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If you are planning your life around putting money into assets tied to the imperial core e.g. housing and retirement how do you feel abt the entire financial system being a giant bubble (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by mistermodal@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

conversely, it's a bad idea to not keep emergency preparedness supplies like ≥3 L water per household occupant, dried food (beans etc., rotated regularly), a first aid kit, etc.

be safe frens

edit: I'm an idiot American and forgot i have gallon water jugs not 1 L 🤦‍♀️

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

One liter?

That's like, barely enough for a brief hike. Minimum 20 liters a head.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago

i am not smart. see edit 🥴

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

1L cyanide water before they put you in the Superdome

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, having been in a surprise proper emergency (no power, water, limited roads, cell service, etc for over a week) having some emergency supplies and a radio (if you have a car, AM/FM radio in that is great) completely changes things

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Yeah we're kind of remote and we once went for I think 9 days without power after a big weather event. Having a radio and a little gas camping stove were lifesavers. Also get lots of candles and books, one of my main memories of that time is how boring it was lol.

Next thing I want to do is get solar-ed up so we can just flip that on for an hour or two if needed. The previous power cut was years ago when a solar setup wasn't really feasible.

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can be sure that the govt will treat every single disaster like Katrina and the trucks will grow large enough to mow down 20 kida at once

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

god bless murrica 😑

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

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