My parents are getting obssessed on survival for no reason at all.

Chagen

My parents have been debating survival tactics for the past half-hour. They have literally never done this before. They're debating on what to do should the apocalypse happen. Stuff like things to keep, supplies, etc. They have never done this before, and have no reason to. It's starting to unnerve me.....especially since they're being serious. God damn, my entire family is fucking insane.

ninjaclown

And superstitious, by the looks of it. Hate to say it, but your parents are easily influenced by outside forces. In other words, Gullible.

Deboss

Tell them the secret to long life is giving me money.

Icalasari

Point them to the internet (preferably a forum about surviving apocalyptic survival). Record their shame over how they will never be that prepared

AnnoyingPony

My dad has been stockpiling canned smoked oysters in the garage for years now in preparation for a global economic meltdown and the collapse of the United States and the establishment of the New World Order.

... Yeah, nobody takes him seriously.

ninjaclown

Why not vegetable soup?

TheMightyAnonym

Glenn Beck losing his show and the death of Encyclopedia Dramatica are both obvious proof of the apocalypse. Better start packing your bags!

We're all gonna DIEEEEE!!!

Vorpy

Chagen. Take a picture of your dad. I want to know if he has a jewfro or handlebar mustaches at all.

Gelzo

Survivalism can be pretty neat, but it seems like a lot of people don't know how to really prepare for disasters.

If they really expect an apocalypse, stockpiling two weeks worth of food wouldn't do anything other than prolong the inevitable. A steady source of food over a lifetime is going to require an entire fucking ecosystem.

More realistic disasters are probably better prepared for with things like insurance and... shelters? If it's for that purpose, two weeks of food and water should be fine. If they expect an economic disaster, maybe it'd make sense to learn about subsistence farming?

Of course those are my uneducated thoughts. I don't know much about this kind of stuff, but I think it'd be cool to look into if you have time and money to burn and you live outside of the city. And hey, if they're serious about it, it might be fun if you can convince them to do it right.

MoeDantes

"Subsistence farming"

Is that where you buy multiple limited-edition copies of Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence and wait for it to go up in value?

Nyarly

Before I even... Oh, what the hell...

glennmagusharvey

I have a friend whose dad is totally into survivalist stuff.

Survivalist stuff is actually pretty cool, but the mindset that makes a lot of these paranoid conservatives do it is totally bonkers.  I mean, I can't stand the insane fearmongering of some of those people, but their hand-crank radios and flashlights are pretty damn awesome.  And useful.  I'd like one of those myself.  Keep it in the car, just in case you get stuck in the middle of nowhere at night or something.  Not to mention that it'd be a radio that WOULDN'T NEED BATTERIES, and WOULD GIVE ME EXERCISE WHILE I MAKE IT WORK.  How is that not awesome??

That said, mark my words:
* EITHER the global economic system is not going to collapse
* OR, it is going to collapse along with so many other things that you won't even be prepared for it.

That said, why the hell shouldn't we welcome an excuse to party on 21 Dec 2012.

inb4 that swiss guy's bunker