Or just an apocalypse in general.

  • discocactus@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    You can easily go without food for a month. So. At least weeks. And if you play it right, with a few fish, some backpacker meals, a bag of rice, and seeds to start growing greens, beans, and corn, you’d be fine for a long time.

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      9 days ago

      That’s just not true.

      Yes, its possible for an adult to not die for a month or so with no food in the right circumstances.

      However, your physical and cognitive abilities are severely limited. You’re definitely not going to be fighting off other groups or zombies if you haven’t eaten for a week.

      If the supply chain is interrupted anywhere you can think of to catch a couple of fish is going to be overrun with desperate idiots trying to survive on a bag of rice.

      Growing beans and corn is non-trivial. You need good soil and fresh water and fertiliser. Anywhere you can catch a fish, get clean fresh water, and grow something within a few hundred metres is going to be very, very desirable property.

      Farms are already set up with all this stuff but they already have a resident with weapons. However, a lone farmer can’t defend his livestock and would need to enlist workers.

      • a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.caOP
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        9 days ago

        Farms are already set up with all this stuff but they already have a resident with weapons. However, a lone farmer can’t defend his livestock and would need to enlist workers.

        In the walking dead they managed to defend against intruders by taking shelter inside a prison. Not sure if this would be a viable strategy or not but it made for interesting TV