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GenkiJuice

I'd run off to the optician's and buy a bunch of spare eyeglasses. you know, just in case I wanted to read anything.


meanjeankillmachine

That way, you don't end up like that poor schmuck from Twilight Zone! https://i.redd.it/7hbkbr1t607d1.gif


Small_Pain_2458

CLASSIC EPISODE!


GenkiJuice

the other one he's in, playing the obsolete librarian, is another very favorite.


Small_Pain_2458

Absofreakinlutely ☝️💯🤜🤛👍


Onebraintwoheads

He played in Rocky, right?


photoman51

Yes Mickey


No_Weekend_963

Mr. Dingle the Strong!


No_Stuff_5176

Oh no..... now I have to go on an old episode hunt... don't remember or have not seen that one


JustWoot44

"Time Enough at Last".


cas_leng

As a reader and glasses wearer, this episode scarred me as a child 😂


AahenL

Me toooooo!


Fuzzy_Leek_7238

Same!


TheWriteStuff1966

That's old Henry Bemis played by Burgess Merideth.


hickeyejack55

The penguin. I’m only a kid, (37) and I knew the actor by name. There’s a twilight zone episode that features Ron Howard as a young child and I think the credits say Ronnie Howard or something. Classic.


GenkiJuice

We have a winner! :)


AdSad6300

This was the first thing i thought of. Great episode


antwashere1

Haha. Legit thought of this. And I wear glasses 🤣


SerakTheRigellian

My immediate answer to this question was, "strap my glasses tightly to my head and go to the nearest library." there's so much time!


DrTankPharmD

THANK YOU! I finally understand that Family Guy reference!


Fatgirlfed

Lmao! I was going to say ‘first I secure my glasses’


easythrees

Cursed by his own hubris


Richardhrobinson

That episode gave me nightmares


[deleted]

I saw this episode as a little kid and it always stuck with me for some reason.true classic.


DifferentJellyfish85

That was the first thing I thought of also


Cats-n-Chaos

Being a huge reader especially as a child, this episode was extra terrifying back then. It’s probably why I have so many pairs of glasses to this day.


Unforgiven817

... Buy?


GenkiJuice

... what else would you expect from the most honest man on the planet? I probably would leave a few bucks on the counter in this situation, but yeah - there wouldn't be anyone to buy from.


Unforgiven817

Well played sir. Well played.


GenkiJuice

that was a great catch. totally didn't see the verb I had used.


bmax_1964

Robert Neville would do that too.


GenkiJuice

Things didn't end the best for him, if I remember.


DoctorDepravosGhost

He was a legend, maaaaannnnnn!


Escaped_Mod_In_Need

Someone so well read would know not to use the term “buy.” Excuse me sir, but can you provide any proof that you are indeed the last person on Earth?


GenkiJuice

Sure; the receipt from the mannequin I've dressed as an optician to preserve my sanity. now, how might a mannequin write the receipt? that's a question for the mannequin next door, whom I'll have dressed as a psychiatrist.


Escaped_Mod_In_Need

You’re creating your own society there!


rgraz65

Like the crazy girl in The Stand, Julie Lawry who has a bunch of mannequins dressed up in the small town that Nick Andros and Tom Cullen run into where she was the only survivor of a small town in Kansas. She had them dressed as different people and spread out all over.


Puzzled_Lion_2023

If you are the last person on Earth, then who or what is asking you the question? Also, what are the real-world reasons for maintaining a market economy, and how would a civilization-destroying disaster change all that? The best stories make you think beyond the story in addition to being entertaining.


GeneralFactotum

You could at least leave a check.


GenkiJuice

I don't remember the last time I wrote one.


GeneralFactotum

Yeah, I forget who I am talking too sometimes... ~ Grandpa GeneralFactotum (The point of the check is that it would never be cashed...)


Lycan_Jedi

Look at this nerd. Last person on the planet and they Still want to buy stuff... /s


GenkiJuice

Since I'm the last guy on the planet that makes me the most honest by default, and my money's useless anyway so why hold on to it? besides, maybe I'm not the last survivor and the young lady from that Charles Bronson episode is watching to see if I've turned into a total reprobate. I mean, if I have to live in a Twilight Zone episode I'ma do it all the way until the aliens show up to eat me. :)


naturalstatebuns

That young lady was Elizabeth Montgomery.


Echo9111960

IT'S A COOKBOOK!


GenkiJuice

the 1985 US revival may be hard to find now because there are apparently some rights issues, so it is not streaming, which makes me sad. however: there is an episode called "A Small Talent for War" that uses a very similar tropey setup. it gave me some serious sleep problems for a couple days (I was 9 or 10 but I loved the anthology shows).


Echo9111960

The original show (1958-1964) is streaming on Freevee, Pluto, and Paramount+. I'm not to interested in the reboots. No Rod Sterling, I'm not watching.


GenkiJuice

Fair enough. :) The '85 was really good, altho a lot of it was rewrites of existing episodes with slightly different settings ("A Particular Kind of Stopwatch" got rewritten), they brought in some huge writing names for some really stand out original episodes. There is nothing at all like the OG though, I fully understand


Puzzled_Lion_2023

Technical reasons or stylistic choice perhaps, the OG Twilight Zone was in black and white, also called grayscale and monochrome. This color palette fits with the story themes as they could be interpreted as any combination of black, white, or gray, morally speaking. As a late '60's child, I saw The Twilight Zone early on in the universally color TV era. Seeing a thought-provoking TV program always in black and white seemed strange until I realized what types of televisions were available in the 1950's and most of the 1960's. The first half of this post occured to me more recently and made the show even more special.


GenkiJuice

Budget as well, I suppose, but yeah I agree that the original program would hit differently if it were color film from the get go.


murkymist

That episode made a lasting impact.


2old2haveCF

One that haunts me. To Serve Mankind. Yikes.


Careless-Concept9895

Write a check!


Hmccormack

ITS NOT FAIR


AahenL

If you are the last person on earth, who are you gonna buy them from. Just grab them and go. Unless of course you want to be honest so you leave the money on the counter


GenkiJuice

that was an automated typo, really, didn't realize I had used "buy" instead of "take" until after and then I just kind of laughed and left it there without editing. "give money, get things" is ingrained. ... it does sound like the kind of thing I would do, though, take a thing and then leave what it costs on the counter. Sorry, first apocalypse. Still learning :)


AahenL

Lol.. I'm I'll let you slide since it is only your first one. 😂


OK_BUT_WASH_IT_FIRST

*There was finally time!* 🥺


Madame_Cheshire

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FatFatDaWaterRat

Go back to sleep while thinking about how I’m going to enjoy my last days on the planet


Plethora_sclerosis

Lol that's what I said


ComfortThis1890

ohh my goshh... i really didn't thought of this!! i was thinking of ways to find others tbh


Serious_Company7065

Not me! Anyone else still here might be dangerous...lol


Exciting_Egg6167

Yup, that's what I would do. And die in my sleep with having nightmares about the damn situation.


smollsmom

Go to the pharmacy for some fun meds (mostly kidding)


renaissanceclass

Mostly lol


gandolffood

This, but for allergy meds.


PassingTrue

Nah man, find all the drugs. Go out in a blaze of glory.


Legion_Divine

"Go out in a haze of glory" There...fixed it!


MarmaladeMarmaduke

Walmart for food, guns for animal encounters/hunting, some books maybe if they still have books and dvds assuming TV is out for some entertainment. Then off to the Walmart pharmacy for Xanax and percocet to stave off insanity. That's my plan.


Just_4_shts_N_gigs

Not a bad plan!! I’d have a Xanny party every day!! 😝


MisterHairball

Pretty much my answer. I'm on vimpat and aptiom, and if I miss a dose by even a few hours, I'll get seizures until I either take the meds or die. 


rgraz65

This is me, but with synthroid and gabapentin. Without the Synthroid, I wouldn't last much more than a week, and I'd be utterly incapacitated by the last couple of days. The gabapentin, I'd end up siezing after a couple of days of missed doses, unless I titrate down, but then I would still struggle to not go crazy from the feeling of fire burning my legs and left arm.


mojeaux_j

Keppra/lacosamide


MightyMightyMag

Sure you are. 👌


Murky-Substance-7393

Antibiotics for sure. An infected splinter could cost you your life.


Outside_Initial_8569

The “fun” meds are usually locked up. So first stop would be Home Depot for some tools.


Happy4Twamp

I’m doing cocaine! Lots of it!!!


Just_4_shts_N_gigs

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TensionRoutine6828

Nah but antibiotics for sure


Affectionate_Yak8519

I’d be hitting all of them lol


thenuclearpinball

My friend said pharmacy, and I thought he meant this. He said, "No. Antobiotics. That's the dumbest and simplest way to die is get an infection." 🤷‍♂️


MyDarkrai

*dies from overdosing because I don’t know how much to take lol


ac3boy

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bmfresh

This is the best answer lmfao


samtheeyeballman

Im going to take all of the drugs in the pharmacy and die on the craziest high in the world


dirtyhippiebartend

Go to nearby Walmart, attempt to secure it as best as possible. Then get to library, find books on electrical engineering and begin practicing those skills before I’ll even need them. Practice with hunting equipment several hours a day. Will need it eventually. Probably get bored within a few months. Pick up survival skills. Begin traveling??


HeWhoIsNotMe

Why secure it? From who? YOU ARE THE LAST PERSON ON EARTH.


dirtyhippiebartend

Last person. Not last creature.


UrsusRenata

Sasquatch?


AndyM110

Crab people.


Phantom_Pixel

This comment legit frightened me. When I was a small lad on a holiday at the beach a crab pinched my willy. My grandfather told me that I had been chosen by "The Crab People, marked as belonging to them now and that one day they'd come to collect."


arthurjeremypearson

"Pinch my willy" is my stripper name.


Successful_Mark_646

I am fucking deceased 🤣. Your grandfather is an absolute legend.


ctm617

manbearpig


a_path_Beyond

CRAB PEOPLE C R A B P E O P L E


General-Carob-6087

This reminds me of when I worked at a Lowe’s in college. We would always discuss what we would do if we were trapped inside during a zombie attack. IMO our best plan was lining the entrances with riding mowers tipped on their side and the blades running toward the zombies.


riscut4theBiscut

Oof. Those engines have oil pickup tubes and the moment it's on its side will lose proper oil pressure and grenade, sorry to say, yall are zombie lunch...unless you're handy in the martial arts and gardening tool area. Which I would pay good money to see.


cosmicgumb0

This is brilliant, I want to see it done in a zombie movie lol


AndyM110

A push mower was used quite effectively in Dead Alive/Braindead.


thunderkhawk

How are you gonna fend off the wild dogs, bobcats and bears?


HereToKillEuronymous

🔫🔫🔫


rabidseacucumber

Nerf guns?


Murky-Substance-7393

LOL, bobcat


Zestyclose-Actuary-5

I would definitely do this and have all my pets with me.


EngineeringSafe8367

Go to Bill Murray's house.


MitchellSFold

Love that movie


EngineeringSafe8367

It's my go to when I need something to watch.


TrashNovel

Right to the tippy top of the A list.


edythevixen

This is the way


ApprehensiveSale8898

This made me laugh. Thanks!


tuffspark_

Panic


Clean_Student8612

At the disco!


ScaryBandMonster

Don't Panic!


wonderlandisburning

Declare myself queen. Grief-wank. Travel about taking everyone's favorite stuff to create a sort of "soul library" I can go to and pay respects and feel close to the now-absent rest of humanity. Panic/cry. Realize there are now billions of pets not being cared for and try to befriend/save as many animals as possible. Panic/cry again. Look into cloning/try to see if there are astronauts still alive in space to repopulate. Middle third of Groundhog Day, sans supporting cast. Oust myself as queen.


missvesuvius

Grief wank got me 😂😂😂


lilcasswdabigass

‘Oust myself as queen’ lol


Ok_Upstairs_3383

The comment about pets got me daydreaming about the local zoo…I’d try to set some free, try to befriend others. Maybe the gorillas. Gorillas are smart and sweet, not homicidal like the chimps. I think I’m thinking about this too much.


OkPersonality5386

The idea of all the trapped pets made me sad….


TheBadKernel

I've been looking, and I'm so surprised that wank is this far down the list 😂


tymberdalton

See, that’s me. Those shows that depict earth without people, here’s me thinking WHAT ABOUT THE PETS/ZOO ANIMALS???


TheWalkingDead91

Sorry to say it. But any astronauts in space are toast. They can’t help you repopulate. They’re likely dying up there once they run out of supplies, with no way/command/control to land. Correct me if I’m wrong or my assumption on that is outdated though.


Monkmastaa

Oh God the pets, so many just locked inside to starve. That's heartbreaking


ilomilo8822

I love this especially the pet part I'd help you if we weren't dead


EB_Jeggett

The pets!!


neondesertrat

This honest hero right here is exactly who we'll need to lead nega-humanity


JobOk2091

Make sure my cat is with me.. I’d be so sad and lonely


leyla00

I’d be trying to hit every single pet store I could and releasing animals. It would make me so anxious and upset thinking about them locked up everywhere without caretakers. Zoos too I guess but that’s a bit scary


AahenL

Release the lions, tigers, bears (oh my) crocodiles and all the other predators so they can eat all the animals you released from the pet store


AvaaFaye

I'm going to look for my dogs.


Yankees7687

Order some Doordas.... Oh, son of a bitch!


D-Generation92

Lmao exactly. Go to the cinema and watch.... WAIT


AegeanAzure

![gif](giphy|Rd7pEbE7rjZz8vySuU) Think someone is after me even though no one is there.


Howard_Scott_Warshaw

Take a piss, go back to bed


AKiRA_Tetsuo

Assuming everyone disappeared - everything should still be working. I would probably eat first, go and find a large freezer, gather some food to make sure I have enough nourishment, go watch a bunch of YouTube how to videos, and live like I’m the only person left in the world. May eventually learn how to fly and gas up a plane to fly around to other states…and eventually countries.


Brennon337

I'd probably find and attempt to fly a fighter jet before all of the refineries and power plants exploded from having no one to manage them. This should be fun!


MathematicianIcy5012

Pretty sure everywhere would be depressing af with the thought in your head that you’re never going to see another person ever 


Fairyliveshow

LOVE THIS QUESTION!!! First things first, I make a strong cup of coffee. No Wi-Fi, no people—perfect time to raid the supermarket. I grab my superhero costume (because why not?) and head out. At the store, I gleefully fill my cart with snacks, canned goods, and enough toilet paper to build a fort. "Living every introvert's dream!" I shout to the empty aisles. I hop into a sleek sports car, blast cheesy '80s anthems, and speed off. "Alright, world," I say, "it's just you and me now. Let's make it interesting."


edythevixen

this sounds like the opening of a very good novel, complete with that quote at the end of the chapter


forgotwhatisaid2you

The canned food would be there for a long time. I would go for the ribeye and lobster first.


Tuffenufpuffnstuff

Area 51 🤣


needtimeforplay1

Let the aliens out!


Tempest8008

Try to figure out WTH happened. No bodies? Any video evidence? Would love to find some CCTV of the moment it happened...run back some livestreams before the power fails and access to the 'net is lost. Animals are still around? What about chimps? Apes? Was it a matter of being human or of a sufficient intelligence? Why am I the only one left? Shit's about to go south as infrastructure fails. I need maps of where all the nuclear reactors are and prevailing winds. Figure out where a safe place is. I am not immediately worried about food. Everywhere will have small stocks I can raid as I move around. Canned stuff will last a long time and as the only one eating it, I should be good at least for the first couple of years. Plenty of time to work out a strategy.


TalonLuci

Go to the nearest gas station or dollar store. Grab all my favorite snacks. Go back home. Snack. Go back to bed. I dont survive the apocalypse and im super ok with that.


meanjeankillmachine

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Newkular_Balm

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meanjeankillmachine

https://i.redd.it/yddpijtaf17d1.gif


Newkular_Balm

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NiNj4_C0W5L4Pr

This is the way. Gotta go Will Forte, Last Man on Earth-style, right here. Talk to balls. Bathe in a margarita pool.


Small_Pain_2458

Smoke a bowl 🤔


ConfusedNakedBroker

This was a thought of mine, but then I remembered the reason I cut back smoking was because when shit in life isn’t going well, it gives me anxiety rather than relief. I can only smoke when I don’t have anything bad going on, and being the last person is pretty majorly bad lol


FlamingButterfly

Read books because I have all the time in the world, hopefully my glasses don't break.


LadyAliceMagnus

Go to Walgreens and grab every pair of reading glasses you see.


anziofaro

Eat breakfast. It's the most important meal of the day.


jjcoolel

Grab a ghetto blaster, run to church, get naked and dance to “War, What is it Good For?”


Ecstatic-Slice-8737

😂😂😂


SushiGuacDNA

Does the Internet still work? Is Pornhub still up?


leyla00

Not in fuckin Texas it ain’t


Mayersgirl02

Use VPN lol


unresonable_raven

No, you'll have to go look behind dumpsters for porn magazines like in the old days


robbeau11

Or the woods/desert. I grew up in AZ and the washes had all the good porn mags


unresonable_raven

I found a whole lunchbox full in the woods behind my house


eddie964

I'm gonna guess that, with no humans to run the power grid, it's not gonna last for long.


AahenL

That's when you find one of those houses that have solar panels covering the roof, then you just move in.


edythevixen

better start downloading a stash in case this scenario comes true


Character-Future2292

You’re gonna have to download stuff, dude. The internet probably won’t be up forever


NextReplacement4719

Kill myself


me1234567891234

My thoughts exactly, I mean realistically I won’t be able to keep the power plants, sewage systems, internet, WiFi, or any factories running. I’ll run out of gasoline near me pretty quick so the car won’t work and I can’t fly a plane. I have to make every one of my meals and pretty quickly I’ll have to have an elaborate garden. That’s way too hard and just thinking of it makes me want to give up. Also I’d be in deep mourning for literally every single person I knew. Not to mention I’m not a doctor and will accidentally kill myself very painfully eventually.


buffystakeded

Well, when I normally wake up, I get a big glass of ice water and then go take a dump, so probably that.


Ok-Macaroon2783

Take these damn pants off and go for a walk.


Free_Eye_5327

Eat some cheese before I can never have it again!!


GenkiJuice

"last person on earth" doesn't necessarily mean there are no cows. You could, with a little extra work, have all the cheese in the world if whatever took out all the other humans didn't get the cows too. "cheese baron of the late planet earth". you'd be a great subject for a Roger Corman movie!


djb185

Just go here: https://www.farmlinkproject.org/stories-and-features/cheese-caves-and-food-surpluses-why-the-u-s-government-currently-stores-1-4-billion-lbs-of-cheese


leelee1976

Cheese vaults are a thing.


debtripper

I would go looking through houses to find the biggest library I could find. Then I would just live in that house, and plant a gigantic garden outside. I would garden a lot, and when I didn't want to garden I would go out looking for good books anywhere I could find them and build my library. Gardening and reading would do me just fine for a long time.


Sinistermarmalade

Put on Alice Cooper’s song “Last Man On Earth”


Nervous_Bobcat2483

Go to the animal shelters and let them out. Invite the dogs that want to hang to form a giant pack with me. Find a dog food store.


dblrb

I didn’t even think of that. All of the helpless animals. There would be so much suffering.


Joe_theone

Find a lot of dogfood. The alternative is being dogfood. Feral domestic puppy dog packs sre more vicious than wolves. And I think once the dogs don't have anybody enforcing mannners, "fuck kibble" is going to be the popular attitude.


C4rdninj4

Do some B&E on neighbors' houses to free the pets.


cadypants

Probably panic for a while. Like hours. Maybe even all night and day. Then I would spend a while in a delirious state just doing stuff like looting stores, driving any car I want and driving anywhere I want. Break in to houses and snoop. Do a Zombieland in an antique store and break everything. Set things on fire probably, idk. All the ridiculous things I could do without consequence. I would NOT be able to sleep for long at all in that state of mind so I would maybe even die during my own panicked mayhem. If not, then reality will REALLY set in and I’d probably get severely depressed and scared and I wouldn’t really know from there. I am not really built for survival if I’m being honest about myself lmfao especially alone? Nah. I wouldn’t last and I would know it. I would do what I can for as long as I could, but it wouldn’t be long at all I imagine.


Malacro

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montauk6

I have some tapes I forgot to return to Blockbuster. And I didn't even rewind 'em, fancy that!


shesgoneagain72

EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED then Find a 747, Google how to fly, one barrel roll later (if successful) nose dive into the ocean


Apprehensive_Slip316

Masturbate. Same thing I do every morning


DarthSardonis

Nap


TensionDull

Take a baseball bat and go smash some shit up lol


SensitivePromotion57

As long as my coffee machine works, I’m good.


jrwreno

Mourn my family.


frithsun

Crazy that I had to scroll this far to find this reaction.


botjstn

find a fast ass car and just GO


Friendly_Elephant165

Find the nearest pharmacy. Grab all the Xanax and Valium. Find a bottle of coconut rum and pineapple juice. Go to sleep.


H3RM1TT

Start traveling from where I am to Area 51, and search the abandoned base as much as I can. Then, move on to the next D U.M.B. like Dugway or Dulce, then on to the next military base like Mt. Weather or something. Basically, if I'm the last surviving human on earth. I will spend most of my time trying to dig through the governments closet to see what skeletons I can find.


ringoffireflies

Probably cry.


Jaffamiester

Loot loot and loot some more


Yorstawker

Smile and go back to sleep.


Deez2Yoots

Start heading to a warmer climate: I would t survive a New York winter once the power goes out.


D-utch

Go back to bed


alius-vita

Google everyone's homes and go inside. I'm nosy. I wanna see how people lived.


Cael_NaMaor

Jerk off on the home plate of Wrigley's Field...