I'm feeling for some morbid humor tonight.

Situation 1:

So let's say you were stuck on a small uninhabited island which was home to nothing but 1 dead tree. You had with you a moderate-sized canister of drinking water, a bottle of alcohol, a roll of bandages, a lighter, and a handsaw....It was not your first day there, and you were extremely hungry. All attempts to catch fish or other sea life have ended in failure and more exhaustion. You know you won't last much longer if you don't get nourishment ASAP.
You know ships pass through the area, but for all you know it could be many days until the next one.


Situation 2:

Same as above, except you have another person with you. You didn't know him before you ended up on this island. Between you 2 you have all the same tools as in the first situation. You are both extremely hungry...and water supply is dwindling even faster with 2 of you there. What do?

Bahaha, nice ones.

RDM, no self-amputating in situation 1? I'm dissapoint.

Interesting.
However, isn't suicide a form of murder? You are still destroying a 'vessel of holy spirit', etc etc


As for me, that would depend on my state of mind at that time.

In the first situation it's possible i would asphyxiate myself too, and take the easy way out. However, it's also possible i would do the following:

1. Saw all parts of a tree i can and put them aside for future use.
2. Start a big fire.
3. Ingest half of the alcohol to ease the pain
4. Put a piece of wood/folded cloth between my teeth.
5. Tie a piece of cloth or bandage very tight to isolate the leg and help it go blue n' numb.
6. Start sawing my leg off.
7. Use all cloth/bandages to try and slow down the bleeding.
8. Heat the saw in a fire.
9. Cauterize the wound with hot steel, starting with artery.
10. Repeat #9
11. Use more alcohol on the wound, and cover it in thin layer of bandages.
12. Cook my leg and enjoy!

This would be extremely risky and there's a great chance I would bleed to death before i cauterize the wound, but I'd try it if i felt particularly eager to live.

Second situation...same. All would depend on how keen on living i was.
If i didn't kill myself, i would attempt to 'assist' the other guy.
If i won, I'd likely fair until the next ship. If he won, than at least he wouldn't have to feel bad about killing me, seeing how i attacked first.

Situation 1: I would eat insects and make a raft.

Situation 2: With two people it is easier to make a raft, then a raft could do better and faster

Make a calling thingy from what?

Their body would still contain a ton of calories, which are far more important than nutrients in a critical situation like this.

I know people have survived during blockades by eating others.....certainly not glamorous, but it does work.

situation one: wait and maybe die peacefully, or eat a limb. depens on my stater of mind.

Situation two: Eat the other surviver, gotta do what u gotta do.