Look up the story of 17th-century castaway Phillip Quarll.
After several years alone on an island in the Pacific, although it had an abundant monkey population. Then one day a ship passed by and landed on the shore.Quarll opted to remain alone on the island for the rest of his days, assured the captain that he was of sound mind even while choosing such a fate, to prove it handed him his own story in writing, I suppose there was paper and ink that had survived the shipwreck.
Quarll cooked a meal for the captain, using only ingredients he had been using for years on the island; the captain later described the meal as exquisite in its’ simplicity and harmony, at one with nature.
In his experiences, Quarll had been changed profoundly. Originally quite a drunk hellraiser back in England, he had found an inner peace, and did not see the value of himself returning to civilization and society.
Even if it was a work of fiction (as corrected in the replies) it was an interesting read. Thanks for the post and here’s a tiny upvote
I took your advice and looked it up. It seems to be a work of fiction, originally published as “The Hermit” https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100322754
No one is born cool, except people that check sources
Plot twist: the beacon was the only thing keeping the flesh-eating cave bears dormant.
To be entirely fair, most bears are usually of the flesh-eating kind.
Yeah, that’s like saying the bear bears.
Some exceptions: Panda bears and koala bears and teddy bears and Gary the big, hairy, gay vegan.
“Panda bears” annoys me because they weren’t classified as bears for a while and my brain is stuck on that. However without the “bears”, “panda(s)” needs to be preceded by “giant” in order to distinguish from red pandas, which are not bears.
“Koala bears”, however is 100% wrong. They’re just koalas. They look like teddy bears though, which explains the confusion.
And finally, teddy bears. What would we call them if former US president Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt hadn’t been associated with them? Would they be as popular as they are?
“Toy bears” sounds reasonable until you realise that a “toy poodle” is a flesh-and-blood
abominationcreature.What’s the deal with nightgowns called teddies being named after a man called Theodore Bear? That’s not a joke. How did this happen?
And why the f–k is Gary wearing one?
Gary isn’t wearing one. He’s wearing a pineapple leather harness.
WHAAA— I thought they just ate honey and, I dunno, graham crackers or something. I’ll never look at those cute lil teddy bears the same.
It’s pretty well documented that bears survive mainly on the contents of picnic baskets
Pic-er-nic baskets, specifically.
Only the smarter than average ones.
Ohhhhhhh! You meant teddy bears. They aren’t flesh-eating, it turns out, but they will drink the fluids from your body like drinking a Capri Sun without a straw. Good times.
(chuckles) I’m in danger.
We also suffered untill amounts Of illnesses and pain due to a variety of diseases and parasites, one will die within two years due to a paper cut that got infected, the other will die from hunger long before that.
But other than that its great!
Look, if nature wants me to die from a random snake bite, then so be it. I am free.
Are you free this evening?
I’d rather be alive, thank you very much
You’d rather be a living slave than die free? That’s certainly a choice… not the right choice, but one nevertheless.
Ah yes, my shackles to the prison of checks notes not dying to preventable disease…?
Local capitalist can’t think. More non-news at 11.
A capitalist is one who lives off their capital. I doubt you’ll find many of them on Lemmy or anywhere really, as their numbers are extremely low compared to the working rest of humanity.
Oh, jeez, I forgot that page in the Communist Manifesto where Carlos Marcos said: “SOCIALISM IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH MODERN MEDICINE. COMMUNISM IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH CIVILIZATION.”
This just in: capitalism is the only system in which people don’t die of preventable disease
More “seriously, what the fuck is this argument” whenever this genius replies
How did your country’s education fail you this badly? You have the reading comprehension of a recently alphabetized child.
Man, they really hate us being in on the premise of the comic.
While this is very much possible, there defintly are also accounts of people living in wildness for decades. Just look up “Japanese holdout”.
Yeah it’s possible to live in the wild, because that’s how people lived for a million years. Just there’s a significant probability you won’t.
It didn’t work anyway.
It’s appropriate that this post comes from the site sh.itjust.works.
Two weeks later he died of appendicitis.
Dang, that’s crazy. Wait, no, that could definitely happen today in the US. Even if cost is not an issue, I could see many people waiting it out or delaying action (until it ruptures) for various reasons especially if they have no idea what the pain could be.
I’d rather have that over sitting in traffic driving to a soul devouring corporate job due to RTO
As if you would have a sound sleep and full belly every day stuck on an island for your very short existence.
The universe gives me what I need regardless of where I am.
No you wouldn’t.
Of course I would. One is living, the other is merely existing.
Did you miss the part about dying of appendicitis? It was literally one sentence.
If your thesis is “I would rather be dead than RTO and have my soul devoured,” well, I have some sympathy for that point of view. But what you actually said is “One is living,” and actually no, one is very much not living.
Right. And I would trade that existence, with the prior 2 years of living, for the other scenario that I mentioned.
Why the fuck are you on Lemmy then? Go build a canoe, try to row to a deserted island, then sink and die in a storm. Live free, friend!
I already live free, but thanks! Hopefully, you can at some point as well my friend.
There are islands out there. If you truly think you would prefer that life you can just… go do it.
You don’t even need an island. You could wander off into the jungle of Vietnam and never hear from society again.
Ha…actually, we already are. we retired last year and are moving to a very rural location in another country this year.
sure, people fantasize about this and the few people who actually do it realize that they do need some modern infrastructure for bare minimum survival. It’s really difficult to live off the land in the middle of nowhere in a hostile jungle. we have spent centuries progressing to modern civilization and yes we have gone too far, but we do need some modern amenities to ensure basic comfort and basic needs are met.
Guess we know a future opponent of Naked and Afraid. See you on Dicovery TV.
May I remind you all of Mr. Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov, who was known for a successful
Self-appendectomy while stationed at a remote research station in Antarctica
?
Jesus Christ that guy got balls of steel… And no appendix anymore.
I think this would have gone quite differently in the Tropics, since I expect Antarctica to have quite a few less bacteria that could have infected the wound. Still hardcore, though.
That’s Dr. Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov, but to be fair he did get his MD 5 years after that antarctic expedition.
He was a Dr. indeed! And what a doctor.
wow, he operated on himself BEFORE he became a doctor?
Bro just said “wait, that was kind of easy?”
Right, meanwhile I wouldn’t know the first thing to do, I don’t even know where the appendix is, and dig into myself with a scalpel? What could go wrong? So many things could go wrong. I have no idea what I’m doing down there.
Sure but considering help hadn’t arrived in 2 years, I don’t think another 2 weeks with a working beacon would’ve changed anything.
They crashed their flying saucer.
Can someone please explain this one to me?
I’m a bit dense and don’t get it.
People missing the fact this comic is using humor and hyperbole to make a point about the things that make us miserable.
Or maybe people make themselves miserable because they don’t realize that there’s nothing really stopping them from doing all the things listed in the comic could be done in the comfort of their home.
Well I suppose to do hunting you’d have to leave your house, but I think it’s something that’s far more enjoyable if you don’t have to worry about starving if you fail.
The real joke is people so far removed from nature they don’t have a concept of how harsh it is,
I think the idea is that their life on this island is more enjoyable than their previous life. So they decide they want to stay there after all. Which honestly is understandable on an emotional level sometimes but realistically they would be dead after a few weeks from unclean water, wildlife, infection, illness, etc
Yeah, I get wanting to unplug and get away, but the first serious illness or injury will have them wishing they still had a way to call for help.
I don’t think that the beacon works that way. The way I interpreted the comic the beacon has been active for the two years and still no help arrived.
Destroying it doesn’t really change anything, most likely it wasn’t working anyhow because otherwise you aren’t stranded for two years. It might just make it easier to accept rescue isn’t coming. And doing it voluntary because you prefer the lifestyle could be good moral boost.
But yes, if you are voluntary on an island you want means to contact help. What Masafumi Nagasaki did sounds pretty sweet sometimes. Living naked and alone on an island just getting groceries every few weeks for 30 years.
Even beyond that, I think this sentiment is easy to get into from the comfort of climate controlled, weatherproof structures, with abundant food that doesn’t require months of forethought and planning to farm or energy expenditure to hunt or gather. I’d love to chuck up materialism and peer pressure, but I’m firmly attached to the various infrastructures that make my life so comfortable.
I think the flush toilet is the unsung hero of modern civilization.
When my mom had to poop as a kid, she had to stand on two planks of wood and squat over a hole in the ground, out in the open. I love my toilet.
A hole dug in the ground and filled in after use
Natures flushing toilet
I mean if they’ve been there for two years I’m sure that means they’ve learned how to purify water at least to a drinkable state, but also, has the rescue beacon even been working.
I bet the dude never actually turned it on and has just pretended he did, playing the long game to get the lady to wanna spend time with him.
Reminds me of that romantic DS9 Ducat/Sisco episode
yeah, guys who use this pickup tactic on me win every time.
Or the comic was made by an incredibly sheltered individual who would get reality checked in a day in a survival situation.
Like that lady who killed herself, her sister, and her son because she thought you could just head into the woods and start banging rocks together or something.
…why does it have to be a predatory horror thriller? The comic has not even steered in the neighborhood of this
the faceless expression and monotonous repetitive response… they’re practically catatonic from all the distress and parasites
The punchline is a bit on the nose, so there’s not much “to get”.
You didn’t miss anything, it’s a terrible comic. It’s just saying the castaway wants to stay and the woman says yup 3 times in a row. The beacon is unexplained and makes no difference. There’s no point, no punch line, no depth, no dimension. It’s a small sentence about leaving material trappings that didn’t even need 3 panels, an island or a companion.
He says a thing, she’s say yup 3 times, they’re on an island…
