Normie Prep

[Judge Dredd]

Whenever I look at prepping online, the standard take tends to be a bit ...extreme. "Buy gold! Buy crypto! Have a bug out bag with a gun, a gasmask, and MREs!" I'm sure that's good advice, and if you want to run drills at some compound in Texas and study army uniforms. have at it.

However, that doesn't really help pensioners or someone with a 9-5 retail job who struggles to make rent. What if you want to prep for political unrest or a financial crash, not Fallout meets Mad Max? I don't think a hand cranked radio will help much during a riot.

So what are some practical ideas for a realistic scenario?

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Firearms and ammo, extra food and water.

 

[Thel]

Learn from history. Hard times come and go, and the lessons from each time is pretty much the same, just varying in intensity.

The number one priority above all else is food and water. If you can afford bulk food, buy it. Hunger saps your energy, and kills your morale. Thirst just kills you. So, if you're strapped for cash, slowly build up a little stockpile. It doesn't have to be much. The general rule of thumb for stockpiling is to be able to last for three days, so that three gallons of water (buy it in jug form) and 9 cans of soup. This is per person of course, but basically you can have an emergency stash for very, VERY cheap.

Your phone has a flashlight, so instead of buying a $20 flashlight from the camping aisle at Walmart, buy a $20 power bank for your phone. Now you can last longer in a power outage.

Cheap camping stoves (man portable ones for backpackers) and fuel from any sporting store will run for under $20, and will last for a long while.

All that, a firearm of choice, and a cheap sleeping bag, and boom. You can live through just about any disaster. If you're concerned about severity, go ahead and expand your supplies to last a week or two. Remember to vary the diet, and include lots of fatty foods.

People survived the great depression with less, and you should look into the tricks that they used.

 

[Neo-Nazi Rich Evans]

Learn from history. Hard times come and go, and the lessons from each time is pretty much the same, just varying in intensity.

The number one priority above all else is food and water. If you can afford bulk food, buy it. Hunger saps your energy, and kills your morale. Thirst just kills you. So, if you're strapped for cash, slowly build up a little stockpile. It doesn't have to be much. The general rule of thumb for stockpiling is to be able to last for three days, so that three gallons of water (buy it in jug form) and 9 cans of soup. This is per person of course, but basically you can have an emergency stash for very, VERY cheap.

Your phone has a flashlight, so instead of buying a $20 flashlight from the camping aisle at Walmart, buy a $20 power bank for your phone. Now you can last longer in a power outage.

Cheap camping stoves (man portable ones for backpackers) and fuel from any sporting store will run for under $20, and will last for a long while.

All that, a firearm of choice, and a cheap sleeping bag, and boom. You can live through just about any disaster. If you're concerned about severity, go ahead and expand your supplies to last a week or two. Remember to vary the diet, and include lots of fatty foods.

People survived the great depression with less, and you should look into the tricks that they used.

this is pretty good advice.
the one thing ill add is that you dont have to buy it all at once. if you are on a budget then buy what you can when you can. save a few bucks this month if you can and spend it on the water, next month save a few bucks and spend it on food, etc.

 

[vanta pilled]

3-7 days worth of non-perishable foods and water, flashlights and candles, portable butane stove/camping stove, and first aid kit.

This is like the bare minimum that anyone around the world can do. And it's as normie as it gets since even feds, news anchors, and talk show hosts recommend this level of prepping.

Over where I live, EVERY major storm causes a run on the stores making everything sell out quick. It happens every time and people still don't learn to prep in advance. You don't want to be one of the lemmings fighting at the stores for scraps.

 

[NenericGoun]

One thing I learned from the past few years: the means to cook my food preps while the grid is down. Bought a 30lbs propane tank from Tractor Supply for $90, and filling it up was about $30. Combine that with a camp stove and adapter hose (Walmart and Amazon) for about $50, i've been able to do some porch cooking for all spring & summer, and still have over half a tank left. I plan on buying another two tanks to stock up and practice some winter cooking outside

 

[Duiker]

And one thing that I think most prepping doesn't talk about: Learn to get used to not having internet or power for atleast a little while. It doesn't matter how well prepped you are if a few hours without power or your phone will have a huge negative effect on your moral. Enjoy more activities that dont use a screen or require electricity. Learn some cardgames, read books, etc. Learn to enjoy less stimulation sometimes. Those kind of options are also very cost efficient, which in a Great Depression2.0 situation, doing more for less money is critical.