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Mariana Trench's avatar

At least one of the main prepper groups on reddit is quite reasonable. A lot of them are dismissive of the Zombie Apocalypse scenario ("right, in that case, we're all going to die") and are quite sensible about preparing for hurricanes, earthquakes, power outages, etc. They all believe in guns but they're not usually obsessed with guns. They talk a lot about food-safe storage containers and keeping fresh bleach on hand to sterilize water.

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Lmbowden's avatar

I like those guys. They remind me of the boys I used to hang out with in Georgia as a kid. Those were the kind of boys who would spend weeks in the woods building forts and looking for cool animal bones and stuff buried in the dirt. They always wore camouflage and smelled like leaves. Now they’re all growed up, and we need them to lead us out of this hell hole.

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Keegan's avatar

Are you talking about r/preppers? I used to hang out there around 2018-2020. Got some good intel on COVID before anyone was taking it seriously here (I should have shorted some stock, sigh...)

I deleted my Reddit account and don't use the site much anymore on account of the IPO-related enshittification, so I don't know what it's like these days.

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Martin Blank's avatar

I didn't short anything, but I sold everything and it was great! Don't try and time the market, but if it works itis great.

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Mariana Trench's avatar

Yeah, that's the one. I'm not saying there aren't some weirdos over there. But the normies usually dominate.

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Keegan's avatar

I do remember a couple weirdos. One who wanted to insulate their house with compressed toilet paper inside the walls so they would always have a stash. Another who had an elaborate scheme to power an enclosed bunker -- something like grow plants for biofuel, then use that to run a generator to power grow lights. When it was pointed out that you can only lose energy on net with this kind of cycle, they just kept adding steps. I was torn between pointing out that the only way to have a self contained long-term power source is a nuclear reactor or RTG, and wanting NOT to mention this for fear they would actually try it.

Also lots of people who wanted to power their house from a generator by backfeeding an outlet, and lots of people who wanted to buy ham radios but couldn't be bothered to get a license or learn how to use them. They all got a lecture from me. It was my duty as a Redditor.

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Paul's avatar

You were doing God's work.

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