• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I don’t really understand preppers. Why would you want to survive after society collapses? That sounds awful.

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      9 months ago

      The chance to create a new society in our own image. With government subsidised cocaine and hookers.

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        9 months ago

        The problem is “our” image is not something we all agree on. I see no reason for that to be different for the handful of survivors. The survivors will most likely end up wishing they had died quickly.

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      9 months ago

      Probably evolution. My guess is that there have always been “weirdos” that live at the outside or are especially paranoid. Most of the time it’s just weird, but sometimes it payed off during our evolution.

      Basically your great great great great great great great great great great granddad was a prepper. But you didn’t inherit the prepper gene.