Anyone here a "Prepper"?

acoustic guy
acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
edited June 2010 in A Moving Train
I read an article about it and was wondering if anybody here are into it?
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Are you talking about the "end of civilization as we know it" people who stockpile for the apocalypse?

    Some of the things that they do make a lot of sense... We could all be better prepared for some sort of disaster/emergency and we could all be less reliant on society, but from what I've seen, a lot of these people are complete paranoid kooks wasting money on stuff that they will never need/use.
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  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Are you talking about the "end of civilization as we know it" people who stockpile for the apocalypse?

    Some of the things that they do make a lot of sense... We could all be better prepared for some sort of disaster/emergency and we could all be less reliant on society, but from what I've seen, a lot of these people are complete paranoid kooks wasting money on stuff that they will never need/use.
    I agree about some getting out of hand with it. But when you think about it. Many are not able to survive if a Disaster hit. Water and Food would dissaper real fast. They had a week of shows about it on Discovery I think a few months back.
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  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    acoustic guy wrote:
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Are you talking about the "end of civilization as we know it" people who stockpile for the apocalypse?

    Some of the things that they do make a lot of sense... We could all be better prepared for some sort of disaster/emergency and we could all be less reliant on society, but from what I've seen, a lot of these people are complete paranoid kooks wasting money on stuff that they will never need/use.
    I agree about some getting out of hand with it. But when you think about it. Many are not able to survive if a Disaster hit. Water and Food would dissaper real fast. They had a week of shows about it on Discovery I think a few months back.

    We will be eating each other before the first year is out if all hell truly breaks loose. Anyone who thinks the pathetic amount of wilderness still existing is going to support countless hordes of starving humans, is absolutely crazy. Well, some of you might wait a year. I'll be eating motherfuckers in the first week.
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Two days ago, I saw a vehicle that would haul that tankah. You want to get out of here? You talk to me.
  • WaveCameCrashin
    WaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    Iv'e seen where some people are buying old missile silo's and having them outfitted as fall out shelters. for about $2.3 mil.


    http://www.silohome.com/missile_silo_fo ... itary_.htm
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,459
    i thought a "prepper" was someone who gets the male porn stars ready to perform for the camera...i was wondering how this was relevent tothe train, then i asked someone and they told me those are "fluffers", not "preppers"....my bad....

    regarding the actual purpose of the thread, no i am not a prepper, per se, but i do have some things stocked away and evacuation routes planned and all of that stuff.
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  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,829
    I have a few grand in silver coins just in case!
  • eyedclaar
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    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    regarding the actual purpose of the thread, no i am not a prepper, per se, but i do have some things stocked away and evacuation routes planned and all of that stuff.

    As do I. Of course, where I live escape is easy. I can vanish into the foothills and from there the biggest wilderness in the lower 48 in a three minute run from my house. Not sure it will do much good, but...

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  • eyedclaar
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    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    I have a few grand in silver coins just in case!

    Frankly, I can't wait to see some jackass with a wheelbarrow full of money thinking he still has something other than tender to start a fire.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,459
    eyedclaar wrote:
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    I have a few grand in silver coins just in case!

    Frankly, I can't wait to see some jackass with a wheelbarrow full of money thinking he still has something other than tender to start a fire.
    yes, it is an entirely different way of thinking. we are all so accustomed to having cash and that giving us the power to purchase things, but in a disaster cash will not splint a broken bone, give you shelter, or allow you to live if you eat it...
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
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    well judging from Katrina, the most important thing will be ice and gasoline. that shit was more valuable than gold for a couple weeks around here. people got shot over it.

    and the Joker was right, people will eat each other when the shit hits the fan.
  • eyedclaar
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    MrSmith wrote:
    well judging from Katrina, the most important thing will be ice and gasoline. that shit was more valuable than gold for a couple weeks around here. people got shot over it.


    Honestly, I think clean drinking water will quickly become the most prescious thing in the world. Meat will be easy to come by for some time, maybe not the meat people are used to though.
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  • unsung
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    The anti-gun crowd will probably change their tune pretty quickly.
  • Smellyman
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    unsung wrote:
    The anti-gun crowd will probably change their tune pretty quickly.

    yes, when the Apocalypse happens feel free to say I told you so....you win

    :roll:
  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    We always have a few cases of bottled water, but I'm not sure I want to be around if everything descends into chaos and rampant lawlessness. Despite my experience in these matters as a Boston driver.
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  • catefrances
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    MrSmith wrote:
    Two days ago, I saw a vehicle that would haul that tankah. You want to get out of here? You talk to me.

    i hope you said that with the appropriate accent. 8-)
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    eyedclaar wrote:
    MrSmith wrote:
    well judging from Katrina, the most important thing will be ice and gasoline. that shit was more valuable than gold for a couple weeks around here. people got shot over it.


    Honestly, I think clean drinking water will quickly become the most prescious thing in the world. Meat will be easy to come by for some time, maybe not the meat people are used to though.
    after a week of canned ravioli, anything but that started to look like filet mignon.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    people stockpiling for the apocalypse'' amuse me. hope they dont forget the can opener.
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
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    unsung wrote:
    The anti-gun crowd will probably change their tune pretty quickly.

    I'm pretty sure that protesting on capital hill might not be our first priority anymore. Stealing your gun will be. :lol:
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