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Originally posted by ProjectAlice
That show is designed to mock preppers. To make them look like fools. They portray them as nutjobs, religious fanatics, paranoid, incompetent, obsessed, etc.... Then at the end of the show they grade them like school children.
The show is a psyop.
It's not a psy-op, but they do go out of their way to find the craziest preppers possible. And those they show are indeed fools. Prepping if fine, but the people on those shows are overly obsessive about it to the point of a mental issue.
Originally posted by jed001
reply to post by abeverage
there is a big difference between being prepared for a local natural disaster and being prepared for the end of the Mayan Calendar or the return of Nibiru. Myself, i am prepared for a local natural disaster i am not fervently waiting for the economy to collapse just so i can say i told you so. i am just curios how the people on this site feel , rational prepping , i get that . faith based prepping makes good TV but do a lot of people really believe or hope that society as we know it is going to end in our lifetime.
check me down for no on society ending
Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by jed001
If someone thinks it’s stupid or fanatical to prep I really don’t care!! Damn right I’m fanatical about protecting my family and being prepared! Any parent who isn’t fanatical about protecting their family isn’t a good parent IMHO.
This seems like another attempt at casting preppers in a bad light. I think the MSM and the producers of that show do a fine job at that already…they don’t need help.
Originally posted by usernameconspiracy
Originally posted by ProjectAlice
That show is designed to mock preppers. To make them look like fools. They portray them as nutjobs, religious fanatics, paranoid, incompetent, obsessed, etc.... Then at the end of the show they grade them like school children.
The show is a psyop.
It's not a psy-op, but they do go out of their way to find the craziest preppers possible. And those they show are indeed fools. Prepping if fine, but the people on those shows are overly obsessive about it to the point of a mental issue.
Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by usernameconspiracy
It's not a psy-op, but they do go out of their way to find the craziest preppers possible. And those they show are indeed fools. Prepping if fine, but the people on those shows are overly obsessive about it to the point of a mental issue.
I know what you’re saying but I look at it a different way. There are some people featured on the show who may very well be suffering from some form of mental illness. There are mentally ill people from all walks of life. I would much rather those among us who are mentally ill be self sufficient than a burden on society.
Some on the show may be a bit unstable but they all seem to be high functioning, self sufficient mentally ill people at least.
Originally posted by abeverage
Originally posted by jed001
reply to post by abeverage
there is a big difference between being prepared for a local natural disaster and being prepared for the end of the Mayan Calendar or the return of Nibiru. Myself, i am prepared for a local natural disaster i am not fervently waiting for the economy to collapse just so i can say i told you so. i am just curios how the people on this site feel , rational prepping , i get that . faith based prepping makes good TV but do a lot of people really believe or hope that society as we know it is going to end in our lifetime.
check me down for no on society ending
I work in IT have for many years. Most people do not see that our society and civilization is 90-99% dependable on electricity on a very outdated (mid 1950's) infrastructure. This is a lot more fragile then we are led to believe. A wide spread outage could last much longer then we think. We are wholly unprepared for this in America let alone the world.
I have two prep mentalities. One a local disaster that may last for weeks, and a more rare potential National disaster that we will take months or years to recover from. I do not think there will be an economic collapse but that falls under my National disaster plan.
Being self reliant should be a goal of anyone outside major cities. It is a shame that victory gardens went out of favor as they will help anyone survive most situations.edit on 20-3-2013 by abeverage because: (no reason given)
Notice how no matter how extensive they may have prepped, even with $100,000 underground missile silos and years worth of food and water and weapons, multiple bug-out plans, almost none of them ever get a score above around 60 out of 100
i worked in IT when the Y2K bug was suppose to end society. my company spent millions of dollars and hours of training for nothing. i am set for a local disaster and if it went regional my brother and i have a hunting cabin/property that i could go to if needed.
i worked in IT when the Y2K bug was suppose to end society. my company spent millions of dollars and hours of training for nothing. i am set for a local disaster and if it went regional my brother and i have a hunting cabin/property that i could go to if needed.
Originally posted by jed001
reply to post by bpg131313
i agree with what you say about the depression, my grandparents, especially my grandmother went through a SHTF scenario the depression in Europe and WWII . but, when i listen to some people
"where is God?"
"god is in Heaven "
"where is heaven "
" i don't know , i just believe"
" why are you prepping "
" i am waiting for my SHTF "
" when is that going to happen "
" i don't know i just believe "
see the comparison
Governments are slow and ineffectual when it comes to rescuing the people.
Originally posted by Gazrok
reply to post by abeverage
Governments are slow and ineffectual when it comes to rescuing the people.
At least Katrina helped some see this. Definitely exhibit A of exactly what we can expect if a nationwide problem happened. In fact, I'd always been a hurricane season prepper, but after seeing Katrina, it really made me realize that surviving without power for a week is one thing...but for months, is quite another.
Originally posted by Gazrok
reply to post by abeverage
Governments are slow and ineffectual when it comes to rescuing the people.
At least Katrina helped some see this. Definitely exhibit A of exactly what we can expect if a nationwide problem happened. In fact, I'd always been a hurricane season prepper, but after seeing Katrina, it really made me realize that surviving without power for a week is one thing...but for months, is quite another.
a true hardcore prepper would not let you know what they had in case you wanted to take it when TSHT
Originally posted by revmoofoo
reply to post by jed001
I made my first B.O.B 23 (ish) years ago because I've always believed that it's better to be prepared (for anything) and not need it than it is to need it and not have it. I break out my B.O.B a few times a year to practice my survival skills and have done every year apart from when I was in the Army ironically, because we'd get plenty of practice when on exercise.
I don't prepare for Doomsday. I prepare for the day when I murder someone and need to hide out in the wilds! Joking aside, survival camping is way more fun than regular camping and you learn a lot about yourself in the process. The only problem I have is that no one wants to go camping with me because I'm too hardcore apparently!
So to answer your question; It's not a religion to me, just a way of life.
Rev