Human Survival if the Modern World Collapses - Some Strange Thoughts from Daniel Mackler

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[@Earl_E_Burd]

That story about the fleas, mosquitos, and bed bugs imprinted an image in my mind. Have dealt with each separately but couldn't imagine having to just ignore all at the same time! A reminder of how relative it all is. I grew up around people much wealthier and always noticed the germaphobe/hand sanitizer/bottled water/hypoallergenic people seemed to be sick more and asthmatic which felt odd to me since we were the filthy ones. Gotta roll them kids in the dirt to build up the immune system.

[@rosetyler1434]

It’s crazy too because in the USA we never had these levels of pests like that- there were ‘experiments’ done where thousands of pests were dumped onto various towns to see what would happen (happened multiple times with multiple pests) Now those pests run rampant in those areas when they should’ve never been introduced. Now society will collapse but the pests will remain & thrive

[@ThemanlymanStan]

​@rosetyler1434 wait what? I believe you but can you send me something to read more about it?

[@ginaiosef]

​@rosetyler1434 airplane stripes

[@ginaiosef]

​@rosetyler1434 after the war the birth rate always increases

[@Omnihilo]

Yes, but we have to be careful because “the dirt” isn’t just “dirt” anymore. It’s polluted with pesticides, plastics, pharmaceuticals, oil, etc. A lot of ”crunchy parents” are adopting this “dirt” (filth) positive method but not doing their due diligence in educating themselves e.g letting their kids drink and play in street gutter water.

[@DING1o1]

I lived out in rural nevada for a year without running water, AC, or electricity and boy did that kick in every ancient survival mechanisms I had lol. It actually showed me how strong we humans really are. I also became very attuned to the weather and moon cycles. The only time I had trouble sleeping was when it was super super hot in the summer, although probably only because it wasn’t the proper shelter for that climate

[@DaninoContests]

This is so true ice also been exactly there jus a roof also no bathroom at all but bathing in small buckets in winter all the fun stuff ya kno jus glad for my sleeping bag it's an experience which taught me about survival but I also got very lonely and shit changed me deep down but today I am striving for my best efforts in life mostly for my cats ♡ crazy and scary

[@gnatdagnat]

That's so fuckin sick bro, I wanna do something like that but you talk about the loneliness and being changed deep down, I am scared that that has happened to me already by a different means and I'm terrified to go off in the wilderness to be lost forever to this world.... Even though I can't see much logical reason why I should live any other kind of life.

[@gnatdagnat]

​​@@DaninoContestssee above

[@OrganicArray]

I love you Daniel. Hope you have a great weekend!

[@Lilzki]

I think it is quite amazing that we manage to live in this modern technological world. I don’t think we are designed for this way of life. Maybe if/when our modern world crashes we may have a chance to live a more balanced and slow life as part of the natural world and its rhythms (after some decades/generations of people adjusting and probably dying). Provided of course that we don’t destroy too much of it first.

[@gnatdagnat]

Anarcho-primitivism wants collapse as you are kind of talking about. But the population that could be sustained on say neolithic technology is only about 800 million. As much as I want a primitivist utopian future that is not something to look forward to.

[@Merseyrock]

Fascinating thoughts and stories. The last one, about the two westerners in The Gambia: Reminded me of an episode I once watched (I believe it was in The Twilight Zone, B&W), where a few white, modern archaeologists went to study some society of primitive people, and were housed in a condo with all the modern conveniences that they were accustome to... Only to discover, by the end of their episode, that the condo was a kind of cage: that the 'primitive people' had to set up in advance, to 'observe how the specimen of a modern man lives and interacts', watched from afar by 'the primitives' as a novelty, with bars on the windows so they wouldn't escape and harm anyone, and signs outside the condo warning visitors to keep their distance from the premises, for their safety, and just watch the specimens from the outside.

[@Misses-Hippy]

TZ was great! I don't remember that one.

[@adamromero]

Sounds like the episode "People Are Alike All Over"

[@Merseyrock]

@@adamromero Yes

[@dominusbalial835]

I have trouble sleeping at home but when i'm in boot camp in the military in the field I have no issues sleeping at all, being shelled with fake artillery didn't even disrupt my sleep for long, it was easy to fall asleep in a dirt ditch. But I experience insomnia in my comfortable bed.

[@Vitlaus]

Always felt like a man out of time. Thanks for the positive message.

[@dlm972]

Love this secular shaman and his magical stories

[@JG-mt3rp]

That's a great way to describe this creator, love this comment

[@justinbristol8315]

Hope you're having a good holiday Daniel

[@AcceptandAct]

This is why I always say to prepare our mind, body, and soul - not because there's a huge conspiracy and the civilization may collapse at any time, but because it's simply never a bad idea to be physically, mentally, financially, and socially prepared for the worst. We're pack animals and we need to find likeminded people and form small, tight-knit communities of (chosen) family and friends who have our back no matter what. Even if you have only 2-3 people like that in your life, your survival chances will increase exponentially. And even if there's no Hollywood catastrophe happening, you'll live a healthier and stress-free life

[@pod9363]

Everyone knows if youre sleepy enough, gunshots couldnt keep you awake. Nothing better than that super sleepy feeling before falling asleep.

[@oollddbbooyy]

Months before I ever first became homeless,-antsy, unstable, inmedtoxicated-manic and awake for too long and desperate for a comedown but feeling unsafe at home-I'd drive off into the night in search of sleep. Sleep in car. On street. At park. In bush. On ground. This public park has sprinklers that come on at night. That night security guard will look the other way so long as you act civilized and decent. Walk here, walk there, and now: I can sleep anywhere. I used to have all my little sleep issues, inherited from a weak/vile father, but now I'm good. Can't sleep? Exercise to exhaustion. Can't sleep? Go to prison, sleep on cold concrete with toilet paper for a pillow. Now: I sleep in my KIA Soul. Best shelter I've ever owned. Compact, incognito, and of near perfect utility. I enjoy your life, new friend

[@benkanli724]

It is refreshing to hear your stories Daniel!

[@carl8568]

I've been living off grid in the Australian bush (no shower or hot water) for a year now but I have been connecting to the wild within myself for years even when I was living in the city. I would say psilocybin mushrooms played a big part in that and my border collie companion has been a teacher for me also, sometimes he wants to eat dirt or kangaroo scat and that's fine. I have harvested road kill for him a few times and if it's a clean enough kill, I would eat it. I sometimes check road kill, even if just to pull it off the middle of the road. Often the bowel has been perforated and it's basically only good for the wild dogs, crows and eagles then. Harder times are a coming is my bet, I'm planning on doing an extended water fast of 14+ days in a few months when my work dries up. My view is that when you push the boundaries with something like fasting, you build a deep resilience in the face of adversity.

[@AnxietyMentor]

One thing you would really need to be concerned about is other people. If the system goes down and there is little access to food, I have no doubt that there will be many who will turn to cannibalism very quickly.

[@juneelle370]

@theformidabletruthit depends on the level of empathy within individuals… and I’m not so sure about the levels of empathy within modern culture. Most people don’t even care about the level of suffering of animals they eat from factory farms. Many tribal cultures at least honored and respected/appreciated the animals they had to eat for sustenance…. now most people have selective sociopathy towards animals they eat… once hierarchy mentality/selective sociopathy is entrenched, those “selections” can expand.

[@3nrika]

People already cannibalise eachother, psychologically and financially. I think you are spot on, it would happen over night.

[@SuperLotus]

Other people are going to try to kill you for resources regardless of whether they try to eat you afterwards. If I'm already dead, I don't really care what people do with my body.

[@universaltruth2025]

@theformidabletruth they did during the famine during the Russian revolution when Ukrainian farmers were driven off their farms. There are actual photos of people selling their dead children for food. There are also accounts of starving people killing and eating their own children. I don’t think that has happened in every country that has gone through starvation - eg North Korea or Mao China or parts of Africa. I am not sure what the difference was for Russia - maybe the cold?

[@aseelaladwan3869]

Love you Daniel💗💗💗💗 thank you for everything that you’re doing 💞🌊🦋

[@sindju]

"People just learned to live with it" yeah, but many also died. This, too, will be coming. Many will just die in the upcoming collapse

[@carl8568]

Yep, or go insane. When the vices aren't available it ain't going to be pretty.

[@universaltruth2025]

@@carl8568its not vices, its more food & water.

[@carl8568]

@@universaltruth2025 I'm not talking about that, individuals create stability with many many things. But obviously food too, is used to emotionally regulate.

[@gnatdagnat]

​​​yes culture is composed of a people's narratives, subsistence strategies, and coping mechanisms. Think about all we need to survive in modernity, all of the ways we meet our psychological and physical needs and how we make up for deficits created by evolutionary mismatches - it's all just a moment in time, nothing is "just the way it is." Even as we construct reasons for what we do, intellectual history e.g. enlightenment, academic traditions, technocapitalism, medicalizing our entire being... Everything since the dawn of civilization is a story we tell ourselves. It can be changed, it can be rewritten. Ideological digging in of heels would kill far more than actual uncontrollable disaster.

[@zah936]

True

[@jacknap6745]

Bro, he took me far away, love you Daniel

[@woofmeow247]

Yep. The central-banking power structure has built up an artificial bubble over the last 100+ years across most of the world, but especially 'Western' countries, with inflationary economies driving immense growth, in additional to the world getting more and more tied up with globalism (supply chains, multinationals, online-shopping). As a result, peoples' survival skills are basically non-existent. People just about know how to turn the washing machine on and then head to their meaningless job, then expect Big Government to do the rest and the Mainstream Media to tell them what fake reality to believe.

[@rickturnr]

Great story, I've wondered this myself about Native Americans in teepees 200 years ago, 7 sleeping to a teepee, barking dogs, wind, etc.

[@ulongo123]

Wow I need you to do many stories.

[@thebossyempath3823]

Happy Holidays from Australia our dear Daniel…yours is a unique, authentic voice among a quagmire of inequity in this KZbin universe. God bless you and your family in 2024. Thank you for your work 🙏🏼

[@streaming5332]

Who says happy holidays in Australia..... happy holidays is an Americanism.

[@thebeboshow4421]

I’m pretty sure Homo sapiens ate rotten stuff too not just Neanderthals and denisovens

[@reaganwiles_art]

while homeless I would sometimes eat food waste that was nearly rotten

[@thebeboshow4421]

@@reaganwiles_art Did it make you sick? I think lack of scavenging is probably a very very recent development but we probably lack the enzymes

[@carl8568]

​@@thebeboshow4421 I'd say it's more about the bacterial diversity and stomach pH, a healthy human gut should be able to reach a high level of acidity.. not far from that of a dog. But junk food, stress, environmental toxins etc etc all impair gut function.

[@Omnihilo]

@@thebeboshow4421 It made me sick, but only if it was a whole food. Like a piece of fruit or something. If it was something highly processed then I’d have some stomach upset at worse, but typically be totally fine. Only time processed food made me sick was if it had been stored improperly, was wildly past its expiration date, or a combination of the above.

[@gnatdagnat]

​@@carl8568true. we were scavengers before we were hunters. genetically we ought to be able to handle just about anything. the main disruption is probably from gut microbiota being out of whack - who is left that could be a reservoir of ancestral flora??? Surely diminishingly few, perhaps no one outside of extant hunter-gatherers (who are increasingly compromising their way of life as well). 😢

[@willvrtist]

This is a fascinating subject, I actually had a thought about this kinda thing recently where I pondered, why my cats are scared by the sound of a hiss or a spray bottle.. a sound that is only replicable by a snake and yet they are domestic house cats with absolutely no knowledge of what a snake even is.. I thought to myself, maybe there's something deeper rooted in their brain from evolution that allows them to know to sprint when they hear that noise in the wild. The fact that I found this video just a little less than a week later after thinking about that is also very interesting. I truly do believe that we are all animals deep inside and if an apocalypse was to ensue, something would come out of us once given long enough to adjust to new circumstances.

[@spacenomad4477]

We definitely still have old instincts buried deep inside us. Your stories reminded me of a time when I had a car accident when I was young. I still remember it very vividly, but the most interesting part was how my mind reacted in that moment. When I saw the car, it was like some ancient mechanism meant to keep me alive took over. A thought appeared and it was so intense I could almost hear it in my ears. "Run, survive" it said. Honestly it's no wonder that ancient people believed that gods or ancestors sometimes spoke to them, because that's how it felt like. Another thing was time slowed down, or rather my mind sped up. It coldly analyzed the situation, trying to come up with the best strategy, what direction I should go, what are other dangers around me? I run, but I felt so slow, like a fly trapped in honey. In the end I was hit, spent 3 weeks in hospital and had no permanent problems, but a memory of that experience will stay with me, probably to the end. When I think back to it, in some sense that were ancestors speaking to me. Thousands of generations of people that found themselves in sudden danger, noticing a predator in a bushes had to develop this kind of brilliant mechanism. This reaction was a direct product of their encounters, because those who didn't have it had a harder time surviving. I experienced a lot of awful stuff in my childhood that left strong marks on my mind, but that car accident actually gives me comfort. Our brains are made to survive and are very powerful structures that want to protect themselves. It made me trust myself more. When I don't distract myself I think I know deep down what is good for my healing.

[@universaltruth2025]

I had a car accident in which my car rolled over onto its roof. I remember how time seemed to slow down as well and how clear my thought processes became.

[@rishaa682]

I have been thinking about this a lot lately

[@fire.smok3]

This is a very fascinating topic

[@smackattack97]

I'm an avid hiker/prepper. I am a diva when it comes to sleeping at home - I need hurricane force winds blowing in my face, pitch black, buried in pillows etc. When I first got into hiking/camping, obviously weight and space is an issue, no way to bring in all those luxury items. So I went into it knowing I am going to get shite sleep no matter what for the first night, then hopefully for the second night I would be so tired that I wouldn't be able to help but sleep. This pretty much turned out to be true, at least for me. I can also say that in a survival situation, you would probably be exerting yourself so much throughout the day that you'd be surprised how well you could sleep at night. Nowadays after countless shite sleepless nights in the bush, I don't even notice the uncomfortable conditions anymore. Or if I do I am able to put it out of mind quick enough and get right to sleep. If you're worried about your sleep style in the coming boogaloo, I would say camp nowadays just often enough to the point where youre not worried about sleep in the bush. In a survival situation, knowing you CAN get quality sleep and you've done it several times before, that alone can improve your attitude/outlook/state of mind.

[@zainmudassir2964]

R.I.P. the sealion

[@indonesianguy4026]

I've always remembered a particular discussion with a friend of mine in which he asseverated that "humans will live no matter what happens" And I concur with it, as you've mentioned in the video, eventually well be able to adapt and survive, it's just that the price of losing our technology and civilisation at large is just too much, and many will die before being able to adapt. But eventually some will

[@rishaa682]

Those of us with diabilities will die 😅

[@obsoleteoptics]

Kinda hard to survive lethal ionizing radiation exposure or wet-bulb temperatures in excess of 35°C @ 95% rH

[@samr1dh]

i also think that there’s something to say about those daily commuters who enter a light sleep after a hard day of work in order to still b alert and get off on the right stop

[@sb2126]

I loved this story! I would have enjoyed sitting around a campfire to listen to him. Scary, but it is the sort of thing that people reflect upon when they are away from civilization and they get together in small groups to discuss what ideas they have reflected upon.

[@tamerabdalrazaq1298]

Very interesting talk

[@collie8]

not to oppose your conclusion, but Jack Russel may have smelled illness, stress, depression etc. from the tiger. It's not very funny living being a tiger in the ZOO. Many degenerative diseases, ... perhaps similar to humans living in captivity of NYC 😎

[@emmanuellacontopoulou]

At this time of the year when the "civilised" run like crazy to buy even more stuff when they already have by far more than they need (when other humans have no place to live) and the "spiritual" ones celebrate that "a child is born" (but do not care for the suffering of humanity that did not end when this particular child was born), what a great gift to be given a new video from Daniel instead! A not at all X-masy, but so true, like all of Daniel's videos. Not having access to videos like this may be one of the truly sad things if the modern world collapses, which otherwise may not be such a bad thing...

[@8bitneslife1985]

His Name is Jesus Christ and He hates Commercial Christmas also. The Bible also explains how good and evil are dealt with. The Book of Revelation will answer your questions about judgement and punishment for corrupt society and ongoing evil. Have you ever read the Bible or do you simply believe what others tell you about the Bible?

[@fumanpoo4725]

I got my canned foods and weaponry. You want my corn? Come and get it!😊

[@frances.ca.1191]

at 2'15'' I rather think that when one ''tastes'' the ''Smell'' of anything, it actually is the ''kinaesthetic'' Sense of oneself, the ''Taste'' actually, that we are recently used to attribute to ''Hands, Fingertips'', and yet, it was about ''using one's Mouth to taste, test'', such as actually ''small Children'' do, or, when we are ''small Children'', we do: we use the ''Mouth'', also ''Taste'' litterally and metaphorically speaking, to ''kineaesthetically experience'' the ''Things'' of the World; we need to ''remind'' that ''Mouth'' is ''Taste'', such as ''Ears Nose Troath'' is ''Phonation'' and ''Eyes'' and the ''pineal Gland or 3. Eye so named'' are for ''Sight'', exterior Sight and ''Insight''. ''Salve'' through ''Fides'' in G.d the Absolute (also ''Elhim'' from the middle East), ''Spes'' in ''Wellbeing, Salvation'' (also ''Shlom'' from the middle East) for everyone, simultaneously and ''Caritas'' (also ''Tzdqh'' from the middle East, connected to ''Tzdq'' for ''correct, balanced, whole or provided with Integrity Judge'') to offer and to receive to everyone.

[@Prettyboyred336]

This reminds me of a clip of a documentary, called stank heads. People cut the heads off fish. Bury them under ground for two weeks, then eat them raw. The smell stays on them for weeks after bathing

[@jaye5872]

I often wonder as well how humanity would organize itself in a post-collapse world. Thanks for this video!

[@obsoleteoptics]

It won't; collapse = extinction.

[@jewishmcloin1933]

I think we might be more organized than we give credit for. Depends on the collapse type tbh. Is it nuclear war?Is it a volcanic eruption? A new ice age? I think depending on the situation, we would have to again rely on ‘old’ social structures (friends, family, neighbors and local community) and the ones who don’t have social ties outside of modern social structures would suffer the most. People survive in groups, whether we like it or not. Unless we somehow forgot how to work as groups, humans will likely find a way to survive, because we like to solve problems.

[@michelem226]

You are such a great storyteller! I mostly agree with you, but also modern living has physically altered us since childhood, so I think there will be some fundamental things we will struggle with. For example, I have sleep apnea, because my jaw/throat area didn't physically develop properly in childhood due to allergies and modern food. It's hard to explain the physics of this succinctly, but in any case. I literally can't get a good night's sleep without a medical device. I stop breathing when I sleep. There's no way to fix this now other than a medical device or possibly surgery. I will have a tough time in the event of Armageddon.

[@rishaa682]

I worry about this too because I have a couple physical disabilities. What happens to us disabled?

[@gnatdagnat]

With luck others will be able to help you (if this possibility really ought to be a legitimate concern​ of ours). Even our ancestors of 1.2 million years ago helped their wounded 🥰 @@rishaa682

[@TheMuppyOtter]

This is a subject worth exploring and I suspect it is just as likely to happen as it is unlikely

[@TheMuppyOtter]

I think the moral of the story is to find it within yourself to discover happiness and contentment in imperfection

[@chyeahfurries]

Totally agree, humans have been through worse and we are still here

[@davidcawrowl3865]

Who is to say that the quality of sleep of modern man is of lower quality - perhaps much lower - compared to the stone-age man. Imagine going to sleep with the lunar cycle and awakening refreshed at sun-up. Edison's invention allowed to stay up much later, but at what cost?

[@fabiobarbieri2213]

Hi Daniel!! Have you ever heard about Morphic Field by Rupert Sheldrake!! In addition, those fields are called extended mind!!! I think there's a connection with what you have mentioned about our ancestors !! On the other hand, I think this is like a Proyective Identification (information or feeling) which is passing through generations to other generations! Bye!!!

[@rishaa682]

This video is comforting but not comforting at the same time 😅

[@markm7558]

This is your best story yet.

[@dingdong6452]

Omg the Masai bedtime story ugh noooooooooooo

[@ginaiosef]

The dog knows. Animals odor spectrum is largely bigger the humans. Dogs "read" while smelling, among other things. Cats also, different levels also. Humans are still trying to understand animals.

[@neon75105]

The topic of your dream seems to be a strong contradiction: finding something appetizing that you would find disgusting while being awake. It sounds similar to the conteadictions that a child internalizes about his/her parents: "My parents love me." Yet the parents are quite abusive and indifferent. I'm unable to tell you the meaning because I'm not you, and I can only speculate: "admitting that I have different wishes, goals, and objectives from those of my parents can be dangerous for me." Perhaps it's not even directly about your parents at this point, but rather of the idea that society can side with your parents on this. That you, seeing yourself as someone different, feel that this can happen.

[@kmc1994]

Oh please… try again somewhere else.

[@neon75105]

@@kmc1994 Go touch some grass.

[@madameblatvatsky]

I think you misspelled "when" companero. 😁

[@NarcSurvivor]

From examining various statistics, it seems that the modern world hasn’t been very successful. It has affected many countries financially, which are now in billion of dollars of debt. Social media has had a devastating impact on the youth. Divorce rates and the number of single mothers has increased dramatically since the feminist movement. I think we need to find a way to balance traditional values with modern society and technology. Two of the most common illnesses in the world are general anxiety disorder and depression. Suicide rates are higher now, especially among men. So a lot of things are very wrong with today’s world. Sadly, all the elites really care about is power and control. They’re not really concerned about our mental health. Pharmaceutical companies make billions a year from medicine sales.

[@fire.smok3]

True.

[@RKTGX95]

i think it depends how one defines success. there are a lot of problems in today's world but also a lot of advances. one of which in my opinion is less dissociation, which could correlate with the higher anxiety and depression as well as divorces. if we think about it, the past, while more stable to some extent, was quite harsher and crueler. heck, people died from a simple cut wound that got infected where today it's much easier to treat (yes, i know there were methods back then of disinfection but still they weren't as powerful as modern medicine). i believe a lot of todays problems are a result of the past, which means we still have a lot of growing up to do. but, this doesn't mean that we do not have to deal with our current problems as they are and absolutely doesn't mean that everything today is perfect (like as can be alluded from your comment that feminism so far has neglected men, which doesn't detract from what already has been done in it. male suicide is a big and almost not talked subject). Also, some problems i think haven't changed intrinsically other than outward cosmetics. for example, elites always caring about power and control. in history they were kings, warlords, tyrants etc ant today they are billionaires and mega corporations and rulers.

[@Justarandompersononyoutube.]

Stop bringing feminism into this. Feminist want basic human rights for women, the same rights that men have. Did you know that it was just in this century that we got the right to vote? The right to work and open our own bank account? There are still many countries where women by law have less rights and those countries are doing terrible. At least say you disagree with modern feminism instead of feminism other wise you are literally saying that the world is a better place when women have no or less rights which is literally hate speech.

[@GlobalistGazette]

Yep. Think youre right.

[@jessikablake4784]

On story number 3 thats when go hardcore stay awake and make adaptations I live absurd survival mode, being eaten alive is a no go, it happens but adrenaline would have me covering myself in dust There was a time a friend invited me to their appointment and was offering me to stay as a place out of the cold I tolerated that, once back to my campsite i stripped down my stuff into the cold because bedbugs and roaches dont like the cold I would rather live with ants and spiders I have absurd levels of survival instincts that would go great in a post society but have me living like a Mendicant until then

[@Misses-Hippy]

"Mendicant." Thanks for the new word.

[@rishaa682]

What happens to us that have disabilities though ?

[@obsoleteoptics]

Better find & join or build & maintain a good community mutual aid network of social support groups that won't leave you behind when the SHTF now before it's too late.

[@beereaucrat3233]

pretty big fangs for a sea lion...

[@dmackler58]

Agreed. They're huge.

[@firashebili]

the wisdom from your story: don't sleep in a mud hut of the massai

[@Dystopikachu]

I think its important to remind ourselves that what we in the west tend to see as deprivation and poverty is just everyday life for at least half of the worlds population if not more, and was to our ancestors up until a few short decades ago as well. To think that our children and grandchildren will be able to enjoy such material privilege is taking way too much for granted, and no amount of technology will save us from our own stupid and rapacious primate tendencies.

[@henrikhans467]

I agree. Especially with the "our own stupid and rapacious primate tendencies". I know it's a long shot, but I see it as the only way: we have to transcend our biology. At the very least, use technology to modify the human brain to control those tendencies and I'll admit that's a long shot too.

[@kmc1994]

@@henrikhans467why would we want technology to modify any part of us unless we’re mentally unwell and have been programmed to believe that’s a good idea???

[@henrikhans467]

@@kmc1994 Considering that the "our own stupid and rapacious primate tendencies." part would partly explain why history has a tendency of repeating itself, I think modifying our brains would have good effects. If done correctly of course.

[@rachelmoore5079]

I think about this every day. I’m preparing for it 😊 and we actually did eat rotten meat, people still do, it’s called high meat.

[@wayward_identity]

my local vendor calls it special meat for his special customer

[@carl8568]

I tried fermenting some beef liver in the fridge for months, the smell is hardcore. Flies will smell it from miles away haha. Ended up giving it to my dog, he loved it.

[@rachelmoore5079]

@@carl8568 haha 🐥 😉

[@patricias8779]

I have a hard time believing that the masai people would simply do nothing about fleas and bedbugs---that can't be true? There must be other ways to deal with these things?

[@Misses-Hippy]

Native Americans saturated themselves in the campfire smoke to discourage flies and mosquitos.

[@kmc1994]

And mosquito nets. I’m surprised they didn’t have them where he was. I have one in New Jersey. Game changer…

[@lowenmond]

For sure bugs are one of the main reasons for having no fur anymore.

[@kevinbeck8836]

Modern humans are SO WEAK!! Thank you for sharing your stories

[@zakatista5246]

No way can I sleep with a mosquito.

[@esmeraldalopez4684]

🙏🏼

[@growitheflow]

You’re tall 🫡

[@3nrika]

I think when the dog reacted to the scent of the tiger, it's like a dog's version of human beings seeing very large tracks in nature. We may not know exactly what it is, but an intelligent species would proceed with caution. Not because bigger is intrinsically more dominant, but in the case of human beings our relative frailty render us vulnerable to large animals. I reckon the dog has a similar relative vulnerability to the tiger. The "footprint size" of the tiger's scent might have had the composition of a cat, but the nutritive saturation of a very large one. I think insects also feed off more nutritive prey, I reckon probably why you had a hard time during the night in story #3 but the others weren't as much: you might've became a decoy! One of the most intimidating animal species I can personally imagine would be a rapidly replicating insect that kills prey by swarming nocturnally. It has a lot to do with my myopia which makes small insects very difficult for me to spot only a few meters away. For the above reason one of the most reassuring interventions for me has been getting contact lenses, and oh boy have I had many interesting encounters with people, predatory I would think, since I got my contacts. I have noticed even the average distance from which these individuals observe me, and their look of surprise when I look them right in the eye from that distance nowadays. Some flinch. This leads me to believe it's been going on for sometime. It wouldn't surprise me with the amount of weird stuff happening around me and my familial history of perpetrators. I believe collapse is inevitable, within most of our lifetimes. Maybe not in the sense of the world falling apart, as much as in the sense of large segments of civilisation decaying. With no overall signs of stopping, it's an accelerating race to the bottom. For those with their survival instincts still intact, I think we're asking these questions quite seriously and considering viable alternatives of opting out of the proverbial main stream of the dead fish.

[@kizzass3427]

It's all word salad. I made a picture of its brain. Enjoy.

[@tatyanaandrus]

🌟🗽

[@ArtDesigns4Creations]

For all systems to fall apart and collapse would be electricity.

[@why55555]

❤️‍🔥💓🤗💓❤️‍🔥

[@alexxx4434]

If our society collapses humanity will regress, but only temporarily. Humanity already went through such fases, historians call them 'Dark Ages'. During that time humans no doubt would resort to savage, instinctive behaviours like true animals we are under this thin layer of civility.

[@universaltruth2025]

I couldn’t sleep with fleas, bed bugs and mosquitoes. I think African and darker skinned people will have such an advantage over white people if society collapses because they have more protection from the sun and they just seem to look so much healthier in harsh environments. I went on a short trip in East Africa once and even though we (white westerners) were supposedly from the wealthy countries, and many of the local people were obviously poor financially to the point that getting enough food was a problem, they looked so much healthier than we did. They looked fit and lean and strong. We looked unfit, overweight and weak. The heat didn’t bother them, they looked clean and neat at all times, we got sweaty and hot and bothered and dirt stuck to us. I guess we evolved to fare better in cold climates.

[@russkiy6ot]

Surprised you had to go to Africa to find bedbugs. Seems like everyone in New York has a story about them.

[@dmackler58]

I've been lucky not to have experienced them in the USA or Europe. I hear about them all over the world...

[@russkiy6ot]

For the record I love NY, but I’ve been a victim in NYC and have seen them on other people in public. They mess with your mind and have made me somewhat paranoid about public places

[@dmackler58]

@@russkiy6ot I hear you!!!

[@dankhelmet9973]

If there was justice in the universe humans would have gone extinct a long time ago.

[@SLK-ep4fc]

😅

[@obsoleteoptics]

We still will, it's just taking longer than expected.

[@kmc1994]

Justice exists in nature, just not in these man-made societies. Think about it.

[@alexxx4434]

14:31 Fifty years, of fifty millon years?

[@bobvillanueva712]

My mantra is "WARRIOR MODE 24/7EVEN, BRACE FOR IMPACT, AND NEVER SURRENDER YOUR HEALTH!!!", yea? ...Daniel are you familiar with WIM HOF, a real-life NEANDERTAL, check him out, yea? "EVERY WISH FULFILLED" E.T.

[@metabalcanico5719]

More like 5000 years ago…