And now, your question. (Since I've shared that little trip down Star's memory lane with you!)
if the world as we knew it was changed irrevocably, through whatever means, how would we survive?
Apart from people who are back-to-nature people for a hobby (there's a word but it currently escapes me, they have caches of weapons and practise food storage and living off the land type thing. Oh wait, survivalists!) anyone with a good grasp of how to live in a situation of going back to basics could do it. Which is where I am thankful for my old hobby of reenacting because if the revolution comes and the Apocalypse with it, once the dust settles, I know how to hunt, gather and dress game, how to start a fire with flint and tinder, how to find places to sleep and all that jazz. Would I want to? Not particuarly. I like my creature comforts way too much. But if there was no alternative, sure, I could do it.
So basically, humanity needs to make friends with survivalists or reenactors. Or ex and current military and scouts.
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regna
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Date: 2010-02-14 09:44 am (UTC)if the world as we knew it was changed irrevocably, through whatever means, how would we survive?
Apart from people who are back-to-nature people for a hobby (there's a word but it currently escapes me, they have caches of weapons and practise food storage and living off the land type thing. Oh wait, survivalists!) anyone with a good grasp of how to live in a situation of going back to basics could do it. Which is where I am thankful for my old hobby of reenacting because if the revolution comes and the Apocalypse with it, once the dust settles, I know how to hunt, gather and dress game, how to start a fire with flint and tinder, how to find places to sleep and all that jazz. Would I want to? Not particuarly. I like my creature comforts way too much. But if there was no alternative, sure, I could do it.
So basically, humanity needs to make friends with survivalists or reenactors. Or ex and current military and scouts.