You gotta admit, one of the reasons Americans are overweight is that there's an abundance of really good food.
My dad told me about having to eat the same meat and potatoes all winter because that's all that was available. I'd be skinny if all I had to eat was meat and potatoes for months at a time too.
My dad told me about having to eat the same meat and potatoes all winter because that's all that was available. I'd be skinny if all I had to eat was meat and potatoes for months at a time too.
Our ancient ancestors spent most of their time worried about starving to death at any time, so the genetically ingrained eating habits make sense.
Of course, while our ancient ancestors have given us many important lessons through our DNA, some of those lessons must be tempered by moderation while living in civilization. We're not going to starve in the near future, so we need to act as if we'll eat tomorrow.
Of course, while our ancient ancestors have given us many important lessons through our DNA, some of those lessons must be tempered by moderation while living in civilization. We're not going to starve in the near future, so we need to act as if we'll eat tomorrow.
True. My grandparents had an entire big pantry filled with food because they lived through rationing during world war 2.
We experienced a slice of it during the earliest days of COVID, when the grocery stores were totally empty.
We experienced a slice of it during the earliest days of COVID, when the grocery stores were totally empty.
Yeah, it wasn't for that long, but for a time there entire aisles were completely bare and the stores as a whole had virtually nothing.
I'm pretty remote.
I'm pretty remote.
I grabbed one of those buckets and a couple 40lb bags of rice and some beef jerky and a few months supply of vitamins. I failed the last couple years to start my garden, but I have plans this spring to set it up with some permaculture so food basically just sorta appears every year.
Honestly, even in this remote location I don't think it'll be a problem for long. There's farmland all around and also forests so we can can forage or hunt if it comes down to it. A few months supply of basic nutrients is a good thing to have set aside though in times that are filled with such genocidal levels of incompetence in our leadership.
Although everything will more than likely be fine, I've got a baby in the house so paying the small fee for some insurance against the worst scenarios makes sense to me.
Honestly, even in this remote location I don't think it'll be a problem for long. There's farmland all around and also forests so we can can forage or hunt if it comes down to it. A few months supply of basic nutrients is a good thing to have set aside though in times that are filled with such genocidal levels of incompetence in our leadership.
Although everything will more than likely be fine, I've got a baby in the house so paying the small fee for some insurance against the worst scenarios makes sense to me.
I keep coming back to this video from youtuber whatifalthist that I feel really helps contextualize a lot of what we are seeing in cities and throughout western politics right now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKBMRkFIdm0
Like many of the examples given in the video, our society has a total disconnection from the reality of how we live. A 12 year old with clear mental issues stomping her feet and demanding genocidal policies RIGHT NOW is treated as a hero because people don't think anything bad can ever happen by doing "the right thing".
People think the food just ends up on the shelves, they don't think about where the shelf came from, where the building came from, where the street came from, and so on and so forth, so they don't think about how that could be disrupted and how the shelves could come up bare.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKBMRkFIdm0
Like many of the examples given in the video, our society has a total disconnection from the reality of how we live. A 12 year old with clear mental issues stomping her feet and demanding genocidal policies RIGHT NOW is treated as a hero because people don't think anything bad can ever happen by doing "the right thing".
People think the food just ends up on the shelves, they don't think about where the shelf came from, where the building came from, where the street came from, and so on and so forth, so they don't think about how that could be disrupted and how the shelves could come up bare.
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