Doomsday Preppers?

[midwestfisherman]

Do you think that prepping will really make a difference when SHTF? Or are these people paranoid and/or off their rocker?

Repost. The other thread is titled "Doomsday Preppers".
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[0roo0roo]

the crazy is kinda amusing
i guess they are inadvertently prepping for natural disasters, so its not all waste

 

[lxskllr]

I think it would make a difference, but I question the resources some people spend on it. Some times too much is too much.

 

[midwestfisherman]

I think it would make a difference, but I question the resources some people spend on it. Some times too much is too much.

That's what I see. Some people are spending a large amount of their income, time and other resources on their prepping effort. It's almost like if you're going to do it you have to immerse yourself into in order to be successful.

 

[lxskllr]

That's what I see. Some people are spending a large amount of their income, time and other resources on their prepping effort. It's almost like if you're going to do it you have to immerse yourself into in order to be successful.

It's like playing lottery, but you lose big when you lose, and you're virtually guaranteed to lose. Keeping a few emergency supplies around is reasonable because it takes little effort, and if you need them you're set. Going all out is a huge drain on time and finances, and imo the odds of needing full blown survivalist gear is about the same as winning lotto.

 

[Via]

I just caught a little of an episode today.

You can't make this shit up: The guy is storing rice in vacuum packed buckets for his Cambodian wife who survived the Khmer Rouge massacre by herself as a teenager. They had a passably cute asian-looking daughter, and I figured "why store the rice? the girl will bring more on the market than anything you can stockpile."

 

[RossMAN]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2238869

 

[midwestfisherman]

Thanks for killing my thread RossMAN! *rolleyes*

 

[JS80]

It's like playing lottery, but you lose big when you lose, and you're virtually guaranteed to lose. Keeping a few emergency supplies around is reasonable because it takes little effort, and if you need them you're set. Going all out is a huge drain on time and finances, and imo the odds of needing full blown survivalist gear is about the same as winning lotto.

I don't see most of them "winning" when their thesis does prove correct. Most/all didn't have enough firepower to back up what they prepared for if SHTF for real.

 

[Crono]

Anything that would make sense for general emergency preparation (long shelf-life food, storm shelter, first aid, water, etc) makes sense. But if you are paranoid enough to sink a lot of money and effort, and drive your family nuts in the process, you really need to rethink your priorities.

In an actual "doomsday" scenario nothing short of having the resources of a small nation behind you isn't going to do much good. If governments fall, personal defense and provision isn't going to be easy. Enclaves, small militias, private bunkers won't do squat once armies start forming. I think "Jericho" was a good show that depicted what might happen in such a situation.

 

[RossMAN]

Thanks for killing my thread RossMAN! *rolleyes*

You're welcome :whiste:

 

[KeithP]

Prepper shoots himself:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...man-shoots-his-thumb-off-video_n_1278698.html

Enough said.

-KeithP

 

[borisvodofsky]

I just caught a little of an episode today.

You can't make this shit up: The guy is storing rice in vacuum packed buckets for his Cambodian wife who survived the Khmer Rouge massacre by herself as a teenager. They had a passably cute asian-looking daughter, and I figured "why store the rice? the girl will bring more on the market than anything you can stockpile."

wow, you're a bad person. LOL :biggrin: