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Anonymous wrote:I just asked my son if he had a plan and he said, “To die in the first week.”

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Anonymous wrote:DH and my teenage son were having an argument this morning about whether Tolkien’s wizards are a different kind of species, like angels, or whether they are human beings who have achieved powers through books and training. This is a fairly typical conversation in our house. I turned to DD (14) and said, “I’m sorry, but you are never going to marry someone who doesn’t have an opinion on the ‘grandfather paradox’ or a plan for the zombie apocalypse.”
She responded, “Mom, I have never met a boy who didn’t have a plan for the zombie apocalypse.” She says this isn’t just the boys she knows, but that it’s normal and transcends nerd culture.

So, ladies of DCUM, is DD just attracted to men like her brothers and father, or, as she contests, does every man and adolescent boy have a plan for when zombies take over the earth?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh is this some social media brain rot?

No. This pre-dates social media.

I made my first plan after seeing Dawn of the Dead in 1978.

Every guy has a plan whether he will admit it to you or not.

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Mike Tyson had something to say about plans...

Very apropos here as well.

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Anonymous wrote:So, I've had a bugout bag since 9/11. I refresh the supplies every couple of years (i.e. replace the freeze-dried food, etc). It has camping stoves, weapons, survival equipment, sleeping bag, etc. They're discreetly stored but easily accessed.

In recent years, I've upgraded to be ready for a zombie apocalypse. The weapons stash is more varied. In addition to the arsenal of handguns and long guns, there are a number of bladed weapons including machetes and other knives. I was also inspired by Lucille, so I have my own version. Lucille I keep under the bed, so also handy for break-ins.

We have a plan, a bunker buried in central VA that we would have to get to, but we have a route we can take. The bunker is well-supplied with things we could use to survive for about five years. We visit the bunker annually to camp, replenishing supplies and the like. I think this could also be used in the event of civil unrest or maybe nuclear war, although I'm not certain about the latter.

I swear I know this guy. The guy I know is an insane rwnj who is afraid of his own shadow and is the biggest man baby I've ever met. He is a hoarder with a shopping addiction and despite the fact that their house should be paid off and they both had secure tech jobs with good salaries, they struggled to put together 2k for a down payment on a car. Don't think this guy represents any kind of norm. You know within 10 seconds of meeting him that he is off.

He's also obsessed with female politicians and stalks them. He keeps records of who in his neighborhood doesn't agree with his politics and was encouraging his few rwnj friends to stalk them.

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Anonymous wrote:So, I've had a bugout bag since 9/11. I refresh the supplies every couple of years (i.e. replace the freeze-dried food, etc). It has camping stoves, weapons, survival equipment, sleeping bag, etc. They're discreetly stored but easily accessed.

In recent years, I've upgraded to be ready for a zombie apocalypse. The weapons stash is more varied. In addition to the arsenal of handguns and long guns, there are a number of bladed weapons including machetes and other knives. I was also inspired by Lucille, so I have my own version. Lucille I keep under the bed, so also handy for break-ins.

We have a plan, a bunker buried in central VA that we would have to get to, but we have a route we can take. The bunker is well-supplied with things we could use to survive for about five years. We visit the bunker annually to camp, replenishing supplies and the like. I think this could also be used in the event of civil unrest or maybe nuclear war, although I'm not certain about the latter.

I swear I know this guy. The guy I know is an insane rwnj who is afraid of his own shadow and is the biggest man baby I've ever met. He is a hoarder with a shopping addiction and despite the fact that their house should be paid off and they both had secure tech jobs with good salaries, they struggled to put together 2k for a down payment on a car. Don't think this guy represents any kind of norm. You know within 10 seconds of meeting him that he is off.

He's also obsessed with female politicians and stalks them. He keeps records of who in his neighborhood doesn't agree with his politics and was encouraging his few rwnj friends to stalk them.

Anonymous wrote:So, I've had a bugout bag since 9/11. I refresh the supplies every couple of years (i.e. replace the freeze-dried food, etc). It has camping stoves, weapons, survival equipment, sleeping bag, etc. They're discreetly stored but easily accessed.

In recent years, I've upgraded to be ready for a zombie apocalypse. The weapons stash is more varied. In addition to the arsenal of handguns and long guns, there are a number of bladed weapons including machetes and other knives. I was also inspired by Lucille, so I have my own version. Lucille I keep under the bed, so also handy for break-ins.

We have a plan, a bunker buried in central VA that we would have to get to, but we have a route we can take. The bunker is well-supplied with things we could use to survive for about five years. We visit the bunker annually to camp, replenishing supplies and the like. I think this could also be used in the event of civil unrest or maybe nuclear war, although I'm not certain about the latter.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh is this some social media brain rot?

No. This pre-dates social media.