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My parent's stockpiling habits.

ChagenChagen
edited 2011-07-27 18:16:58 in Meatspace
[tɕagɛn]
Dear Mom and Dad, please stop stockpiling food and water for an apocalypse that will never happen, and please spends it on thing we will actually need.
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  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss

    "Dear Mom and Dad, please stop stockpiling food and water for an apocalypse that will never happen, and please spends it on thing we will actually need."

    "we will actually need"

    "food and water"

    "actually need"

    (wonder if Noimporta's going to call for his schtick back)

  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    We're not allowed to eat the food. We can only eat it when the apocalypse comes.

    AKA, "never". We're wasting money buying food that we'll never eat.
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss

    Is it at least non-perishable?

    Anyways...

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    Has anyone mentioned that your parents are batshit?
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    edited 2011-07-27 18:37:41
    V I just wanted to post that video.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    It's not for the Rapture, my parents aren't Fundamentalists.
  • ShichibukaiShichibukai
    Thane of rum-guzzling and necromancy

    I think your parents are wisely planning ahead. You'll thank them if there is rapid inflation or an emergency which puts a strain on supplies. It's good not to be so complacent that there is always food on the supermarket shelves, or fuel in the filling stations. 

  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    But if the food perishes, the stockpile becomes moot.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    It's non-perishable, but come on. The chance of an actual emergency like this is so unlikely it's nonsensical to care about it so much.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    edited 2011-07-27 18:46:42
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Ever hear of Hurricane Katrina? Or the recent tsunami in Japan?

    Of course, Texas doesn't get those, but that's not my point.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    We don't live in the part of Texas that gets things like that.

    We're too far away from the sea and below Tornado Valley.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    My point was more that stuff like that does happen, and can't always be predicted.
  • ShichibukaiShichibukai
    Thane of rum-guzzling and necromancy

    Unlikely is not the same as impossible. Even if it's not much, every family should set something aside during the good times, to prepare for the bad.

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    I have a friend whose parents are doing the same thing.  They think that the whole economic system is going to collapse soon or something.  Her dad even bought a stockpile of gold or something.  I think he recently sold it and made a killing.  Not sure.
  • OutsideTheBauksiOutsideTheBauksi
    sleep is for the we[e/a]k

    Try to convince them to consume it at approximately the same rate they buy more? As in, they buy a stockpile of food to last a person 1 year, and will keep for 5 years. In 3 years, start working it into their normal meals and replacing it as they work through it. That way the stockpile won't expire and you'll still get some use out of it.

    Also, just how non-perishable are we talking here? Canned food keeps for like 3-6 years, but dry, grain products like oatmeal can last decades if stored properly. 

    And how much thought have they put into stuff like water supply? Do you live near a freshwater lake? Iodine tablets?

  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    They buy tons of water. We don't live near any lakes, well, our old house was near one, but that's it. 

    Most of what they buy is canned food and grains like rice
  • StormtroperStormtroper
    What ^^ said.
  • OutsideTheBauksiOutsideTheBauksi
    sleep is for the we[e/a]k
    Are they planning for anything in particular or just the general "society goes to shit; hard to find food; no real government" type apocalypse?
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    The general kind.
  • FrodoGoofballCoTVFrodoGoofballCoTV

    Non - apocalyptic but still starvation - bad disasters do happen. 

    Tornadoes & hurricanes might not be likely, but what about floods and fire? You can have a flood during a drought because it is raining hundreds of miles away. Fire can happen just about anywhere there's lots of wood.

    In more remote areas (like when I lived in Nevada!), the one road to the nearest larger town being blocked for more than several hours would be a bad thing.

    Given what's going on in Washington D.C. right now, I expect a double dip recession may be the best the world can hope for.  It's possible society will be intact, but supermarkets will start to run out of food as trucking companies go out of business due to high gas prices.

  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    edited 2011-07-28 08:57:51
    I'd skip the food and water completely to be honest. just a gun and some ammo.  figure if there is an apocalypse it wouldn't be worth surviving. Not like I could take a level in badass or any thing.

    Also Bauksie: Seriously? You're going to jump on Hobbs Was Right?man maybe Anarchism really is dead.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    I don't think the point of surviving an apocalypse is to become badass.
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    not my point forzare i'm saying afte rall that is done i'm already a Death Seeker and with everything I knew either destroyed or in shambles I've got nothing left to bother iwth.
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    There are a number of possible Apocalyses that can happen. Best be prepared for all of them. For example, in case of the Robot Apocalyse, it's a good idea to stockpile Super Soaker waterguns.
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    i'm hoping vampires.which is why i'm changing my name to Robert Neville.
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington

    My hoping for zombies, but deep inside we all know it's going to be primates.

  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    meh the "zombie" apocalypse is pretty much a ripoff of the vampire Apocalypse and besides they resemble more closely old vampire and ghoul myths.
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    ^I blame Twilight... which I'm glad there is no Twilight Apocalypse.
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    a Mary Sue Apocalypse?
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington

    Hm, how would that work?

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