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Controversial take, but I'm going to be pretty upset if there is a global thermonuclear war and we all die, I am not going to sugar coat it.
by recursivedoubts 4y ago
Controversial take, but I'm going to be pretty upset if there is a global thermonuclear war and we all die, I am not going to sugar coat it.
- wordyskeleton 4y agoYou'll be upset, I'll be frantically filling my bathtub and water mattress with potable water—we are not the same
- kjkjadksj 4y agoGreat more water for the raiders when they bash down your door
- jnrk 4y agoYou have a water mattress..?
- rdtwo 4y agoI’m going outside. I don’t want to survive into the world after. Better to die in the initial flash then die slowly in the aftermath
- wordyskeleton 4y agoCan't hear your negativity over the sound of my bathtub approaching 100% capacity.
- rdtwo 4y agolol to each their own. Hopefully you stashed away a couple years of food and lots of guns
- tshaddox 4y agoIs there a plausible situation where you'd be unable to acquire food for a couple of years and then you'd start being able to acquire food?
- kelnos 4y agoWhy not? I mean, you could ask the same question for 1 week, 1 month, 6 months, whatever. And I don't think it's an immediate zero-to-normal kind of situation. You might be unable to get much/any food at all for a week or three, and then you might only be able to get emergency rations from the government. And then after a few months, some staples might start trickling in, with increasing quantities over time. Eventually, after a year or so, things might be back to some reasonable percentage of normal. But all throughout, given high levels of stress, anxiety, and uncertainty, it'd probably be nice to not have to worry too much about what kind and quantity of food you'll be able to get, because you already have enough to last you a long time. If we're talking about "a couple" years, and the situation is still essentially that no food is available for purchase or from the government, I expect the situation is so bad that society has at least partially collapsed. By that point I would think you would have needed to relocate, and have started growing your own food or hunting, well before you get to the couple-of-years point. But I suppose if you did actually store a couple of years of food, and you had a stable, safe, and secure shelter location, you could probably stay.
- tshaddox 4y ago> Why not? I mean, you could ask the same question for 1 week, 1 month, 6 months, whatever. Of course, that's why I'm asking! For some time periods there are some pretty obvious answers. A fairly routine natural disaster like a flood or blizzard could easily disrupt food access for a week. A month is probably more difficult to imagine, at least in very wealthy nations/regions. At 6 months I think it already starts to get difficult to imagine the scenario.
- function_seven 4y agoMy entire financial planning model is founded on a lack of global thermonuclear war. Now I need to figure out what to short so I can take advantage of this black swan event? Eh, this is good for crypto.
- CamperBob2 4y agoMy entire financial planning model is founded on a lack of global thermonuclear war That's funny, my financial planning model is founded on the opposite premise.
- jmkni 4y agoBottle caps?
- bsagdiyev 4y agoLet me just login in to the intern... oh right. Well the radios should still wor... no? Shit. I need to pay for clean water from my neighbor.
- kaoD 4y agoThis is the only thing that makes me want to learn radio. I don't want to buy expensive gear, but being able to build my own DIY QRP (low-power) DX (long-distance) CW (Morse) transceiver? Count me in. Too bad there doesn't seem to be extensive information to introduce us digital engineers to the hobby. I don't want a kit. I want to learn the fundamentals so I can be ready when the society collapses and the ham übermenschen rule the world.
- CamperBob2 4y agoThe ARRL Handbook is still the best overall introductory material, I think. Depends on how old-school you want to get. SDR? Pre-SDR digital techniques? Analog-only? Analog-only with discrete transistors? Vacuum tubes...? The Handbook will bring you up to speed on all but the latter, and for that, there's always the older editions.
- ge96 4y agoYeah I just got a good job too Just sucks thinking about starting over, try to make RISC V out of sticks.
- HPMOR 4y agoUgh I literally love you right now.
- nicoburns 4y ago> I'm going to be pretty upset Not if you’re dead, you won’t be. IMO the much worse fate is remaining alive in an apocalyptic hellscape.