Have you realized that society has never taught us anything useful? Especially us folks who grew up in the cities. If something actually were to happen, we’re all fucked. SOME rednecks gonna survive but the rest of us?
1- Do we know how to hunt? Fish? Forage for food? Know what is ok to eat and what are deadly? – NOPE
2- Do you know how to build a shelter, like even a canopy in the woods? Or hell, even a city/state park? – NOPE
3- Do you know to fix a tire and fix your car? No mechanics or AAA during a zombie takeover/plandemic lol – NOPE
4- Do you know how to chop wood or build a fire? – NOPE
5- Do you know how to grow food? – NOPE
6- Do you even own LAND where you’re able to access food (so you can hunt for food, fish, forage)- NOPE. If you’re stuck in a city, there is NO way you can survive long term, once the stores are empty and everything is looted (which only takes a few days before everything everywhere is looted).
7- Do you own guns or knives? You’ll need them to survive, to hunt or to defend- NOPE
8- Do you have storage? Stocked up on necessary goods, food, water, supplies?- NOPE
9- Is there even a 9? I’m dead at #1 >.<
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I know how to fish, hunting is one I still want to work on. I’d have to bring my skills up quite a bit to survive off either, and where I live now there is not enough wildlife to satisfy the population. Meanwhile, where I’m looking at in Michigan the wildlife outpaces hunters for the most part.
I have training in masonry and electrical work, if pressed I can do a bit of carpentry and plumbing. So yes, shelter is something I can tackle. More likely on this one will be adapting existing structures, since any mass death event would leave lots of vacant structures.
ah, tire is a sensitive subject. I don’t have the right size jack for my car, but I could do it if I did, and I can do pretty much anything necessary on my truck. Further, I can keep my bicycles going indefinitely at much lower expense. City dwellers are ahead on apocolypse prep in that respect.
Starting a fire? I’m an Eagle scout, I had to learn and teach the hardest method; friction bow. Meanwhile I have an electric lighter that can be recharged by micro solar, so starting a quick fire is something I’m pretty confident about. It’s another thing moving north has as an advantage. Where I live now is so rarely cold that we don’t have a fireplace, meaning this house would either need a wood stove added or be useless for four months out of the year.
I’ve seen circumstances where people can farm a lot the size of mine enough to support two people, which is all we need. Chickens are the real powerhouse, processing waste and providing eggs.
Heh, I just got a new knife today. I own a lot of knives, but this new one is special because it will be my new everyday carry. It’s got a spring loaded open and a liner lock so it’s a good all rounder. Owning a gun is actually a liability, since robbers turned raiders would target anywhere they could get that kind of weapon. Further, Americans fear knives more than guns
Storage wise, I always keep about three months worth of food and coffee, and I have plenty of room for more.
I think I’d be okay, so many of the necessary skills were part of my education. It’s more likely society would reform into tribes, so having some marketable skills is more than enough if you are able to work with others.
It’s more likely still that things will continue as they have. I don’t think it would be as sudden of a drop off as portrayed in films
but my prep is based on the rather accurate assumption that society may not collapse, but it might abandon me entirely, and I might need to learn to live off the land
as Timothy Leary said; Tune in, Turn On, Drop Out.
“It’s more likely still that things will continue as they have. I don’t think it would be as sudden of a drop off as portrayed in films”
>It is if one lives in the city. If shit happens and continues for >1wk, city folk are screwed. And by city, I mean densely populated cities like NY, Tokyo, etc and not “small” or spread out cities like Phoenix or Houston.
So, the options are know all of that or death? I’ll take option 3… Revel in the chaos by living out my fantasy of playing Dead Rising IRL while secretly anticipating my oncoming exit from Life: The Game Nobody Asks For but Everyone is Forced to Play. As for my now zombie corpse, easiest 100 points anyone could ever ask for outside of *insert morbid, dark comparison here about killing something defenseless”