Pulling out my own rib seems like a controversial issue. Poll up. I'll hang off on trying it until I get the overall consensus.
Cook them first, it’s safer and if they’re dead they won’t be able to dodge your teeth. Worms, arthropods, snails, etc are all good sources of protein, and will be easier to catch than squirrels/birds. About what to shape the clay into, just shape it into something that holds water, then make a lid for that container with small holes to hopefully filter out other things
Attempted schematic
(Since a rectangle is easier to do this with, I will assume it’s a rectangle, but a circular bowl will work too, any shape really so long as the
lid matches its container and the lid has holes for filtration
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Each dot represents holes in the lid, the smaller the holes, the better, since we only want water to fall through. The clay will also need to be
hardened before an attempt at boiling the water inside is made, boiling water will kill any bacteria or other small organisms within the water.
First, you should make the container, someone mentioned earlier that clay can be red as well.
I’ll look up which shape would hold more, given the same wall height and area
I found a volume calculator, and the type of container that holds the most seems to be a shape like a bowl but with a flat bottom and a top radius bigger than the bottom one, like if a cone was flattened at the pointy end
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I meant like...recipes and instructions for how to cook them. I've never made bugs on an open fire before. I'm getting my appetite back and this is seeming less and less horrifying compared to the alternative.
Don't I have to like set the clay on fire or something to harden it? Assuming I find it? I'll go try to collect some now.
I think I found some? It might just be mud. Its kinda grey. I'll start the collecting thing you told me earlier just in case.
Alright. I think I can handle that. With all the things I'm noting should I start working on some kind of map? ...How would I make a map?
Well, in order to make a map, you must first make paper, for that you need wood, it’s better to start its soft wood as they are not as tough as hard wood, then, find a way to break the wood into smaller pieces with something sharp, here, you are making a wood pulp, so don’t worry about make the pieces too small, then find shred the pieces to even smaller pieces and put them in some kind of container, along with water, mix the content in the container until it pulverized into a watery pulp, which should a consistency of a wet powder, then get yourself a natural bleach substitute (like tree oil) and them to the pulp to make paper, let it sit for a while for the bleach substitute to take effect, after that, Make yourself a some and of screen and put in he container different from the one that you made the pulp in, then put the pulp into the container, then pull out the screen and let it dry, if you have succeeded in this, lets move on to the map
To make a map, you have to determine the size of the area, so some exploring may be needed, then determine the land to water ratio, so see if there is any rivers or lakes around you, then think about much detail should this map have, after that, you grab the paper you have made and draw the basic outlines of the area around you, then draw any waterways resent in your area, then draw in details in your like mountains, trees, other stuff), after that, make color the map, if you want to, you could label the map, of course, it’s helpful if you have any info on the map, so make sure you add keys that identify the colors and symbols of the map, a scale that represents meters/kilometers is represented in a square inch or centimeter, a symbol (like a compass rose) that orients you in the map, and if necessary, the time and date of when you made this, hope this helps
...So how do I make a sharp thing to get wood? I can snap small sticks but I don't thing I can pulp wood with my bare hands. Unless that is how they do it I guess. And what is tree oil? Finally what am I going to use to draw on this map?
I remember that softwood is what wood from conifers are called, things like pine trees for example have softwood, someone working in wood shop told me this, I’m not en expert in it
Everything nearby is pine so I should have access to softwood then.
Make the beating on chest thing a routine. It’s a confidence building exercise like you thought. Then, examine yourself for anything out of the ordinary. Your entire body. Then search you’re phone and check for these two things:
- cell service
- any suspicious looking apps.
Then focus really heard and reach inside yourself and try to find some kind of magical power.
It does feel pretty good. I'll make it part of my morning routine. And do it whenever I have to eat bugs.
I don't see anything on my body that I wouldn't expect from sleeping under a pile of sticks. I'm getting pretty dirty from all this running around, digging in dirt, making fires, and bug collecting. I don't see any weird tracking collar or tattoo or anything else. Unless they put it on my forehead or somewhere else I can't see I guess.
I already checked my phone and I have no cell or internet service aside from this forum. I don't notice any suspicious looking apps that weren't there before.
Focusing really hard inside myself doesn't make anything particularly magical happen but I feel a bit calmer now. Another self-help thing?
On trees? I guess that makes sense. Now that I think about it there are some pine trees with leaves on them. I guess those must be vines? I'll try to collect them and see if I can make a bow. They've got five leaves and a couple of green berry things that don't look ripe yet. I hope they arn't poison ivy but I guess I can't really be picky if it is.
Fire tutorial was a big help! It took me the rest of the day to get it right, but I managed to get a fire going somehow. I'm exhausted and ready for my first night in wherever I am. Kinda sucks that the fire will die after I fall asleep but I guess the technique itself is a good lesson. Thanks to you guys we've finally made that first step in recreating civilization! My hat's off to you Prometheuses.
Just here to help you again, for the vines, remember the saying "leaves of three, let it be"?, you should apply that logic here, also the edges of the leaves are either smooth or coarsely toothed and the berries that it sometimes have are hard and white
Now for the fire, the best you could keep the fire going is by doing it by little, first add the tinder, then the kindling and finally the wood, rinse and repeat, the best tinder to use are dry leaves and bark, while the best kindling to use are twigs, sticks, tree branches and also dry leaves, the best wood to sustain a fire are hardwood, as they last longer and produce more heat
So small to big wood for the fire. I don't have any hardwood nearby but I'll try to remember that for later. I'm mostly worried about keeping the fire going when I'm not around, if I leave my little camp to do anything or go to sleep it seems to die down. There are tons of fallen branches around her so I'm at least good on that front.
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