Preppers can be like gold bugs and short sellers, they love to scare themselves with wild hair on fire tales because it proves themselves right. That doesn’t mean that prepping is wrong, or that buying precious metals is bad or that shorting a stock is wrongheaded. It’s not. But, take them with a grain of salt. Their bias is toward worst case. Worst case is rarely the reality.
Ha!
I like to brace myself for the worst and hope for the best.
It really cuts down on the disappointment factor.
No kidding on the preppers. Nothing wrong with doing it but you have to keep a sense of proportion. My father started in the late 60s believing that economic and government collapse was right around the corner. The paranoia associated with this is not good for very young kids; really any kids. In some ways, it is almost disappointing. Bottom line, no one can predict the future.