oh, mods if I'm in the wrong place please feel free to move me....

Aside from my 'friends' on here, you gotta admit the pending SHTF scenerio is difficult to bring up with old (and new friends).
The other day I brought it up after a few drinks on Thanksgiving with friends. I was shocked when the couple I was hanging with was ALL over it! Of course, this led to an evening of very interesting conversation.
They are now planning on taking me to their 'compound' when/if it happens. They have land even farther out in the country and plan on going so far as building what they are calling a compound. kind of scary.
I've never met anyone in person that really agreed with me., that really saw it coming too.
So I'm still tripping on this, so many people reject it in person.
Even my sister, I'm getting through to her and she no doubt feels the pull too, but as yet isn't making any plans , progress, even a wood stove would be a good start.
anyone else in my world?

Ive let go of being worried about people thinking im crazy. I tell them straight up I love conspiracies but not necessarily believe all of them. I did bring this conspiracy about shtf if the euro crumbles up with a friend and sent them to the drudge report when all the headlines were about collapse of euro and other things. It made it easy he was like, I still think its not going to happen, but wow!

This be my home, I will die defending it if I have to. I won't leave without a fight, bloody or deadly if need be.

Originally posted by calnorak
This be my home, I will die defending it if I have to. I won't leave without a fight, bloody or deadly if need be.

you made me laugh.
I just like my little farm and don't want to leave it unless I have to.
and I'm a single chick... don't know if I can defend my castle alone or not.

I don't say anything to anybody and don't plan on it, except for my immediate family who is on the same page. I don't think anything will happen, but I'm prepared if something does. Nobody knows what is going to happen, so why bother saying something, we can only assume that something will, which doesn't sound very smart.

Just a hint, if you like your job and plan on moving up, don't say anything to anyone at work if you don't wanna be know as "that guy" even if someone else brings it up.

Compound? yikes

And prepared? People hoarding food, stock-piling weapons, secret bunkers... give me a break.

IF and when something of that magnitude happens we only need to be mentally and spiritually prepared

I have already chosen a side, have you?

When I bring any of this up with friends, I usually try not to be too 'preachy' about things. I'm actually pretty light hearted about it. They all know I'm a conspiracy nut but they know I back up with facts as much as I can, and admit if I don't have the answers. I basically keep it simple, introducing topic matter more as novel ideas that challenge their views on the world without threatening their views, and when they seem to be waning in interest or don't feel comfortable talking about it anymore, I just reinforce that they need not listen to everything they're being told, and fear things they're being told to fear, because in the end none of it matters. As bill Hicks says, its just a ride. All your money woes, all the world economy crashing, all the threats of war going around the world today, all the governmental powers.... none of it matter. Its just a bunch of shiny things with bright colors that they like to sell you on. If the world does start to go to hell in a hand basket in 2012 (for which I take as possibility but not fact), then I think that's the most important message I can bestow. If police come barging in your door claiming your someones property, just remember, its not real, and as a human being, they have no power over you. Probably one of the greatest survival factors there is. Course, I usually keep it shorter and end the conversation with that

Its not my job to convince people of the dark and sadistic underbelly of this world. If I were to try, I would be no better than the MSM, the politicians, and so on. And I would be disturbed to find someone who took my words and did not follow through with their own investigations. That actually sounds eerily like some of these cults that emerge here and there. All I can do is raise doubt in their minds and hopefully open their minds enough to explore their own answers. One cannot be taught the truth, one has to feel it for themselves