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If you ended up like Tom Hanks in Castaway do you think: 1) You would end up making a Wilson to talk to? 2) You'd stay in that cave or build a little hut? (lemmy.world)

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I understand why they added Wilson to the script and I think it was necessary but I am not sure I would do that myself.

The cave makes sense initially but he never really improves upon it. I guess I am thinking of all the stuff they built on Gilligan's Island (which was fictional of course). It just seems like he should have built more stuff...perhaps build a hut, a bed frame, table etc. inside the cave.

Also, he was there four years. He could have started building a raft in the first month and had a much nicer raft than the one he used.

I still like the movie. I just think if it were me I don't think I'd have a Wilson and I would probably build more stuff somehow.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

I don't need a Wilson. Or rather, everything is a Wilson for me, even if I'm not castaway, and even if it lacks a face. See those three trees there? They're now Nona, Decima, Morta. That huge rock? He's Ozzy.

In his situation I'd probably do the following, roughly in order (it depends on pressing matters):

Secure basic necessities. Shelter, water, fire, short-term food, in this order.
Look for a way to reliably filter, treat, and store water.
Semi-permanent SOS signs.
Traps for animals, depending on the local fauna.
Simple tools/utensils, depending on what I have at hand already. Mostly ceramic, wood, and stone.
Traps for animals, depending on the local fauna, for meat.
Salt production, since salting is a conservation method. This should be actually rather fast depending on my tools.
Soap. It's fat and ashes, and it can save a life. It's also an amenity.
Amenities: bed frame, table to avoid the -3 mood hit, so goes on. I'd probably also look for a way to smooth the cave walls and floor (more on that later).
Some extremely simple farming. Such as planting some tubers and berry branches near my cave. Just to reduce the time spent gathering stuff.

I wouldn't build a raft. It's simply too risky, I'd rather live poorly in an island than die gloriously in the ocean.

Regarding the wall/floor smoothing, it's mostly for security - to give bugs less room to hide themselves. Ideally some makeshift concrete (mostly powdered clay and seashells baked together, and then mixed with water, small stones and straw); but worst hypothesis just some mud on the walls.