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I live and work within a nuclear blast radius[0] of both China and Russia's current weapon of choice, therefore I am doing nothing to prepare for a hypothetical

I live and work within a nuclear blast radius[0] of both China and Russia's current weapon of choice, therefore I am doing nothing to prepare for a hypothetical WW3. To be honest, "prepping" sounds like a pretty unhealthy way to live, and I see no specific basis for believing WW3 is particularly likely in the short term. Seems like it is anxiety from watching too much news. My biggest fears in my lifetime and water-wars and China's gender imbalance (i.e., too many men who won't find a +1 and will get angry). Historically energy was also a big motivator for war, but with renewables if countries get their act together, it could genuinely smooth that out quite a lot. Do I think these will lead to "World Wars?" Actually, no, because nuclear war is bad for everyone. But we will see more Ukraine-like invasions into neighboring countries. If I was in China's backyard, I'd be particularly nervous. [0] https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

ifyoubuildit 4y ago
> To be honest, "prepping" sounds like a pretty unhealthy way to live, and I see no specific basis for believing WW3 is particularly likely in the short term. Seems like it is anxiety from watching too much news. It's absolutely from keeping an eye on the news, and probably too much. That's pretty much where all non-local anxiety comes from isn't it? I agree, full on prepping seems like it could be unhealthy. But it seems like there should be less drastic measures that are overall positive and prudent whether or not war comes (for example the archiving I mentioned). Or maybe even the opposite, maybe we should take more risks (in life, love, business, etc) now because life is ephemeral anyway?
- shrimp_emoji 4y ago
  >It's absolutely from keeping an eye on the news, and probably too much. That's pretty much where all non-local anxiety comes from isn't it? !!!!!!! https://youtu.be/M0D3A5dnAqg https://youtu.be/M0D3A5dnAqg !!!!!!!
ipaddr 4y ago
Prepping could be making sure you have enough food to last 3 days, have an first aid kite, a plan, backup information documents in a second location or meet up location for loved ones. All sensible things your local fire department will advice to do. You don't have to build a bomb shelter. You are more likely to run into a weather event compared to war. Don't ignore a basic prep.
- ifyoubuildit 4y ago
  I agree with this. I kinda wish I chose a different word than "preparing" because I think it's anchoring people on a certain stereotype, which I do think is interesting and relevant, but I think only covers a small part of how you might adjust your life if you think war is a legitimate risk. For example, maybe you might join (or attempt to leave) the armed forces or some public office. Maybe you'd try to move countries or change jobs in some way. Maybe you'd start trying to improve your physical health. Maybe you would alter plans around having kids. Maybe you'd try to build some tools that would be useful for you and your family in a time of war. The full on prepper bunker is a relevant answer, but I'm interested in more than that. I'm also interested in hearing from the people whose answer is get up, work, eat, sleep, repeat, just like every other day.
dudul 4y ago
How is prepping for disasters unhealthy? A few years ago when stores were running out of TP, meds, etc, preppers were the ones laughing. You don't need to go full blown bunker in the backyard to prep a bit just in case.

ifyoubuildit 4y ago

> To be honest, "prepping" sounds like a pretty unhealthy way to live, and I see no specific basis for believing WW3 is particularly likely in the short term. Seems like it is anxiety from watching too much news. It's absolutely from keeping an eye on the news, and probably too much. That's pretty much where all non-local anxiety comes from isn't it? I agree, full on prepping seems like it could be unhealthy. But it seems like there should be less drastic measures that are overall positive and prudent whether or not war comes (for example the archiving I mentioned). Or maybe even the opposite, maybe we should take more risks (in life, love, business, etc) now because life is ephemeral anyway?

shrimp_emoji 4y ago
>It's absolutely from keeping an eye on the news, and probably too much. That's pretty much where all non-local anxiety comes from isn't it? !!!!!!! https://youtu.be/M0D3A5dnAqg https://youtu.be/M0D3A5dnAqg !!!!!!!

ipaddr 4y ago

Prepping could be making sure you have enough food to last 3 days, have an first aid kite, a plan, backup information documents in a second location or meet up location for loved ones. All sensible things your local fire department will advice to do. You don't have to build a bomb shelter. You are more likely to run into a weather event compared to war. Don't ignore a basic prep.

ifyoubuildit 4y ago
I agree with this. I kinda wish I chose a different word than "preparing" because I think it's anchoring people on a certain stereotype, which I do think is interesting and relevant, but I think only covers a small part of how you might adjust your life if you think war is a legitimate risk. For example, maybe you might join (or attempt to leave) the armed forces or some public office. Maybe you'd try to move countries or change jobs in some way. Maybe you'd start trying to improve your physical health. Maybe you would alter plans around having kids. Maybe you'd try to build some tools that would be useful for you and your family in a time of war. The full on prepper bunker is a relevant answer, but I'm interested in more than that. I'm also interested in hearing from the people whose answer is get up, work, eat, sleep, repeat, just like every other day.

dudul 4y ago

How is prepping for disasters unhealthy? A few years ago when stores were running out of TP, meds, etc, preppers were the ones laughing. You don't need to go full blown bunker in the backyard to prep a bit just in case.