People who are in shock, and have done the same things all their life, will NOT just magically pick up the things they need to know to live in a new world where a whole new skill set is needed to survive.

Picture Paris Hilton in that show, what was it called, where they made her do stuff like work on a farm. How’d that work out?

You would get the same result from millions of youngsters today, who have only a fraction of her wealth and priviledge, yet much the same attitude. The response to “you need to do this” would be “gross! no way!”

Granted, empty bellies would rapidly change minds. But man oh man, we are starting way behind, and if it comes to that, it won’t be pretty.

I’m one of those guys that does Word and Powerpoint for a living, but I spent a lot of time in the mountains as a kid, and at least I know how to shoot a rabbit and catch a fish and plant tomatoes (which is not the same as planting a crop) and light a fire. But for hordes of urban and suburban kids, even the idea of such things is utterly alien to them. Most of them won’t be able to do it. They will succumb to despair and die.

Imagine the first winter in New York City when the food has stopped arriving and the power’s out. Good lord, they can’t even COOK their own food, much less grow it or gather it.

The girls will survive better than the hapless metro-boys, because at least the cute ones will have a chance of becoming part of a strong man’s harem (channeling Whiskey). The metro boys will disappear in no time flat. And those objects of endless sophisticate mockery — the Boy Scouts — would find themselves much in demand everywhere they went.