Reality Check

[Scythe13]

Hi Paul, UKS had a similar thought about whether prepping was right or not.

I often wondered if I'm wasting my time....but then I realised I'm actually living it up, having fun, enjoying myself, and learning cool new skills. Is it weird to prepare for some bad s**t to happen? NO.

Sometimes there is a clear feeling that the thrill of a catastrophe provides excitement in people's lives. Yes, that is natural. It's expectation and anticipation, which cause a small natural high, like a shot of adrenaline. Some people buzz off the bad news, and they use that as a way to enjoy mediocre lives. But thankfully the crazy bunch on this forum, that I'm a part of, are not like that.

Other people like to use prepping as more of an "I'm a super ninja assassin" and "Look at my cool equipment, because I'm a stealth ninja one man army" excuse. Those people just use prepping as a way to validate buying LOADS of gear and basically living/preparing for a fantasy world where they call themselves 'Mad Max'. There will always be people like that on all forums. To date, nobody here has suggested they are able to take out 25 marauders with a team of one. Bayonets on air rifles is about as far as I've heard from this forum. But there's still time for the crazies to step in/up. Society will not become like something from lord of the rings. If anyone does think that.....sorry to say it, but it won't.

However, people have previously, always prepared for things to go wrong. That's why we all buy insurance for certain things. Having insurance for a collapse of your insurance policy/company, is a more intellectual way to look at prepping. If something happens, and my insurance company is going to be caught in the same issue (economic collapse, major war, EMP wiping their records). So if you have preps set aside, you have a self produced insurance policy.

That's how I see it..........and as an extra excuse to have a crate load of fun!!!!