Anyone notice the number of members of P/F visiting each day has dropped? It's not because we ain't using deodorant. People seem to think everything will be nothing but peaches and cream, now that Trump is going to be the next president:
See, that's the difference in folks who want to be self sufficient and those who buy into the societal BS of this term that I despise called "Prepping".
Now's the time to ramp up your self sufficiency goals, preparedness plans etc while the other bandwagon hoppers jump off to buy new big screens and tennis shoes.
I still am. Now I'll admit that the volume being added to "the shelves" has dramatically diminished. We hit our target goal, and are now just rotating stock. The $$$ we were spending, and every other cent I can save, earn, etc, is going into the "Get the hell out of the Democratic People's Republik of Hellinois" fund. lol
It's kinda funny. When the GOP took the senate back in '14, an inlaw of mine made multiple comments about things getting better blah blah blah. Then a year or so later the same old crap was going down and there was multiple continued attacks on the 2nd Amendment. I told him 10+ years ago after the Clinton "Assault Rifle Ban" was lifted to buy a semi auto on a AR platform.
Does the dumbass do what I tell him? Hell No! But he comes over and shoots mine! Finally he wises up and buys a nice modern sporting rifle, pays at least $200 more than what he should have X years ago. But for some reason, he doesn't stock up on ammo. So time flys and then Trump gets elected and my inlaw says "ammo will be in free supply, no reason to buy any now, I'll wait and prices will go down."
I assure you, he will get caught without any ammo because he will have bought into the popularist view that all is well now.
Last time I'll say it. If you want to have plenty of ammo, buy a few boxes every week or so then a few times a year buy in bulk and put some up. It will allow you to shoot when ever you want and also have it when you need it. Same goes for Food, Water, Meds, batteries, whatever...
We are still neck deep in the self-sufficiency effort. I do not see that ever changing. Even if life is going great with no worries about the future, we live much cheaper and fuller lives with this lifestyle.
Sorry, I've been too busy prepping harder than ever to comment. I believe time is running short and am going to need a few of my preps in the very near, uncertain future.
True. The sheepoles fears have been quelled. Those that know that things can turn on a dime will continue the quest of self sufficiency. Many People just do not have the attention span or wisdom to prepare
the last sentence in the article sums it up A day of reckoning for America is fast approaching, and those that are wise understand the signs of the times.
no matter if you think it is monetary, religious, etc... I agree A DAY IS COMING
Exactly right, nothing has changed in my world. Just because we will have a new president makes no difference. I'll take full advantage of the lull to be more prepared.
I will never stop prepping,just refocused my resources. Shifting priorities I can now fill in the blanks in my tool box at work. Still need the 3 B's but now only to top off my supplies.
shouldn't be any change in the prepper mindset considering natural disasters - don't see the new FEMA director making any drastic changes - don't expect $$$ big bucks going toward hardening the grid against EMP/solar storms ...
domestically you can expect a sizable increase in social unrest - if not a major sustained nationwide riot - the BLM has not only lost the DOJ support on the FED level - the state and local DAs will find the DOJ squashing the previous injustices - they can expect Jeff Sessions interfering big time in another Baltimore PD/Ferguson type persecution ....
another domestic SHTF concern - have the terrorists been lying low? - now waiting for Trump to take office? - will Trump's "Middle East" part of The Wall encourage domestic terror cells? ...
internationally? .... could go almost any direction - lots of action that needs to be taken by Trump - and that can be like ricocheting pool balls on a table .... because of the possible severity of the SHTFs - prepping for the long term is even more important than ever ....
I suspect it has a lot to do with what a person is prepping for. If you are driven by a potential economic collapse the economy and stock market has been doing better so there is less pressure to prepare. If you are driven by an attack (emp, biological, terrorist) or civil unrest the pressure hasn't changed so prepping still holds strong value. But many people who were prepping hard for months or years are approaching what they conceder a reasonably safe level of preparedness and now focus more on maintaining than increasing their preps. That's the point I'm at now.
I'll still add preps like the small chicken house I recently put in but I put it in more for the eggs and hobby value than as a prep.
I've been at the present readiness goal for sometime now. In fact, with a pending move in the next few months, I'm reigning in the levels of dry goods. Once we're up in the real south, I'll be taking 'preps' in a new and better direction to include growing, canning and maybe even chickens and bees. This past year, I was stocking up on precious metals (brass, copper, lead) in anticipation of a Hillary win but that's no longer a concern.
I am prepping more now them before , I am not going to be caught with out anything . If people call me a hoarder so be it . they are the ones that are going to be begging for supplies , food ,water , medical , ammo .
It never stops, but prepping is more than buying Spam and shitonashingle...its gaining knowledge too
I think serious preppers are still doing their things and wannabes and betas who bought into it reactively are stopping because they think Trump is the antidote
It is good to regen your headspace - some of yall FOGs get too caught up in the doom n gloom/geopol shitstorms and get all crazy
I am prepping, in fact I'm prepping hard. This is the time to buy, cause preps will be cheaper than when a Democrat is in power. The next president that will take the white house will be likely a democrap. I'm buying all the guns and ammo as much as I could. Hopefully economy will be fantastic so I can spend more on things I won't be able to get after 8 years.
I realize guns and ammo aren't the only part of prepping but man it would be nice if he would end the embargo against russian guns/ammo and allow the korean garands to return.
Having emailed with a few preppers who were worried about opsec and being on this site.
While I know the NSA probably is monitoring this site or even bought a few months ago, it
doesn't bother me. But some people are spooked by it and have left the ranks. It doesn't
appear that they have stopped prepping. My prepping needs to get going again. Wife used
a lot of the foods while I was laid up. I guess it's ok, one way to rotate the foodstuffs.
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