I think we cover this on all of these boards at one time or another and repeatedly, but I often find it hard to talk to people without banging my head against the wall on these forums because their definition of SHTF...is so far removed from my definition of shtf....that...their ideas of how to prepare seem ridiculous to me and short sighted. In the same way I am sure I seem just way too extreme for some people and they can't relate to me. I haven't seen in this board yet where people ponied up and said this is what I am preparing for.
It'd help me immensely in giving advice if I knew your idea of shtf was a localized natural disaster that took you out of food supply for two weeks...for instance. When every last thing we do is revolving around much deeper darker scenario and surviving past that, creating not only our own systems for living now that subjugate the need for the current system at all...but also creating networks and communities of people now...post collapse.
Sometimes...I think, people spend alot of time online...and alot of time reading hobby farm magazines, or firearms catalogues...and don't give a lot of thought to what you actually Can do...vs. your pipe dream reality. I hate to always be the bubble burster...and maybe that is it with most of these boards..they are just another form of irc chat and fantasy role play for the vast majority of people. I didn't get that then, and I don't get that now.
I have gotten so burnt out from listening to people and banging my head against the wall I often think..."I am moving to NY, and the whole world can crumble around me for all I care..I know I will be just fine". So if I disappear...I have decided being a hermit...is a smarter prep than being in forums.
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