Personally I believe that the idea must be good in order to have the content get any chance of actually becoming successful/popular, but I welcome to be proven otherwise.
Personally I believe that the idea must be good in order to have the content get any chance of actually becoming successful/popular, but I welcome to be proven otherwise.
A good quality prepper video. Its a bad idea to put in the time, money and effort into preparing for society to collapse or at least preparing to the extremes some of these youtube videos go to. But the shit they teach you in some videos is chalk full of excellent survival tips. Most of which are more handy if youre stranded somewhere than anything else.
Eh if you look at it as a hobby it’s not so bad. My only issue is that it rests on a certain mythology that you’ll survive collapse by holing up in some bunker by yourself which is complete nonsense. Strong community bonds will help people survive difficult times, not isolation.
Yeah i should’ve specified it depends on the video you watch. The videos I watched were super informative about creating generators from a creek, purifying water, storing food etc…
I kind of think of myself as “prepper light” I keep a small stockpile of food and supplies around, have at least general plans for most emergencies that might arise, like I live close to a nuclear plant so I know the evacuation route I’m supposed to take from my home if something ever happens there, what radio station is going to have information, etc. I know what I’m doing if we lose power for an extended period of time, etc.
But I’m not devoting a significant amount of my time to it. A few minutes or hours here or there, a little casual research, the occasional “roughing it” camping trip for fun and practice
But most importantly, I have friends. I’m a pretty all-around capable guy, but there’s a lot of gaps in my knowledge. When it comes to fixing cars, spinning yarn and weaving cloth, more advanced construction, plumbing, gardening, etc. I’m kind of clueless. But I have friends who are really good at those things. If shit ever really hits the fan in whatever sort of “end of the world as we know it” sort of scenario you might be imagining, none of us are going to cut it long-term by ourselves, but with all of our various skills put together we might just stand a chance.
And also I like those people, I want to make sure they make it through it with me.