If the World Ends, Do You have Any Useful Skills?
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I have been in the boy scouts, I'm fairly athletic(good at climbing though). I'm amazing at making and using guns and knives, I also know CPR, and I'm fast. And I'm fairly clever and can sweet talk just about anyone. But emotionally I would break down right away.
Sooo... What you do for living again?Jedoro said:
Anyway... I guess I would make a pretty tasty zombie bait, other than that, I can cook a little.
Meat shield? I want to think of a skill that would be useful in keeping me alive as well as other people, but pretty sure meat shield is the only skill I've got.
Leadership: I was chosen for an exclusive leadership seminar back in college. The school was impressed at how well I could motivate students in a number of different ways. Also, I was the college captain during my final year at college, I was required to speak in front of about 1000+ people every next month. As college captain I was also chosen to co-lead the ANZAC ( Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) marches in my area of residence (keep in mind, I'm not a very big fan of the military or the defence force).
Survival: Well, if it counts, I have a Swiss Army knife somewhere. Oh, and I can start a fire using a fire-plow.
In conclusion, I guess one can survive anything, assuming they've played enough Fallout.
Survival: Well, if it counts, I have a Swiss Army knife somewhere. Oh, and I can start a fire using a fire-plow.
In conclusion, I guess one can survive anything, assuming they've played enough Fallout.
Well, I'm sort of athletic, and an entire freshman year's worth of playing army in ROTC classes and labs has given me a very basic grasp of squad tactics. So, in the event that my party and I had to do battle with a hostile force of bandits, aliens, robots, or hyper-intelligent apes, my "experience" (note the quotation marks) might give us a fighting chance.
Also, I know how to make a decent campfire, how to use a gun, and I can tell whether or not a snake is dangerous at a glance.
Oh, and I imagine that I would be a good food source in the event of my death. So there's that.
Also, I know how to make a decent campfire, how to use a gun, and I can tell whether or not a snake is dangerous at a glance.
Oh, and I imagine that I would be a good food source in the event of my death. So there's that.
I'm morally Bankrupt enough to kill innocents for my own survival, Good common sense and physically stronger than the average person. I also know VERY basic survival skills.
aside form that I'm probably screwed.
aside form that I'm probably screwed.
Well, I know how to camp in the woods and fire a gun accurately, so protection and shelter are easily done. Only problem is finding food, don't know how to skin/clean an animal, though my friend knows how to gut a fish, so together we could probably survive.
So, sort of like how James Burke outlined in Connections?
Certainly. Much as I hate yard work, grunt work, handy work, and so on...it is a fact that I can do those things. I can fix a toilet, I can work on plumbing. I can cut wood, I can build things. I have the knowledge, I have stamina. If the world 'ends', I will not.
Certainly. Much as I hate yard work, grunt work, handy work, and so on...it is a fact that I can do those things. I can fix a toilet, I can work on plumbing. I can cut wood, I can build things. I have the knowledge, I have stamina. If the world 'ends', I will not.
I'm that crazy guy who has kind of always wanted to be ready for it, soo.
I'm a good marksman.
I can cook cockroaches into something that doesn't taste like cockroaches.
I can lead a team of people toward a common goal.
I have a strong back.
...And I'm sure i could come up with some jokes to get out of a tight spot with mutants...
I'm a good marksman.
I can cook cockroaches into something that doesn't taste like cockroaches.
I can lead a team of people toward a common goal.
I have a strong back.
...And I'm sure i could come up with some jokes to get out of a tight spot with mutants...
I tell a really good story, so assuming that this apocalypse puts an end to entertainment as we know it, (Music, TV, Movies, Internet) I would be a bard of sorts, and would wander my happy ass over the ruined countryside looking for people to regale with my tales.
On top of that, I can cook... And I have working genitalia so if we need to get to work repopulating the planet I am all over that.
On top of that, I can cook... And I have working genitalia so if we need to get to work repopulating the planet I am all over that.
I can totally assemble Mad Max armor. I can see my ads now. "You need leather jackets and football pads? We got 'em! We got all kinds of discounts down here! Plus when you buy any hockey mask or weird hat/goggles combo you get another half off! You can pick up tickets to Thunderdome here! two dead squirrels for adults, only one for the kids! come on down to Crazy Rawker's! for all your post societal collapse needs!"
I think I got this.
I think I got this.