• @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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    111 month 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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      71 month 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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        41 month 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.

        • @AA5B@lemmy.world
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          21 month ago

          But once you’ve figured out a way to store food and resources, then you’re a target. You can’t easily defend against bands of looters with tons of weapons and nothing to lose

    • Adderbox76
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      51 month ago

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