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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Neutrino 123: [QB] Well, I would first headsmash the guy who�s asking me about these people so I could use the shelter myself. Now, to look at the list (assuming, of course, that these things are all I know about the people): [QUOTE][qb] [*]a 40yo male violinist who is a suspected drug dealer [/qb][/QUOTE]No: Violinists are useless in a post-apocalyptic world, and drug dealers are losers. [QUOTE][qb] [*]a 34yo male architect who is thought to be gay [/qb][/QUOTE]Yes: Architectural skills mean this person should be useful. Homosexual people can still reproduce as well, so if he is actually gay, it is not a huge problem.. [QUOTE][qb] [*]a 26yo lawyer and the lawyer's 24yo wife who has just gotten out of a mental institution--they both insist to go in the shelter together or stay out together [/qb][/QUOTE]No: Lawyers lack useful skills. Their addition would be a waste. [QUOTE][qb] [*]a 75yo priest [/qb][/QUOTE]No: This person is useless. [QUOTE][qb] [*]a 34yo retired prostitute who was so successful that she's been living off her savings for five years [/qb][/QUOTE]No, this person is useless and a loser. [QUOTE][qb] [*]a 20yo "militant" black activist [/qb][/QUOTE]No: Militant activists are almost always losers, and he has no useful skills. [QUOTE][qb] [*]a 23yo graduate student who has had several bouts of depression throughout her life [/qb][/QUOTE]Yes: Being a graduate student, this person has above-average intelligence, and may have additional useful skills depending on her field. The depression is a relatively minor problem in all likelihood. [QUOTE][qb] [*]a 28yo physicist who will only come into the shelter if he can bring his gun with him [/qb][/QUOTE]Hey, it�s future-me! I wonder what kind of gun I purchased? Maybe I shouldn�t have headsmashed that guy afterall! They probably misinterpreted my gun �suggestion� as �insistence�, though. At any rate, this person is in, since guns will be useful and physicists almost always have many useful skills. I would also try to secure additional guns of greater firepower. [QUOTE][qb] [*]a 30yo female medical doctor who is a proud white supremacist [/qb][/QUOTE]Yes: Her skills are too important to lose. The white supremacist part would have to be dealt with, though. If it can�t be eliminated, then this person will be watched carefully, and not be given educational assignments unless monitored. [QUOTE][qb] [*]a 12yo girl who has a low IQ [/qb][/QUOTE]Yes: though initially useless, she can be trained with useful skills and learn them more quickly because she is young. IQ is a rather poor indicator of intelligence, and I believe intelligence can be increased with excellent education. [QUOTE][qb] [*]a male who has been deaf since birth [/qb][/QUOTE]No: deaf people have fewer communication abilities making him less useful. [QUOTE][qb] [*]a 30yo Hispanic female who is a healthy triathlete and an avowed atheist [/qb][/QUOTE]Yes: though athletes tend not to have any useful skills, her physical stamina might make her useful as a scout after the bunker is opened. As a side note and public service :cool: , I would like to point out the even in a full scale nuclear war at the height of the cold war, only about half the population of the U.S. and the world would have been eliminated. The shows that portray the extinction of the human race are entirely mythological. Another note: this doesn�t seem to be a very well-made survey. Each person should only have one attribute, so as to not muddle conclusions. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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