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I wonder if there were many preppers in Shanghai. I wonder if how many new preppers there are now throughout China. Of all the reasons people prep, "long lock

I wonder if there were many preppers in Shanghai. I wonder if how many new preppers there are now throughout China. Of all the reasons people prep, "long lockdowns" was never one until very recent times.

seanmcdirmid 5y ago
Chinese tend to grocery shop daily or bi-daily for food they need for a day or two, they don't have space to store a bunch of canned goods (especially in Shanghai). They might have a stockpile of fangbianmian (instant noodles), but that's about it.
- chiefalchemist 5y ago
  Interesting. A form of the supply chain crisis if you will.
jsiaajdsdaa 5y ago
They definitely do not prep in that city. Maybe you can survive a year on a sack of rice and potatoes, if your utilities aren't cut off. But without guns and land, prepping becomes "hiding until the situation hopefully goes away"
- lampshades 5y ago
  That'd have to be a big fucking sack of rice and potatoes.
- cmarschner 5y ago
  The body also needs some other nutrients than the carbs you‘d find in potatoes and rice…
  - inglor_cz 5y ago
    Potatoes are actually the better option. IIRC there was a long experiment in pre-war Poland (University of Lwow, now Lviv in Ukraine) to demonstrate that potatoes consumed with milk, sour cream etc., while very being a very monotonous diet, can nevertheless sustain adults without causing them nutritional deficiencies. Of course, you need to be able to tolerate milk, which many East Asians aren't.
    - jsiaajdsdaa 5y ago
      Furthermore, the Irish survived on potatoes and cream alone.
    - sph 5y ago
      The milk doing all the hard work, as it's a nutritionally complete food to raise babies. You don't last long on potatoes only. I bet milk only is doable even if very not optimal to an adult body.
tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago
I'm still shaking my head over anyone who didn't stock up (assuming they could easily afford it) once it became clear that getting infected = 2 weeks quarantine (which was the case in many Western countries too). Even a year into the pandemic people kept being surprised about the obvious.
- sofixa 5y ago
  Not everyone has the place or the budget to stock up. If you live paycheck to paycheck in a tiny apartment, it might not be that obvious.
robjan 5y ago
In many large Asian cities the average person has little space to store food and often no cooking appliances and minimal fridge space, this is especially true of younger people who are stuck in the rent trap and spending US$1k+/month on a shoebox. This is becoming increasingly true as people start to rely on takeout food delivery which is quite convenient when you work 12 hours per day.

seanmcdirmid 5y ago

Chinese tend to grocery shop daily or bi-daily for food they need for a day or two, they don't have space to store a bunch of canned goods (especially in Shanghai). They might have a stockpile of fangbianmian (instant noodles), but that's about it.

chiefalchemist 5y ago
Interesting. A form of the supply chain crisis if you will.

jsiaajdsdaa 5y ago

They definitely do not prep in that city. Maybe you can survive a year on a sack of rice and potatoes, if your utilities aren't cut off. But without guns and land, prepping becomes "hiding until the situation hopefully goes away"

lampshades 5y ago
That'd have to be a big fucking sack of rice and potatoes.
cmarschner 5y ago
The body also needs some other nutrients than the carbs you‘d find in potatoes and rice…
- inglor_cz 5y ago
  Potatoes are actually the better option. IIRC there was a long experiment in pre-war Poland (University of Lwow, now Lviv in Ukraine) to demonstrate that potatoes consumed with milk, sour cream etc., while very being a very monotonous diet, can nevertheless sustain adults without causing them nutritional deficiencies. Of course, you need to be able to tolerate milk, which many East Asians aren't.
  - jsiaajdsdaa 5y ago
    Furthermore, the Irish survived on potatoes and cream alone.
  - sph 5y ago
    The milk doing all the hard work, as it's a nutritionally complete food to raise babies. You don't last long on potatoes only. I bet milk only is doable even if very not optimal to an adult body.

tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago

I'm still shaking my head over anyone who didn't stock up (assuming they could easily afford it) once it became clear that getting infected = 2 weeks quarantine (which was the case in many Western countries too). Even a year into the pandemic people kept being surprised about the obvious.

sofixa 5y ago
Not everyone has the place or the budget to stock up. If you live paycheck to paycheck in a tiny apartment, it might not be that obvious.

robjan 5y ago

In many large Asian cities the average person has little space to store food and often no cooking appliances and minimal fridge space, this is especially true of younger people who are stuck in the rent trap and spending US$1k+/month on a shoebox. This is becoming increasingly true as people start to rely on takeout food delivery which is quite convenient when you work 12 hours per day.