• AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      one of the funnier chud contradictions is that they love to fantasize about being warlords after the zombie apocalypse, but any actual SHTF scenario would just lead to them having a meltdown over the unimaginable lack of treats until somebody mercs them to loot their gun collection.

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Either that or they'll run off to their chosen bug out location that was chosen based exclusively on defensibility and therefore has no access to fresh water.

        • Bobson_Dugnutt [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Cory Doctorow wrote a novella with this premise:

          https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/03/13/the-masque-of-the-red-death/

        • ConfrontEvil [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          What if they live somewhere where it rains often or has a lot of groundwater?

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        A pet peeve of mine is how most post-apocalyptical fiction is full of cool automobiles, even years after the calamity. Cars would stop working pretty soon after the disappearance of modern supply chains and infrastructure maintenance.

        • raven [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          You could probably get a motorcycle to run on alcohol, which should be pretty easy for one person to ferment and distill right?

          • SoyViking [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            They would need a lot of fermentable sugars as well as energy for distilling and I reckon both things would be in short supply after the apocalypse.

            • raven [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              If guess if we're talking mad max but I was thinking more along the lines of "breakdown of supply chain" You could always use solar to distill.

              I'm not a weird prepper I just think it's fun to think about.