Is your Job Critical to Civilization > General Discussion

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:09:44 PM EDT

The World as we know it has ended. A new civilization has started. In order to be let through the gate, you have to prove your trade/employment is important to civilization.

Why or why not!

Personally i'm screwed, Man will live on without helicopter mechanics

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:10:24 PM EDT

[#1]

I'd say it is. The British would probably disagree.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:10:29 PM EDT

[#2]

No its not.

LP

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:10:43 PM EDT

[#3]

I will program the new computer systems, so I say yes.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:10:57 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
I'd say it is. The British would probably disagree.

Dentist. Nice.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:11:05 PM EDT

[#5]

I suppose I am. Cardiovascular ICU RN, 15 years exp.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:11:28 PM EDT

[#6]

Nope.

At the end of civilization, no one will care how many sleeping bags were sold this month.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:11:45 PM EDT

[#7]

I'd say it is. I'm an RN.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:12:10 PM EDT

[#8]

Define "critical".

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:12:59 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Define "critical".

Needed for survival/ rebuilding

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:13:02 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
I suppose I am. Cardiovascular ICU RN, 15 years exp.

Can you perform your work with only a plastic spork and a roll of duct tape?

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:13:14 PM EDT

[#11]

Debits and credits are critical to Bartertown.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:14:22 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Debits and credits are critical to Bartertown.

Break a deal, spin the wheel

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:15:05 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I suppose I am. Cardiovascular ICU RN, 15 years exp.

Can you perform your work with only a plastic spork and a roll of duct tape?

If I was working on most of the Democrats in this country, hell yeah!!!

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:15:47 PM EDT

[#14]

Regardless of my previous job title I could still deliver ass kickings as needed, so yes that would be important in the mad max future world.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:16:39 PM EDT

[#15]

Television engineer - nope.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:16:44 PM EDT

[#16]

Ammo whore?

Hell yes, men will trade me their virgin daughters for a box of XM193 when SHTF.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:17:00 PM EDT

[#17]

Yes. Farmer.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:17:36 PM EDT

[#18]

I'm the guy that drinks all the beer, yes I'm important!

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:19:04 PM EDT

[#19]

If knowing every in and out of a vacuum furnace and helium leak detection qualifies, then yeah.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:19:14 PM EDT

[#20]

AC Guy

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:19:25 PM EDT

[#21]

I'm a sports writer... What do you think?

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Posted: 8/14/2009 5:19:32 PM EDT

[#22]

I make electricity. A skill that may come in handy in The Aftermath^tm.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:20:26 PM EDT

[#23]

OR nurse since 1994 'til 2004, dialysis nurse from 2004 up to now.

So, am I in?

Oh yeah, I'm a reloader too.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:20:34 PM EDT

[#24]

Building contractor, I think so.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:22:11 PM EDT

[#25]

My family owns a feed store. I know more about crops and livestock than many of the people who grow them for a living. I'd say that counts.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:23:02 PM EDT

[#26]

Electronic tech so probably not immediately, but sooner or later you'll want someone around that knows how to get the magic smoke back inside the boxes. Until then I'll just mad max your asses.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:23:58 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:

Quoted:

I suppose I am. Cardiovascular ICU RN, 15 years exp.

Can you perform your work with only a plastic spork and a roll of duct tape?

If I was working on most of the Democrats in this country, hell yeah!!!

Out -F_ _ _ _ _ing - standing answer!

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:24:33 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I'd say it is. The British would probably disagree.

Dentist. Nice.

Actually, the OP would be admitted. Mechanics of any sort are good to have.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:24:38 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
Building contractor, I think so.

Can you build a home out of stone or hand-sawed wood? Modern building materials could be history.

Half the builders would be stuck with their thumbs up their asses if they ran out of caulk.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:25:23 PM EDT

[#30]

I don't know,

does a journeyman carpenter, turned soldier, turned police officer qualify?

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:25:44 PM EDT

[#31]

I also make electricity and keep your drinking water safe.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:26:44 PM EDT

[#32]

Structural welder, certified for smaw and fcaw. U want iron gates, anti-tank defenses, zombie-proof window guards, or that smart car up-armored? CRITICAL!

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:27:02 PM EDT

[#33]

Yes. I'll be engineering your structures. You say you won't need engineered structures? That would be wrong, your engineer will save resources.

I have a couple of other skills that will help accelerate the climb out of a dark age. I'll bring blackberry plants.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:27:21 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I'd say it is. The British would probably disagree.

Dentist. Nice.

Actually, the OP would be admitted. Mechanics of any sort are good to have.

you laugh now, but wait until an engineer or nurse tries to pull an abscessed tooth for you. . .

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:27:57 PM EDT

[#35]

mechanical engineer with experience in energetic materials and explosives. I also have several tomato plants

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:28:01 PM EDT

[#36]

Yes.

Carpenter

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:28:09 PM EDT

[#37]

I'm a firefighter/paramedic, so I've got some useful skills. 'Adapt, Improvise, Overcome' is our motto.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:28:38 PM EDT

[#38]

Come with me if you want to live.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:29:19 PM EDT

[#39]

Dunno, Financial Planner type dude who can chop wood and grow a garden?

Mebbe...

PS. I can hold down a La-Z-Boy better'n most.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:30:37 PM EDT

[#40]

gun wholesaler... guns will be needed for to the fend off the mad maxians, wholesalers not so much.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:33:16 PM EDT

[#41]

Yes, at the moment, I work bees. Bees are essential to human survival. Without them, you would not have anything to eat. Yes, that includes meat.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:33:42 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:
The World as we know it has ended. A new civilization has started. In order to be let through the gate, you have to prove your trade/employment is important to civilization.

Why or why not!

Personally i'm screwed, Man will live on without helicopter mechanics

I just build custom cars&motorcycles but the skills I use to do it are important to civilization.
When the sheep see me build cool stuff from what seems like nothing they'll open the gate

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:35:22 PM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:
I also make electricity and keep your drinking water safe.

Tesla? is that you?

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:36:09 PM EDT

[#44]

Claims Adjuster. Yeah I'm Screwed.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:36:37 PM EDT

[#45]

I am a certified ASE master technician, although I no longer work in the trade, and to tell the truth it isn't that hard to get ASE Master cert, L1 wasn't even to tough.

Currently I am a cable guy, I doubt that there will be a lot of CATV needs in the post apocalyptic future.

I do know how to generate electricity using fairly commonly available resources, and I can make broken electronics of all kinds work. I spent over twelve years working for phone companies, both circuit switched and wireless as a technician and engineer, electricity and electronics are not something that the world will ever forget about, they will always play an important role in civilization, even after the apocalypse. The use of electricity would likely be the difference between successful survivors and the ones who last a while but just don't make it long term.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:36:40 PM EDT

[#46]

Need an adman?

I'm fucked

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:36:59 PM EDT

[#47]

I drive a taxi. People gotta be moved around. Critical supplies have to be delivered.

I'm semi-essential. Civilization CAN go on without cabbies, but we definitely make things go more smoothly.

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:37:21 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I'd say it is. The British would probably disagree.

Dentist. Nice.

Actually, the OP would be admitted. Mechanics of any sort are good to have.

WOOOHOOO

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:38:12 PM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:
I drive a taxi. People gotta be moved around. Critical supplies have to be delivered.

I'm semi-essential. Civilization CAN go on without cabbies, but we definitely make things go more smoothly.

You could drive one of these then

SHTF scenarios always need evac drivers

Posted: 8/14/2009 5:38:51 PM EDT

[#50]

I'm a loader/ comptuer trouble shooter at a hardware and feed store. I think I'm screwed.

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