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GuruBushHippie
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Doomsday Preppers 1
#16034175 - 04/02/12 02:54 PM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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These people... 
Okay, I understand that stockpiling food and supplies in your home is good preparation, but here's the thing: If the shit hits the fan and society collapses, you're probably gonna have to GTFO of your house. If that happens and these folks are forced to leave their hundreds of lbs of canned goods behind, WTF are they going to do? I realize that some people featured on the show are very well prepared in terms of self-defense and limited resources survival, but it seems like a lot of them are just obsessed with stockpiling useless shit that you can't take with you if you have to evacuate from your home.
What it boils down to is this: 1) You know how to sustain yourself for an extended period of time (at least a month) with extremely limited resources, or 2) You fucking perish. It doesn't matter if you have 3 years worth of canned goods stored up, if you lose access to that stock, you don't have shit, and you better believe that when the shit hits the fan hostile takeovers by small makeshift militia group (gangs, marauders, extremists, or otherwise) will be common.
Another qualm I have with these people is that they think because they have a huge arsenal of firearms, they're secure. This is also false. A person can only shoot 2 guns at once, and if shooting 2 guns, those generally have to be handguns at close range to be effective. Against a small militia group this would be a suicide mission.
Maybe I just don't get it, but to me some of these "preppers" seem extremely ill-prepared for a true survival situation. So much so that I don't even think some of them could survive an urban survival situation without their stockpile, much less a wilderness survival situation For me the definition of "prepared" is a person who can adapt to and survive in any given scenario. A survivor doesn't rely on stockpiles of food or firepower, he relies on knowledge the survivalist mind state.(This of course excludes things that humans can't biologically survive, such as: severe natural disaster, direct exposure to nuclear/biological weaponry, etc, etc.)
That said, I do believe in ALWAYS having certain things in case a survival situation presents itself. That's basically a 72 Hour Kit that is within reach or on my back at all times. However, no matter what survival resources you carry with you or have in your home on a day to day basis, it isn't worth a fuck if you don't have the necessary skills to survive without them.
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rackem



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its the risk THEY are willing to take.
shit there is all sorts of different methods, ideas, etc... least they are doing something.
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I concur.
And they think they can stop hordes of starving zombified people with their pussy ass 22 LOL
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Doomsday Preppers [Re: rackem] 1
#16034213 - 04/02/12 03:02 PM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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rackem said: its the risk THEY are willing to take.
shit there is all sorts of different methods, ideas, etc... least they are doing something.
They're doing a lot, but my point is that it could all be in vain. Survival preparation for the individual or small unit revolves around minimalism. This is simply because you never know when it's going to happen. If you have the knowledge to survive in any situation, you don't need stockpiles of shit. That's my point.
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Aser
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If I had a large stockpile of food and other important survival resources, I wouldn't want to be going on television and telling everyone about it.
They should hide all of that gear. Otherwise, like you said, some band of thugs will just kill them and take it.
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The more gun you have, the more functions they have. For instance, shotguns are most effective for zombies, blowing their heads off. While rifles are better for picking off starving citizens as they feebly try to break into your compound to get some of those sweet, sweet baked beans. And of course a trusty side arm, for shooting your best friend in the back at that right moment, before he does the same to you.
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rackem



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agreed to that logic..
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Doomsday Preppers [Re: Aser]
#16034237 - 04/02/12 03:06 PM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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Aser said: If I had a large stockpile of food and other important survival resources, I wouldn't want to be going on television and telling everyone about it.
They should hide all of that gear. Otherwise, like you said, some band of thugs will just kill them and take it.
A very good point. That's their first (and possibly greatest) mistake. It's also yet another reason why survival skills trump survival gear.
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