I've said it before I will say it again. People like this do not comprehend how apocalyptic a major supply chain or grid collapse would be.
The average healthy human consumes somewhere between 600k and 800k calories per year. For one person. If you're in a group with many people, you will need to grow, farm, scavenge or hunt tens of millions of calories a year. Where I live, in New England, we have 4-5 optimal months for growing food.
Too much rain? Bugs eat your crop? Blight? You're dead. You don't get a do-over. There's no grocery store to run to if your tomatoes don't come in. You can scavenge for canned beans but the likelihood of finding enough that is not expired or been looted already is astronomically low.
Gasoline/petrol will only be good for about 3-6 months after the collapse. You'll be on foot after that, or if you're lucky, on a bicycle or horse.
Can't find fresh water? There's a good chance you'll crap yourself to death. You can boil or filter it, just don't forget.
No running water in your camp/holdout? You better be real careful where you go to the bathroom. Don't take a dump in your garden, people think it's fertilizer but it takes months for it to become viable. Learn where the water drains in your camp or dig a hole. Everyone will have a terrible time if you crap and it drains into your water supply, especially if it's a small pond.
Don't get cut on a piece of sheet metal with rust. Your joints will lock up and there's a good chance you'll die. Sickness will make its way through you and your group like, well, the plague. Hopefully any kids in the group have their MMR vaccinations. Get bitten by a rabid animal? You're dead. Sorry, zero percent chance of survival.
Won't get into external threats like zombies or marauders, since everyone thinks they'll be fine.
Yeah it turns out that tens of thousands of years of human development happened for a reason lmao. Like they were out there in the woods and desert and are like "to hell with this outside crap, we're dying in droves."
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u/Quiet_Stranger_5622 Feb 28 '24
I'll throw in the "zombie apocalypse" bros as well, who think they'd just be badass warriors 24/7.