The Coronavirus is here. No matter what you call it (Wuhan Virus, COVID19, Kung flu, etc), it’s here. People are freaking out and buying up all the stuff they should have already had stockpiled. …and a lot of dumb stuff too.
Seriously, why are people buying so much hand sanitizer? My wife, who works at a hospital, told me today that people were stealing the hand sanitizer dispensers right off the wall! Can someone please explain to me what good hand sanitizer will do you when you have locked yourself in your home?
Why are people trying to hoard toilet paper? Do they think that they won’t be able to leave their house to get more? I’m just so confused.
But I’m not here to talk about COVID19 or what to do about it. Integrated Skills Group has already done a better job of it than I ever could. I’m here to talk about prepping, or at least a small aspect that some newer players may not have considered.
DON’T TALK ABOUT YOUR PREPS!
There’s a reason the first two rules of Fight Club were about secrecy. Basically, you don’t know who is going to hear about your literal treasure trove. If you are stocking up for when Society collapses, then the time you need your stuff the most is the time you cannot expect law enforcement to aid you. If you go running your mouth about how you can outlast the cockroaches with all your supplies, don’t be surprised when you get visitors who know that you’re fully stocked. Also, don’t expect them to just take some food and go away, either.
If society breaks down and the only law is the law of the jungle, expect people to star acting like animals. There are some people who are only behaving themselves because they can’t afford to reveal their true nature. These people exist, and they are all around you. They are your neighbors, they are your friends. They may even be your family.
These grasshoppers are all around you, and they didn’t prepare. If you go blabbing about your 3 months’ worth of supplies, these dudes are going to come crawling out of the woodwork and land on your front door. You have to have a plan to deal with them.
The absolute worst kind of person is the person who’s prepping plan is to go over to their neighbor’s house and take their stuff. These people are out there, and they mean it. The don’t prep, they don’t plan. They just keep a mental map of who has stuff stored away.
Those people are pirates. Vikings. Raiders. Reavers. Animals. And like a rabies infested mutt, those people need put down. The only good part about these people is there own big mouth. A lot of them will tell you that they are one of these despicable examples. All the ones I’ve seen brag about how smart they are, as if “I’m just going to steal from you” is some sort of example of major mental exercise.
I’m not going to be one of those people. My family will not become those people. If those people come to my house or to my family, I’ll put them down in the dirt where they belong. Or just hang them in the tree as a warning, 17th-century style.
Seriously, of the only thing keeping you from coming into your neighbor’s house and taking his stuff is the rule of law, you’re not a good person. You’re a thief, and a coward. I would put you lower than a common thief, because that guy actually has the stones to try it under the rule of law. You? You’re just like him, but too much of a coward to reveal your true nature.
“A harmless man is not a good man. A good man is a very dangerous man who has that under voluntary control.”
-Jordan Peterson
If the first thing you do once society breaks down is go around taking the fruits other people’s hard work and planning, then you’re a monster. But, as I said above, you’re also a coward.
Quick note: I’m not against looting the dead. That guy doesn’t need it anymore, after he’s shuffled off his mortal coil.
In Review
#1: Be prepared at all times. You won’t see it coming till everyone else does, and by then it’s too late.
#2: Don’t tell someone about your stash unless you want them to show up.
#3: Be prepared to fight off those who won’t leave peacsfully.
#4: Don’t loot the living.
I fully understand the hypocrisy of me telling you guys to keep your supplies a secret when I’ve literally published a list of all my preps and their current statuses. At this point, I’d be very surprised if someone didn’t doxx me on Boogaloo Day 1 and show up trying to get my stuff. Just consider it as me taking one for the team. If you guys don’t learn from me and this is all for nought, I’m going to be very disappointed.
Pirates, ye be warned. I’ll see you next Friday. -S_S
Pro-Gun Millennial 