Is there an Apocalypse that you wouldn't try to survive?

[PsychicTaco115]

I'd try to live through any apocalypse.

Why? Because I think no matter what the circumstances are, things can get better.

*Waves fist at air* Come at me, Universe!

And to quote a great man...

 

[TheScientificIssole]

if the silent hill curse was too somehow spread, i would just kill myself

Sucks for you, I'm a terrible enough person that I would survive.
OT: I guess... Well... UR MOMS APOKALIPS!

 

[doublenix]

The Juggalocalypse.

Seriously, in a world plagued with Juggaloes, I choose the coward's way out.

Before I read this, I thought I'd try my hand at any apocalypse, but this one would be too much to deal with. I live in the Detroit area, so sadly, I know how much Juggaloes really do suck.

 

[DevilWithaHalo]

The Rapture. If that shit actually did turn out to be true, I'd want my very existence to simply cease.

 

[hermes]

I don't think I would survive any kind of apocalypse... I don't have many survival skills, so anything that gets most of the human population will likely get me among the first.

I wouldn't try to fight an alien invasion, we'd have no chance.

Who says the aliens are aggressive or more advanced? They might have space flight but no weapons...

If they are capable of getting to our planet than they are significantly more advanced than we are and likely possess knowledge we can't even begin to imagine. There would be few reasons to visit our inferior planet other than gathering resources, which we certainly wouldn't share.

Plus the topic does say "Apocalypse" so it's really just based off of that.

Not really, there are several sci-fi stories about aliens that advanced one way of the "technology tree" different than us, which allowed them to have space travel but relatively little warfare technology. It would be like us trying to fight colonial martians.

Also, there is the example of War of the Worlds. All the good weapons, but they didn't invented antibiotics.

 

[Lamp Salesman]

There is literally nothing I wouldn't try to survive. To hell with going down gracefully, I'm fighting tooth and nail to the bitter end. Given that all evidence points to this being the only life we're ever going to get, I'm sure as hell not parting with it willingly.

 

[Lamp Salesman]

There is literally nothing I wouldn't try to survive. To hell with going down gracefully, I'm fighting tooth and nail to the bitter end. Given that all evidence points to this being the only life we're ever going to get, I'm sure as hell not parting with it willingly.

 

[SamuelT]

There was one SCP-related apocalypse that I wouldn't want to survive. The entire planet had been overgrown by a grey-ish mold, and the entire surface was covered with dead bodies. The mold grew on, and in, these bodies. After a minute of observing, you could see the bodies slowly expanding and shrinking. They were all still breathing, collectively.

This would be an apocalypse I wouldn't want to live in, seeing as it was a scenario in which people were still alive after succumbing to it. And suffered afterward.

 

[Imthatguy]

I wouldn't try to fight an alien invasion, we'd have no chance.

Who says the aliens are aggressive or more advanced? They might have space flight but no weapons...

If they are capable of getting to our planet than they are significantly more advanced than we are and likely possess knowledge we can't even begin to imagine. There would be few reasons to visit our inferior planet other than gathering resources, which we certainly wouldn't share.

Plus the topic does say "Apocalypse" so it's really just based off of that.

There is no reason to use our pathetic little planet when the stuff without a gravity well (Asteroid belt, Oort Cloud, Kuiper belt, Gas Giant rings and moons [and that is just the stuff in our pathetic backwater Sol system]) is more assessable, you don't have to worry about the civilians back home condemning the genocide of an intelligent race, them fighting back (however fruitless it may be) or a biosphere containing organisms you have no immune-defense against.

Alien invasions exist only in fiction my friend.

 

[malestrithe]

Since I would be the 95 percent that would die, Meteor Impact would be the one Apocalypse I would not try to survive. Instead, I would be too busy hitting on everything that moves. I would try to have as much meaningless sex as I possibly can.

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

There was one SCP-related apocalypse that I wouldn't want to survive. The entire planet had been overgrown by a grey-ish mold, and the entire surface was covered with dead bodies. The mold grew on, and in, these bodies. After a minute of observing, you could see the bodies slowly expanding and shrinking. They were all still breathing, collectively.

This would be an apocalypse I wouldn't want to live in, seeing as it was a scenario in which people were still alive after succumbing to it. And suffered afterward.

Holy shit, you might have just won...

 

[Agayek]

You can't shoot an asteroid in the head. Being quiet won't keep a tsunami from claiming you. Pandemic, nuclear war, eventual robot uprising (Fun fact, The Brits already made skynet [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6434773.stm]. Forum British subjects are now not allowed to complain about anything any other country does ever), etc...

To be fair, that's only a communications satellite. Saying it's Skynet is kinda like saying H30 is a nuclear bomb.

What you should really be worried about is the Japanese company Cyber [http://www.cyberdyne.jp/english/]dyne [http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Cyberdyne_Systems], seeing as they actually manufacture robotic exoskeletons. It's not at all a stretch for them to eventually go from this:

To this:

what event would make you think it's all pointless and make you give up, taking the 'easy' way out or just letting the event take you?

OT: I don't know if I'd ever intentionally "give up", but I certainly wouldn't do very well in almost any apocalyptic scenario. The only "standard" apocalypse scenario I'd be able to survive is the Fallout kind (assuming I survive the initial explosions). Any situation that involves something actively trying to kill me though means I am already dead.

 

[Swyftstar]

Mass deaths by Snu Snu.
I wouldn't fight it, we all have to go sometime.

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

To be fair, that's only a communications satellite. Saying it's Skynet is kinda like saying H30 is a nuclear bomb.

Fair? When does fair enter into it? This forum is famous for the across the pond bashing for overblown ideals. I want my turn! *pouts*

 

[Misterian]

Global Warming floods

Because most everything would be underwater aside from any survivors with the good fortune to be on a boat.

Anyone else here thinks that would ruin all the survivalist fun that comes with living through the aftermath of the other apocalypses (like Zombie outbreak or nuclear warfare?)?

 

[Kargathia]

Asteroid impact in 3...2..-Ahhh, shi-...(muffled explosion)

The (somewhat) more realistic scenario. 90% of the earth's population dying to a random plot device has a decent (9 out of 10 to be precise) chance of including you.

 

[Agayek]

Fair? When does fair enter into it? This forum is famous for the across the pond bashing for overblown ideals. I want my turn! *pouts*

True enough, I'll give you that one. Just be sure to watch out for Cyberdyne Inc as well.

 

[smearyllama]

When the sharks row wheels and take to the roads, consuming everything in their paths, I would consider giving up, but I think I could manage. Of course, it'd be hard, but think of how awesome awesome a The Road Warrior-style car-based battle on a highway.