Living for the Apocalypse

[Cocoanut Koala]

I'm sitting here watching Hoarders (a really weak, stupid episode), and they just announced that coming up next on TLC is this show about people who are preparing for the apocalypse.

Since we are always talking about this, thought some of you might be interested in tuning in to it.

[JohnnyVann]

BRAINS!

[Beezle Warburton]

$5 says they try to find the looniest militia types they can.

[Cocoanut Koala]

I confess, I got distracted and wandered off, so I have no idea what the show was like! Seemed to be some nuts, though.

[Shagazm]

A fake apocalypse might stimulate the economy.

[Beezle Warburton]

A fake apocalypse might stimulate the economy.

Well, so far the ZOMG TERRERIRST EVERYWARE hasn't done much for it.

[Shagazm]

Well, so far the ZOMG TERRERIRST EVERYWARE hasn't done much for it.

Well, they did spend a trillion dollars in the Middle East.

I guess I mean an apocalypse that will get people to buy American.

[Govi]

Have you been bathed in the Blood of the Lamb?

[Beezle Warburton]

Have you been bathed in the Blood of the Lamb?

Ew.

[Elora Lunasea]

Watched this last night.

While some of them had decent concepts about sustainable living and preparing for emergencies, all of them took it TOO FUCKING FAR!

All of these people are FUCKING CRAZY and most are religious wingnuts.

My favorite was the couple in Utah (duh, of course) who's son even thought they were nuts. Had a daughter who is a beauty queen and is more concerned about stocking up on mascara and blow dryers for the apocalypse. And the wife told a story how her husband commanded a tornado to move out of the path of their home once.

Ghosty and I laughed through the entire thing.

[Oryx Tempel]

Ha, now I HAVE to watch it. Sounds like fun!

[Tout]

Apocalypse is a serious business, horses business of course.

http://www.apocalipsis.org/artwork/image6-1.jpg

[Elora Lunasea]

I pick the black one!

[Tout]

I pick the black one!

Are you hungry?

[Elora Lunasea]

Are you hungry?

If I were hungry, I'd pick the red one. The black one is too well done :p

[Tout]

the 4 horsemen of apocalypse.
the black one bring ..Starvation,,, Just sayin....erm just eatin..

[Trout]

Hoarders is a guilty pleasure. I'm sort of a slob, but that show...hooo boy! Those people take the cake!

As for the apocalypse, I figure it's important to be able to take care of yourself to the best of your ability. I doubt we'll ever see a real apocalypse, but if we do, it could take so many forms that there's no way to really prepare, and, frankly, the odds are pretty slim that I would survive it. Think about it - if something came along that wiped out the majority of the human race, that would probably include me. The most likely scenario seems to be some sort of super disease. Zombies are fun to think about, but pure fiction. Mutual annihilation in war could do it as well, but that would leave me pretty heavily irradiated, so we're back to me being dead and not really caring about post-apocalyptic survival. Some sort of massive natural disaster wouldn't really be apocalyptic because all you would have to do is hold out for rescue from the part of the world that wasn't (naturally) destroyed or just find your way to safety. How do you prepare for any of that?

Still - I'm watching this show purely for the entertainment value. Oryx and I have had some really interesting conversations concerning the apocalypse. In a sort of morbid way, it's fun to think about. Where would we go - what stores would we raid for supplies? Best place to live that provides ample land for growing food and keeping livestock that managed to survive? Best defensive placement? Find other survivors and colonize or go it alone? What supplies are good to have for trade with other survivors as opposed to what supplies are necessary for our own survival?

We aren't exactly going out and buying weapons and MRE's, though. It's just idle conversation.

[Elora Lunasea]

Wait until you meet Doc Survival hahaha.

All around expert in martial arts, guns, chiropractic, holistic medicine, hoarding of food and killing of bunnies.

I'm not even mentioning the best "couple". You'll know them when you see them. Just watch for the subtitles.

[Cocoanut Koala]

I just discovered last night I have been an idiot.

There are TWO hoarders shows. I've been watching them both since they came on, somehow thinking they were one and the same!

There are "Hoarders" (A&E) and "Hoarding: Buried Alive" (TLC).

I *think* that "Hoarding: Buried Alive" is my favorite of the two.

[Oryx Tempel]

Don't forget Animal Hoarders on the Animal Planet channel. That one is just too sad; I always get choked up thinking of the poor animals.

[Trout]

How anyone could have so much stuff that there's a dead cat in the living room and they have no idea it's there is utterly beyond my comprehension. Or the guy with three feet of water in his basement. Totally shocked. "There's a leak in the water main!!?? WTF!!??" Yet, he was pretty sure that all that stuff the guys in hazmat suits were pulling out of there was still good. Better put that in the keep pile.

:boggles:

[Elora Lunasea]

I studied abnormal psych in college. Hence my fascination of all of the shows which revolve around people with emotional issues.
Having a few "unusual" people in my family also gave me a special perspective. I'm pretty convinced two aunts were borderline hoarders - one on each side of the family. However, one was a "collector" - and her apartment was neat but geez there was a lot of stuff there - antiques overran the place. The other, was filled with crap, papers, boxes, dust, turtles (ok, the turtles were mine and my sisters cause my mom wouldn't let us keep them in our place), filthy kitchen. As a kid I remember thinking it was kind of interesting but the older I got I found it embarrassing and frightening to be there. And it always smelled and I didn't want to eat anything from her fridge. Blech.

[Trout]

I studied abnormal psych in college. Hence my fascination of all of the shows which revolve around people with emotional issues.
Having a few "unusual" people in my family also gave me a special perspective. I'm pretty convinced two aunts were borderline hoarders - one on each side of the family. However, one was a "collector" - and her apartment was neat but geez there was a lot of stuff there. The other, was filled with crap, papers, boxes, dust, turtles (ok, the turtles were mine and my sisters cause my mom wouldn't let us keep them in our place), filthy kitchen. As a kid I remember thinking it was kind of interesting but the older I got I found it embarrassing and frightening to be there.

The kitchens blow my mind. Those people must have immune systems made of solid iron. If I ate anything out of those kitchens, I'm sure I'd die of salmonella or staph or e-coli or God only knows what sort of disease. I saw one where the lady had a ziplock baggie full of hamburger meat lying on the ground. ON THE GROUND. She had no idea how long it had been there, but it was sort of greenish-black and soaking in some sort of foul liquid. She figured it was still good. Might as well eat up. Why throw it out? :vomit: