Self-Sufficient Meta Thread - Discussion about the board, not the topics of self-sufficiency.

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snowdunes said:
I have noticed a lot of people going into very niche topics of prepping, while they haven't given enough attention to heat, water, food and hygiene. The four main elements to solve before doing anything else (the fifth would be defence to protect yourself and those four logistics you have gathered), and I honestly think that most people haven't solved all of them yet before going into those niche topics.
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Less Nasty Old Person said:
Before y'all get carried away with your preps, you need to be able to survive a couple of actually predictable scenarios: you can't leave (1) and you HAVE to leave (2). Thesr are things that actually can and do happen in real life.
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While plenty of the discussion happening in various threads in this forum is good, I have noticed that whenever self-sufficiency and disaster preparedness get discussed, people tend to focus on the fancy and exciting things, like bunkers, guns, and body armor, and the above basics tend to be an afterthought. And then to the second point, people tend to neglect the more likely scenarios of being stuck in your home for a few days, or having to evacuate if you don't want to die.

The basics need to be discussed. They apply a bit differently to hunkering down and evacuations. This could be split in different ways. I could just have a thread on prepping basics. I could start a thread each on how the basics apply to hunkering down, and to evacuations. I could start a thread on each of heat, water, food, and hygiene. Or I could take my sperging to whatever thread is most relevant at the moment.

What would be most useful to the rest of you kiwis?
 
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I got this suggestion.

  • Heat (fire making, isolation, alternative energy generation etc. maybe incl. cooling for very hot climates)
  • Water (how to find, collecting, filtering and sanitation)
  • Food (gardening, cooking and food preservation)
  • Hygiene (soap making, clothes, oral hygiene, diseases and keeping things clean)
  • Defence (firearms, traps and I would incl. hunting equipment)
  • Shelter (navigation/maps, building/construction/renovation, hiding and geographical safety etc)
  • Transportation (maintenance, repairs and alternative fuel, escape strategies, bug out-bags etc)
  • Electricity and electronics (power generation, HAM radio, soldering and offline hardware/software etc)
Maybe a tag system (the "prefix_id" thing...) for each post would be a nice addition to this section of the forum. Maybe Workshop (maintaining tools) and can be its own tag as well. If you lack preparedness/knowledge in one area IRL, you can lurk around the one that you really need. A tags/prefix_id system like this would assist this process a lot I think. Keep it under 10 tags in total, so people don't get overwhelmed, it would be a good idea to use the tags as a "checkbox" list: Do you got these things covered?

I don't want to tag Null and get banned, but maybe some other admin will see this suggestion, tweak it and go through each thread and maybe set the tags.
 
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Personal responsibility is possibly the most important part of disaster prep. Be employable. Show up for work. Pay your bills on time. Don't be an asshole. Put aside money every paycheck for a nest egg. Avoid money wasting vices such as drugs, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, etc. Learn to cook nutritious, healthy meals so you can eat at home with your family. Take care of your stuff. Clean up after yourself. Don't do dumb shit that gets you thrown in jail. These things don't guarantee prosperity, or even immunity from bad luck, but they WILL give you a head start if things do go bad.

Fuck, who am I kidding? I'm just a stupid boomer with decades of life experience that is valueless compared to 'tude and YOLO. Improvised nukes and homemade psychedelics are the solution to everything.
 
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snowdunes said:
I don't know if this fits this thread, but here is some resources and offline softwares that can be useful if there is no internet.
In case you can't open epub, DjVu and other file formats that books might come in.
It's retarded hoard a bunch of files, only for you to not be able to open them up when you do need them.


Maps (note that they are not as up to date as google maps and other paid GPS maps)

I think it goes without saying, but I will mention it anyways: Don't rely on electronics, in this case a phone/computer to access info. Consider using printed maps and books/notes for crucial information that you might need.
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This is absolutely Golden Advice.
Looking forward to watching this thread develop - thankyou to everyone who is contributing.
 
CHARizard said:
If this thread got posted I would review the stuff I have accrued over the last few months. Learned a lot about whats worth buying and whats not since having my first.
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I've been a parent for 26 years and somehow managed to keep all 3 of them alive...I'd also be more than happy to chip in with info, reviews, etc
 
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Sorry to possibly ask the wrong way, but theres a scavenging thread in Bidness that I think would fit better in Self Sufficiency.
Thoughts? Also what easy repairs do y’all think get overlooked by the general populus? I’ve seen Papa Comoesta try to work with electronics, and it still is weird having your father call you to do the repairs you’d typically expect a dad to do.
 
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CognitiveDeficiency said:
Decided to set up a metal shop so I can fabricate my own tools and parts. I am kind of wondering if that would fit under the purview of self-sufficiency.
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Well yes clearly, let me know if you figure out how to make any particular tools (i will steal this technology)
 
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Just a boring name said:
I've been a parent for 26 years and somehow managed to keep all 3 of them alive...I'd also be more than happy to chip in with info, reviews, etc
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here goes the problem you probably have to dox your school district bro unless you moved when the youngest left for college.
 
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