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Butchering, I live on a farm and butcher sheep/lamb and chicken is second nature to me ( started when I was 12 )

Dying from a decease.

[โ€“] _lilith@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

test plant on grug before eating

[โ€“] Carl@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Clan rock stacker.

[โ€“] Commiunism@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Coal mining, I fucking love mining coal

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[โ€“] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Not being on the internet

[โ€“] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Engineering and chemistry. You know, sharpening knives/arrows and distilling seawater into salt for food preservation.

[โ€“] rainrain@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Digging holes with a shovel. I'm good at that.

Whittling. Drawing.

Meditation.

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[โ€“] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I'm reasonably good at surviving pregnancy and childbirth, and nursing. Think all my other skills are only useful after the agricultural revolution.

[โ€“] daepicgamerbro69@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Our ancestors measured time to keep track of the breeding seasons of their prey as to not exterminate the local populations... so most likely for that

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[โ€“] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago
[โ€“] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

I'd be a good forager, gatherer and tracker. I have a knack for identifying plants and animals and spotting signs of their presence. I'm sure with a bit of training I could become decent at trapping too but I've never done that.

I'd also be good at art, be that cave wall painting or figurine sculpting/carving.

[โ€“] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I feel like I could get flintknapping down pretty well.

[โ€“] RedSnt@feddit.dk 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] MTK@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Navigation and being the first to try a cool looking mushroom and findout how dead I get.

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[โ€“] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess I could build a cart/waggon for easier transporting the dead animals the other guys hunted. Not sure if that would be much appreciated or if I just would be the weird guy again.

Maybe a plough would be more useful.

And building/improving shelter.

I could also make a fire after failing some time I suppose.

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can imagine you making a rock hammer, and having to sit there and justify to people why the end has that weird flange. "It's for pulling things out!"

[โ€“] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Right, come to think of it, I definitely would be the weird guy that doesn't understand how the community works. I couldn't speak their language, wouldn't know their common practices and hierarchy.

I'd likely go (be exiled) on my own lonely journey (aaand thus quickly die).

[โ€“] Alloi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

tool making most likely. also fire keeping, and cooking.

[โ€“] ChaosInstructor@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

looking like that...most likely not a Don Juan. so hunting and fishing, i could scare anything to death...

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[โ€“] klep@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Oh! I'm actually somewhat decent with some useful things. I got sent to a wilderness school for fuck up kids when I was a teen. So I know how to, and have applied a lot of survival stuff.

I know how to effectively make a somewhat permanent shelter. I can make and use a bow drill to make fire, and along the same principal but with much more effort and time I could make fire with hand drill or fire plough techniques. I know how to make basic traps. I can make cordage, and have very, very very basic tracking skills. I know some edible and toxic plants in my area (not exhaustive by any means). I know how to clean and dress game. There's a lot of other stuff, but those popped into my head immediately.

It's been a long time since I've done all this, but the knowledge and know-how is all there. I'd actually be a decent person to have around!

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[โ€“] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ironically, brute force. I would be great at hunting too!

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[โ€“] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Hitting people with a cudgel

[โ€“] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'd be the hairless monkey that stays up all night and talks to plants

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[โ€“] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Dispensing elderly wisdom

[โ€“] buttwater@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm good with plants, I'm observant, I like stargazing, I'm a good de-escalator. I'd probably an elder and end up doing some type of weather forecasting.

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tell me you work in middle management

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