I had a whole post written about seeing an episode of "The Colony" for the first time ever, and my thoughts, and I realize they're not that different from what I said earlier, long before I had ever seen the show.

So here's the teal deer version (tl:dr, from the internet convention when someone basically spills their guts and it's too much for people to read):

the whole idea of being trapped in a warehouse with a bunch of other people and having to try to depend on them for survival makes me not so much want to be a survivor. At least based on the people there. Lots of unpleasantness, offered up in the name of "toughening people up." Hell is, indeed, other people.

Also, what skills I possess (making bread - heck, making yeast for bread, making clothing and blankets, etc.) are apparently pretty useless in a post-apocalyptic future. Again. Not so much wanting to be a survivor in that situation.

So I feel kind of unsettled now. I think I need to start a new project to calm myself down. Or cheer myself up. Or something.

Eh, I'm sure it's the typical play-up-the-drama-for-the-audience thing in part, but I really don't want to test out how well I'd survive the end of the world if it was going to be anything like that. (Why don't they do one featuring people out in the country - where there are fish in the streams and berries and acorns and the possibility of raising food? That seems a lot more likely of a survival option to me. Besides, I know what plants are edible and what are not, and that would actually be a useful skill.)