Us Doomsday preppers get a bad rep, you know? They have television shows that borderline mock us as if we’re some kind of crazy. Documenting the lengths we go to in order to protect our families in the event of the world ending or there being a catastrophe that would change our way of life as we’ve come accustomed.
I like to think we’re innovative, imaginative, and pioneers in our own right. We think ahead. We consider every avenue of possibility and prepare to survive them. We invent ways to preserve food and methods to hunt, scavenge and protect. We safeguard our family and ourselves.
Did you know you can keep an egg fresh for upwards of a full year, without a refrigerator, just by rubbing it with mineral oil? This is a perfect example of the kinds of knowledge we use that separates us from the contemptuous ridicule that is popular opinion.
The traps I set in the woods behind my house to catch meat are another fine example of our will to live and the mental and physical efforts it takes to be completely self-sufficient. It is hard work, and I think people, like myself, deserve more respect. Though, it’s a shame to admit that we won’t earn the regard until people are coming to us with their hands out, asking us for help. I pity the person who comes to my door in time of need asking how I’ve kept the zombies at bay, or for some of the human meat I’ve stockpiled and canned to do it.
You should have been more resourceful.
Submitted January 14, 2015 at 07:05PM by maidofgore http://ift.tt/1DYzQAt shortscarystories
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