(5 June 2013, 20:52)MaryN Wrote: I have no idea what is happening on this Forum, but for God's sake some of you lot - GROW UP! Some of the comments on some postings range from infantile and pointless to downright rude. I come on here to learn things and hopefully pick up useful information, I don't want to read a lot of kiddy comments.
I came across the below a while ago, don't know if it has already been posted but as I tend to get fed up checking postings only to find many pointless comments I restrict my checking of the forums.
I wonder why many don't bother or why the media treat prepping with disdain when they read some of the comments on this forum.
If only we could have sensible realistic adult debates then we may just get taken a little more seriously. Finally I find it pointless just posting a link from a site that you checked without making any comment on the contents.
The below I think is well worth remembering.
28 Inconvenient Truths About TEOTWAWKI*
Not everyone will survive. Ouch.
For many, circumstances will trump preparedness.
Preparedness will cost money. There’s no way around it.
If you talk about preparedness, you’ll be ridiculed. If you keep your mouth shut, you’ll miss out on establishing a support system that is 100% necessary to survival.
A rural retreat won’t save you. The federal government has you in their cross-hairs, as does the United Nations.
Stored food runs out, eventually.
Even the best prepared survivalist Navy Seal can be brought down by an infected ingrown toenail.
You probably aren't tough enough for what’s coming.
Gold and silver may be useless if a world currency is established. Their use may even be criminalized.
In a time of plenty, it’s impossible to imagine the reality of true scarcity.
Survival is easy for armchair quarterbacks.
Most survivalists and preppers are overly optimistic when it comes to how much food store, what scenarios to plan for, and their ability to survive off the grid.
TEOTWAWKI will change the way you and your children and grandchildren live. Forever.
The minute you bug out, your chances of reaching your retreat destination are slim.
You’re kidding yourself if you think your hidden caches won’t be found by others, eventually.
You won’t know if you’re ready for TEOTWAWKI until you’re in the middle of it.
Ultimately, a too-powerful government will be the biggest threat to your survival.
Life will become cheap.
Free time will become a thing of the past.
There’s nothing wrong with preparing for natural disasters, but if you’re not ready for a collapse of the American economy, you’re not ready.
Coming tough times will threaten even the best of marriages and other close relationships.
Growing your own food is a bigger challenge than you ever thought possible.
A green garden can be spotted from miles away, thus endangering your food source and your family.
Dealing with human waste and trash will become your new part-time job.
You’ll discover exactly what you’re capable of when your family is threatened.
Formerly strong and capable people will escape their new reality through booze, drugs, and/or suicide.
Protecting and nurturing close family ties will become one of the most important things you can do.
Those who can accept and adapt will find survival easier than those who hold on to the past or have unrealistic expectations of the future.
http://thesurvivalmom.com/2012/06/19/28-...teotwawki/
John
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