, at least, there would be no point to living any longer. And I probably wouldn't even be able to if I wanted, since I have zero survival skills.

Well, since everyone's dead anyway, I've always wanted to know what human tastes like.

Kidding.

I'd be pretty sad as my only friend and the rest of my family would be gone but I wouldn't want to end my own life.

I would find a suitable large lorry with full fuel tanks. Then I would do a tour of all the large supermarkets locally and load up as much non perishable food as possible. I would also load up plenty of air tight and bug proof containers to put all my stuff in. I would load up all of my books and a few other important things, such as my binoculars and telescope (no need for the camera anymore), and a few pictures showing my friend and family.

En route to my destination I would stop off to pick up a few other important things from specialist shops - good quality clothing along with several sets of waterproofs, footwear, sleeping bags, various different fire starters, medications from pharmacies along with enough stuff to end my life relatively painlessly if I later chose to do so, and perhaps some books on animal husbandry.

My destination would be a small remote island I know with a small farm on it and a well built house that has stood for centuries. I would need a small fishing boat to get there but that would be easy to find in the area I am heading for. It would need full fuel tanks for the multiple trips needed to transport everything over to the island, but again that shouldn't be difficult to find.

The boat wouldn't be much use in the long term but I would probably save enough fuel to get back to the mainland if I wanted to. I already know that the island has a number of dinghies along with plenty of fishing gear and a good stock of animals.

There is plenty of peat and a small wooded area for fuel. The house on the island has a good traditional stove. In the summer there is a seabird colony that could be harvested for food besides the farm animals, fish and shellfish.

I'm not sure I would last long without any human company at all so I would just take things one day at a time filling my time with maintenance work on the farm, fishing, studying the world around me, and just sitting quietly and meditating.

^ what are you talking about, I've thought it through. Who isn't preoccupied with this question?

Driving: It's all good and well to be the only one driving on the road. But I still wanna avoid getting into an accident. Are there lots of abandoned vehicles on this road? (After all I don't know what the event behind my lonely existence is). That would make it tricky to get past them. But they would make it easier to swap from car to car as I ran out of petrol/ gas. Hopefully I can find myself a sturdy Bug!


Medicine: Sure, looting pharmacies and hospitals would be easy enough, but my asthma depends on two medications and they have expiration dates. I could probably live well driving around and picking up meds, as long as they still work...


Food: I actually did think of army bases. To say nothing of doomsday vaults for the chosen ones! If only I could enter one of those, then I'd have it made for years to come! Hopefully the bases are less likely to get overrun with pests. I'm the only pest that shall eat that food!


Utilities: I really need to get south before the winter so it gets less cold. Cough, where can I get tablets to make water drinkable? I'm not sure what I should be looking for here...


Well, self surgery should definitely make life exciting!


Yeah, prepper's houses would be great, it'll be a true treasure hunt finding them though. It's so inconsiderate of them not to be on maps, don't you think?

I wouldn't mind it. The animals are still around, so that is wonderful.

I think the problem with looting supplies like food and medicine in an apocalypse is that they all have an expiration date.

You may be able to fill your house up with a lifetime supply but what would you do when it all eventually goes bad?

I think it's best to learn to hunt and grow your own food. If you actually can't live without certain medications then I guess you're screwed.

It all depends why people have died.
Like, if there's some kind of contaminant in the environment, it would make sense to use bottled water/canned food, at least until you can set up working filtration etc.

In different situations you would do different things.