Survival?

tom · 20th-January-2009, 05:28 PM

How many of us would have been able to survive to our current age 2000 years ago?

No electricity.

Very little/no medicine or surgery.

Necessity for physical aptitude.

This should be nice and uplifting!

Anthile · 20th-January-2009, 06:01 PM

I guess life wouldn´t be very different. Mankind hasn´t much evolved in the last ten thousand years. That what we call civilization and culture, that is just knowledge passed on. Nothing special.

Well, I know pretty much about agriculture and botany. I know which plants are useful and I even know how to build a well. Maybe I would share my knowledge with other people but most likely I would just become an hermit.

Jordan~ · 20th-January-2009, 06:12 PM

16? I'd have managed, I imagine. I'm not sure if I'd live within the Roman Empire or not, that might be a little further south.

saffyangelis · 20th-January-2009, 06:29 PM

Roman empires had books. I'd pretend to be an eunnuch, and get a job as a scroll-copier outer person.

Inappropriate Behavior · 20th-January-2009, 08:42 PM

If I survived a sickly childhood, I'm sure I would have become a watchman on some frontier outpost for the glorious empire.

Barbarians at the gate!!

Ogion · 20th-January-2009, 08:53 PM

You could have defended against them by flinging poo...

I findn this question not really answerable. I mean, it would really depend on how i would come to be in that situation. Is it Now-Me gone to the past, is it Past-Me, born in that Age? To what circumstances...

Ogion

Luzian · 20th-January-2009, 10:34 PM

Maybe I'd get to see trees for firewood
Maybe I'd hunt
Maybe I'd grow my own food
Maybe I'd be a slave

Ermine · 20th-January-2009, 11:36 PM

I know I'd live, but I don't think I'd enjoy it mainly because I'm female, and you only have access to education and books if you're rich. All they'd expect of me is male heirs and good meals. They wouldn't appreciate me for anything else.

And I'd be married with a kid by now, probably. Scary thought...

loveofreason · 21st-January-2009, 12:19 AM

I'd be a well respected witch within my Celtic tribe. So long as we evaded the Romans I'd be fine.

As to survival in general I have the skills to produce food, fibre and shelter. I could do to refresh on herbal lore (basic medicine).

Jordan~ · 21st-January-2009, 12:23 AM

I'd probably become a druid. That might be fun. Or not, what with the bit where you get killed by the Romans, and all... Maybe I could become a Romanised Briton and live in a nice villa in the lowlands. I could call myself Iordanus Laurentius!

Vegard Pompey · 21st-January-2009, 02:35 PM

Are we referring to survival alone in a wilderness or in a primitive society? In the former case... I grew up in a forest so I can make a fire and fish and stuff like that, but I hope never to end up in such a situation. In the latter... A scholar. No doubt about it. If there were no books, I would write the first.

20th-January-2009, 05:28 PM	tom's time 20th-January-2009, 05:28 PM #1
tom sihadiya Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Far far away...in sunny surrey Posts: 325	Survival? How many of us would have been able to survive to our current age 2000 years ago? No electricity. Very little/no medicine or surgery. Necessity for physical aptitude. This should be nice and uplifting! __________________ I cannot be held responsible for unforeseen effects caused by my existence. This does not effect your statutory rights. Let them know that you realize...

20th-January-2009, 06:01 PM	Anthile's time 20th-January-2009, 07:01 PM #2
Anthile Nothing but contempt Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 4,014	Re: Survival? I guess life wouldn´t be very different. Mankind hasn´t much evolved in the last ten thousand years. That what we call civilization and culture, that is just knowledge passed on. Nothing special. Well, I know pretty much about agriculture and botany. I know which plants are useful and I even know how to build a well. Maybe I would share my knowledge with other people but most likely I would just become an hermit. __________________ "Good evening, gentlemen! Please pay attention. I am a reformed vampire, which is to say, I am a bundle of suppressed instincts held together with spit and coffee. It would be wrong to say that violent, tearing carnage does not come easily to me. It's not tearing your throats out that doesn't come easily to me. Please don't make it any harder." ~Maladict, Monstrous Regiment

20th-January-2009, 06:12 PM	Jordan~'s time 20th-January-2009, 06:12 PM #3
Jordan~ Resident Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Dundee, Scotland Posts: 1,967	Re: Survival? 16? I'd have managed, I imagine. I'm not sure if I'd live within the Roman Empire or not, that might be a little further south. __________________ "Sooner or later you'll bury your teeth" - Joanna Newsom, Monkey & Bear

20th-January-2009, 06:29 PM	saffyangelis's time 20th-January-2009, 06:29 PM #4
saffyangelis Bandwidth Angel Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: floating... Posts: 1,911	Re: Survival? Roman empires had books. I'd pretend to be an eunnuch, and get a job as a scroll-copier outer person. __________________ ❄.∙: ∞ :∙.❄.∙: ∞ :∙.❄ "The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."

20th-January-2009, 08:42 PM	Inappropriate Behavior's time 20th-January-2009, 03:42 PM #5
Inappropriate Behavior is peeing on the carpet Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Behind you, kicking you in the ass Posts: 3,659	Re: Survival? If I survived a sickly childhood, I'm sure I would have become a watchman on some frontier outpost for the glorious empire. Barbarians at the gate!! __________________ -------------------------------------- ^^I may very well be joking. You don't know and I'm not telling. Just remember it's possible.

20th-January-2009, 08:53 PM	Ogion's time 20th-January-2009, 09:53 PM #6
Ogion Paladin of Patience Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 2,310	Re: Survival? You could have defended against them by flinging poo... I findn this question not really answerable. I mean, it would really depend on how i would come to be in that situation. Is it Now-Me gone to the past, is it Past-Me, born in that Age? To what circumstances... Ogion __________________ "People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will loose both." - Benjamin Franklin "Enlightenment is man’s leaving his self-caused immaturity." - Immanuel Kant "The interests of an INTP would be enough to occupy him for several lifetimes if that were possible." "Lor and NoI are my heroes and I would do anything for them!" Truth, just....Truth. Oh and it will change your view on "Real Life" forever

20th-January-2009, 10:34 PM	Luzian's time 20th-January-2009, 05:34 PM #7
Luzian Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 421	Re: Survival? Maybe I'd get to see trees for firewood Maybe I'd hunt Maybe I'd grow my own food Maybe I'd be a slave

20th-January-2009, 11:36 PM	Ermine's time 20th-January-2009, 04:36 PM #8
Ermine is watching and taking notes Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: casually playing guitar in my mental arena Posts: 2,878	Re: Survival? I know I'd live, but I don't think I'd enjoy it mainly because I'm female, and you only have access to education and books if you're rich. All they'd expect of me is male heirs and good meals. They wouldn't appreciate me for anything else. And I'd be married with a kid by now, probably. Scary thought... __________________

21st-January-2009, 12:19 AM	loveofreason's time 21st-January-2009, 10:19 AM #9
loveofreason polymorph Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 5,373	Re: Survival? I'd be a well respected witch within my Celtic tribe. So long as we evaded the Romans I'd be fine. As to survival in general I have the skills to produce food, fibre and shelter. I could do to refresh on herbal lore (basic medicine). __________________ Traveller, there are no roads. Roads are made by traveling. spanish proverb. Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. Between the two, my life flows. Nisargadatta Maharaj.

21st-January-2009, 12:23 AM	Jordan~'s time 21st-January-2009, 12:23 AM #10
Jordan~ Resident Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Dundee, Scotland Posts: 1,967	Re: Survival? I'd probably become a druid. That might be fun. Or not, what with the bit where you get killed by the Romans, and all... Maybe I could become a Romanised Briton and live in a nice villa in the lowlands. I could call myself Iordanus Laurentius! __________________ "Sooner or later you'll bury your teeth" - Joanna Newsom, Monkey & Bear

21st-January-2009, 02:35 PM	Vegard Pompey's time 21st-January-2009, 03:35 PM #11
Vegard Pompey Infinite Dreamer Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: a sinking ship Posts: 588	Re: Survival? Are we referring to survival alone in a wilderness or in a primitive society? In the former case... I grew up in a forest so I can make a fire and fish and stuff like that, but I hope never to end up in such a situation. In the latter... A scholar. No doubt about it. If there were no books, I would write the first. __________________

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