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(From Wikipedia)

Survival Family (サバイバルファミリー, Sabaibaru famirī) is a 2016 Japanese drama/comedy directed by Shinobu Yaguchi. The film was produced by Takashi Ishihara, Minami Ichikawa, and Kiyoshi Nagai. The film was selected for the International Film Festival & Awards in Macao, for 2016.

Plotline

This film centers on the main character Yoshiyuki Suzuki (played by Fumiyo Kohinata) and his family. When the electricity in Tokyo stops due to a solar flare, the city is on the verge of panic. Yoshiyuki has to lead his family to strive for survival. The family is used to being spoilt by modern urban life. However, they learn to deal with the harsh realities of a dystopic Japan where the lack of electricity has led everyone to rediscover the olden ways that do not rely on technology.

From National Geographic: "What would happen if the Doomsday Preppers were right all along? Explore what might happen if America suffered a massive and long-lasting power-outage caused by cyber-terrorism. "

I've been looking for this docu-drama for quite some time. Someone saved a copy on Vimeo, and I'm sharing here for reference.

1. Preppers are not who you think are – they are a multitude.
2. It’s not only Preppers who are preparing for the end of civilization – your government is too!
3. You will always miss one thing on your prep list.
4. Beware of ‘apocalypse swapping’.
5. You can spot a Prepper because they buy… chickens!
6. Preppers are secretive, and have to be.

"In 2020, more than 20 million Americans, nearly 7 percent of all U.S. households, were actively planning for an emergency, according to the latest analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency data.

Plus, those stockpiling canned goods in the cupboards, caching ammunition and hoarding toilet paper now come in all stripes - from suburban 'guardian moms' to multi-millionaire tech gurus."

"Some of her friends call her a doomsday prepper — a moniker she's grown to enjoy, with a slight adaptation.

"I call myself an economic reality prepper," she said with a laugh.

"We now live within our means, we budget, I cook probably 99 per cent of our meals at home, and I grow food as a regular part of my life.""

Agree?

For the Philippines and Filipinos, Facebook seems to be the de facto "internet", especially with how Meta offers free access to mobile users (basic FB and Messenger) even without a data subscription.

It's free. It's convenient. Our friends and groups are already there.

So how do we encourage (or convince?) our friends to try out federated social networks?

From the previous post about extremes in "prepping" and being a "prepper", I think it would be a good discussion to know why we're here in this Community.

I don't consider myself being into hardcore prepping, as I am mostly trying to be prepared for potential disasters that are relevant to my own area. I live and work a few Km from a major fault line, which is said to be due to move after its centuries or so recorded cycle. While I live in the midlands, I will get cut off from the city if bridges get flooded or damaged.

I am worried that the supply of food and other goods might get scarce in the event of a major disaster. Just a few years ago, a major storm wiped out an entire region, rendering millions homeless, without food, sanitation, and electricity, for months, with thousands dead.

Apart from a few weeks' worth of food and water stores, I am trying to build a vegetable garden the "permaculture" way. I also have off-grid voice and data communication capabilities, being into amateur radio. I can communicate with my immediate family as well as my extended family who are also hams. This means we can regularly practice our comms even outside of a disaster scenario.

A few of my ham radio friends and I have also built a group of satphone users across different cities, so we have redundancies in case grid communications go down. And as you may have noticed from my posts here, I'm also into prepping for digital stuff, including privacy and security matters.

I am also part of a community of other preppers. We each have our own area of expertise, including security (active and reserve military as well as contractors), farming, medicine, communications, etc. We have people who know how to pilot a plane, as well as those who can easily identify which plants are edible. We have serious outdoorsmen in our group. We meet on a regular basis and share what we know and try to replicate our skills. I think this is a good way to be prepared for such disaster scenarios.

I know opsec will dictate that some do not share what exactly they're doing. But my kind of prepping is mostly inclusive and mostly community-driven. Some paint us as fear-mongering, but whenever there are disasters, I feel that people suddenly take an interest in getting prepared.

I've been interested in this whole prepping thing for the past couple of years, and I noticed something: A lot of people seem to look down on it. The words "prepper" and "prepping" sometimes get negative reactions, and it got me wondering--why's that?

It feels like some people see preppers as paranoid conspiracy theorists or just plain weird. But when you think about it, there are a ton of reasons to prep, like natural disasters (earthquakes, storms) or a bad economy. Prepping doesn't necessarily equate to being a bunker-dwelling hermit, right?

What do you guys think? Why do you reckon "prepper" and "prepping" get a bad rap? Is it just how the media paints it, or is it something else? Any of you gotten weird looks or comments? How do you deal with it? And do you think folks are seeing preppers differently now with all the stuff going on in the world these days?

"Motorola's messaging service works just like SMS, but it can only be delivered to other people running the special Bullitt Satellite Messenger app. The service will do SMS forwarding, though, so if you punch in a random number, that person will receive a message prompting them to download the Bullitt app so they can talk to you. It's probably best to set this up with someone beforehand, but it sounds like a great way to communicate when you're off the grid."

Old (2017) article, but still an interesting look into prepping for the ultra-rich (and how they are being criticized for not being active enough in supporting society for better resilience).

"Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers and hiring military security to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences"