The prepper threads aren’t as friendly as they used to be, the harsher, exclusionary, hostile tone has driven some of us away from them.
For some of us it is just second nature and something that seems natural to us, especially if we come from regions, and/or generations of practical preparedness and just love the planning and security that results from it, as I do, for a few it has become something else, as a fellow veteran I’m sure you recognize that tone of the somethings else.