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Has The Walking Dead Made You a Survivalist/Prepper?

Ro_Laren

Ro_Laren

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One of my favorite shows to watch is AMC’s The Walking Dead. The other day I started to wonder, how many people have become preppers (a.k.a. survivalists) as a result of watching The Walking Dead?!?! For those of you that don’t know what preppers are, they are people who prepare for emergencies from as small as the power being knocked out by a small storm to as large as hurricanes like Katrina or Sandy, anarchy and social disorder caused by the collapse of the dollar, or alien invasions! Preppers range from those that will build bunkers to those that just stockpile a couple days’ worth of food and water. So, who out there is preparing for the imminent zombie attack, lol?

BTW, I wasn’t sure if this thread should have been posted in the Miscellaneous section or the Science Fiction & Fantasy section (because it talks about The Walking Dead). Sorry if I posted this thread in the wrong section!
 
Ro_Laren said:
the power being knocked out by a small storm
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I have a couple of wind-up torches ready just in case this happens at night and I wouldn't put it down to the Walking Dead (as I don't watch it) but more because of common sense.
 
I'm not a prepper but I am interested in it. After living through a few natural disasters it would seem prudent to be at least somewhat prepared. I'm not sure I'd go as crazy as some of the folks on the show "Doomsday Preppers" though.
 
Being prepared for common natural disasters that happen in your area (hurricanes, earthquake, blizzard) is just common sense.

Being prepared for the Apocalypse is fucking crazy.
 
Remember all the Millenium preppers? Hilarious. I bet they're still eating tins of baked beans they purchased in late 1999.
 
auntiehill said:
Being prepared for common natural disasters that happen in your area (hurricanes, earthquake, blizzard) is just common sense.

Being prepared for the Apocalypse is fucking crazy.
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Being prepared for one will come in handy for the other, though, surely? :)
 
I'm not a prepper, but I find myself sometimes playing the "what if" game. Like: What if there was a real a zombie Apocalypse? What would I pack?

Usually I find myself very unprepared, so I doubt that I would make it very long in any apocalyptic scenario.

But I'm more interested in taking a survival class in the wilderness since TWD started.
 
One of the things that annoys me the most about having type 1 diabetes is my decreased odds of survival after an apocalypse. So many of my childhood post-apocalypse fantasies crushed! I did read one post-apocalyptic novel that had a nebbish type 1 diabetic character (though the author annoyingly conflated type 1 and 2, but that's beside the point) who learned to make his own insulin. I suppose I am clever enough to do that. Or my survival story would have to involve pharmacy-hopping as a major plot-drive.

In real life I have 2 month's worth of insulin pump supplies and a flashlight. I suppose I could do better, but I'm not all that bothered.
 
I think the worst disaster that can hit my region of the world is mail arriving a few hours late because of bad weather... I honestly wouldn't know what to prepare for.
 
RoJoHen said:
I've always wondered this...

Why would anyone want to survive the apocalypse?
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Excellent question. Without power, my DVD collection is useless. THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO LIVE FOR!!!!

[Jumps from the roof of my house onto a big hoard of zombies.]
 
Ro_Laren said:
One of my favorite shows to watch is AMC’s The Walking Dead. The other day I started to wonder, how many people have become preppers (a.k.a. survivalists) as a result of watching The Walking Dead?!?! For those of you that don’t know what preppers are, they are people who prepare for emergencies from as small as the power being knocked out by a small storm to as large as hurricanes like Katrina or Sandy, anarchy and social disorder caused by the collapse of the dollar, or alien invasions! Preppers range from those that will build bunkers to those that just stockpile a couple days’ worth of food and water. So, who out there is preparing for the imminent zombie attack, lol?

BTW, I wasn’t sure if this thread should have been posted in the Miscellaneous section or the Science Fiction & Fantasy section (because it talks about The Walking Dead). Sorry if I posted this thread in the wrong section!
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It's about survival prepping rather than the show, so it fits here more.

No, the show didn't make me become a prepper. Preparing for an apocalypse is silly. Preparing for a local disaster on the other hand is completely rational and smart planning.

As recommended by the California Emergency Management Agency (and FEMA), we have a disaster kit like the one shown below in a large wheeled trash bin in case of a major earthquake or other disaster. We're right on the Newport-Inglewood Fault here, and it's been the source of some pretty large quakes.

 
The only sort of disaster prepping we really need here is some sort of tornado shelter. Unfortunately, my house is on a slab, and there's issues with putting one somewhere in the yard, not to mention the cost. :(
 
thestrangequark said:
One of the things that annoys me the most about having type 1 diabetes is my decreased odds of survival after an apocalypse. So many of my childhood post-apocalypse fantasies crushed! I did read one post-apocalyptic novel that had a nebbish type 1 diabetic character (though the author annoyingly conflated type 1 and 2, but that's beside the point) who learned to make his own insulin. I suppose I am clever enough to do that. Or my survival story would have to involve pharmacy-hopping as a major plot-drive.

In real life I have 2 month's worth of insulin pump supplies and a flashlight. I suppose I could do better, but I'm not all that bothered.
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Same here. Looking in the fridge earlier I realised I'm almost out of one of my insulins so need to get that sorted soon.
 
How funny, I was thinking this very same thing after Sunday's episode. I was also wondering how I would fare in such a situation. I guess I could survive for a while in my apartment, high enough off the ground for zombies to not be able to reach me, and my front door is pretty sturdy, but what I really have to worry about is the living trying to ransack my place. I also live right across the street from a shopping center so maybe I could do some successful supply runs.
 
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