What is your goal?

[Cirrhosis_of_Liver]

I'm wondering what people here are looking to do with "self sufficiency."

You can choose multiple answers.

 

[Billy Bob Dick]

I'm wondering what people here are looking to do with "self sufficiency."

I think a lot of people are very seriously starting to (rightly) contemplate major SHTF scenarios.

The current US election cycle is an absolute shitshow, and no one knows what the repercussions are going to be.

 

[Unarmed Gunman]

The system is clearly breaking down, regardless of political affiliation everybody can see that.

The last time the country was this divided was the late 1960's, but drugs and free love pacified enough people to give the system time to reset without breaking apart. But drugs and free love aren't working anymore, so what will the fallout be?

 

[Doctor Love]

Reclamation, Reconstruction kind of deal.

Learn to jack every trade you can get your grippers on.

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

No option for "World Domination"? Or the more common "I just want to grill"?

 

[CoolGuy1990]

It's something I learned when I was younger "can't rely on people worth a damn these days" as my greatgrandad said, I need to become self reliant because people are flaky, even going past politics. even if you do something that violates there stupid personal social morays they'll snake you. I don't have a problem with cliqueing up with other self reliant types, or having general rules, but thats usually because the when you have skillset other skilled people tend to show mutual respect for those skills not "OMG Jessica thinks your lame cuz you said you thought cinnabons were lame"

TL;DR

 

[Cirrhosis_of_Liver]

No option for "World Domination"? Or the more common "I just want to grill"?

This thread is 57.1% lies anyway

 

[El President Camacho]

To : up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A-Start. for future generations. They have no idea how good it used to be or what was stolen from them. Once they can fathom it all the knowledge passed on will take them to the last level and hopefully beat the game.

Spoiler: you have unlocked

 

[I Digivolved Into A Loli?]

All of the above, but the cost of living is something that drives my interest in all of this just as much as everything else.

The ruling class has gotten the populace by the balls. The average city dweller has become domesticated and dependent on corporate machines to feed and clothe them. And if that wasn't enough, the corporations seem hell-bent on squeezing every last cent out of your paycheck.

I don't think growing tomatoes in my backyard is going to start a revolution, but it does give me some peace of mind knowing that I can break away from the machine in at least some minor way.

 

[Troon_Patrol]

My father taught me how people call a repair man instead of just opening something up and asking themselves whats wrong here? Between cars, water heaters, plumbing problems home appliances I think I've saved easily $10,000 fixing things myself. Not to mention just the convenience. The washer broke at 10 pm?!??!? do you go looking for a 24 hour public access laundromat full of fucking gross people who just put their gross clothes in the machine you are putting your boxers in? Or... do you check some fuses in the control panel of the washer and have clean clothes by the time you wake up?

Realistically civil unrest could cause a 30 day lapse in all police/Fire/EMT services till order is restored. It's the people who planned to survive that month that will make it. I power level so fucking often here but your front door won't stop me, from defeating the lock. if you paid over $200 for the lock it'll take me more time but I'm still getting in, gun safe in the garage? that's a 20-30 minute job for me to open.. If there is an abandoned Honda civic, I'm making a key to check he gas tank, if there's more than an 1/8th of a tank I'm either siphoning the gas or drilling a port from under.

 

[We Are The Witches]

 

[Cats]

My current goal is to spend the remainder of my life thoroughly enjoying cats and all of their funny little mannerisms

 

[Ayana Otonashi]

idk

 

[MTN Dew Rat]

I just want death at this point.
Not depression; it's just resignation.
The world is shot, it will only get worse, and there's no community anymore; nobody is actually a neighbor who connects to those around them these days except blacks and Hispanics it seems. I hate the idea of bringing a child into this world who would just become a cipher or introvert, not even knowing what they were missing.

...The rapture can't come soon enough man.

 

[mold]

I like knowing how to do things and make things on my own. I grew up somewhere disaster prep and wilderness survival was pretty normal and widespread on a low level and wasn't anything odd at a very high level. I trust the people around me to have their shit together even though as I get older this trust may be mostly delusional. There's a lot of things I don't know how to do but I'm more interested right now in getting my sewing and mending skills up to speed and then I figure you can tear your pants fixing things and I can fix your pants.

 

[Sperg_rancher]

All of the above, but the cost of living is something that drives my interest in all of this just as much as everything else.

I agree here. Money buys freedom. reducing your expenses is a great way to ensure you can do more of what you want in life.

 

[IdiotPlusPlus]

I just like making things, historical recipes and methods are interesting to learn about, mechanical things are fun to build, and you are treated as some sort of wizard by just having a basic understanding of how things work (or, you know just reading what is in things lol)

Plus are we really that advanced if we can't make things that people who didn't have indoor plumbing could make?

 

[hideandgoseekchampion]

I like to save money.

I went to a shop to get my windshield wipers, both air filters and oil changed. After they did all of that I got a retarded $260 bill. Definitely could've done that shit faster and for half the price.

 

[Cirrhosis_of_Liver]

Plus are we really that advanced if we can't make things that people who didn't have indoor plumbing could make?

I make pyramids all the time, stop saying I don't.

 

[Sperg_rancher]

I think my goal is to be able to survive 3 months without societal assistance. Perpetually would be amazing, but 3 months is my goal.
it's trivial to have 3 months of food, a bit harder to have 3 months of water, and very hard to simply store 3 months of power.
If society goes to shit for more than 3 months, I figure the issues that caused this are both neigh unpredictable as well as something that can't be prepared for effectively.