Excellent points!
I grew up very poor. Frequently we had almost no food, and the neighbor would take pity on the youngest of us and give us a meal here and there. I weighed 79 lbs. when I was nearly 13 years old.
I will always feel the need to have “extra”. I know what it is to go for three or four days without a morsel to put in your mouth, and no way to get food. There were many times when we ate nothing but vegetables grown in the back yard for six days a week, then we each got one piece of fried chicken on Sunday.
I know that not one of you out there would want your own child to go through this.
And if you could ever even imagine a situation where you were unable to get any food for days, and have it happen frequently and repeatedly, you could never insult those that fear this happening to themselves or their families.
It is no different than being financially responsible. It is no different than picking out a good safe neighborhood to raise your family in. Or making sure your car was in good safe condition.
I know that most on these preparedness threads know that to plan ahead for their loved ones is smart no matter the times, but for those that ridicule us -
No soup for you!!!
That makes a bit more sense to me than the usual “MRE” and upcoming disaster rhetoric.