No one I know, me included...

[Mix]

...has any survival skills what-so-ever. 

Fish, hunt, grow crops, start a fire without a lighter, none of that shit....

One of them actually said, "...sad part is I don't even think I could overcome all that with a never say die attitude like they do in the movies. I'd just find a comfortable place to lay down..."

I guess what i'm trying to say is I finally understand the run on guns. 

When shit hits the fan and you don't know how to take care of yourself, you're going to need a gun. 

It's going to be a lot faster dying in a shoot out over resources than starving to death. 

[Clownhova]

Doesn't take much for the thin veneer of civilization and polite society to get peeled back. 

Hopefully it doesn't recede back too much further.

[BlackNoir]

I can hunt, my kids have grown tomatoes, peppers, and onions, I have started a fire without a lighter, but lighters exist and i smoke....I can't think of too many reasons I wouldn't have one, but would have lint and flint.....I can't do it rubbing 2 sticks together, if that's what you mean.  I haven't hunted in decades, but I'm sure I can still kill dinner if i had to.....Never been fishing.  Scared of water.  Childhood trauma.

 

Edited August 7, 2021 by BlackNoir

[Vamped]

Me safe in my bed laughing at an old man talking shit about how he prepped to kill a moose with a bow and arrow for 8 years only to trip over some rocks and break his leg on the survival show.

 

[discolé monade]

*raises hand* 

i can do these things.

and having a gun to survive may be a comfort, but in a situation where there is a danger of being found, 

hand to hand, melee weapons are your friend. j/s

i've never used a crossbow, but i've used a bow *like old school bow* i have a feeling i'd be very confident using a crossbow though. 

Edited August 7, 2021 by discolé monade

[mthor]

Pfft.

Damned city kids.

 

[1pooh4u]

Considering I can’t even keep food in my fridge you’ll get no argument from me on your assessment 😆

(it’s not a $ issue just a bad adult one)

[Real_AirCooledGirl]

I've gone fishing before but it's so boring. You cast your line out into the water and have to wait and wait for a bite. When I was a teenager, I would go fishing with my stepdad. He and I caught some sharks at one point and cooked them. Haven't had shark in a long time, though; would love to eat it again.

[discolé monade]

35 minutes ago, Real_AirCooledGirl said:

I've gone fishing before but it's so boring. You cast your line out into the water and have to wait and wait for a bite. When I was a teenager, I would go fishing with my stepdad. He and I caught some sharks at one point and cooked them. Haven't had shark in a long time, though; would love to eat it again.

this is about survival skills. *see OP*

not recreation. 

you....well...you'd probably die, if you were bored with hunting gathering. 

[discolé monade]

1 hour ago, 1pooh4u said:

Considering I can’t even keep food in my fridge you’ll get no argument from me on your assessment 😆

(it’s not a $ issue just a bad adult one)

i told you. i got you boo. 

even have a basic route for you to get here. 

i have made 5 maps for people. *2012* 

they are solid. 

 

[Real_AirCooledGirl]

6 minutes ago, discolé monade said:

this is about survival skills. *see OP*

not recreation. 

you....well...you'd probably die, if you were bored with hunting gathering. 

I still went fishing. Fishing is a survival skill.

[discolé monade]

3 minutes ago, Real_AirCooledGirl said:

I still went fishing. Fishing is a survival skill.

unless the water is polluted or contaminated. 

[mthor]

31 minutes ago, Real_AirCooledGirl said:

I still went fishing. Fishing is a survival skill.

Fishing is only one step. Can you find your own bait? Can you gut a fish and scale or skin it? Are you hungry enough to eat it raw, or do you know how to build and attend a cooking fire? (And I'm being nice and assuming you have fish line and a hook.)

Yes, fishing is a survival skill, but being able to drop a hook into water in and of itself isn't going to be enough.

[stilgar]

So, what mix is saying is he has no survival skills and thinks we are all just like him.

[Mix]

3 hours ago, stilgar said:

So, what mix is saying is he has no survival skills and thinks we are all just like him.

I...don't KNOW you 

The internet is not real life 

[Mix]

11 hours ago, BlackNoir said:

I can hunt, my kids have grown tomatoes, peppers, and onions, I have started a fire without a lighter, but lighters exist and i smoke....I can't think of too many reasons I wouldn't have one, but would have lint and flint.....I can't do it rubbing 2 sticks together, if that's what you mean.  I haven't hunted in decades, but I'm sure I can still kill dinner if i had to.....Never been fishing.  Scared of water.  Childhood trauma.

 

I can swim well. 

With my swimming and your everything else, I think we can make it 

Edited August 7, 2021 by Mix

[Mix]

7 hours ago, discolé monade said:

*raises hand* 

i can do these things.

and having a gun to survive may be a comfort, but in a situation where there is a danger of being found, 

hand to hand, melee weapons are your friend. j/s

i've never used a crossbow, but i've used a bow *like old school bow* i have a feeling i'd be very confident using a crossbow though. 

Can you turn your pocket inside out so I can hold onto it?

[Mix]

7 hours ago, mthor said:

Pfft.

Damned city kids.

 

ok well we'll see who you call when you need the latest designer drugs and bespoke outfits with renegade fabrics

 

 

 

god, we're gonna die so quick

[Mix]

7 hours ago, 1pooh4u said:

Considering I can’t even keep food in my fridge you’ll get no argument from me on your assessment 😆

(it’s not a $ issue just a bad adult one)

We could turn to cannibalism....No one's more respected in a post apocalyptic hellscape than a cannibal.

 

[1pooh4u]

1 minute ago, Mix said:

We could turn to cannibalism....No one's more respected in a post apocalyptic hellscape than a cannibal.

 

This is true. You could be the biggest wimp in the land, no one is gonna fuck with you if you’re chowing down on a human leg. Bonus points if it’s still got footwear 

[Mix]

1 minute ago, 1pooh4u said:

This is true. You could be the biggest wimp in the land, no one is gonna fuck with you if you’re chowing down on a human leg. Bonus points if it’s still got footwear 

Well then, I guess it's settled. 

Feels kinda good to have a plan. 

This must be how preppers feel.

[1pooh4u]

5 hours ago, discolé monade said:

i told you. i got you boo. 

even have a basic route for you to get here. 

i have made 5 maps for people. *2012* 

they are solid. 

 

😊 thank you. I’ll be like a Carol type if I make it to you. Knows nothing at first but then learns everything to become an apocalyptic goddess 

[discolé monade]

i can't with you two!

😆🤣

hai. 

[BlackNoir]

5 hours ago, Mix said:

I can swim well. 

With my swimming and your everything else, I think we can make it 

All I'm bringing to the table is I can hunt and I should have a lighter.....My kids grew the veggies, not me.....Best i can do is squirell steaks, man......Until we kick off the cannibalism thing

[Vamped]

who do you eat first?

[BlackNoir]

10 minutes ago, Vamped said:

who do you eat first?

......Who's all there?

Wait....you mean if it's just me and Mix?

I guess which ever one of us gets smart and relizes it better him than me the soonest....

Mix, stay very far away from me during the pocketlips.

Edited August 8, 2021 by BlackNoir

[scoobdog]

Just a thought… but cannibalism as survival thing might actually be antithetical to survival.

[BlackNoir]

2 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

Just a thought… but cannibalism as survival thing might actually be antithetical to survival.

WE ARE EATING SQUIRELL AND SWIMMING....We ain't got a prayer.

[Distortedreasoning]

i was a boy scout and i kinda remember some stuff that could come in handy. 

but survival scenarios can be all over the place range in difficulty. 

like zombie apocalypses, get a gun and safe spot. build up group. 

or the castaway scenario, where youre all alone and need to figure out fire, shelter, tools, and hunting/gathering. 

 

[Le Guignon]

I can bow hunt, fish, clean fish/rabbit/deer, build a fire without a lighter or flint, and build an emergency shelter.   

I can only sorta garden though? Like I'd probably plant a lot of corn and potatoes.

I also go swimming in lakes/rivers, hiking and camping a lot.

[Vamped]

9 hours ago, BlackNoir said:

......Who's all there?

Wait....you mean if it's just me and Mix?

I guess which ever one of us gets smart and relizes it better him than me the soonest....

Mix, stay very far away from me during the pocketlips.

Everybody from the boards is there 

Now who do you eat first ?

[André Toulon]

14 minutes ago, Vamped said:

Everybody from the boards is there 

Now who do you eat first ?

LB, I'll bet he sizzles real good

[GuyBeardmane]

Who needs survival skills?  Not like there's gonna be a nuclear holocaust or anything.  That would mean the rich lose their customers.

[Mix]

1 hour ago, GuyBeardmane said:

Who needs survival skills?  Not like there's gonna be a nuclear holocaust or anything.  That would mean the rich lose their customers.

There are no customers in space.  

[Mix]

9 hours ago, Le Guignon said:

I can bow hunt, fish, clean fish/rabbit/deer, build a fire without a lighter or flint, and build an emergency shelter.   

I can only sorta garden though? Like I'd probably plant a lot of corn and potatoes.

I also go swimming in lakes/rivers, hiking and camping a lot.

Damn, your skill tree is set.

How's your cannibal defense? 

[Mix]

3 hours ago, Vamped said:

Everybody from the boards is there 

Now who do you eat first ?

I think, for sure, @molarbear

We gotta eat that guy before he turns into Koga from inuyasha.

It's only a matter of time. He's going to rescue every dog, coyote, and wolf he sees till he's got an army sprinting across the plains of the New World eating all the people we're supposed to be eating.

it's no bueno

[discolé monade]

5 hours ago, Vamped said:

Everybody from the boards is there 

Now who do you eat first ?

oh shit. we in trouble. 

and i'm going to ....just step outside of the area...and....

**runs**

[wacky1980]

grew up a farmer, so i have plenty of ag capability. can hunt / trap / fish, can start a fire with flint/steel and mag lens, can read topo maps / use compass, have construction skills for shelter and mechanical skills for repairs / maintenance. currently working on my from-scratch knowledge for fermentation and distillation (you're gonna need beer/whiskey in the after times ;). 

i have two shtf bags and a growing pile of ammo ready at all times, so i have a good fighting chance while the plebs are weeded out. once the initial wave of crime/death has passed and factions are established, my skillset will prove valuable enough to be a welcome member of whatever group.

yes, that gif's intentionally ironic.

[tsar4]

I'm a decent shot with a bow or rifle (never tried a handgun).  I might still be good with a slingshot, but it's been a long, long time.  Same goes with building a fire from scratch & I remember enough basic chem to distill water.  Haven't fished in a long time either, probably '70s.  I know how to mushroom hunt.

And if all else fails...

[discolé monade]

i'm picking teams RIGHT now. 

mthor ~ fisherwoman. 

wacky/tsar ~ need more good shooters/survivalist

distorded ~ that boy scout life yo'. 

vamp/buddy ~ not opposed to cannilbilsm and can probably fry up some good human bacon bits

scoob ~ for reasons. 

and pooh because she needs help. 

[tsar4]

Crap.  Never considered an apocalyptic Lemur uprising...

[//>wagz./]

//> that's what yall get for not being native American and  not being born with the skills naturally in the brain to survive , come on make a fire with with sticks grab a fish with your hand and eat the hallucinogenic berries and mushrooms ./

[tsar4]

11 minutes ago, //>wagz./ said:

//> that's what yall get for not being native American and  not being born with the skills naturally in the brain to survive , come on make a fire with with sticks grab a fish with your hand and eat the hallucinogenic berries and mushrooms ./

As if the indigenous peoples of N.A. are the only people in the world with innate survival skills.  

[//>wagz./]

13 minutes ago, tsar4 said:

As if the indigenous peoples of N.A. are the only people in the world with innate survival skills.  

//> yes ./

[molarbear]

9 hours ago, Mix said:

I think, for sure, @molarbear

We gotta eat that guy before he turns into Koga from inuyasha.

It's only a matter of time. He's going to rescue every dog, coyote, and wolf he sees till he's got an army sprinting across the plains of the New World eating all the people we're supposed to be eating.

it's no bueno

I feel like this is definitely pre meditated

One time I killed a spider after only yelling for 5 seconds, that's a vital survival skill you're just willing to literally poop away

 

[Le Guignon]

10 hours ago, Mix said:

Damn, your skill tree is set.

How's your cannibal defense? 

According to all the health tests I did I have natural resistance to prion diseases so I think I could eat other people okay.

[Le Guignon]

7 hours ago, //>wagz./ said:

//> that's what yall get for not being native American and  not being born with the skills naturally in the brain to survive , come on make a fire with with sticks grab a fish with your hand and eat the hallucinogenic berries and mushrooms ./

This is some ignorant shit

[bnmjy]

It's not as if society's systems would all fail at once and you have to be stereotypical redneck to survive. A more appropriate scenario would be to think of how the average developing country is compared to us. You could still be a city dweller and survive . . . but the hustle will be much more difficult, for sure.

 

 

 

[Distortedreasoning]

16 hours ago, Vamped said:

Everybody from the boards is there 

Now who do you eat first ?

[mthor]

6 hours ago, Le Guignon said:

According to all the health tests I did I have natural resistance to prion diseases so I think I could eat other people okay.

As long as you stay away from the brain and spinal cord, you should be fine.

Edited August 9, 2021 by mthor