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• dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Provided you knew what you were doing, indefinitely. Or until you died of old age or managed to contract a deadly disease/cancer/manage to injure yourself in a life threatening way that you can’t treat yourself.

  You might not be happy about it. But growing basic crops, storing away dried grains for the winter, hunting and dressing animals, making a fire to cook them, etc. should be well within the reach of anyone capable of reading this. Neanderthals could do it, so can you.

  If you didn’t know what you were doing, well, until you ran out of easily scavengable canned goods and/or died of botulism from eating one of them that wasn’t as canned as you thought.

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  • captainjaneway@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah my plan (dream) has always been like this:

    • Use the internet while I have it (assuming people just all disappear suddenly) to download survival guides, solar panel repair/installation PDFs, maps, etc. Anything I can think of, I’ll download
    • Gas only lasts so long. I can use chemicals that extend it, but it’s definitely limited. I’d start with a gas powered truck and eventually move into electric vehicles. Batteries aren’t forever either… But I’d try.
    • I’d move to a warm, temperate climate
    • I’d find a building that claims it is powered by solar panels most of the year. I’d use that as my home
    • I’d immediately begin trying to farm. I have a black thumb so this would take me some years to get done correctly. But I’d hopefully have some potatoes and grain growing by the end of a year
    • In the meantime, I might find things to occupy my time such as: finding videogames to play, raising chickens, fishing, collecting guns/ammo, collecting books to preserve, storing solar panels, backup equipment, etc.

    My end goal would be to survive as long as I’m happy. I’m pretty introverted so that would last a while. I’d use animals to keep me company. I believe nature would take us over pretty quickly. It would be hard to maintain the house, solar, etc. forever. But if I could, I would.

    My wife and I already do a lot of foraging in our area and we have several guides for edible food. We also do some canning and prepping for disasters.

    I don’t think a disaster would be a picnic. People are the problem. But if they disappeared suddenly, I think it would be pretty livable.

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    • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Use the internet while I have it (assuming people just all disappear suddenly) to download survival guides, solar panel repair/installation PDFs, maps, etc. Anything I can think of, I’ll download

      AI would be really useful in this scenario. Have a whole internet’s worth of information at your disposal with a fraction of the storage costs.

      Probably still want the actual manuals and guides for the important stuff tho…

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  • agent_flounder@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Neanderthals (and humans for that matter) did indeed but they did it in groups, usually. Being alone really stacks the odds against you I think.

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, you’re going to have a much harder time taking down wooly mammoths, that’s for sure.

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  • CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    etc. should be well within the reach of anyone capable of reading this. Neanderthals could do it, so can you.

    Oh you greatly overrate us internet people… 🧌

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• wahming@monyet.cc ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Honestly, the biggest issue would be mental, trying to figure out if there was any reason to continue.

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  • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Luckily I have a lot of experience with that debate.

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    • RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So the last survivor will be chronically depressed?

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  • Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve always wanted a zombie movie that focused on the absurd boredom and how you might combat it. Like setting up Rube Goldberg killing machines

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    • wahming@monyet.cc ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m pretty sure I’ve read some zombie stories that brought up that very idea, killing the zombies in fun ways just because they were bored. One I can think of would be Newsflesh. Not about boredom per se, but humanity has learnt to more-or-less coexist with the Z virus. Post-post-apocalyptic setting. Killing zombies in fun and novel ways isn’t the theme, but comes up now and then. Really interesting novel.

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    • deafboy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They kinda did that in I Am Legend

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• no_kill_i@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  19 years, 5 months, 21 days, 16 hours, and 23 minutes.

  If the material world survived, living in a large city, I could probably scavenge for non-perishable foods for quite some time.

  If it’s a nuclear wasteland and I’m fending off mutants, I guess it depends on how many caps and nuka-cola I can find.

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  • UncleBadTouch@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    19 years, 5 months, 21 days, 16 hours, and 23 minutes

    someone did the math

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• Donebrach@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Indefinitely. Just punch a tree; punch a sheep; punch a rock. Y’all so lazy these days.

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• Matriks404@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In complete isolation I think a lot of people (including me) would probably kill ourselves just after few months. We all need at least some social interaction to stay with healthy mind.

  Aside from that, what the hell is even the point of living if you are the only person left?

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  • zaph@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Aside from that, what the hell is even the point of living if you are the only person left?

    Visiting museums naked? Cmon dog

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    • deafboy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Just when you think the “last person on earth” fantasy has been fully explored!

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  • Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Plenty of time to read.

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    • T156@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Until you tread on your eyeglasses.

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  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m assuming my dog would still be alive. So I’d just go on adventures with him.

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  • sxan@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    OMG, so many things would improve!

    OK, healthcare is an issue. But if only humans disappeared? There’s so much canned and freeze dried food; I could probably live off a single REI for a couple of years. Pharmacies to be raided, although I’d have to find an old-school reference for drugs, uses, and dosages. Hell, I’d spend a couple of years just outfitting a survivalist cabin near Yosemite or Frank Church Wilderness, and then a couple more backpacking out of the cabin, returning only for provisions.

    I’ve lived without prior before; it’s not that hard. I know there would be psychological challenges, but the physical ones really do compensate quite a bit.

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• BugleFingers@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I suppose it really depends on why I’m the last person on earth. If it was nuclear fallout, I’d probably be dead pretty quick.

  If we’re under the assumption that everybody just poofed away and I’m the last person, absolutely a few months minimum. I’m within easy walking distance of some stores that have plethora of canned and preserved foods and liquids. I also know some places that already have full solar infrastructure already integrated.

  All that being said, I’d probably off myself. I’m fairly non-social to begin with but I’d still be unhappy never being able to communicate with anyone ever again on top of major resource struggles in the future. Never find a partner, probably not even a domesticated pet as they’d all likely die within a week or so if I don’t prioritize that. Sounds incredibly sad and lonely

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• Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Round about a day or two. I’d likely make an oopsie while letting the zoo animals out and get myself slaughtered.

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• retrieval4558@mander.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Probably depends on how everyone else disappeared

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• AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  On the pro side, I live in southern California where I’m not going to have problems surviving the weather, even without electricity. I don’t get bored easily, I like to read, and I’d probably entertain myself exploring. As others mentioned, food probably is not an issue, though I’d have to make sure I got the right combination of proteins and amino acids once meat wasn’t available (or bring myself to hunt).

  On the con side, I’m in my early 60s and, though I’m reasonably healthy, it’s only going to be so long before I have some health condition that, if nothing else, makes it hard for me to go out and about for food.

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  • Pilferjinx@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The only issue I’d have is mental health. Pets can only ease the need for social needs to a certain extent.

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    • AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would miss my wife and kids horribly, but I’m one of those folks who always feels kind of alone, even when around other people, so I think I’d be okay.

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• loomi@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Probably until my first paper cut and infection after all the antibiotic starts to expire, it’s likely game over some time soon after.

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  • MonkRome@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You are way overestimating how often antibiotics are needed. I’ve used them once in my life and it was only a precaution, probably not needed. People who get antibiotics for every little thing are largely responsible for their loss in effectiveness.

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    • loomi@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t disagree with you. Antibiotic overuse is a real problem. I’ve had surgeries without needing antibiotics afterwards. I try very hard not to rely on antibiotics but have allergies and shitty sinuses. I had an on and off sinus infection I couldn’t clear for something like 9 months. Used every trick in the book and I’d think I’d finally cleared it all, but no.

      Happy that you seem more healthy overall than me. Good fortune for you.

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  • Pixel@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How often do you take antibiotics now?

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    • loomi@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      As infrequently as possible. Maybe a year ago last time for a sinus infection I couldn’t clear on my own.

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• Icalasari@fedia.io ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Depends on what happened to the world, what resources I have, time of year, etc.

  Assuming decent conditions and luck (nothing saving you from a severe infection gotten because wrong place wrong time), likely a fair few decades. I have a lot of survival knowledge, both theory and practical - and I refresh myself on a regular basis

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• venoft@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Probably until I get sick or die of old age.

  I’ll probably do things like ransack my local library for book like the SAS handbook, plant identification, etc to bring with me, hijack a truck that’s already ready to go, load all useful stuff including a small backup car/motorbike and head for the sub-tropics somewhere to a forest next to a city.

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  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just make sure you do it fast and remember that, contrary to what walking dead would have you believe, gasoline goes bad.

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    • FenrirIII@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Solar chargers are great, but I couldn’t imagine a portable one being any good for use with an EV. Gas would probably be the best bet for long-distance or hauling.

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• SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  By playing beatbox music and making everyone stay away from me while I grew corn and ate it slowly in front of them while they watched me cautiously from a distance.

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  • SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I misread the question.

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    • the_stat_man@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m intrigued. What question did you answer?

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  • SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    By everyone, I mean nonhumans (nonhuman animals).

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• MyNamesNotRobert@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Most of my problems are caused by other people being evil. I’d take being the last person on earth over that any day.

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• VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Probably not for long. I’m on immune suppression medication, if it’s a post apocalypse then I’ll die from infection and if I somehow survive that then my ulcerative colitis will do it for me when it flares up.

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  • tristan@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Similar boat, I would last about 4-8 days without medical intervention (dialysis and other regular treatments I need)

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• satanmat@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  After getting over the urge to kill my self…

  Longer then one would expect

  Most of us don’t have or are only kinda aware of real survival skills. - farming, hunting, fishing — okay there’s your food

  Next thing is shelter and clothing- are the people just gone? Or is shit really messed up?

  • you can get good clothes and if housing is still standing you’ll be fine for a long time.

  Holding out hope that there are any other survivors would help you go on, I believe as you’d want to find them.

  So yes there are no numbers, but if you’re in a good place mentally. You can survive a long time

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  • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not even necessarily hunting/farming, it’s being able to safely preserve it and survive a winter without starving or botulism.

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    • KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you can boil water, you can can. Jars are reusable. Lids will be your most scarce commodity after a while (you shouldn’t reuse the lids after they have been under pressure). Build a little smokehouse and you can preserve your meat.

      I don’t even worry about downloading how to’s. There are libraries and book stores that have this information that isn’t dependent on any kind of electrical device to access it. These sites probably won’t be high priority scavenge sites to the average survivor either.

      Winter meals will be mostly canned veggies, bread, and beans for protein. Salt or smoke cured meats infrequently. You’ll learn to trap small game or hunt deer. Surviving will be a lot of work but it’s totally with reach of anyone who can camp or is crafty/handy.

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• bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  About a week until I couldn’t even stand up anymore due to Long COVID.

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• pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If I were the last person on earth, I’d probably kill myself pretty quickly

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• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I could survive the rest of my life.

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  • Darkenfolk@dormi.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I actually think that boredom wouldn’t be that much of an issue though, most of your days will be filled with scavenging, foraging and in a later stage farming.

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    • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      All work and no play…

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• DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  About as long as content servers stayed up before I went crazy from boredom.

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  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    After the internet fails, you’d quickly learn how valuable the public library is. They have lots of disc based games for Xbox and Playstation meaning no internet required. Lots of movies on DVD and Bluray, and still pretty good collections of music on CDs.

    The smallest public library also probably has more books than you could read in your entire lifetime.

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    • agent_flounder@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “Time Enough at Last”

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    • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      For the majority of disc-based media, any large atore would do the job too if we’re talking post apocalypse situations but a lot of games these days are absolutely crapfests without the plethora of updates. As for servers, I did specifically mean places to download from, not stream. I’d already be downloading every film amd TV show I could think of I might like or have already seen and think I’d like to rewatch someday.

      That said, the internet is also my means of satisfying my social needs since all of my friends live in different countries. Without that and them, the dire loneliness sets in real quick like.

      And libraries have a lot of books, I agree and I already enjoy reading but I have relatively niche tastes that would likely only be catered to by large libraries so the vast majority of a small library’s collection would be worthless to me. I know the end of the world is more a “any port in a storm” kind of situation but if I’m just running down the clock before the last human alive becomes the last human to have lived, I’m not really looking to pad that time out by reading How to Win Friends and Influence People or 15 different DIY books.

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• delicious_justice@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Something completely unforeseeable would off me within the first six months, is my guess. That tiny hangnail that breaks some skin which leads to an infection would be my demise. Assuming I didn’t have access to antiseptic, antibiotics, and the like.

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  • jmbreuer@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well, I’d guess no one would keep you from going “shopping” at the nearest pharmacy.

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    • delicious_justice@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      True! But with my luck this would all happen whilst camping in the wilds.

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• UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think I would try everything to launch myself into space. I know it’s most likely impossible, but fuck it imma die anyway

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• masquenox@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  At least three days, I reckon. No water infrastructure workers here means no water around these parts - period.

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• stanleytweedle@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Until I finished eating the second to last person.

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• njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A month tops

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• Lath@kbin.earth ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Long enough to teach some monkeys how to make fire.

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• Boop2133@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Id probably get a fast car or bike and speed and end up crashing and dying or something

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  • deafboy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why crash a car when you can crash a plane? I always considered this to be my final quest in this kind of scenario. Learn to fly a plane as big as possible. Then probably get lost and crash while looking for an airport.

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• andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Considering the number of nuclear power plants that would explode without someone to take care of them. Not long after the one about 45 minutes from my house goes up. It would be a painful death. Even if I somehow survived that, there would be LOT of radiation that would be put into the environment. Yeah I’d die pretty quick from radiation poisoning.

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  • bob_omb_battlefield@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t think they work like that…

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    • andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They need heavy water. After a while the heavy water would boil away / evaporate.

      That would leave the rods exposed. Of everything I’ve been told there is a very loud bang at that point.

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• HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Probably about 5 years. I’d have to teach myself how to live in the rough by then and I don’t think I could learn everything.

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