Prepping is a Waste of Time and Money: Prove Me Wrong

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zghorner

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I think ultimately if someone gets joy and happiness from being prepared then how can it possibly be a waste of time? No matter the degree of preparedness.

There is a difference between prepping to prep and prepping out of paranoia. The latter being stupid.
 

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I’ll continue to prepare for the next ammunition famine.
Last time the shelves were clear of .22 and 5.56 I was fresh out of college, newly married and had just purchased a home.
I was lacking in disposable cash which translated to disposable ammo. I’m not getting stuck in that situation again.
Sure, I have family nearby with ammo to shoot but dependence isn’t a character trait for all millennials.

Also, I keep food and water on hand. I don’t want surveillance video on social media of me getting whooped by a lady over the last can of red beans during an ice storm.
 

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I don’t want surveillance video on social media of me getting whooped by a lady over the last can of red beans during an ice storm.
If you weren't already married you could tell your fiancé that the can of red beans is her wedding dress and its marked down 80%. Then watch the tufts of hair fly
 

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Everyone sees the world, assesses the risks, and decides to what degree they're willing to prepare for bad stuff happening. From storm shelters to extended warranties to carrying a gun to having a bunker in the wilderness.
There's no right or wrong; if you need it then you were damn smart to have it, if you don't need it, oh well.

What pisses me off is people living in denial, thinking bad stuff can't/won't happen to them.

I agree with the entire post, but he didn’t finish the last line.

What pisses me off is people living in denial, thinking bad stuff can't/won't happen to them AND THEN EXPECTING THE GOVT OR SOMEONE ELSE TO BAIL THEM OUT.
 

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I have a list of the natural and man made disasters that have happened at the locations I was living at when I was living at those locations.
The body count for those disasters is currently at 16,500.
When I evacuated out of the Philippines for the Eruption of Mt Pinatubo, I had food and water to last a week in my car. It came in handy and I had what I needed to survive. I also had a flashlight with extra batteries. I was one of about 4 people with over 200 people sleeping on bubblewrap on a warehouse floor who didn't have to feel his way along the walls to find the bathroom to pee when the power went out.
When I evacuated out of Homestead, FL for Hurricane Andrew, I had food, water, flashlights, batteries, and about $3,000 cash. I was able to transfer to my new duty station without having to go to Air Force Aid Society, or the Chaplain to beg for handouts to make it until payday, cause all the food was left by idiots who just jumped in their cars and drove north.
Prepping is simply being aware of what can possibly happen and making sure that you won't die because you overlooked the essential elements of life.
 

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Argument for Argument's sake.

First question is what is prepping?

Does the fact that someone has a generator and several gallons of gas on hand make them a prepper?
No, but it does allow them to be prepared.

When the last big ice storm hit, I was the only person on my block with a generator on hand.
Wasn't the best one and I didn't have near the reserves of gas as I should have.
Was I prepared? Sort of
Was I a prepper? Not in the traditional sense
Did my family learn that I was not crazy for wanting to be prepared for some things? Yes.

I remember watching a lot of local news shows interviewing people when Y2K was a "big deal".
Reporters out asking "what are you doing to prepare?" and "what if anything are you stocking up on?"

If they had asked me back then, my reply would have been "I'm just writing down addresses of all these other people"
 

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I have three cans of Tuna, two bags of red beans, a gallon of cold water, a block of salt, 10 gallons of gas, 35,000 rounds of ammo and over 64 weapons of various types. I am not paranoid, I am a realist..... Oh, and I really like to load ammo. My bug out plan involves NBA cheerleaders and the contents of the 1st large liquor store I come to.
 

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