Well that's an interesting prompt
I think it would be really sad!
I think that if I woke up and everyone had vanished I would kinda freak out a bit.  Possibly think that my roommates were trying to prank me Though that would be a hardcore prank.
That would be! I wonder how quiet everything would be?
You would definitely start to realize how much background noise is due to other people. I feel like it would be like walking into the woods alone, except even quieter due to the fact that in populated areas there are less animals roaming about.
I think initially it would about the same noise level  inside buildings because things like air conditioning would still be going I wonder if there are any systems like nuclear power plants that would go awry if there was no one there watching them?
That is an interesting thought. I feel like there would normally be backup protocols programmed for emergencies like that.
I think you're right
Though, you never know if those protocols would go awry as well
I think I would travel if that happened. It would be harder to travel though.
That would be fun, but at the same time I feel like travel would be limited
It would be awesome to go to different sites that you wouldn't normally be able to see.
You can no longer go on planes, unless you know how to fly them. Same with boats, then you can only buy so much gas until your account runs out of money.
I don't it would be too hard to siphon off gas from other cars and eventually figure out how to take gas from the underground storage tanks in gas stations Hopefully the internet still works so you can figure out how to fly a plane.
I feel like this also kind of brings up ethical dilemmas as well. It brings up points of are you truly stealing, since you can no longer really have a "job" True, just hopefully there are some videos on youtube about it
I didn't think of that I'm sad to say it never crossed my mind that it would be stealing. Can you steal if there is no one to steal from?
That's the true question
I don't think so.
I feel like it isn't truly stealing per se as there is no one there, and you can't continue to earn money to trade with as there is no one there to pay you
I think money is useless at that point. In the short term there wouldn't be a problem with food but long term there would be.
Exactly, which we would then need to turn to trade, but there is no one there to trade with True
I would be more worried about finding a place to live where I can have a stead food supply.
Though then you would have to turn back to an agrarian nature or hunter/gather nature I suppose knowing about food storage, and living in a place where many have food storage, comes in handy at that point. Until you can learn to be self-sufficient
I wonder where the best place to live long-term would be?
Now does the everyone has disappeared affect animals as well? Or do they still remain?
It doesn't seem to be clear. We'll say they're still there.
I feel like the best place to live would be somewhere with an already established agricultural area Or just look on youtube and set up your own greenhouse Year-round fruits and vegetables
I think the world has become so interconnected that few places grow all types of food.
It's true.
I don't think a green house is big enough to feed one person all year. Even then, I think it would be incredibly hard to live by yourself for even a couple years
I don't know.  My aunt owned a commercial greenhouse which I actually worked in when I was younger.  Each week it would produce more than 200lb of tomatoes.
Wow- that's incredible! I had no idea.
It would be hard to live by yourself. I feel like you would go crazy from lack of social interaction long before you can even set up a greenhouse
Agreed.
I feel like you would be able to keep yourself somewhat sane for a short time by watching movies and tv shows, but that is dependent on  internet and electricity. Once sites begin crashing or getting bugs, it all ends
At least for me just the initial loss of losing all your friends and family in an instant would be hard to handle
That is true.  I feel like I would pull out every photo album, old journal, letters, anything that really gives voice and image to those I had lost
The world is definitely better the way it is.
I agree.  We need interaction to be able to progress and evolve as people.  In one of my classes today we talked about how  communication greatly improves the odds of success
I believe it
We need others to help expand our viewpoints and learn things that we didn't originally know.  It helps provide different viewpoints and gives us a glance into their minds
What I really like about this chit-chat challenge is that it provides a medium to do just that. I think we should all talk to each other more and do these ridiculous thought experiments just so we can be exposed to different ways of thinking
I really enjoy these different thought experiments.  I feel like it is such a good way to expand your viewpoint and also truly learn about others In the class I was talking about earlier, we covered a number of different ethical dilemmas and it was interesting to listen to different viewpoints and present my own.
I think there is a saying about different types of conversation. I guess different hierarchies of conversation. There are those who talk about people- There are those who talk about events- Then there are those who talk about ideas. I think we should all talk about ideas more often.
Personally I would enjoy that
I wonder where they get there list of thought experiments.
I'd be interested in finding that list. I actually need to go, I have a test I need to finish studying for. It has been a pleasure talking to you.
It was nice talking to you too! Good luck on your test!