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Survive The Apocalypse And We’ll Reveal Exactly How Your Friend Group Will Betray You

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News breaks—something huge is happening: a blackout, signal disruption, weird clouds. What do you do first?

There’s a city-wide power outage and food deliveries have stopped. How are you feeling by Day 2?

A neighbor offers to team up with you and share supplies. What do you do?

You hear distant sirens all night. The next morning, your internet is gone. What now?

There's a run on supplies. How do you handle it?

You meet a group traveling out of town. They offer you a ride.

It’s been two weeks. You haven’t seen any news, heard any voices. What keeps you going?

You find a supply cache. It’s unguarded, for now. What do you do?

You hear footsteps outside. They're getting closer. What’s your instinct?

You finally run into someone you know. They look different, tougher. What do you say?

You’ve made it this far. What’s your biggest regret?

There’s no fight, no drama, but just a slow, quiet shift. You stop getting tagged in memes. They start making plans in the old group chat, but the energy feels off. At first, you brush it off, thinking people get busy. But over time, it’s clear: you’re not part of the plan anymore. No one’s saying anything, they’re just… not showing up for you like they used to.

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The Soft Phase-Out

It happens in a moment—maybe a message, maybe a phone call—where someone says it clearly: “This isn’t working.” It might come out of nowhere, or it might be the fallout from something small that built up over time. Either way, it’s direct and final. There is no follow-up and no space to explain. Just silence where a friendship used to be.

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The Clean Cut

One day, there’s a new person in the group, tagging everyone, making plans, dropping inside jokes that feel a little too familiar. They laugh at your friends’ stories the way you used to. It’s not that you were pushed out. It’s just that someone else fit in a little too well, and suddenly, there wasn’t space for you anymore.

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The Replacement

Nothing blew up, but one day, the door just didn’t open. Texts stopped landing. Plans stopped being shared. It’s not that something _happened;_ it’s that they decided not to deal with it. Maybe you were too honest, too intense, too hard to predict. So instead of talking it through, they chose the easy way out. Quiet, final, gone.

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The Sudden Lockout

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The Soft-Phase Out

There’s no fight, no drama, but just a slow, quiet shift. You stop getting tagged in memes. They start making plans in the old group chat, but the energy feels off. At first, you brush it off, thinking people get busy. But over time, it’s clear: you’re not part of the plan anymore. No one’s saying anything, they’re just… not showing up for you like they used to.

The Clean Cut
It happens in a moment—maybe a message, maybe a phone call—where someone says it clearly: “This isn’t working.” It might come out of nowhere, or it might be the fallout from something small that built up over time. Either way, it’s direct and final. There is no follow-up and no space to explain. Just silence where a friendship used to be.

Survive The Apocalypse And We’ll Reveal Exactly How Your Friend Group Will Betray You

Let’s say the world’s falling apart. Blackouts, silence, and no phone signal. What do you do next?

This quiz drops you into a slow-burn apocalypse. Your survival plan? That’s just the beginning. Your answers will reveal something you didn’t expect: the exact way your friend group would betray you (yep, totally unrelated… or is it? 👀)

Grab your flashlight. We’re going in.

Survive The Apocalypse And We’ll Reveal Exactly How Your Friend Group Will Betray You

Let’s say the world’s falling apart. Blackouts, silence, and no phone signal. What do you do next?

This quiz drops you into a slow-burn apocalypse. Your survival plan? That’s just the beginning. Your answers will reveal something you didn’t expect: the exact way your friend group would betray you (yep, totally unrelated… or is it? 👀)

Grab your flashlight. We’re going in.

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