If the World Ends, Do You have Any Useful Skills?
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I'm a nurse, who luckily specialises in emergency care. Other than that, I'm quite strong so I could probably carry the bulk of the group's inventory. Or use my muscles to bash some zed/raider/mutated two-headed thing's heads in, whichever the scenario calls for. I'm also currently going into psychiatry, so that'll be useful for calming down hystericals or maniacs.
On the downside, my stamina is pitiful. So I'll probably be that guy who stays back to buy some time for the others if we get chased by stuff.
On the downside, my stamina is pitiful. So I'll probably be that guy who stays back to buy some time for the others if we get chased by stuff.
Let's see...
I'm a pretty good shot with a rifle (unfortunately I don't own or know how to maintain one, but I live in the US [making guns easy to acquire], and I learn quickly)
I know how to use a cast net to catch fish (much more efficient in this case than a rod and reel, which I also know how to use)
I know how to properly build and maintain a fire, even if I have to start from a flint and steel
I can properly use an axe (more people think they know how to do this than actually know it)
I know how to use said axe to split firewood (again, not a common skill)
I know how to use a file and a whetstone to keep my tools sharp
I know how to pitch a tent
I have basic sewing skills
I have no qualms about killing an animal for food
I'm pretty good at basic first aid (particularly dressing wounds)
As a plus for the above, seeing blood puts me into crisis resolution mode, instead of making me feel sick
I have some experience with gardening -- not enough to start farming on my own, but enough that in a crisis situation, I could help out someone who did
I know how to make a raised garden plot, which given access to manure or some other sort of fertilizer, can be used to grow food in a small area with relatively poor soil
Less serious, but still true: I've got zombie survival experience in the form of HVZ. I'm a major resistance leader at my school, and I helped secure the first human victory in the state in the Spring 2011 term.
This actually worked out to a much longer list than I thought it would.
I'm a pretty good shot with a rifle (unfortunately I don't own or know how to maintain one, but I live in the US [making guns easy to acquire], and I learn quickly)
I know how to use a cast net to catch fish (much more efficient in this case than a rod and reel, which I also know how to use)
I know how to properly build and maintain a fire, even if I have to start from a flint and steel
I can properly use an axe (more people think they know how to do this than actually know it)
I know how to use said axe to split firewood (again, not a common skill)
I know how to use a file and a whetstone to keep my tools sharp
I know how to pitch a tent
I have basic sewing skills
I have no qualms about killing an animal for food
I'm pretty good at basic first aid (particularly dressing wounds)
As a plus for the above, seeing blood puts me into crisis resolution mode, instead of making me feel sick
I have some experience with gardening -- not enough to start farming on my own, but enough that in a crisis situation, I could help out someone who did
I know how to make a raised garden plot, which given access to manure or some other sort of fertilizer, can be used to grow food in a small area with relatively poor soil
Less serious, but still true: I've got zombie survival experience in the form of HVZ. I'm a major resistance leader at my school, and I helped secure the first human victory in the state in the Spring 2011 term.
This actually worked out to a much longer list than I thought it would.
I'm good with electronics, fixing things, I'm an experienced camper who has spent several weeks in the untamed wilderness living of the land (And a backpack full of food and clothes), I'm a decent leader, I've got a good tactical mindset, and I have experience raising plants, and can easily grow food.
So basically, I am fairly useful in an apocalyptic setting
So basically, I am fairly useful in an apocalyptic setting
I know how to grow plants in all sorts of conditions--I'm a gardening enthusiast and used to belong to the FFA.
Also know how to do complicated trail work and outdoor survival stuff, including wilderness first aid; I used to work on a trail-building crew and we had to live this stuff every day, cut off from civilization in the desert.
Also know how to do complicated trail work and outdoor survival stuff, including wilderness first aid; I used to work on a trail-building crew and we had to live this stuff every day, cut off from civilization in the desert.
lots of survival knowledge, lots of tools, and if I can't do it, I'm close with someone who can
As a former funeral director (or undertaker if ya like) I guess my knowlage of death could have some application. At the very least somone has to dispose of/deal with the dead/death.
Unless it's the zombie style end of the world, then my skillset puts me quite high on the list when it comes to having my brains eaten.
Unless it's the zombie style end of the world, then my skillset puts me quite high on the list when it comes to having my brains eaten.
I'm gonna say it's like Fallout 3.
So I guess I'm good athletically and physically fit. Pretty good shooter I think.
Musically talented I think
So I guess I'm good athletically and physically fit. Pretty good shooter I think.
Musically talented I think
I was in the scouts for a few years, so when my village in the ruins of Sydney needs a good knot they know who to call. I've also fired a handful of guns in my time (even though all but one were two-handed, but you catch my drift) so there's that I suppose.
I'm kind of a jack-of-all-trades person. I can filter and draw water, make signals, build fires (and home-made incendiaries), music (thought that's hardly relevant) and I suppose I'm kind of a good scavenger (not really sure how to prove that, but just trust me). I also know my way around a few different rifles, though not well enough to warrant bragging of any "skills".
I literally lol'd at this; it's times like this that I wish The Escapist had a Like system. Well playedmojodamm said:
I'm walking, talking Wikipedia and Mapquest.
I can build many renewable energy devices from scratch and I can survive in any environment.
Plus, I can defend myself with anything.
I'm trying to study parkour.
I'm preparing myself for the end of the world. Can you tell?
I can build many renewable energy devices from scratch and I can survive in any environment.
Plus, I can defend myself with anything.
I'm trying to study parkour.
I'm preparing myself for the end of the world. Can you tell?
Another Eagle Scout... so yeah, basically the whole 'general survival skills' package, plus once I finish college I'm going to be a physicist as well, so if we get to the point where we're trying to rebuild our tech i should be reasonably useful there too. Also, I'm the kind of person who will eat pretty much anything, so even if i happen to lose all memory and capacity for thought, you could still use me as a poison tester... until you found poison that is.