I remember early on in the pandemic my buddy recommended me a show about preppers, they were all about stockpiling slop buckets and weapons, building compounds, etc, but I don't remember any of them really thinking about basics like farming or basic medical care. They were all planning for their own little disasters that mostly boiled down to "I'll be a fallout character".
One I still remember was a guy who was planning on surviving a pandemic by running into the mountains and hiding in a cave. He thought it was incredibly clever, there was one small hitch though. His wife is/was a survivor of the Khmer Rouge who escaped by hiding in a cave and was clearly upset/retraumatized by being forced down into this "survival cave" by her husband that took 0 notice of her discomfort. He just kept patting himself on the back for being so smart while she said stuff like "I told you what I've been through, I don't want to go to the cave". I hope she left his ass
I mean, per the survival rate in Cambodia, it clearly wasn't a bad plan on its face. If society is really in full breakdown mode, GTFO by all means.
The problem with COVID was that it wasn't massive riots and death squads and people being dragged out of their homes for wearing glasses. It was supply chain disruptions and fuel shortages and people hiding from one another for fear of contagion. You didn't need to go to a cave because everyone was retreating into their homes of their own accord.
The survivalist strategy is predicated on these zombie-like mobs of desperate people kicking in your door to loot supplies, not a handful of individuals showing up at your house, dropping your Doordash, ringing the bell, and running away again because they think eye-contact is a disease vector.
It wasn't the idea itself I had an issue with, it was more his ignoring and steamrolling over his traumatized wife that rubbed me the wrong way. The entire episode she looked miserable having to relive the worst part of her life so her husband could play pandemic
I wonder how he reacted to covid. For some reason I can see him going full
I remember early on in the pandemic my buddy recommended me a show about preppers, they were all about stockpiling slop buckets and weapons, building compounds, etc, but I don't remember any of them really thinking about basics like farming or basic medical care. They were all planning for their own little disasters that mostly boiled down to "I'll be a fallout character".
One I still remember was a guy who was planning on surviving a pandemic by running into the mountains and hiding in a cave. He thought it was incredibly clever, there was one small hitch though. His wife is/was a survivor of the Khmer Rouge who escaped by hiding in a cave and was clearly upset/retraumatized by being forced down into this "survival cave" by her husband that took 0 notice of her discomfort. He just kept patting himself on the back for being so smart while she said stuff like "I told you what I've been through, I don't want to go to the cave". I hope she left his ass
I mean, per the survival rate in Cambodia, it clearly wasn't a bad plan on its face. If society is really in full breakdown mode, GTFO by all means.
The problem with COVID was that it wasn't massive riots and death squads and people being dragged out of their homes for wearing glasses. It was supply chain disruptions and fuel shortages and people hiding from one another for fear of contagion. You didn't need to go to a cave because everyone was retreating into their homes of their own accord.
The survivalist strategy is predicated on these zombie-like mobs of desperate people kicking in your door to loot supplies, not a handful of individuals showing up at your house, dropping your Doordash, ringing the bell, and running away again because they think eye-contact is a disease vector.
It wasn't the idea itself I had an issue with, it was more his ignoring and steamrolling over his traumatized wife that rubbed me the wrong way. The entire episode she looked miserable having to relive the worst part of her life so her husband could play pandemic
I wonder how he reacted to covid. For some reason I can see him going full
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"Oops I Married a Cave Dweller!" is gonna be my sitcom pitch