Came here to mention this was three and a half years after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. There is zero doubt this is a result of that.

No lies detected.

Ham is love language. Not a weapon.

One of the more popular arguments from preppers during covid was that these hyper-independent minded people were suddenly demanding the ability to go out to stores and meet up with people in large groups.

After years of "I don't need nobody" they went hard core "people need interaction!". It was a beautiful thing that not one of them will admit.

I've been doing this since before the orange blight. The people haven't changed. They are just more obviously hypocrites. They went from "keep government out of my life, I want personal freedom" to "only through government can we maintain control over anyone that makes us feel icky."

The rest of this is splitting hairs.

I agree that the motivation portion is entirely different. But the actions are the same.

There is fine line between farming with guns and prepping.

Claw, Bite, Murderlize,

I didn't have any issues with the Dr Manhattan scene. It was the Nightowl one with Hallelujah playing that felt so cringe.

I have chickens, ducks and geese, raised beds, just built a solar battery charger, can my own food, dehydrate food, cook everything from scratch, etc etc. I go through all the same steps. My friends refer to me as a prepper despite me saying I'm a homesteader. They keep saying they are going to show up at my place if everything collapses. I started shutting this down by saying they need to be pre-approved, pay a $150 non-refundable deposit and $50 a month so that I can make sure I have food and other essentials for when they show up. Because it's really annoying to hear someone say "I'm totally not doing anything about my fears so I'm going to impose on you when the time comes."

I'm just trying to reduce the amount it takes for me to survive. It happens that if you are ready to be unemployed for a few months that a lot of the same prepa come in handy for a collapse of the economy. The same things needed to hunt squirrels are helpful against zombies.

It wasn't just unnecessary it was bad. Did you see it?

I'm a person that most people would consider a prepper. What am I prepping for? Unemployment. Being able to survive with as few possible inputs as possible.

I'm a hard core skeptical nerd that doesn't believe a single conspiracy theory. I'm like an anti doomsday prepper. Making life easier even if things don't go bad.

The movie that made me want to avoid all sex scenes in movies was Watchmen. Between the completely unnecessary scene and the song that played but just tainted the whole movie.

A black sheriff?

This kills the human

This implies that they care about the homeless issue. 23 billion is a rounding error in the budget. They just don't want to fix it.

Are you sure it's not Tank Girl?

here is the issue. He is just living in the moment, as a cell phone. It's not that he isn't on a phone. He is a phone.