I was gonna say the same with Jules, survival of the fittest

My family and friends. Then, people with the skills to keep the world going again. Then, busty women that find me irresistible.

Then, a world class plastic surgeon for the small busted women that find me irresistible.

for me it doesn't matter what background they have my stipulations would be

Tolerance (people tolerant of others no matter what their background)
Common Sense (this is a big one for me)
Contributions (people that contribute and don't expect to be taken care of or feel entitled to things they didnt' earn)
Accountable (people that are accountable for their own actions)

Hahaha, you totally are making a hypocrite of yourself in your own list. Obviously you don't believe in #1 based on the rest of your list...

for me it doesn't matter what background they have my stipulations would be

Tolerance (people tolerant of others no matter what their background)
Common Sense (this is a big one for me)
Contributions (people that contribute and don't expect to be taken care of or feel entitled to things they didnt' earn)
Accountable (people that are accountable for their own actions)

Hahaha, you totally are making a hypocrite of yourself in your own list. Obviously you don't believe in #1 based on the rest of your list...

yep I still do mean it, A lot of different meanings can fall under tolerance. But let me lay it out for you just in case you wouldn't be here because of lacking number two on the list. By tolerance I mean it doesn't matter what color, religion, or race, which would be why I stated background in the parenthesis.

for me it doesn't matter what background they have my stipulations would be

Tolerance (people tolerant of others no matter what their background)
Common Sense (this is a big one for me)
Contributions (people that contribute and don't expect to be taken care of or feel entitled to things they didnt' earn)
Accountable (people that are accountable for their own actions)

Hahaha, you totally are making a hypocrite of yourself in your own list. Obviously you don't believe in #1 based on the rest of your list...

yep I still do mean it, and I think with some of number two you can figure out the rest yourself. A lot of different meanings can fall under tolerance. But let me lay it out for you just in case you wouldn't be here because of lacking number two on the list. By tolerance I mean it doesn't matter what color, religion, or race, ie why I stated background in the quotations.

Nope,. sorry, but you said "no matter what their background" even if their background is of being lazy and wanting other to take care of them. I wouldn't use the word tolerant based on your criteria. Tolerant is: Inclined to tolerate the beliefs, practices, or traits of others; forbearing. Last I checked, laziness is a trait.

I won't argue or debate the semantics of this because it's pointless. I know what I meant and now you do too.
haha I hope you didn't actually go and look up the dictionary definition so you could nitpick on the use of a word and what you feel it's meaning should encompass.

Ok we can still answer this if we keep it vague. Just imagine you're preparing for all possibilities.

First and foremost you have to choose "survivors". People who are going to be able to live through whatever this is. That has a lot of different meanings depending on just what goes down. But you'll want to have people who can live in their own environment with little outside help. Focus on farmers, they're key. People with a working knowledge of land. Hunters. Your first concern is always food and water so you need people who know how to provide that. Butchers, cooks, bakers.. people who literally put food on the table.

Next you get different specialties. You'll need engineers, doctors and scientists. If we're starting things from scratch you want people with knowledge about history. An aquaduct may be primitive today but you'll kill for one if you don't have a source of clean water. You need people who not only have this knowledge but can teach it to others.

Now it goes without saying that women are included in all professions I've listed. But regardless you need to make sure you have a population "balanced" enough for procreation. I'm sure we all get what I'm saying there.

You'll even need a few "artists". People who can provide entertainment. Human beings can not live on survival alone. We need some distraction from our daily routine.

Add to that a percentage of the population that can be considered "general labor". Builders, carpenters... the guys and gals who do all the actual work. Somebody has to remove the trash in every society.

Throw in one leader who is charismatic, strong, wise, smart, fair and well liked with as much of a "security force" as is required and there you have it! One bare bones society.

I'm sure it sounds like a lot but really if we're talking anything less than a few thousand people we're not going to make it anyway.

If anyone can find one of those things online that say something to this effect, we should so do one on here:

Such and such natural disaster is occuring and only a small amount of people can be chosen to start a new colony. Out of this list of 12 people, which 6 should be chosen for the colony?

Those are always fun to do. But I've only done them many years ago, when I was in college, and I haven't found many online.

You think those are fun?? More power to you...!!

I had to do one with a group for some team building exercise (or something), and I found it VERY stressful, emotionally draining, and depressing!! I think I mentally connected with my imaginary 12 people a bit too realistically... haha!