Have you ever thought about what will happen if there was an alien attack, a zombie outbreak, or any other end of the world as we know it catastrophe? Keeping with current trends, I like to think I'm well versed in TV shows, movies, and books with post-apocalyptic themes. As I dive into each of these worlds. Watching how the characters overcome these new worlds as they learn the old ways may not keep them alive or safe, I began to wonder. What if this happened to us? What if one day all the power goes out, or zombies start to roam the streets? Would I be one of the survivors? How many days would I last without the comforts I've come to rely every day? Take for instants, I wear glasses. It's something that as an adult I've just come to live with and depend on. As a child, (I started wearing glasses at the tender age of 2) I was picked on for my poor eyesight and couldn't wait to be responsible enough (in my parents' eyes) to wear contacts. I, for one, now take for granted how easy it is to wake up in the morning, put my glasses on, and then sometime before leaving the house put my contacts in. But what if in the middle of this post-apocalyptic world (when I've already run out of my disposable contacts) I break my glasses? I would be so freaking screwed! I don't dare walk more than two feet without my glasses on now. Who knows what the heck I may walk into or step on. How in the world would I be able to outrun a zombie (that is if I even knew the zombie was coming after me)? What if there were holes in the ground and I didn't see them? Would the other survivors stay with me and try and guide me? Or would they ditch me the first chance they had? It's not like any ole' pair of glasses would work. I couldn't just pick up some random pair laying on the side of the road and voila I can see again. And the headaches! Ugh, for those of you who wear glasses and have had for some reason to go without them for a long period of time or were in the process of adjusting to a new pair, you know what I'm talking about. So, not only would I be unable to see, but my head would be beating like a drum the entire time. It's giving me a headache just thinking about it!
The other day at work, the lens to my glasses popped out. I had a panic-attack! I rushed away, knowing that if I couldn't put the lens back in I would have to leave work. Then I worried about how I was going to drive anywhere to get the lens put back in correctly. Thankfully I found a small screwdriver and the small screw was still in the frame. I didn't get the lens back in there all the way and after almost 30 minutes of trying to see and make sure I didn't lose the stupid little screw, I was able to return to work. I have to say, I still didn't put the lens in right and walked around the rest of the day not only with a headache, but I was kind of listing to the side too! Very long day.
This leads me to believe, with the knowledge of what to do in a post-apocalyptic era, I'd like to give myself a 95% survival rate.
However, breaking my glasses in a post-apocalyptic era, my survival rate would drop down to a 2%. And that's being hopeful!
It makes me wonder if it would be half crazy for me to start stockpiling my old glasses (the ones I haven't broken already) and store them in a chest or something else that would be easy for me to tote, say I needed to run from an alien.
Have you thought about this? What if you were stranded on an island, is there one thing that you can't live without? Is there one thing that you would be willing to drag with you when some creature chased you? Top on my list would be my glasses. There are a few other things, but that'll have to be for a later discussion.
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