“Quarantine.”
Extra points for a fake health department printout under it.
I thought that only worked in Bugs Bunny cartoons (and "The Scarlet Pimpernel")
Posted on 09/02/2021 4:05:13 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
There are many misconceptions about preppers, such as they’re weird hermits who hoard supplies. But nothing could be farther from the truth.
Compared to non-preppers, preppers are simply people who take the time to prepare for disasters before anything bad happens. And if you’re a prepper worried about your non-prepper friends, consider teaching them how to prep so they can take care of themselves when disaster strikes.
Are you prepared to teach your friends how to prep? Before SHTF, whether it’s a natural disaster or a long-term power outage, preppers probably already have a sizeable stockpile of supplies along with gear, firearms and ammo.
But what about your non-prepper friends? Have your personal relationships suffered because your friends don’t understand why you prep?
Did you lose your temper and cut off ties with friends or even family members who don’t understand your lifestyle and prepping priorities?
Instead of burning bridges with non-prepper family members and friends, try teaching your loved ones why you’re prepping before anything disastrous happens.
This ensures that when you’re facing disaster, you have a better chance of surviving with more people who share the same values you do.
How to convince your friends to prep Conversations with non-preppers can lead to arguments, but don’t lose your temper while having the preparedness talk with your loved ones.
If you’re not sure how to start, here are some tips on how to encourage loved ones to start prepping:
Don’t try to scare them
The scare tactic won’t always work when you’re trying to convince someone to start prepping. This can backfire on you and this is the fastest way to start an argument.
Focus on real, possible scenarios like natural disasters common in your area and the advantages of prepping before SHTF, not after.
Encourage them to start small if their budget is an issue
While having the prepping talk, your friends might become hesitant once they realize they have to spend money to prep. It’s true that prepping can be expensive. It also takes a lot of time and energy to set up a stockpile.
But if money is an issue, tell them it’s fine to start small, as long as they start a.s.a.p. Teach them about simple and easy projects like how to prepare a bug-out bag.
If they want to start a food stockpile, teach them that even if they only buy one or two extra items while getting groceries, if they make it a habit they will soon have a stockpile that will last them at least a couple of days.
Teach them how they can save money by starting a food pantry
If your friends aren’t worried about natural disasters, you might get their attention by teaching them how prepping and starting a food pantry can help them save money.
Stocking up on food now ensures that they have the supplies they need when SHTF and before prices skyrocket, like it did during the pandemic.
Here’s a list of food items they should stock up on if they want to start their survival stockpile:
Apple cider vinegar
Baking powder
Baking soda
Beans
Breakfast cereals
Canned fruit
Canned meat
Canned vegetables
Coffee and tea
Cooking oil
Dried corn and grains
Dried fruit
Flour
Nuts
Pasta
Peanut butter
Powdered milk
Rice
Salt
Soups
Spaghetti sauce
Spices
Sugar
Whole grains
Watch and discuss a disaster movie with them
Does your family love watching movies? Try to watch a disaster movie with them and eventually steer the conversation towards prepping.
If they know you’re a prepper, you can talk about how you would prepare for a similar scenario using your skills or gear, which can help convince them about the benefits of being prepared before SHTF.
Give them useful prepping gifts
Everyone loves gifts, even preppers. For birthdays or the holidays, give your loved ones a prepping kit or a useful item like a multi-tool. Teach them how to use it and they might just remember it when disaster strikes.
Talk respectfully to your audience
The prepping conversation isn’t always easy, even if you’re talking to loved ones.
Remember to be respectful so you can convince them why you prep. Do not call them stupid for refusing to listen. Be patient and explain things properly when they seem interested and ask questions.
Live your life while you’re prepping Things aren’t always doom and gloom. While the situation is peaceful and quiet, remember to take a break and enjoy your life.
If your loved ones still don’t understand why you prep, agree to disagree and show them the other benefits of prepping, like having a home garden with fresh fruits and vegetables or a food pantry that helps you save a bit of money.
Prepping doesn’t have to revolve around survival skills and firearms. Let your friends know that buying a couple of extra cans of food can help a lot when disaster strikes and you are unable to leave the house to buy more supplies.
If you’re tired of explaining things, keep prepping on your own. Buy gear for your stockpile and keep learning new survival skills.
If the conversations about the value of prepping aren’t enough to convince them, leave them be and continue prepping on your own. When SHTF and they see how you get by thanks to your preps, they might just realize that there is value in being a prepper.
Don’t burn bridges with non-preppers. First, try to encourage other people to prep by talking about the benefits of being prepared. If they’re not convinced, at least you tried.
Visit Preparedness.news to read more articles about the many benefits of prepping.
Their hands and clothes are too clean too.
They’ve not been working out in a garden recently.
Or IMO, ever at all.
Yeah. My impression from comparing their skin to mine is that they aren't spending much time in the sun.
True that.
However, one thing to consider is that in the north here, if there's a grid down for any length of time in the winter, the starving hordes are far more likely to freeze to death trying to find food in the rural areas than most realize.
I have watched in amazement for years not as people beebop around in winter with no coats or in shorts and t-shirts.
They figure they are just running errands and in their car or a building so no problem.
They do not stop to realize that if that car breaks down and they are not dressed for the weather, they can freeze to death in very short order, no matter how cool they think they look playing tough guy.,P> Then even in the spring and summer, there's contaminated water to deal with and ticks, and simply finding shelter at night. And avoiding getting shot by all the gun owners in these parts.
I could see a huge increase in Lyme disease here in the northeast by city slickers who have no clue how to deal with ticks.
I always think of the Twilight Zone episode, “The Shelter”, about how the neighbors ridiculed the man who built a nuclear shelter......until they thought a nuclear attack was coming.
It’s Democrats in a nutshell.
Great Twilight Zone episode—probably influenced my thinking quite a bit.
That is why you need self-reliant neighbors—and that is normal for rural folks.
No.
Because the people who know we prep can be counted on our fingers with some left over.
I live in VERY rural Hawaii. I have land, animals, water
and if I put them up I’d be “Off grid” all solar and battery backed up.
We don’t have cities here.
We all are preppers by definition as we face
volcanoes, Earthquakes, wild fires, Tsunami, dock strikes, et al
In fact I can only think of sand storms or locusts that we don’t experience, although we have to drive to get to a blizzard. (summit of Mauna Kea).
Urban people have a way different problem set than a rural environment.
One Thing both need to do at the start is to realize, the veneer of society is very thin and food doesn’t come from Safeway, your tap water doesn’t magically show up, electricity will not always be there, and most importantly you may need your neighbors in bad times even if they are butt heads and they may need your help.
Above all Government is not YOUR FRIEND!
Once you get the right attitude it is all baby steps.
Excellent post—which reminds me of one more basic prepper tip.
Do favors for your (hopefully rural!) neighbors asking nothing in return.
It will pay dividends down the road.
I tried to share this article on FB but it was barred due to its url, “Starvation news”! (Yes, I know...it’s FB! I’m still there.)
Best I could do was post the title and an excerpt.
“However, one thing to consider is that in the north here, if there’s a grid down for any length of time in the winter, the starving hordes are far more likely to freeze to death trying to find food in the rural areas than most realize.”
You’re right about everything you said, but I’m down south. I’d be more likely to die of heat stroke with no a/c. I have to remind myself to put a coat in my truck for emergencies in the winter because it has to be relatively very cold before I’ll put one on.
“I’m talking just seeing another human will mean violence.”
That’s exactly right. Even if you think you have friends you better make sure they have at least as much food as you do so that when you run out you run out together. If there is a disparity you won’t be friends when it becomes apparent.
In the heat, yes, heat stroke can be deadly, not to mention lack of salt and water can kill someone quickly if they are sweating profusely and don’t know better.
And then you guys have lovely things like fire ants and Africanized bees to deal with.
Cities will run out of food in a week. Within 3 weeks local town and city folks will be in the country, using their last gas or pair of tennis shoes to get there because they know food and shelter is there.
In the country, you’re actually in more danger because you’re on acreage and alone and it’s impossible for a single couple to maintain a perimeter guard. Which is why you can’t prep alone and you can’t survive alone. You need a local group that you are a part of and that can share in the defense. Either relatives bugging out to you, in which case you is where their buggout supplies already are. Or your most trusted next door neighbors, with whom you can share perimeter defense for at least 3 months. The relatively benign human traffic will have passed through by then, or claimed a homestead, but after 3 months the hardcore jerks will start coming through. All this means you need people to cooperate with if you intend to survive.
James Burke laid it all out in the First Episode of “Connections”
https://youtu.be/XetplHcM7aQ?t=1349
I'd rather not have a comrade that will turn on me when the the rules of civilization are no longer in effect. One man alone can check his own perimeter for the past several thousand years.
I agree with you. The first rule about fight club, is that nobody talks about fight club.
Fully agree with you.
I don’t tell people anything
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