CoffeeJunkie

Oh my gosh, I read almost everything but I must have skipped that tiny little paragraph!! How silly. I guess we're all susceptible to failures to communicate. 🙃

....ah. Idk! Do you catch the dolphin & put it in a park with a few other dolphins? Do you cull it & call it a day? That's tough. 😕

Your tone 🙄🙄🙄

Yes. I read it all. I particularly read this section here:

I don't know that the actions are the same though. That's sort of the point of the thing I posted. People like you are actually doing shit. What most people think of as 'preppers' are people who have a closet full of MREs, two giant jugs of water, and a massive guns and ammunition collection, people who tell you about how the world will end if Trump isn't elected and they're ready for it.

I think if those people were like you, even if they had stupid motivations, there wouldn't be so much derision. But they don't actually put the work in. They essentially think if they buy enough ammo and Jim Bakker rapture survival food buckets, they're ready for every eventuality.

Perhaps you are correct that the popular definition has changed, much like the Greeks (hilariously) changed the definition of egregious through their use of sarcasm. But your understanding is just plain wrong, you are incorrect. Your downvotes mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer.

I see no need to rebrand to conform to ignorance & lack of understanding. If you would like to learn more about prepping, here are some channels you can look into. I'd also recommend looking at the Facebook group, The Phantom Planters. It's prepping, kinda, but in a farming/growing way, whatever you want to call it. Perhaps you'll be inspired to plant some fruit trees around Indiana. 🙂

...and yes, the timing is embarrassing on my end because Canadian Prepper just announced last night that he is building a bunker. But he presents lots of good information otherwise. You'll probably like City Prepping more.

Pretty bold move, considering dolphins are hunted by the Japanese for their meat.

In any case, feelings aside, it might be good to specifically hunt & kill this one rogue dolphin. Animals get a taste for people, they tend to repeat, and hell dolphins are pretty smart who knows he might communicate to another dolphin "try eating humans, I did, they're delicious".

I quit probably 11 years ago. IIRC they did some dumb stuff to cap trades, and I played out most of everything that was very cool & interesting, and they kept adding new stupid skills that I had absolutely no interest in doing. Like the hunting/trapping skill. But then they'd release sick new quests, with good rewards/perks, but to do them you'd have to extensively train up that yucky, boring, dumb "skill" that you would never use otherwise. If not for that quest.

They turned my play into work, and took the fun out of it, and eventually I was like why am I paying these people so I can grind away hours on dumb stuff that I don't even like?? So I quit.

Your grandparents, and great-grandparents, were probably preppers. The ability to not be forced to prepare for hard(er) times is the real luxury.

Well, according to Gray Man theory, this is actually good that you don't recognize. But no...that man you're talking to is very clearly a prepper.

The best way I can tell you is prepping... is a rainbow. A varied spectrum of people, with many different beliefs & motivations. Actually, I guess we can compare it to the current Democrat Party! The crazy ones get all the attention, they make the news and everybody points at them and says, wow, that's crazy. That's too far. I can't get behind that. It's the same with preppers. You have preppers that prepare for "zombies". Or, as you said, when everything collapses badly. There are many more preppers that are just sensibly preparing for very real scenarios. Stockpile a little today for a better tomorrow. A simpler, stronger life.

The real preppers, the best preppers, don't just hoard; they incorporate their preps into daily living. It is a lifestyle. You have tools for working the land, tools to move stuff around, you build out the life you think you'll want & need. Not just stored in a bunker, but to use next week. The zombie shit is really dumb, most of the products are cheap & low quality gimmicks. Probably because they know you're a sucker, anyway. As Canadian Prepper says... eventually...all preppers become farmers.

I prep, in part, for short to longer term no-power scenarios. Those assholes up in Chicago threatened to cut off power to downstate...2-3 years ago?...and I never forgot that. I said, okay. Guess this is something I need to think about now. ¯\(°_o)/¯ Prepping is much like a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply). System fucks up, no power? Well I'm going to be okay for a while, anyway. This isn't the exact article I read, but here's a source, anyway. People don't understand how dangerously fragile, old our power grid is. It is susceptible to attack by foreign entities, or simply overload during peak usage.

Calling preppers selfish, idk where in the ever-loving fuck these guys get off...if I don't require assistance in an emergency, that's more assistance that can be sent to other people in need. I'm actively preparing, spending my own time, money, and efforts to help myself and others. In Israel, everyone is required to have a safe room & 2 weeks of food, water in it. They have inspections! And don't even get me started on Switzerland.

It's called money. 😆 And surgeries.

Omg I would love translucent

This Analogue group is very specialized in high-end, non-emulated resurrections of old consoles. They're known for their passion & product quality, and also a shitty website UI. In my opinion. It sucks. Can't be good at everything, I guess, and you struggling on their website isn't their problem.

So as you noted, they're charging enough for their product...and quite often when they do a limited run release (especially on a brand new console), they sell out within minutes. Sometimes they'll do a restock, much later, if they feel like it.

I also don't want to get anyone in trouble, buuuuuut it is heavily implied that while their hardware doesn't involve emulation of any kind, there may or may not be physical cartridge emulators that can run ROMs of all kinds of games. Legal & not so legal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I got a used, working N64 maybe 11 years ago, and I had to pay $40. Maybe you can get it for less, but I sincerely doubt it. The decent, working ones only tend to become more rare with time, and what was $40 11 years ago...certainly...isn't the same as $40 today. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

My friend went to a nerd convention & IIRC there were people selling "reconditioned" N64s for $130, more for exotic & limited edition colors. While expensive I think this is actually the way to go, because the nerds take them apart & give them a great cleaning, to where they're basically like new! My friend bought one for his kids.

Then for a little more money, there's new tech in this one. Crazy upscaling, modern connections, fixes to old problems in the original console. I have such fond memories of the N64, but I also remember sometimes when it was trying to render some very intense Super Smash Bros scenes it would struggle & lag out for a while. This should be fixed. 10x the resolution, but in keeping with the spirit of N64! And with the original N64, you have to find, buy hokey low-storage memory cards & such. This one has a microSD expansion port & modern 8BitDo Bluetooth controllers, ALL the bells & whistles.

....so.... this appeals to millennials who want to experience their childhood on crack, just the best of what is old rendered & reimagined on snappy modern tech by people who care so much about retro gaming. To get together with their friends. To share with their children. Idk I think it has more than a little appeal, to the right person!

Oh. The ones I'm referring to are the modern Amazon lockers & such, reliant on modern technology. Courier goes up, enters auth code. It then asks you to scan a pkg. Then there's the prompt, is the pkg: SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE, X-LARGE? Upon selection, it pops open a corresponding door. One pkg per locker. Rinse & repeat until all pkgs delivered to lockers, and recipients are notified of delivery.

Once you get the hang of it, it's actually super slick & helpful for everyone.

Kind of related but not as high-tech or secure, some nice apartment complexes are being built with sizeable delivery rooms. Which works unless you've got a klepto in your complex.