What If You Were The Last Person On Earth

What if there was no one left, no one left but you? Could you survive knowing you were the last living human on Earth? Check out today's epic new video that looks at the life of the last man on Earth.

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[crystalin_N]

Plot twist: you wake up and the scientist takes the VR off and says “You lasted longer than we expected.”

[scottgates]

There was this tiny hobby farm on the edge of a town where I lived. The owner passed away and his tiny bit of livestock all got loose and were either killed on the road or eventually rounded up by animal control. Except for his chickens. The chickens didn't cross the road as it were...They moved into the woods and setup housekeeping. The town annexed land and a few more city blocks worth and built some affordable housing. And the chickens kept on keeping on. Nearly 40 years after their original owner died, the feral chickens were still hanging on after many generations of cats, dogs, foxes, and cars. I kinda respected that little flock of chickens. Tough...Survivors.

[kyleb]

You would 100% go crazy trying to figure out why you were the only one spared.

[itzamia]

I probably wouldn't live too long. Not because I wouldn't know how to forage for food and water but because I would be trying to fly jet's, drive a Nascar around, sail around on an aircraft carrier. I'm sure the jet would do me in first though.

[neofulcrum]

Introverts and antisocials: “I missed the part where that’s my problem”

[treehuggingbuddhist]

after enduring a tedious Monday, I’m totally ok with this scenario.

[Zeke]

You’re incorrect about the nuclear power plants. At least about most of them. Newer plants have automated emergency shut off procedures that stop all reactions within the fuel rods by inserting other materials between them. Instead of heating up they’d eventually cool off. And no radiation would leak out to the water or air. So a relatively new nuclear power plant would be your best bet for long-term electricity.

If you happen to have your own solar panels you’ll have power for years to come. And if you’re an electrician who lives near a solar farm you’ll have enough power to last you your whole life (assuming wild animals don’t eat you and you have enough herbivores around for you to eat)

Though of course you wouldn’t have the internet or any signal-based communication. You could still enjoy DVDs or VCRs tho if you can power them. So hopefully you like old movies.

[Mivoat]

How would you know you’re the only person left? I would spend the rest of my life looking to see if anyone else had survived. I’m not sure I could ever quite give up on that.

[CaptainMarvelsSon]

On the basic level, those of us who lived in small towns through natural disasters would have no trouble surviving for quite a while. You discover that many things we think are important for our lives to function or make us happy aren't so necessary. Your perspective changes; you feel at ease without the noise. After a time of hard work cleaning up, once the lights come back on, you feel some relief but also a sense of loss because life gets overwhelming again.

[matthewweitzner]

Our hero seems to have a surprising will to live despite losing literally everyone she loves

[dancarpentieri]

I would raid a pharmacy, get super high of the best stuff, and jump off a tall building (if I don't OD.) Either way, I'll be dead within a week.

[tempcount]

This actually gave me some peace. If humans are to face some mass extinction event, the earth will not only recover, but thrive.

[LordBrittish]

Introverts like me have been training for this type of isolation all our lives!

[norestforthebuilders]

I literally imagine this scenario before bed every night. Then think about what I would do if I didn't have to go to work in the morning.

[Dan_Ben_Michael]

The last person on earth wouldn’t know if they were the last person on earth. The world is too big to know with certainty that you’re the last one alive.

[TheNuclearGeek]

You guys keep getting nuclear power plants wrong.
The pumps aren't necessary to maintain the core cooled to prevent meltdown. With Pressurized Water Reactors especially like you showed, the core can be cooled by natural circulation even if multiple Steam Generator legs are destroyed by an accident.
In this kind of scenario, when power is lost or a trip (SCRAM) condition is automatically triggered, the control rods automatically drop into the reactor and shut it down. They require active power to hold them up and out of the reactor. No power, they drop into the core and it shuts down. The left over heat causes a natural circulation flow through the steam generators to cool off the core and will go into a cold shutdown state without anyone even touching the system the entire time.
This kind of design works even if there is huge damage to most of what's inside the containment building. With no damage whatsoever, the plant would safely cooldown without any problem. So, that you can finally understand...no boom boom, no radiation, okay? You're supposed to be an informational channel. It's okay to not understand something. People ususally train for years to be able to understand their specific power plant. But, if you don't know something, could you please refrain from perpetuating the ignorant laden fear of nuclear power already? This kind of stuff is why nuclear power gets such a scary image in the general public.
If you REALLY want to learn, talk to some people or contact INPO for some information.

[dbilly]

Mega plot twist: The second you die, the rest of humanity return, unaware any time had passed.

[MuhammadSafwan-xbph]

If I were in a scenario like that, I would first acquaint myself with the answers to the most problematic questions, such as: What is inside Area 51? What secret technology have the US, Russia, and China been working on? What lies in the areas that were once off-limits to visitors? etc. If I anyway had to die, why should I waste my time just trying to survive without any reason?

[louissivo]

This reminds me of a great book (from its wiki):

Earth Abides is a 1949 American post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by George R. Stewart. The novel tells the story of the fall of civilization... Set in the 1940s in Berkeley, California, the story is told by Isherwood Williams, who emerges from isolation in the mountains to find almost everyone dead.

For myself, I'd have a few years in me barring some accident. But at age 63 I do have some medications that I will need for a full long life. I won't drop dead in a month without them, but probably in a few years? So my last years would be of exploring in wonder at being the last man alive. I'd write a journal and record my thoughts. The last man, writing the last book...

[mom.left.me.at.michaels]

The dogs of Chernobyl are an excellent example of what happens when pets are left behind in an evacuation. There's still tons of them surviving, though there's really not many old dogs. Also there wasn't actually many small dogs, or oversized. Medium dogs that sort of became there own breed with similar features and color patterns. But they are quite smart, begging from the "dark tourist" but avoiding any humans in uniform. There's a pretty interesting documentary about these "radioactive" pups.