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I can't think of anything more useful than becoming a "prepper" and hoarding data on hard drives these days. There's hardly any difference than prepping and ca

I can't think of anything more useful than becoming a "prepper" and hoarding data on hard drives these days. There's hardly any difference than prepping and camping, you just take your gear with you every now and then, practice with your gear, use your rations and replace. Prepping is usually pretty ecological as well, it leads to coops, greenhouses, chicken coops, water recycling, composting, solar, repairing skills etc. On the hard drive thing, I bought box sets of all of my shows and ripped them so I don't pay for the 10 streaming services they get passed around on. All of my episodes are there forever and won't be edited/censored or removed. I can even take them all camping with me, the core shows fit on a single flash drive. TBH prepping is just optimizing your life and mitigating the negative effects of an abrupt change (like loss of power, natural disaster, pandemic, etc.) You (should) create fail safes in software, do the same for your livelihood.

havblue 4y ago
While I get the idea that prepping can become an unnecessary use of resources and result in people thinking you're crazy, I still think of the simple fact that all civilizations end eventually. Certainly they collapse for different reasons and at different rates. But the lights will go off eventually for our generation, or the next, or the next... Nothing lasts forever so it's probably worth planning for some level of catastrophe.
- hunterb123 4y ago
  The whole purpose of prepping is to prepare the necessary amount of resources for an emergency. If you stock too much food or water it will expire, you have to rotate it, so you eat it and restock. If you stock too many non-perishables of something you don't need you won't have enough room for more useful things. Prepping and looking crazy aren't coupled. Prepared people can be normal, it's not just what you see on TV. Generally the fun is seeing how long you can prepare for, most likely you won't need to last past a month, but certain natural disasters like a hurricane can hit that easily. I'd definitely recommend everyone have at least a 1 week supply and plan for emergencies (usually specific to your area).
  - seanw444 4y ago
    Unless you want to die, there's no reason not to prep. It's weird that it's looked down on.
    - hunterb123 4y ago
      Yeah it's a strange attitude, everyone preps in some way or another, but people act like you are a doomsday believer if you keep supplies for emergencies. Those same people who judge get helped in those emergencies by those who are prepared.
- helpfulmandrill 4y ago
  You're assuming civilizations end in abrupt events, whereas it might be just as likely that they decline slowly over generations until one day people are grazing sheep on Wall Street or whatever.
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andsoitis 4y ago
You do you, but for me, orienting my entire life around potential catastrophe would be unbearable.
- hunterb123 4y ago
  I don't remember saying I orientated my entire life around catastrophes? It's just getting groceries like normal once you have everything setup. Camping is a fun hobby, I do it a couple times of year anyway so my extra stays ready and gets use. I do like the peace of mind knowing the family will have supplies during storms and other events like lockdowns. Some people prefer the head in the sand strategy or to wing it when something happens, or to depend on more prepared people, that would stress me out and be unbearable. You don't do anything to prepare for emergencies?

havblue 4y ago

While I get the idea that prepping can become an unnecessary use of resources and result in people thinking you're crazy, I still think of the simple fact that all civilizations end eventually. Certainly they collapse for different reasons and at different rates. But the lights will go off eventually for our generation, or the next, or the next... Nothing lasts forever so it's probably worth planning for some level of catastrophe.

hunterb123 4y ago
The whole purpose of prepping is to prepare the necessary amount of resources for an emergency. If you stock too much food or water it will expire, you have to rotate it, so you eat it and restock. If you stock too many non-perishables of something you don't need you won't have enough room for more useful things. Prepping and looking crazy aren't coupled. Prepared people can be normal, it's not just what you see on TV. Generally the fun is seeing how long you can prepare for, most likely you won't need to last past a month, but certain natural disasters like a hurricane can hit that easily. I'd definitely recommend everyone have at least a 1 week supply and plan for emergencies (usually specific to your area).
- seanw444 4y ago
  Unless you want to die, there's no reason not to prep. It's weird that it's looked down on.
  - hunterb123 4y ago
    Yeah it's a strange attitude, everyone preps in some way or another, but people act like you are a doomsday believer if you keep supplies for emergencies. Those same people who judge get helped in those emergencies by those who are prepared.
helpfulmandrill 4y ago
You're assuming civilizations end in abrupt events, whereas it might be just as likely that they decline slowly over generations until one day people are grazing sheep on Wall Street or whatever.
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andsoitis 4y ago

You do you, but for me, orienting my entire life around potential catastrophe would be unbearable.

hunterb123 4y ago
I don't remember saying I orientated my entire life around catastrophes? It's just getting groceries like normal once you have everything setup. Camping is a fun hobby, I do it a couple times of year anyway so my extra stays ready and gets use. I do like the peace of mind knowing the family will have supplies during storms and other events like lockdowns. Some people prefer the head in the sand strategy or to wing it when something happens, or to depend on more prepared people, that would stress me out and be unbearable. You don't do anything to prepare for emergencies?