TEOTWAKI / SHTF Discussion - It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

[Autistic Gunspergings]

"The end of the world as we know it", abbreviated as "TEOTWAWKI", is a common topic thats discussed within prepper communities, and it even gets mentioned occasionally outside of it; If you've tried to become self-sufficient on some level, you've likely heard of it.
I've heard of it, I'm sure some users here have heard of it and have thought about it, so I figure it'd be worth posting a thread about it.

Some questions:
-how will our current state of living devolve? what will it look like? to what degree? will it even happen at all?
-how should one prepare for it? what things to prioritize? what things to prioritize now?
-will I get to larp as my favorite S.T.A.L.K.E.R faction if it happens?
-who's going to Fedpost in the thread first?
Discuss!

 

[Dr. Ricearoni]

It probably won't happen anytime soon, the world as we know it will end but it will be bits and pieces over a long period of time and you won't realize it until you look up and realize everything is different. In this way, the world as we know it ends every few decades. As for global destruction, it's unlikely. Anyone who's ever had access to the bombs has either been too smart or too cowardly to use them. Nukes are a caged tiger in a crowded zoo, and things will have to get very bad before someone decides letting it loose would be a good idea.

What's more likely is the collapse of society as we know it, and by all means it's not like everything will disappear overnight. The government will probably change significantly and things will be done in ways that will seem alien to us but ultimately mean little as long as life goes on.

Even if the bombs drop, being prepared will be meaningless. You might survive the initial blast and perhaps years after, but what's the point at that rate?

As for what to prioritize now: Enjoying life. Nothing lasts forever, but that's no excuse to squander it while you've got it. Go outside, find a hobby, make a friend, start a family, whatever. When shit hits the fan family is probably the only people you can rely on anyhow.

For now, the bombs are only in your head. Do not retreat into the bunker of your mind to get away from them.

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

If you're talking about America, if it were to happen it would be more like the collapse of the USSR than Mad Max. Maybe a bit more spicy because of the political situation and the easier access to firearms for regular civvies.

 

[Harvey Danger]

If you think the world is ending, you must:

1) Get out of the cities

2) Stop skipping. Nothing else matters if you didn't do #1

3-98 ) I'm serious, you aren't bugging out or going into the woods when you see zombies on CNN. Situate yourself more than 50 miles outside any major cities, or nothing else will help you.

99) Secure a source of fresh water, on your own land or nearby, and a sustainable setup to sterilize it.

100) Now you can start thinking about beans, bullets, and bullion.

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

If you think the world is ending, you must:

1) Get out of the cities

2) Stop skipping. Nothing else matters if you didn't do #1

3-98 ) I'm serious, you aren't bugging out or going into the woods when you see zombies on CNN. Situate yourself more than 50 miles outside any major cities, or nothing else will help you.

99) Secure a source of fresh water, on your own land or nearby, and a sustainable setup to sterilize it.

100) Now you can start thinking about beans, bullets, and bullion.

101) If you're not yet married, considering marrying the daughter of a local warlord to cement a political alliance.

 

[Abella]

It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

 

[Jump]

With the mass 3rd world migration in to the USA, Canada, and EU we are living in the start of TEOTWAWKI. Every day things will be a little more shittier then the last. Like Harvey Danger said you really have to get out of the city because those are all turning in to hell on earth, fast.

I don't think things will be quick like going from today, to tomorrow finding The Humungus and his gang riding around outside. Its just going to be a steady march in to South Africa or 1990's Russia (but with niggers and pajeets everywhere).

 

[888Flux]

If you're talking about America, if it were to happen it would be more like the collapse of the USSR than Mad Max

It is a miracle that the Soviet Union fell peacefully. The odds of a peaceful transition of power in the USSR were extremely low.

America is on the same exact path and the leadership today mirrors that of the Soviet Union at the time. Balkanization is on the horizon given the current trajectory. There are too many parties with conflicting interests who want to maintain their power, and the moment the economy starts to enter rapid decline is the moment this will begin to happen.

It probably won't happen anytime soon, the world as we know it will end but it will be bits and pieces over a long period of time and you won't realize it until you look up and realize everything is different

A pants shitting senile geriatric retard being manipulated by other less senile geriatric retards and a black woman who can't read are at the helm of the United States, once the largest superpower on earth.

it is not very hard to imagine things completely falling apart within the next decade, or even the next 5 years. People don't understand how precarious of a situation this is.

 

[Dr. Ricearoni]

It is a miracle that the Soviet Union fell peacefully. The odds of a peaceful transition of power in the USSR were extremely low.

America is on the same exact path and the leadership today mirrors that of the Soviet Union at the time. Balkanization is on the horizon given the current trajectory. There are too many parties with conflicting interests who want to maintain their power, and the moment the economy starts to enter rapid decline is the moment this will begin to happen.

A pants shitting senile geriatric retard being manipulated by other less senile geriatric retards and a black woman who can't read are at the helm of the United States, once the largest superpower on earth.

it is not very hard to imagine things completely falling apart within the next decade, or even the next 5 years. People don't understand how precarious of a situation this is.

There is nothing to be done about it. Either things go wrong or they don't, and frankly I'm fine not going mad alone in a bunker for a few years while eating canned food.

 

[Autistic Gunspergings]

It is a miracle that the Soviet Union fell peacefully. The odds of a peaceful transition of power in the USSR were extremely low.

America is on the same exact path and the leadership today mirrors that of the Soviet Union at the time. Balkanization is on the horizon given the current trajectory. There are too many parties with conflicting interests who want to maintain their power, and the moment the economy starts to enter rapid decline is the moment this will begin to happen.

From what I understand about the fall of the USSR is that things were rather shit for a long time and then suddenly got exponentially worse and there really wasn't anything there that could choreograph it. It wouldn't surprise me if a theoretical collapse of the US government happened the same way.

 

[888Flux]

From what I understand about the fall of the USSR is that things were rather shit for a long time and then suddenly got exponentially worse and there really wasn't anything there that could choreograph it. It wouldn't surprise me if a theoretical collapse of the US government happened the same way.

America is experiencing the biggest drop in quality of living that no other country has ever faced before. The American economy, and the underlying basis of American society is not equipped to deal with it. There is only one real outcome. And unlike the fall of the USSR, I can't see it going any other way except through violence. The current level of polarization and racial division is not a good setup for anything.

 

[Casshern]

America is experiencing the biggest drop in quality of living that no other country has ever faced before.

If this is the ”biggest drop in quality of living” in history, what do you call the Great Depression? Or the Great Irish Famine? Or the Holodomer?

The reality of the situation is its markedly worse since even 2014, let alone 2004 or 1994, but to believe that this has been the biggest drop in QoL ever, and no one has EVER faced this before is delusional at best.

 

[HumbleHandyman]

Nobody’s gonna lone-wolf their way through TEOTWAWKI. You can go run out innawoods, but you’ll just keep running until you can find a friend to watch your ass while you sleep. Fuck that. Start community-building now. Find friends and neighbors that share the concern, and make plans. Inventory resources. Bring other reliable people into the mix. Compare skills. Who can hunt animals, and who can dress them? Who can build structures, and who can maintain vehicles? People are the key supply to survival, and the hardest to get. Choose your friends wisely.