The death of ROMsites
I have been telling myself it is coming since 2006. So I have full sets for every console I can find.
I keep a few things (museli bars, water, blankets first aid kit) in the car in case of getting stuck somewhere or needing basics suddenly.
At home I keep ‘minimum levels’ of things we use often, in case of a power outage or just so if anything were to happen we could get by for a couple of weeks. We are limited by space and try to keep organised.
I fiddle with batteries and very small scale solar. My inverter should be able to handle running my fridge for a few hours.
I got a solar panel and battery in case of power loss. Won’t do much for heating, but as long as 4G stays up, it’ll allow me to communicate. Or I could probably get around 30min of PC time out of it if necessary.
Unemployment. Like many others, I keep an emergency fund with high yield that can keep food on the table for the fam while looking for a new job. Replenish as soon as I get a new job.
If the world was to end tomorrow, I am prepared to end with it. 👉😎👉
I’m prepared to homestead if I could afford it, or live in town.
Nothing in between.
I have a variety of blankets near my bed, of varying weight, warmth and texture. It’s mostly because of autism related sensory preferences that vary across situations, but it’s also great when hosting guests.
I have one plastic bag that is full of other, crumpled plastic bags.
You would not believe how many more bags you can fit in that one bag if you fold them, rather than crumple them!
Folding plastic bags seems annoying though.
Might you be Arab by any chance? If not you can probably get citizenship somewhere.
I there a ethnic group around the world that does not do that ?
I have no idea.
Havin a baeg of baegs is just one of those things you do in the Midwest. Donchya know
My kitchen has a tiny “cabinet” near the sink that’s about 5 inches wide and was put there just so the dimensions of the countertops would work. It’s still the full depth of the under sink cabinet, just really skinny.
It is absolutely stuffed with bags.
I occasionally use them as trash bags for the bathroom when I remember, and can be bothered to go and get one.
I feel like that was a universal experience back in the days of bags
I have a usb thumb drive
Terfs
I have a trans pride flag and a baseball bat next to my front door
Remember to keep your bat dressed with a long sock, so if someone grabs it, their hold will just slip away along with the sock
Also it might make sense to have a baseball/softball glove nearby for plausible deniability reasons.
Good point, time to order some trans pride programming socks
dress the bat in a series of pride socks so it cycles through them all if they keep grabbing the bat
I don’t think a game of baseball will solve anything. :P
There’s a chance it could bore the attacker into leaving.
Well, it’s a good thing OP is willing to try an innocent sports game, and not anything premeditated
Sub-zero degree sleeping bag in the trunk of my car, plus a jug of water and some MRE-type food packs with water-activated food warmers. I grew up in a very rural area and got stuck on the side of the road in a blizzard for too long; I came out ok but it was terrifying. Now I live in a densely populated area that doesn’t get blizzards but I still prep.
I used to let my toilet paper run nearly down to zero before I bought another pack. The pandemic lockdown months changed that. I used paper towels and liberated a couple rolls from work back in the day. Now I keep more on hand before triggering next buy. Never again.
I’m a good example of “we prep for our fears”. I also do backcountry backpacking and everyone in that hobby does to some degree. I go out with a nurse sometimes and her first aid kit is nearly three pounds while mine is a couple bandaids and rubbing alcohol swaps.
You described equipment for pretty much climber. You don’t have shops every corner in the mountains and sleeping overnight happens sometimes due to bad weather. Sub zero temperatures are the norm in the mountains
I live in the upper Midwest so I pretty much always have supplies in case we get snowed in. When there’s a big storm on the radar we get specific meals for 2+ days. It never really keeps us trapped instead for more than a few hours
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House fire.
(That’s a lie, I’m not and I live in an apartment, but I plan on prepping for it)
Had a gas can inexplicably catch fire in my yard but close enough to the house to scorch and melt siding. Was able to put it out on the third attempt just before the fire dept showed up. I now have a variety of sizes and types of fire extinguishing apparatus around my house.
Invest in fire safety. Lives are at stake.
Well, I live 5 meters under sea level. The most realistic disaster to happen to me would involve a giant crushing wave of water, and there’s not much you can do to get out of that.
But since I like backpack hiking, and buying in bulk is cheap, I have something like a month of food, some lifestraws, some water, extra cooking gear, etc.
