The prepper thread

Like Bill Burr said, get a gun, kuz if the shit hits the fan if you cccant protect what's yours then you're just collecting supplies for the strongest/baddest man on the block

 

I could use a generator for the well and my wife's tea kettle. There will be hell to pay if Ms. winks is denied her cups of tea.

 

The reason why people call those who prepare nuts, is the same reason why so many do not prepare. Life has become too soft in the 1st world.

Back in the day people prepared and preparation was not mocked, because life and nature were there every 5 minutes to bitchslap the wisdom teeth out of anyone who got caught unprepared. Now, junior and princess wake up to smartphones, tablets, and whatever the latest pop trends are. Meanwhile the fridge is packed, and the elements are never to be feared lest ye live in Tornado Alley and even that is a one-off scenario generally. They are completely disconnected from just how harsh things can get.

I travel out of the country a lot and each time I am disgusted by how air conditioning dependent I have become.

 

Guns and ammo, silver and gold, camping gear, canned goods, tools, rope and string, matches, lighters, toilet paper, first aid supplies, walkie talkies, I could go on...........

 

I think people usually are against peppers because of their beliefs of why they believe a prepping event may happen. Usually involving some type of conspiracy of government overthrow

 

Rabbits should be on every peppers check list. They are easy to breed, fatten quickly and are delicious.

Get to know the rabbit.

 

Rabbit pot pie is fucking dank.

 

Somewhat related I suppose.

I've noticed a trend among those who do not buy into any governmental conspiracies. They are usually either mostly or completely clueless about history. As such, they never actually studied scenarios where governments did actually become oppressive. Hitler is some evil German somehow related to a world war (not sure how exactly), Stalin sounds Russian and also was in the past somehow, and Pol Pot is something you maybe want to hide from the police?

Anyone else notice this

 

Being raised Mormon I spend my childhood learning how to store food and water and other essentials. I have a storage area and I rotate my food storage regularly. I have enough food to last 2 years and water for 6 months. I have vegetable seeds for planting and potable well water. Mormons are experts when it comes to storage.

 

when shit stops the fan I'll be coming over to hang out bro, you go the set up there. joke, but yeah man one day ha ha

 

I have always considered that if shit hit the fan, I wouldn't wanna be a prepper. I'd have resources other people would kill me for.

Like those guys on TV who show their house and all their supplies and stuff, I always make a mental note that I'd rob the shit out of them and take their land for myself.

 

Indeed.

Be ready to go into full on pirate mode acquiring preppers preparation. The best preparation anyone can do is to get armed up and learn how to use said arms in a combat situation.

It would also be wise to form an alliance with other post apocalypse pirates. There is real strength in numbers.

 

I bake good bread, make whiskey and have a pretty good stash of weed. That should help me trade up.


I don't expect any violence 'cause of where I live. Just good Rasta vibes.


We're awash in deer, rabbits and farmers!

 

My (late) (ex-) wife and I were going to "homestead" back in the '70s -- long before the word "prepper" was invented. We took a trip one fall down through the Appalachians and looked around for land. As it happened, we split the next year. Don't know if it would've ever happened or not. We (nor most people like us) didn't really think about the economy collapsing or anything, we just wanted to get away from civilization.


At any rate, we had pigs, chickens, a large garden, and I learned how to butcher.


Then a few years later, after she was long gone, I wanted to move farther out. In 1981 I bought a one-room cabin on a dirt road, right next to a burbling trout stream. I had to plumb the place and hook up a well before I moved in. I had electric but no phone. The cabin was 20 x 24, including the bathroom. I lived dirt-cheap for several years but there really wasn't enough room. No closets either.


I had toyed with the idea of adding on, then I started banging a woman in 1988 who had 2 little kids. They ended up moving in in May, and the builder started in July. A large living room and 2 bedrooms, and he was done in September, although I just had him do the shell; I did all the finish work inside.


Well, we broke up in 1990.


But I'm still here. I don't care about any of that stuff any more. I'm just trying to stay alive, and it's getting tougher and tougher. My mother (1915-2002) grew up on a farm with no running water and only wood heat, not because they were homesteaders, but because they were dirt poor. But they didn't know it, and most of the farmers around them were the same way. She thought I was nuts wanting to go back to that lifestyle.


I think these ideas recycle themselves from generation to generation, although a hundred years ago NOBODY wanted to live like that.

FWIW: There's an old farmhouse up on the main road behind me that has two young lesbians living there (mid-30s, not bad looking!) that are "preppers." They have chickens, goats, etc. But they're not living off the land, as was my goal, because they have pretty new vehicles and at least one of them is gone all day at a job.


That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

Humans have evolved to be very aware of our surroundings and local threats. We live in such a harmless society where we really have no risk at all, so naturally our brains are freaking out and trying to find anything at all to protect us from.


And coming from a life long hunter and shooter, please don't buy a gun without a safe to store it in and some one to teach you how to use it properly, YouTube doesn't count.

 

I think its smart to have a good amount of supplies to survive off the grid for a while as well as some weapons to defend yourself, Its just smart thinking to be prepared for a major emergency.

 

Thank you for creating this thread Yuri!!! Big ol bumpity bump to add MHO

For one...

The average person wakes up and disengages the alarm system which helped keep them safe last night.

Then goes to the bathroom which miraculously flushes and goes to the shower which is hot and gushes clean safe water to maintain hygeine

He then goes to the kitchen where his coffee pot magically brews a pot of coffee which magically came from the field to a semi truck, to Costco, then his shelf.

Early in the morning, his trash has been emptied and taken to the local dump

then hops in his car which turns over on the first crank and puts on the radio.

He might stop at a gas station for some lunchtime snacks, a quarter tank of gas, and a bottled water.

His American Express card is somehow magically processed thousands of miles away, furthering his already piling debt.

After work, he stops at the liquor store grabs a beer heads home to turn on his TV for the news, cooks a refrigerated dinner which came from a thousand miles away.

In that time, the modern HVAC keeps him cool or warm, and his home is for now secure.

Now, imagine how *most* of those things, if that way of life was breached, how people would react?

As other posters said, we live too comfortable to think about our own self sufficiency.

We rely on everything from our hot showers to our food to come from potentially thousands of miles away.

Remember, a chain is as strong as it's weakest link. Any disruption can pose a serious problem.

If a pandemic, natural disaster, etc happens, there will be no truck drivers delivering food tp other vital supplies, there will be no fuel deliveries to gas stations, and there will be no utility workers ensuring your garbage is empty, toilets flush, and be warm that night.

It's your job to prepare.

 

Just go next door and take all there stuff!

Survival of the fittest and all that lol