Are YOU Ready?

[Paixao]

Pocket knife, metal flask, flint. Do I need anything else?

Condom?

Does it really matter at that stage?

I mean... a) the mother is unlikely to make it another 9 months and b) the world will need re-populating anyway

[Avenio]

Why would I prepare for something that exists only in the minds of paranoiacs?

[Ovisterra]

Wait, you're bringing up zombies? It seems I mistakenly took this thread as being serious.

Haven't you heard of the CDC Zombie Apocalypse Campaign?

It was a stunt a while back that played off the whole zombie/bath-salts spate as a way to generate publicity around promoting disaster preparedness.

http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatter ... pocalypse/

Wait, you're bringing up zombies? It seems I mistakenly took this thread as being serious.

Go read up on it. It was a joke by the CDC to promote disaster preparedness under the guise of zombie preparedness. Hence why I mentioned the thing when and where I did...

Hmm. I hadn't heard of it before.

[Neo Arcad]

Pocket knife, metal flask, flint. Do I need anything else?

Condom?

Good idea! Condoms can hold up to a litre of water!

[Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f]

Condom?

Good idea! Condoms can hold up to a litre of water!

You need to get your...errr....plumbing checked I reckon...

[Ovisterra]

Condom?

Does it really matter at that stage?

I mean... a) the mother is unlikely to make it another 9 months and b) the world will need re-populating anyway

I don't want an STD, thanks.

[Horusland]

Why would I prepare for something that exists only in the minds of paranoiacs?

Only some people are preparing, only to be disappointed every year.

[Neo Arcad]

Why would I prepare for something that exists only in the minds of paranoiacs?

So viruses, terrorism, and natural disasters are all just pretend?
Huh.
That sounds like a conspiracy theory to me...

[Neo Arcad]

Good idea! Condoms can hold up to a litre of water!

You need to get your...errr....plumbing checked I reckon...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... ngThePoint

[Paixao]

Does it really matter at that stage?

I mean... a) the mother is unlikely to make it another 9 months and b) the world will need re-populating anyway

I don't want an STD, thanks.

Good point. Then again... wouldn't all the people with STDs be the first to die anyway? No offense to them, but without meds many of them are unlikely to make it long... :/

[Ovisterra]

I don't want an STD, thanks.

Good point. Then again... wouldn't all the people with STDs be the first to die anyway? No offense to them, but without meds many of them are unlikely to make it long... :/

It doesn't hurt to be careful.

Practice safe sex, kids. Well, if you're actually a kid, don't practice any kind of sex.

[Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f]

You need to get your...errr....plumbing checked I reckon...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... ngThePoint

indeed...

Plumbing also refers to the reproductive system...and I have a very dirty mind.

[Neo Art]

I tend not to spend my life worrying about preparing for events that, should they occur, would almost certainly kill me long before I had a chance to worry about whether I have enough water stockpiled to make it through a year.

[The Grim Reaper]

I tend not to spend my life worrying about preparing for events that, should they occur, would almost certainly kill me long before I had a chance to worry about whether I have enough water stockpiled to make it through a year.

That's because you're not Australian.

We could only water our garden on odd-numbered days, man...it was tyranny...

[Avenio]

Why would I prepare for something that exists only in the minds of paranoiacs?

So viruses, terrorism, and natural disasters are all just pretend?
Huh.
That sounds like a conspiracy theory to me...

If you seriously think the world, as a whole, is threatened by either - and what's more so, you think that stockpiling soup and ammunition will help you to any real degree - then you fit into that category I mentioned above.

[Ifreann]

I tend not to spend my life worrying about preparing for events that, should they occur, would almost certainly kill me long before I had a chance to worry about whether I have enough water stockpiled to make it through a year.

I'm perfectly willing to not survive the downfall of human civilisation if it means I don't have to spend a fortune, in money and time, making largely futile preparations.

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I tend not to spend my life worrying about preparing for events that, should they occur, would almost certainly kill me long before I had a chance to worry about whether I have enough water stockpiled to make it through a year.

That's because you're not Australian.

We could only water our garden on odd-numbered days, man...it was tyranny...

And look where it got you. 85% of the country is on fire.

[Horusland]

So viruses, terrorism, and natural disasters are all just pretend?
Huh.
That sounds like a conspiracy theory to me...

If you seriously think the world, as a whole, is threatened by either then you fit into that category I mentioned above.

Yeah, none will end the world, but what if that natural disaster was in your area?
Viruses? More lethal.
It all depends on your location at the time.

[Ovisterra]

That's because you're not Australian.

We could only water our garden on odd-numbered days, man...it was tyranny...

And look where it got you. 85% of the country is on fire.

Is there some sort of global fire brigade you can call out to put out countries that have caught fire?

[Neo Arcad]

So viruses, terrorism, and natural disasters are all just pretend?
Huh.
That sounds like a conspiracy theory to me...

If you seriously think the world, as a whole, is threatened by either then you fit into that category I mentioned above.

I don't think it's paranoid to be prepared for the inevitable. Natural disasters? That's inevitable. Pandemics? Yeah. That's also a major concern for people who aren't clinically deceased. A lot of this comes from my experiences during Hurricane Sandy, among other such disasters, so I'm speaking firsthand when I say that being caught with your pants down in that kind of situation is not fun.

[Ifreann]

And look where it got you. 85% of the country is on fire.

Is there some sort of global fire brigade you can call out to put out countries that have caught fire?

We could set off a nuke in the ocean and try to wash the place out with a tsunami.

[Serrland]

Why do people assume they'll survive the pandemic/disaster/etc in the first place? If it kills off most of humanity, odds are you'll be in that group.

[Neo Arcad]

Why do people assume they'll survive the pandemic/disaster/etc in the first place? If it kills off most of humanity, odds are you'll be in that group.

Not if you're ready. One can always aid one's chances of survival. Think of it like stacking the deck in your favor.

[Avenio]

Yeah, none will end the world, but what if that natural disaster was in your area?

What natural disaster? Be specific.

Viruses? More lethal.

The more lethal a virus is the slower it spreads and the more likely it can be safely contained.

I don't think it's paranoid to be prepared for the inevitable.

Global apocalypse is inevitable? Ookay dear.

Natural disasters? That's inevitable.

Packing away a few soup cans, drinking water and extra batteries for a flashlight in a cupboard somewhere is a reasonable precaution for such things. Stockpiling ammunition, 10 months of food and buying a biohazard suit is not. Hence the paranoia internet diagnosis.

Pandemics? Yeah. That's also a major concern for people who aren't clinically deceased.

No, not really.

A lot of this comes from my experiences during Hurricane Sandy, among other such disasters, so I'm speaking firsthand when I say that being caught with your pants down in that kind of situation is not fun.

And, again, there are reasonable precautions to take and there are unreasonable precautions. You crossed the border into Crazytown a while back there.

[Esternial]

Try and join the Brotherhood of Steel, those guys are the bomb.

[The Republique Dardania and Gazmania]

5. Hunker down for the first few months of the disaster, whatever it may be; and subsequently, make my way to western Virginia, where I've got family. Redneck family, but family nonetheless.

That would/should be the most important thing on your list ...community.

Remember, during the Pleistocene, Neolithic and dark-ages -the only way people survived was through communities (tribes) being organized.


Now me ...that's a different story. When the apocalypse comes it's most likely going to be me in my basement with a keg of beer and a couple of back issues of JUGGS Magazine.