That almost seems worse because it implies the contamination happened in the canning facility and not as the result of improper shipping/handling. I hope you report it to the manufacturer.

Normally I wouldn’t bother on something that is pretty cheap, but if one failed to seal, they really need to sample the batch and see if a recall is necessary. Botulism is no joke.

I think that might actually send the US into a debt spiral that would require leaning into printing and inflation. Net interest for FY25 is $933 Billion putting servicing debt as the third largest federal expenditure. Any bailout will either be insignificantly small or will tank the dollar.

I’m not saying you’re wrong, but it would be an incredibly stupid thing to do.

Let them eat Argentinian beef

The zone has been thoroughly flooded.

Outrage is only useful if it leads to accountability and consequences for bad action.

Boebert and MTG have a very good sense of what their base likes and dislikes. They may frequently cross lines of decency, but they don’t cross any of their base’s lines. As such, outrage just gives them free publicity and makes them more popular with their people and nudges the perception of norms towards them. These people need to be starved of attention. Don’t feed trolls!

Wow, that’s some amazingly good visibility to be able to clearly see the Charlotte skyline out there.

Elysium had it backwards. The billionaires don’t want to live in space leaving the workers to live in poverty on the surface. The billionaires want the workers to run space factories while they turn the earth into a big hunting reserve.

What do you have against owls?

Germany doesn’t get everything right.

Two em dashes though.

Hunter’s ed is basically the opposite of what you stated. It’s not part of the state curriculum. It’s similar to drivers ed courses for people to be able to get a learners permit before they turn 18. Similarly below a certain ages, most states require completion of a hunter’s education course to be able to purchase a hunting license and legally hunt.

The courses go over topics like property rights, how to carry a weapon making sure it’s not pointing at anyone, what high vis clothing is required, always knowing what is behind an animal before even aiming, rules about how a weapon must be unloaded when in a vehicle, and they strongly urge keeping an interference lock in the action of any firearm in storage.

Hunter’s ed doesn’t teach kids how to shoot, they teach kids how to not be idiots when hunting.

Farming isn’t something that is easily picked up and takes years of practice. Which means that the ones who realize your point end up actually just becoming homesteaders and aren’t really labeled as preppers. Off-grid living does have a fair bit of popularity as well. Homesteading is really difficult, and many fail. It isn’t something that you can drop a few thousand in as a hobby and act like you’ve got it figured out. Homesteading means actually moving and living your ideals. So imo a lot of what you describe is that prepping can be treated like a hobby, something you obsess over and throw some money at to feel more protected. Homesteading requires reworking your entire lifestyle and can’t really be done as a hobby. The ones who have made that lifestyle change aren’t described as preppers, they aren’t waiting for an event to suddenly change their lifestyle where they have to adapt. They have already forcefully changed their reality so they could make the changes on their own terms and timeline.

I agree with you, hoarding might help you in the aftermath of a storm, but isn’t going to do much in an actual collapse. Even farmers would be in danger of starving if fuel became unavailable. Subsistence farming and modern mechanized farming are very different.

The ultimate preppers are just called Amish.

People have been doing something about it. That’s what all the weird return to office intiatives were about. City governements are scared that the downtowns will spiral into collapse so they coerce all the companies that still have downtown offices to get their employees back and spending money at restaurants and such. If the restaurants go out of business and store fronts sit vacant, then there would be no reason for companies to pay a premium for downtown office space and the whole thing collapses Detroit style. Commercial real estate failed to price in remote work, and the covid shutdowns made it obvious just how overpriced and overleveraged it all was.

Volunteer at a farm. When everything is far away and stuff needs to get done, you learn how to be resourceful and get by with what you have available to you.

Does betteridge’s law apply to questions that haven’t been answered yet?

I went to Isle Royale when I was 12. I don’t remember specific trails, but I do remember being very poorly equipped for weather in the 50’s in August. A crazy storm came while we were there and whipped up all the cold lake water. We ended up cutting the trip short, but had to wait for the ferry to recontinue service due to large swells from the storm. Seeing the north shore from the ridge was cool. Also wild blueberries were a nice break from mre’s.

It was a memorable trip, but it would take a lot of convincing for me to go again.

Sorry, I must have skimmed too quickly and missed that.

Look for an expiration date. Radionucleotide style detectors end up failing with false positives when they reach end of life. You might need to have all the old ones replaced.

The majority of people occupying the same bed will have congruent driver/passenger sides. Distant strangers don’t need to know which side you are referring to. Couples from different regions could adopt the local convention.