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Originally posted by poloblack
There's nothing wrong with prepping. Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it. Piss poor analogy comparing prepping with religion.
Originally posted by Neysa
I think that the show goes out of their way to find extreme cases. I guess it just not interesting to watch a happy home maker stocking up on beans and rice.
Originally posted by camaro68ss
They always seem to pick the crazier people on the show. They do have a few good ones. but alot of the people are just dumb. I would say 1 in 4 on the show are "normal"
Originally posted by GreenGlassDoor
There is somebody on ATS who was on the show early on. IIRC, there are some definite TV elements as the crew asks for the people to do some more eccentric things to put on film.
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Originally posted by mtlcruisin
Like someone else said, the show has to focus on those more extreme preppers. Otherwise it wouldn't really make for good TV. But, I love the TV show, and some of the facts from polls they put out is really an eye opener. The number and percentage of people who think a financial/economic disaster will happen combined with those who believe a major earthquake or a some type of natural disaster will happen as well.
I love the line, are they crazy for being prepared, or are you crazy for not?
Faith won't be key to survival, your actions will. And while us regular folk may not know what's coming down The pike, TPTB knows something, because THEY'RE prepping.
Originally posted by jed001
Originally posted by poloblack
There's nothing wrong with prepping. Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it. Piss poor analogy comparing prepping with religion.
i have to disagree; being prepared for an event that has happened it the recent past; for example super storm Sandy makes sense to me. it makes sense to have extra food, water, fuel to get through an event like that. the people on the show are waiting for the world to collapse; tell me the last big event to happen that would cause the world to end. that is why i compare extreme preppers to religion , they are both waiting for something to happen that may never happen; you just got to keep the faith