While watching Survivors (British TV-series about a group of people who survive a virus which kills most of mankind) I thought about how I’d manage in a world like that. A world without all the conveniences we are used to. I quickly realized I wouldn’t do too well because none of my talents are useful when it comes to survival. I know nothing about growing food. Hell, I can’t even cook it! When it comes to building things I’m pretty clueless as well unless you count the fact that I can build small pretty tables, but I really don’t see how that would be useful. I can’t handle mechanics either. I know nothing of how they work and don’t even know how to change a tire. Actually I don’t even know how to drive a car. I’ll just have to hope there won’t be a disaster killing most of the world’s population, leaving me to fend for myself since I wouldn’t do well at all.
It’s weird to think that we know so much about so many things but because of all our technology we’ve forgotten some of the most basic things. Just think about what would happen if we took away all grocery stores. We’d starve because we don’t know how to grow or hunt our food. Or take away all stores selling clothes. Even if some of us knows how to sew there aren’t many who can make the fabrics or the thread.
If there ever was a disaster ending world as we know it people like me – like us – wouldn’t be the one who survived. Tribes in Africa living in huts would stand a greater chance because they already live without technology.
Anyway, moving on to something entirely different, you might wonder why I haven’t blogged in ten days. Actually the reason to that is pretty simple. I just haven’t felt like it. Uninspiration (yeah I know that’s not a real word) stopped by to say hello, killing my muse. She’s back now though, I think. We’ll just have to wait and see.
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I’ve contemplated this very thing countless times. And honestly, it is really scary. However… I think if something like that happened… some of us would be okay. We’re very adaptive… and our complex cerebrum gives us advantages other animals don’t have. I think those of us that can calmly assess things and use our brains… we’d be okay.
You are so right, and if it ever came to it, I think everybody would just fall apart. There would also be an increase in violence and crime I think!
(New to your blog btw, love the layout)
I think about stuff like that every time I watch a zombie movie. How would I live. Where would I go. Stuff like that… it’s so weird the things that come into our heads when we see stuff like that.
I had this conversation about a year ago with my friend.
We decided that we need to learn how to make fabric and pretty soon!
But don’t worry, most of mankind isn’t prepared for survival. It’s only fair to let the fittest live anyway…
i know what youre saying. My boyfriend and i were talking about how we wish we could back to the days where we grew our own food and worked for ourselves. I think it would have been so much better that way.
but if I was in the situation of the tv show I think I might last a while with Josh lol. Cause he likes to and can build stuff. I can cook but i’d have to figure out the growing part lol
I agree, we would not be able to handle it if our luxuries were taken away from us. I wish that we could go back to simpler times though. Both my boyfriend and I would like to someday grow some of our own food. It would be nice if we could provide for ourselves, at least only a little bit. I think that would be exciting.