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Castaways
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Two weeks later he died of appendicitis.
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.
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
?
That's Dr. Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov, but to be fair he did get his MD 5 years after that antarctic expedition.
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.
He was a Dr. indeed! And what a doctor.
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.
Jesus Christ that guy got balls of steel... And no appendix anymore.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ~~abomination~~ creature.
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.
Yeah, that's like saying the bear bears.
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.
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
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
Can someone please explain this one to me?
I’m a bit dense and don’t get it.
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
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.
...why does it have to be a predatory horror thriller? The comic has not even steered in the neighborhood of this
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.
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.
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 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.
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…
People missing the fact this comic is using humor and hyperbole to make a point about the things that make us miserable.
The punchline is a bit on the nose, so there's not much "to get".
It's appropriate that this post comes from the site sh.itjust.works.
this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2024
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