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(Some Guy) Obvious What bad economy? Survival shop reports increase of sales to people preparing for 'possible collapse of society'   (stlouis.cbslocal.com) divider line 190
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2011-11-24 02:09:59 PM
I hear the firearms business is pretty good too.
 
2011-11-24 02:16:40 PM
I'm investing all my money in torches and pitchforks. Soon as people realize that protest signs and guy fawkes masks aren't doing shiat, I'll be rolling in the dough.
 
2011-11-24 02:33:29 PM
Ah, the business of fear.

And business is good in America. *points and Nelson laughs*
 
2011-11-24 02:36:58 PM
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R.Cream



/also bought a lottery ticket as a hedge
 
2011-11-24 03:05:14 PM
Obama generates revenue
 
2011-11-24 03:39:50 PM
Duct tape sales skyrocketed back in 2001-2002, whatever became of that?
 
2011-11-24 04:09:13 PM
farm1.static.flickr.com
 
2011-11-24 04:24:09 PM
I'm ready.

ny-image1.etsy.com

Nice little shack in Megaton and a gauze rifle nice and handy in case the Enclave ever shows up.
 
2011-11-24 04:45:19 PM
pfffffft ... amateurs

We've had a well stocked and regularly maintained easily portable 'survival' inventory of foods, water, sundries, clothing, medical supplies, weapons and ammunition for a helluva lot longer than the clown-car cavalcade of brokedick jizzmop Libtards and king fool Barack Hussein Obama have been in power. Bring it on!

i157.photobucket.com

/oh so very bitter grrr
 
2011-11-24 04:53:09 PM
all you need is a pistol, a box of ammo, and the addresses of people with supplies.
 
2011-11-24 05:18:02 PM
In a breakdown of society it doesn't matter how well prepared you are personally. Unless you can band together with a group for mutual defense some armed gang will come and take your supplies/kill you.
 
2011-11-24 05:19:14 PM
Nina_Hartley's_Ass: [farm1.static.flickr.com image 640x930]

NINE transistors? Holy hell, that's clearly the amount of transistors I want in MY emergency things.
 
2011-11-24 05:20:25 PM
Better check on my emergency bacon supply.
 
2011-11-24 05:20:30 PM
liverleef: I'm investing all my money in torches and pitchforks. Soon as people realize that protest signs and guy fawkes masks aren't doing shiat, I'll be rolling in the dough.

I'll have you know that my drum circle is going to change the world any minute now!
 
2011-11-24 05:20:35 PM
ultraholland: all you need is a pistol, a box of ammo, and the addresses of people with supplies.

Actually, just invest in whiskey. Post-apocalypse, people are going to want to get bent just as fast as possible. You can trade whiskey for anything you need. I'll trade you guns for whiskey, then I'll shoot you and take back my whiskey.

/who run barter town?
 
2011-11-24 05:22:31 PM
nekom: Nina_Hartley's_Ass: [farm1.static.flickr.com image 640x930]

NINE transistors? Holy hell, that's clearly the amount of transistors I want in MY emergency things.


Not only 9 transistors, but 9 transistors that are all bigger than a poppy seed. There's something to be said for equipment that you can repair yourself without a microscope.
 
2011-11-24 05:25:09 PM
mrshowrules: I'm ready.



Nice little shack in Megaton and a gauze rifle nice and handy in case the Enclave ever shows up.


...what's the ram for?
 
2011-11-24 05:25:47 PM
GaryPDX: I hear the firearms business is pretty good too.

prices have gone up and will continue to
 
2011-11-24 05:25:59 PM
ultraholland: all you need is a pistol, a box of ammo, and the addresses of people with supplies.

Pretty sure most of those people will be armed.

"Howdy, neighbor!"

www.conelrad.com
 
2011-11-24 05:26:28 PM
nekom: ultraholland: all you need is a pistol, a box of ammo, and the addresses of people with supplies.

Actually, just invest in whiskey. Post-apocalypse, people are going to want to get bent just as fast as possible. You can trade whiskey for anything you need. I'll trade you guns for whiskey, then I'll shoot you and take back my whiskey.

/who run barter town?


Lucky you, my trade is construction (architect). Tell you what, I'll build you a distillery, and you give me enough whiskey to choke the entire population of Australia.
 
2011-11-24 05:27:23 PM
I have food, water, sleeping bags, water purification, etc. because I live in an area with the potential for a major earthquake.

I have firearms because they are fun to shoot.

I have an updraded off road vehicle because I like to go fourwheeling.

And for some reason, I think that if civilization ends I will probably be a bit better off than some city slicker with a duffel bag full of MREs.
 
2011-11-24 05:28:10 PM
BarbadoSlim: Better check on my emergency bacon supply.

www.thinkgeek.com
 
2011-11-24 05:28:33 PM
Once the Illuminati activates the implanted biochips in your head, turning you into a mindless zombie-slave, it will be too late for your little disaster playset anyway.

Sweet dreams.
 
2011-11-24 05:30:29 PM
MrEricSir: Once the Illuminati activates the implanted biochips in your head, turning you into a mindless zombie-slave, it will be too late for your little disaster playset anyway.

Sweet dreams.


Removed that ages ago. And the back up chip.
 
2011-11-24 05:31:34 PM
Ha! I knew Gary would have the boobies in this thread.
 
2011-11-24 05:33:52 PM
CygnusDarius: BarbadoSlim: Better check on my emergency bacon supply.

[www.thinkgeek.com image 400x426]


/checked
//satisfied
 
2011-11-24 05:33:57 PM
paygun: nekom: Nina_Hartley's_Ass: [farm1.static.flickr.com image 640x930]

NINE transistors? Holy hell, that's clearly the amount of transistors I want in MY emergency things.

Not only 9 transistors, but 9 transistors that are all bigger than a poppy seed. There's something to be said for equipment that you can repair yourself without a microscope.


Digikey will stay open?
 
2011-11-24 05:33:59 PM
Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash: Ha! I knew Gary would have the boobies in this thread.

Filter-owned :D.
 
2011-11-24 05:34:40 PM
Then the Red Chinese are gonna activate that special chip they installed in your big screen tv, and it's gonna turn into the Terminator on yer soft Merikan asses!

/Hmm, I think I'll apply for a job at that Apocalypse Distillery...
 
2011-11-24 05:35:08 PM
I bought 400 of those "Sandwich In A Can" deals
 
2011-11-24 05:36:53 PM
Dammit. I am so pissed that I did not open my zombie survival store five years ago. I would have made out.
 
2011-11-24 05:37:45 PM
Moron-scamming business is booming I see
 
2011-11-24 05:38:42 PM
Blind_Io: I have an updraded off road vehicle because I like to go fourwheeling.

The correct spelling is Upgrayyded...
 
2011-11-24 05:40:18 PM
zzrhardy: Blind_Io: I have an updraded off road vehicle because I like to go fourwheeling.

The correct spelling is Upgrayyded...


Nah, nah, you meant upgayyed.
 
2011-11-24 05:40:39 PM
CygnusDarius: Lucky you, my trade is construction (architect). Tell you what, I'll build you a distillery, and you give me enough whiskey to choke the entire population of Australia.

Sounds like a plan. All we need now is a farmer to grow the corn for it all. Corn + distillery = food + ethanol. Can't lose!
 
2011-11-24 05:41:35 PM
Blind_Io: I have food, water, sleeping bags, water purification, etc. because I live in an area with the potential for a major earthquake.

I have firearms because they are fun to shoot.

I have an updraded off road vehicle because I like to go fourwheeling.

And for some reason, I think that if civilization ends I will probably be a bit better off than some city slicker with a duffel bag full of MREs.


I like the upper-middle/lower-upper class "survivalists" the best; they think they're actually gonna make it out of the city/burbs or just hide in their house for a year in the event of societal collapse. Now the meg-arich have disaster insurance with Blackwater, so they'll have armed dude's in choppers coming for them, but far and away, the best off would/will be rural land owners that reside there off the grid and self-sufficient or with the capacity to become self-sufficient.
 
2011-11-24 05:42:25 PM
Meatzilla: pfffffft ... amateurs

We've had a well stocked and regularly maintained easily portable 'survival' inventory of foods, water, sundries, clothing, medical supplies, weapons and ammunition for a helluva lot longer than the clown-car cavalcade of brokedick jizzmop Libtards and king fool Barack Hussein Obama have been in power. Bring it on!

[i157.photobucket.com image 450x413]

/oh so very bitter grrr


Wow...I think this is the first time I've ever encountered a neo-con hipster.

I was into preparing for the Apocalypse before it was cool!
 
2011-11-24 05:43:15 PM
"Outside Uncle Sam's, it appears civilization is intact."

LOL
 
2011-11-24 05:43:43 PM
CygnusDarius: Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash: Ha! I knew Gary would have the boobies in this thread.


Filter-owned :D.


www.toothpastefordinner.com
 
2011-11-24 05:51:05 PM
covers.openlibrary.org
 
2011-11-24 05:53:19 PM
I've been practicing "farming" vegetarians. Meats so tender I didn't even need a toothpick.

/their screams have been so weak no one has noticed...easy pickings.
 
2011-11-24 05:59:00 PM
nekom: NINE transistors? Holy hell, that's clearly the amount of transistors I want in MY emergency things.

Lafayette? No way blowhole! You want a KREBSTAR!!

/?
 
2011-11-24 06:02:24 PM
The best thing to have during an emergency is friends. If you're just one guy sitting on five hundred guns, the math works against you:

The Fuzzy Wuzzy Fallacy is a name for a wargaming theory coined by Richard Hamblen in the September 1976 edition of Avalon Hill's "The General Magazine", loosely based on historical records of battles between the British and the Sudanese Mahdi.

The Fuzzy Wuzzy Fallacy states that a single soldier with 2X firepower or attack strength is not equal to two soldiers with 1X firepower or attack strength. Instead, the soldier with 2X firepower is actually worth the square root of the 1X soldier, if either soldier can be killed in a single hit. This is another form of Lanchester's law.

As a result, tactics and strategy designed around this theory emphasize greater numbers and time, which the speed and mobility of the units in action can effect.
 
2011-11-24 06:02:34 PM
Point02GPA: I've been practicing "farming" vegetarians. Meats so tender I didn't even need a toothpick.

/their screams have been so weak no one has noticed...easy pickings.


Any tips on selection and picking technique?
 
2011-11-24 06:10:38 PM
BarbadoSlim: Point02GPA: I've been practicing "farming" vegetarians. Meats so tender I didn't even need a toothpick.

/their screams have been so weak no one has noticed...easy pickings.

Any tips on selection and picking technique?


Try for the young, white looking ones.
 
2011-11-24 06:12:19 PM
On the other hand, we could maybe do our part to keep society together.

Just a thought.
 
2011-11-24 06:22:55 PM
phaseolus: On the other hand, we could maybe do our part to keep society together.

Just a thought.


Crazy talk.

/*twirls finger around here and points at phaseolus*
 
2011-11-24 06:23:57 PM
I meant ear of course. Silly phone
 
2011-11-24 06:25:35 PM
I'm a Type 1 diabetic, so I'll just laugh while survivalists scramble to prepare. Best case scenario, they're wrong and life continues. Worst case, well if society falls I'm dead no matter what, so no point preparing.
 
2011-11-24 06:29:26 PM
Sensitiveborderarea: We are transitioning from a relatively free market economy to something more closely resembling the marxist model.

Not in this lifetime.

www.pbpulse.com

WOLVERINES!
 
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