[quote]Professor X wrote:
…OH, and it’s a good thing we are seeing less testosterone and less aggression in men. Those types will be easy to pick off…especially since skinny jeans don’t allow you to run very fast.[/quote]
Wow. I never thought of that. Definitely the truth.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Great…fish where? You mean, in the same fishing holes the other 5 million people in the city will rush for?
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Sure. You’re directly addressing those people who have chosen to live in the most dependent of all populations on the planet – city dwellers. Keep in mind that next to electricity, the most profound invention that allowed people to live in cities was… refridgeration. It allowed people to move away from where the perishable fresh food was.
People who live in rural/semi-rural places are magnitudes more in tune with their natural surroundings than urban areas. There’s advantage there.
Hell, even where I’m at, we prepare to lose electric for a week every year during the winter. That’s subzero temps for a week with feet of snow on the ground. And we’re not even remote (think Montana, Canada, Alaska, etc). There’s already a sense of community and living close to the land (and etiquette of sharing resources). I’m not saying there wouldn’t be a breakdown there, but certainly not the magnitude of urban population centers.
The first thing the smart ones in urban crisis would do would be to get the hell out of there. It’s inevitable the first thing would happen would be a run on the closest resources.
However the population spread will be temporary and as law breaks down, those people already defending an area would form into tighter communities (clans) and probably shun newcomers. And by shun I mean drive out or kill.
There would inevitably be a large die off. Hell, people can hardly survive now waiting for their checks from Uncle Nanny. You think anyone like that is going to last long before they starve or get shot (or get killed for killing someone for food)?
“Zombies” is just euphemism for ‘unarmed newcomers’. Keep your shotgun loaded.
- think ‘dust bowl’ and Grapes of Wrath. Mass migrations from OK to CA. Folks in CA didn’t take kindly to it. The ones who controlled the land put the newcomers to work (maybe) for food. There was still some sense of honor. I don’t think that would be the case in a mass meltdown of the grid.
I reiterate, the people who are actually prepared for weeks/months off the grid are called “nuts” by many.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Quick Ben wrote:
Those of you that live in countries with huge populations might not be able to appreciate how much space there is to get lost in for some of us. I don’t know. We need some Canadians ITT. lol[/quote]
It isn’t that. Large areas of Texas are still empty. The problem is, these are the same places everyone else will go as well if the city is fucked. We just saw this with the last hurricane scare.
There are millions of people in this city. Hell, getting out of the city alone would be a fight. I was in the military at the time, but I had family members tell me they were in traffic for several hours just to leave the city when that happened.
Imagine if ALL CITIES were emptying like that at the same time.
Yeah, I could probably survive on my own as well. But that isn’t the biggest problem.
If Walking Dead has taught nothing…your biggest problem is other people…not just the lack of resources.[/quote]
I agree with that, and it’s why I prefer not living in or close to a city. I do live in the capital right now, but it’s out of necessity and it won’t be for long. If shit hits the fan, I don’t want to try and run with hundreds of thousands of people getting in the damn way. I’ve been living here for two weeks when that bat shit crazy fuck set off a bomb and shot all those kids. Cities are convenient, but inherently dangerous.
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
…OH, and it’s a good thing we are seeing less testosterone and less aggression in men. Those types will be easy to pick off…especially since skinny jeans don’t allow you to run very fast.[/quote]
Wow. I never thought of that. Definitely the truth.[/quote]
Those folks will be called “food” or “fertilizer”.
Small town myth.
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
…OH, and it’s a good thing we are seeing less testosterone and less aggression in men. Those types will be easy to pick off…especially since skinny jeans don’t allow you to run very fast.[/quote]
Wow. I never thought of that. Definitely the truth.[/quote]
Those folks will be called “food” or “fertilizer”.[/quote]
More likely people will gang up on the bodybuilder. That’s a lot of primo steak right there. haha
I would grab my woman, jump on my Harley and ride until the end came. No better way in my mind to go out.
[quote]Quick Ben wrote:
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
…OH, and it’s a good thing we are seeing less testosterone and less aggression in men. Those types will be easy to pick off…especially since skinny jeans don’t allow you to run very fast.[/quote]
Wow. I never thought of that. Definitely the truth.[/quote]
Those folks will be called “food” or “fertilizer”.[/quote]
More likely people will gang up on the bodybuilder. That’s a lot of primo steak right there. haha[/quote]
Well, blubber for lamps, anyway…
I have seen some nice small towns in Utah and some in the Carolinas. Beautiful nice people. Stores stocked with outside goods. And most still got food from outside the community.
Small areas are still great options but be ready because once everyone in town depends on the well water, the deer, foul, grain local in or near town. It’s going to get rough. Think of your last hunt or fishing trip then times it by 20 more bodies. Soon people will get shot.
All this can work but even your small town will need to get smaller to be a self sustaining community.
So who leaves town and who stays and who chooses.
I hope I do not live to see this happen. 100 years down the line if I’m lucky.
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]Quick Ben wrote:
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
…OH, and it’s a good thing we are seeing less testosterone and less aggression in men. Those types will be easy to pick off…especially since skinny jeans don’t allow you to run very fast.[/quote]
Wow. I never thought of that. Definitely the truth.[/quote]
Those folks will be called “food” or “fertilizer”.[/quote]
More likely people will gang up on the bodybuilder. That’s a lot of primo steak right there. haha[/quote]
Well, blubber for lamps, anyway…
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Hahaha, no sense letting anything go to waste.
Hmm, I guess if I were a TRUE survivalist and gun nut, I would avoid gaining size. lol
[quote]Colin Wilson wrote:
I would grab my woman, jump on my Harley and ride until the end came. No better way in my mind to go out. [/quote]
I like this. Oh grab a Arsenal AK variant and rounds strapped to your back. Incase of roadblocks…and it will just look freaking cool
[quote]four60 wrote:
Small areas are still great options but be ready because once everyone in town depends on the well water, the deer, foul, grain local in or near town. It’s going to get rough. Think of your last hunt or fishing trip then times it by 20 more bodies. Soon people will get shot.
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Agree 100%.
Let me quote you again because this is an inevitable truth:
“Soon…there will be blood” sounds way better.
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]four60 wrote:
Small areas are still great options but be ready because once everyone in town depends on the well water, the deer, foul, grain local in or near town. It’s going to get rough. Think of your last hunt or fishing trip then times it by 20 more bodies. Soon people will get shot.
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Agree 100%.
Let me quote you again because this is an inevitable truth:
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Imagine a world where people were getting shot every day. Horrifying!
[quote]Quick Ben wrote:
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]four60 wrote:
Small areas are still great options but be ready because once everyone in town depends on the well water, the deer, foul, grain local in or near town. It’s going to get rough. Think of your last hunt or fishing trip then times it by 20 more bodies. Soon people will get shot.
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Agree 100%.
Let me quote you again because this is an inevitable truth:
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Imagine a world where people were getting shot every day. Horrifying! [/quote]
Haha the world? Your Block… Everyday.
[quote]four60 wrote:
[quote]Quick Ben wrote:
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]four60 wrote:
Small areas are still great options but be ready because once everyone in town depends on the well water, the deer, foul, grain local in or near town. It’s going to get rough. Think of your last hunt or fishing trip then times it by 20 more bodies. Soon people will get shot.
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Agree 100%.
Let me quote you again because this is an inevitable truth:
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Imagine a world where people were getting shot every day. Horrifying! [/quote]
Haha the world? Your Block… Everyday.
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I just want to ride my bike off into the sunset with all the Spanish tv weather girls.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
“Soon…there will be blood” sounds way better.
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New facebook status…
[quote]four60 wrote:
[quote]Colin Wilson wrote:
I would grab my woman, jump on my Harley and ride until the end came. No better way in my mind to go out. [/quote]
I like this. Oh grab a Arsenal AK variant and rounds strapped to your back. Incase of roadblocks…and it will just look freaking cool[/quote]
Nice, Hey are there going to be Zombies too? They are way easier to kill then starving people bent on destruction.
[quote]Colin Wilson wrote:
[quote]four60 wrote:
[quote]Colin Wilson wrote:
I would grab my woman, jump on my Harley and ride until the end came. No better way in my mind to go out. [/quote]
I like this. Oh grab a Arsenal AK variant and rounds strapped to your back. Incase of roadblocks…and it will just look freaking cool[/quote]
Nice, Hey are there going to be Zombies too? They are way easier to kill then starving people bent on destruction.[/quote]
Haha. First Zombie movie Night of the living Dead. I ask my brother how is a Zombie created. Is it like Vampires. He said no it’s just regular people who no longer give a f@ck about anything. Hahaha
“X” News report comes across the radio, TV local an Cable. Due to a Solar flare coming all electronic devices may be down for up to 7 months if not longer. This starts several small wars over oil supplies. Then people go ape shit when gas stations just shut down and no one has any way to communicate over the distance of 2 cans with a string.
What is you plan?