• @Num10ck@lemmy.world
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    71 day ago

    you would get murdered for those rather quickly, i’d imagine. what would be useful is to get far away from strangers somewhere defendable near fresh water.

    • @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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      923 hours ago

      That would be only one of the many competing reasons for my murder.

      I do have camping gear, woodworking hand tools, a good bike, I know how to shoot and clean fish+game and cook, and I have knowledge of some remote areas with sparse populations including their flora.

      On paper it all sounds good, but I would likely die miserably in the first Canadian winter.

      • @rammer@sopuli.xyz
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        512 hours ago

        Even if you did everything right there isn’t that much wildlife to live off of. A single human requires a vast healthy wilderness to live off of foraging only.

        • @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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          12 hours ago

          Yeah, I watch Alone and I’ve seen Outlast. No way are 99% of people going to be able to live like that. Even the contestants who prep and practice and research only last a few weeks in the winter.

          You would need a small community, agriculture and to store your food for winter, and livestock for reliable protein. Even then there’s a good chance you get wiped out by diseases unless you’re making soap and prepping food and water safely.

      • Adderbox76
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        221 hours ago

        I generally never last very long in a playthrough of The Long Dark