you can fuck my dog

you can fuck my truck

but you fuck my flag and you’ll eat my butt!

hasn’t given me anything but grief, but they’ll have to come and take it.

My big thing is a new TV. We have a 46” LCD from 2009 that often refuses to fully power on. I’ve been dragging my feet on replacing it, just cuz I know the research is gonna be demoralizing, with how dystopian a lot of the “smart TVs” are. But now there’s some real time pressure, so I guess I have to.

check out commercial “pro” TVs. these are typically used for digital signage. they’re usually more expensive, but have a longer warranty time plus, no smarts! I bought the Samsung BE55T-H from Amazon. I think it came with a 3 year mfg warranty and I got the 3 year Amazon warranty that kicks in after mfg runs out.

I mostly use it as a monitor, but it has HDMI and DTV as well. I’m not a picky viewer so keep that in mind, even if it’s not pixel perfect 4k, it’s good enough for my uses.

you jest, but exotic cars will be a dime-a-dozen.

poor people with rich dreams can’t eat rubber.

as someone else said, plan for a long term(longer than four years). as for me I’m going to phase it out over three years to be reliant on the system as least as possible. the fourth year would hopefully be close to 80% self-reliant.

I’m planning on going all out on a garden next year. nothing fancy; potato, onion, carrot, tomato, squash (fall and winter), peas, string beans, misc herbs, sun flowers, maybe some corn(everybody grows it around here so bartering for some would be easy, besides corn is a pita to grow).

whatever I can’t dry, I’ll can.

my goal is to be at least 50-60% self sufficient after the first year. this should only require me to buy meat and seasonings mostly. then add on anything else I’ll need.

consumables like TP and tissues can’t really be stocked reliably as they degrade over time due to humidity.

I’ll also be stocking up on common medications for my kids for at least the four years. the last time we went through this there were many product recalls. this time there’s talk of defunding the FDA/CDC. I can only imagine the chaos parents will be in when a pandemic sweeps through again and you can’t even trust the medicine anymore. common things like cold/flu, fever reducers, epi-pens. (if you plan on doing this, don’t be a dick and buy everything at once. take a third so others can still get what they need and get more next week).

I also plan on stocking up on slingshot rubbers and maybe some more ammo. There’s a lot of wildlife around me that could either be eaten and/or used a fertilizer. I hope I’ll never need to resort to it, but would rather have it and hunt rather than not and starve. probably add some bow strings and arrows to the list for bigger game like deer.

I have kind of been planning for this for years so it’s not my first time doing this. my best advice, do anything you feel you can accomplish successfully. don’t waste time or resources growing food if you don’t have space for a garden (don’t experiment with hydroponics if you don’t have the time or resources to fail multiple times).

Find other ways to contribute to your community like; cleaning and maintaining weapons, fixing tools, home repair, technology/PC repair. anything you can do successfully will give you an edge that gives you an opportunity to barter for what you need, this includes credit in the community.

I once did tech support and one day someone couldn’t pay me. so they gave me some deer they had hunted recently. a year later that person called me and asked if I wanted a job making triple what I was making at my old job(not IT related). credit can’t be eaten, but it goes a long way and is indispensable.

stay strong, be smart, we’ll get through this yet.

they can take your home

they can take your stuff

they can take your freedom

they can take your very life

they can never take your knowledge

they can never take your strength of will

they can never take your drive to beat them

you can only give them. don’t give in.

we all can’t be size queens like you 😮

the only tea for me, it will surely be

it’s from a pot, it’s piping hot

It’s

edit: I also enjoy a rare London Fog sometimes

Oh, you were taking this seriously?

I’m just fuckin’ with you, dude.

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yeah, poor guy lost his father and sister in the same day.

dumb ideas that could end the world.

Imagine if your neighbor 20 miles away decided they were going to build the world’s largest nuclear warhead.

They’re doing it in their home. It doesn’t impact you, right?

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hey, isn’t that the guy that was left at the alter when his fiancé ran off with his dad?

I’ve been there, not impressed.

besides, I’m not allowed back. something about I “scare the congregation”.

I say those with a wicked heart will always fear judgement.

Unfortunately, many neighbors in the US have decided to take it upon themselves to install a fascist dictator as the head of our government.

In fact, the only way that many of those neighbors will “check in” on their neighbors is through a scope.

If you lived through four years of that greasy shit stain, you might be a little hysterical too.

But please, don’t let me interrupt you from acting like an insufferable twat.

no, no more questions.

I’m done questioning. I want results.

I want these red hat Nazis out in my fucking country. I want the 15 million Americans that withheld their vote this election to suffer. To suffer like they’re about to make every minority and LGBTQ+ American suffer.

Don’t you fucking dare look away. Your apathy or sense of justice or some other bullshit reason made this happen. You don’t get to look away.

First they come for the LGBTQ+. Then they come for the minorities. Then they come for the educated. Then they come for all of the people who ever spoke out against him.

And while I’m rotting in some mass unmarked grave with my friends and family, I’ll be holding onto a truth you can’t see through your own hubris.

they will come for you too.

you could always pirate your food from your local big box grocer.

“you wouldn’t download an Asparagus.”

bisquick isn’t pancake mix. you need to add some oil and an egg or two.

but even then, fuck bisquick pancakes.