I’m high maintenance, dead in no time

Nah. I'd be dead within a week. C'est la vie.

As a kid I related so hard to Henry Bemis from this Twilight Zone episode... as a loner and an avid bookworm, my post-apocalyptic life would still be fulfilling as long as I had books — AND MY GLASSES, because I can’t see 5 inches in front of my face without them! ???

I've always thought, I should have been born a couple of hundred years ago. I already do things like building my own house, and woodworking shop. I cut down trees on my property and built a barn. We garden and can vegetables. We've preserved foods by drying them. I've killed squirrels and rabbits for food. I don't doubt I could do about anything I need to do to survive. My health is good for a 61 year old southern man. With that said, I think doomsday prophesies are nuts, but anything can happen I guess.

I'm not wasting my life preparing for something that will never happen.
I'm pretty skinny though. Skinny people do better in famine situations and losing 1k of fat will statistically extend your life more than having a nuclear bunker.
I'm adaptable and optimistic too. I'll be fine.

I would eat my neighbors ??

The number #1 rule is that you don't disclose what all you have or people will be pounding on your door looking for handouts.
I have a huge garden -- I can, freeze, preserve my own food. I have a seed bank.
I believe in the 2nd Amendment, I have multiple CCLs, and I have a 4x4 pickup.

That's all anyone gets to know for sure.

Survivalists and many people in general have romantic, albeit unrealistic ideas when it comes to apocalyptic level survival. In reality, the game would soon disappear via over-hunting and roving gangs would be looking for people with cashed resources to exploit. It is difficult to hide sheep, goats, chickens, etc., so subsistence farming seems problematic.

I have some sheep I graze on my land so that would keep me going in lamb, and I would barter with my farming neighbours for other meat and milk and eggs etc, I would try to get my hands on some seeds and try to grow on my own land, some vegetables. I have a large store cupboard always full of canned and and packeted food and a freezer full (needs defrosting at the moment...thanks for the reminder), as I am on my own here I reckon I could last some years! No water, if there was a drought would be more of a problem, but living in Northern Ireland, the wettest part of UK it’s not really likely. I don’t think I would be much good as a forager, but needs must and skills could be learned if it was a matter of survival.

My 18' diameter round pool has 10,000 gallons already, and I have bleach. I hear mice/rats are delicious. I am in a suburban environment, but my brother is near woods, and only a 17-mike walk away. So, live off my body fat, drink the pool water, feed the little dogs moles, then take a hike I guess.

If I need to know I'll just google it.

I’d be alright for the most part. I’m more worried about dealing with other survivors.

Nope. I'm another one who'd end up useless sans meds and therefore dead.

I'd be dead meat. Unless I could write some software to do this.

I still have some of the knowledge but not the mobility necessary.

Here, on this island we promote resiliency. First off I would never hunt and kill another animal. I have a garden and orchard ans a small reserve of food and water. I have a solar system that would drive the water pumps (well and collection system). Life would be tough but most of us would find a way.

There is a Prepper / Survivalist group on here if you are really interested in this subject.

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I've noted the locations of all of the Trumpanzees in my area. In the case of some sort of cataclysm or major breakdown in civil society, I'm not ashamed to say that ritual cannibalism is On The MENU!

I probably could pick out some wild plants to eat although when I've tried purslane it doesnt seem to agree with me so it would be hit and miss for a bit. As for the rest I know a bit. Unfortunately none of that does me much good against a jerk with a glock.

Yes. And I can. I would lack the weapons making knowledge but I would be ok on the rest.

I have two fat cats and a six pack of beer, after that I'd be out of luck

Nope. I'm screwed. I would be one of the first ones to go......

This discussion reminds me of two excellent books from long age: “Alas Babylon” and “Malevel”. For me it is an interesting psychological question as to why we like to speculate about such a thing, and why we enjoy reading apocalyptic novels. I even wrote an apocalyptic novel. It’s almost as though we WANT to see the end of civilization.

Of course in our minds, we are the ones who will survive and prove our strength and prowess. In an actual apocalypse we’d most likely die.

Nope, I'm pretty much out of luck.

I would be dead on 30 minutes from share panic.