money will have little value to no value... the only things which will are those with a practical purpose.

 

 

 

Like I said, it's worth something for at least a little while and can be used for early bartering until the money system collapses (which actually should be a good while, to be honest). Then it can be toilet paper.

First of all, climate change isn't man made. It happens naturally, man has just sped it up.

 

 

 

Now that that is out of the way lets start. The first step is I need some weapon, any weapon will do. From a gun to a slightly pointed stick. I'd probably live somewhere away from people. Maybe a mountain surrounded by forest. I'd use the weapons for hunting food, go back up to my mountain and cook it. After a few months of this i'd stockpile some food and water and make a scouting trip into the cities to salvage what is left of them. After a year or two i'd imagine some dominate societies would have formed so I would regulate some type of trade with them. I'd just have to go on living like that until die.

Considering that I prefer anarchy....

money will have little value to no value... the only things which will are those with a practical purpose.

 

 

 

And bottle caps.

 

 

 

*drinks bottle of coke

 

*you receive a bottle cap!

money will have little value to no value... the only things which will are those with a practical purpose.

 

 

 

And bottle caps.

 

 

 

*drinks bottle of coke

 

*you receive a bottle cap!

 

Can't beat the fine taste of Nuka Coca-Cola. :thumbup:

money will have little value to no value... the only things which will are those with a practical purpose.

 

 

 

And bottle caps.

 

 

 

*drinks bottle of coke

 

*you receive a bottle cap!

 

 

 

What's sad is that after playing that game for the past few days, I had a dream last night about surviving nuclear aftermath, and I drove to Wal-Mart and stocked up on the things on my list. :P

Don't you mean, "how did you prepare for the current breakdown in organized society?"

I think I'd teach myself a lot of practical skills in preparation for becoming more independent and being able to support family and friends. Probably basic medicine, surgery, engineering (mechanical and electrical), bushcraft and how to live off the land.

Besides packing up a bunch of things like Bari posted, I'd pack my truck full of (stolen) lumber and tools and go out into the wild and make a shelter. Maybe gather some other people while I'm at it and start a caravan.

I'd be the guy who gets so paranoid that he sets up hundreds of traps around his shack using his crazy witty engineering skills. I'd survive much longer in my shack than the average survivor until someone wittier comes along and kills me, steals my research papers and drawings and becomes a new age superstar. That guy will be such a jerk!

You'd have to be stuck in some sort of Lord of the Flies situation for that to happen...

 

In other words, I'd stay on the mainland.

You'd have to be stuck in some sort of Lord of the Flies situation for that to happen...

 

In other words, I'd stay on the mainland.

 

Well, wouldn't the mainland pose alot more dangers than an island with boys that have problems? On the mainland there will be people with guns, while on an island the risks are lower and what not with crazy people with guns.

Don't people actually think this will happen in 2012? :lol:

Don't people actually think this will happen in 2012? :lol:

 

 

 

Nah. I dont believe it.

 

 

 

Its just a bunch of brew-hah-hah, just like Y2K and 6/6/06. :roll:

 

 

 

And I lived through both.

You'd have to be stuck in some sort of Lord of the Flies situation for that to happen...

 

In other words, I'd stay on the mainland.

 

Well, wouldn't the mainland pose alot more dangers than an island with boys that have problems? On the mainland there will be people with guns, while on an island the risks are lower and what not with crazy people with guns.

 

By that I meant a situation where you've got a large concentration of hopeless idiots. Yes, I know there's lots of idiots on the mainland too. I mean more.

 

[Edit] Actually, pretty much what skatedog said.

I'd try and move to India and practice Hinduism or Buddhism.

First of all, climate change isn't man made. It happens naturally, man has just sped it up.

 

You are the only person I have ever seen who has the same view on global warming in a simple form that i have. You worded it exactly how I do when I tell people that.

Depending on when this all happens, I might not even notice. I'll be in Siberia by then.

I'd try and move to India and practice Hinduism or Buddhism.

 

 

 

:shock: You've seriously got something wrong with your concept of Hindusim. Agreed they dont eat flesh, but if riots, are any indication, Hindus will certainly stand up for themselves.

I'd try and move to India and practice Hinduism or Buddhism.

 

 

 

:shock: You've seriously got something wrong with your concept of Hindusim. Agreed they dont eat flesh, but if riots, are any indication, Hindus will certainly stand up for themselves.

 

 

 

I don't think I have the wrong concept of Hindusim, anyways I'm in for favor Buddhism anyways. My idea would be to make my way to a small village basically off the grid and practice religion because religion would be the last thing in society to fail. Even though I am Catholic the structure of the church would fail with our society but I don't want to turn this into a religion argument because I'm not very religious to begin with being that I haven't seriously gone to church for like 7 years or more years.

I'd take advantage of the situation, by getting a hold of weaponry, and hiding out in the woods.

See zombie plan :D

1. I'd need a hideout for all the close ones in my life. Something elevated like a tree house or at least on a hill so we can see if other people are coming from a distance. At least two people would keep lookout 24/7

 

 

 

2. I'd recruit a looting gang for all our necessities like food and water. We'd need weapons and armor of course because the city definitely wouldn't be a safe place after the breakdown of society. We'd also use garbage bags to put the food in.

 

 

 

3. I'd have a select few scouters who would explore the world and send messages back to the hideout, informing us about events and other things going on out in the world.

 

 

 

4. I'd stay away from organized based. I would want very limited stranger contact if this were to happen.

:shock: This thread scares me. Why is everyone so quick to just break down to primitive instincts (such as needing weapons).

 

 

 

I would just simply get a group of people and head for the centre of North America, where we really wouldn't be affected by rising sea levels, and then just try to make it alive.

 

In my History class, we had an activity where there were three separate nations, each with their own problems. Each was equally matched in it's military force, only two nations allied together would be able to take over another.

 

 

 

The entire thing ended in the nation that got ganged up on nuking itself to screw over the other two.

 

 

 

So I'm not really surprised no one has tried to go the civilized route and attempt to re-establish civilization. That said, I'd attempt to organize a group of every single person I knew, and just start recruiting. Get the largest group going, set up camp in a school or something, and let the tribalism ensue. I doubt I would end up leader, but depending on how far society degrades, I may be fairly high up on the ladder. Size does matter when 'society' is based completely on survival of the fittest ;)

:shock: This thread scares me. Why is everyone so quick to just break down to primitive instincts (such as needing weapons).

 

 

 

I would just simply get a group of people and head for the centre of North America, where we really wouldn't be affected by rising sea levels, and then just try to make it alive.

 

So I'm not really surprised no one has tried to go the civilized route and attempt to re-establish civilization.

 

Well, that was my idea. If we have enough people about (we would on the continents) society wouldn't totally break down, there's still be some basis to it because that's how most people are raised, unless you're in the LOTF situation I mentioned, in which case most people are stupid and quick to go to their primal instincts, and for that to happen, you need to have no hope and no way to make it back out. In a case of global warming, people wouldn't go crazy, our technology would.