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| Lira |
There's a CORe version at the bottom.
Well, Hell is other people said Sartre once. Yet, man is a social animal, so it's a price we pay for a choice of ours. But, it's such a natural choice that we hardly ever think of it as being a choice — until we hear about hermits for the first time.
What if one day you woke up and realised you're the only person around. Family, friends, lovers, strangers... all gone. You don't know how it happened: they could've just vapourised while you were asleep. What matter is that they ceased to exist... and, for some reason, you didn't. Under such circumstances, what would you do? You've probably thought about it at some point in your life.
The fact is that a friend of mine's just asked me this question, and I thought her answer was really interesting. She too would relentlessly look for other people - even if she had to travel to distant cities and all that. However, she would also take her time and see what the life of the people she knew was like. She would break into their homes, see their pictures, notes, and whatnot.
In my case, I'd wander around Brasília for a while in order to check whether I was really the only person alive. If I turned out to be the only person not to have vanished, I'd go to the bus depot, "borrow" a bus, raid supermarkets and libraries, find a weapon (I proably wouldn't think of firearms because I can't shoot and the tought of learning how to shoot might not even cross my mind)... and I'd then travel around the world, searching for someone else I could share my existence with. I mean, we never know.
I'd probably also try to leave as many hints that I exist as possible, so others could find me.
What about the lot of you?
CORe version: Everyone (seems to have) disappeared but you. What would you do? |
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| leph555 |
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Everyone (seems to have) disappeared but you. What would you do? |
skeet skeet |
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| Frenchie |
Try and find a Wilson of my own.
F'real, I'd question if I've gone insane and if I'm imaging it all. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
rename the city to PKCville. population: awesome.
do everything you're not allowed to do normally. like go on a tour with a massive wrecking ball in the city. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| I'd go to Pkcville and and piss all over everything. |
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| Lira |
Oh, Tricia, I forgot to mention that only humans disappeared. You can still have pets.
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
rename the city to PKCville. population: awesome.
do everything you're not allowed to do normally. like go on a tour with a massive wrecking ball in the city. |
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I think I'd be too scared of dying to do that but I'd certainly streak around whenever I felt like it.
Anyway, would you really be able to rename the city? There's no one else you can talk with, so you probably will never be able to refer to the city again in a conversation. In that sense, you could rename Hobart right now and never tell anyone else about it. |
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| kadomony |
| I'd save that bacon, goddamnit. |
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| Frenchie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Oh, Tricia, I forgot to mention that only humans disappeared. You can still have pets.
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It's ok. Wilson is a volleyball. |
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| Audious |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
It's ok. Wilson is a volleyball. |
I thought you meant Wilson from Home Improvement. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
It's ok. Wilson is a volleyball. |
I know, from Castaway. It's just in case you'd rather have a pet that could actually interact with you and stuff.
But a volleyball, not a cat, is fine too :) |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| I'm not so sure it would phase me. At least not for a long time. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
I'd go to Pkcville and and piss all over everything. |
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good to see youre back to normal after your 'day of making threads' ended :toothless |
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