Women preppers are the worst

[justalurkr]

Male preppers are all "bullets, beans bandaids, now pass the cool gear over here."

Women preppers are all "are you debt free? what kind of physical condition are you in? it's national preparedness month...test your preps by pulling the plug for 24 hours!"

And not, like, on a weekend. No. A working day when all your normal activities are in play.

Okay NO. I will own it. My preps are exceedingly unlikely to stand up to 24 hours with the circuit breakers off. Why has no one discussed flushing the toilet prior to suggesting not doing it for 24 hours???

Then there's Bucky Barnes in Captain America: Civil War, showing us how bug-out bags are supposed to work.

I feel so inadequate.

Comments

[amycooper.livejournal.com]

I always see it as a spectrum.  You come up with your own goals for why you want to prep and to what extent and go with it. :)

[justalurkr.livejournal.com]

See? You are the kind of woman prepper I can get behind without feeling inadequate.

I'm just cranky because I thought I had a pretty good handle on things until I pictured shutting down the circuit breakers and, like, nine things that had never crossed my mind (alarm clocks to where curry powder comes from in a grid-down scenario, never mind one's caffeine of choice) all at once.

I suppose that's what preparedness exercises are meant to do, though.