The 9 Types Of Survivalists–Which Are You?

[ximmy]

Which type are you?Ximmy is clearly a:
9. Doomsday Economist-these girls prophesy of the times when paper money will be completely worthless, and burnt to keep warm. They put their faith in stockpiling raw goods and precious metals. They invest in foreign markets, and keep their wealth spread around, so that it can’t be lost all at once.

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1. Food Storage Moms-these are the sweet middle aged moms who equate the idea of survival with having a basement full of canned foods (some of which they probably canned themselves). Probably also soccer moms. They know the importance of stocking those cupboards full!
2. Apocalyptists-swear that someday soon just about everybody is going to be torched in a giant nuclear explosion, drowned in a flood, frozen to death in another ice age, or abducted by aliens. These guys are the converts of Independance day, I Am Legend, and all the other wonderful Hollywood portrayals.
3. Tactical Hoo-Rahs-these are the guys that treat everything like it’s the battlefield. They borrow all the acronyms, abbreviations and terminology from their military days. These guys are all about stockpiling firepower, blowing things up, and beating the bad guys.
4. Primitive Skills-the hippies of the group. These are the folks that farmers markets are made of. They love to make their own clothes, build their own homes, grow their own food, and in all other possible ways be “at one” with our mother earth. These guys often have learned a tremendous amount about living off the land.
5. Camping & Hunting Nuts-LOVE spending time in the outdoors. They can’t get enough of hunting, tracking, animal calls, hiding in bushes, and analyzing poop. They like the adventure of making do and doing without, so they do it for fun. To these guys, the concept of “survival” is being alone in the wilderness.
6. Medical Mavens-pride themselves on being able to perform CPR, first aid, emergency surgeries, treat and dress wounds, triage the victims of mass destruction, and anything else medical. To them, the apex of “survival” is being able to put people back together.
7. Right Wing Extremists-swear that the government is slowly taking away our freedoms, and that people are being led down the path of “following the system” without questioning. Everything is a conspiracy, nothing should be trusted–especially if it’s the Feds. The less government there is, the better.
8. Boy Scouts-are a close relative of the camping/hunting nuts. Their brand of survival is also largely “wilderness survival.” They become more “prepared” by passing off merit badges dealing with the safe and proper way of: building a fire, using a knife, making camp, disposing of waste (paper and otherwise), splitting wood, navigating by map, and more.
9. Doomsday Economists-these guys prophesy of the times when paper money will be completely worthless, and burnt to keep warm. They put their faith in stockpiling raw goods and precious metals. They invest in foreign markets, and keep their wealth spread around, so that it can’t be lost all at once.


I’m sure there are more, but this is just a small cross-section of some of the more prominent survival subsets that I’ve noticed. I’ve had the privilege of rubbing shoulders with people from all groups, via Twitter, Facebook, blog posts, and in face to face conversations.....

[Hitch]

10. Crazy sailor. This type of doomsday madman buys an old boat, hopes to one day sail it around the world, and probably will end up sinking it with preps preparing for the ultimate cast-off day which is determined by the big collapse. AKA, a boating accident waiting to happen. :)

[Shami-Amourae]

I think this is the link:
http://thedailyprep.com/official-prepper-profile-quiz/

[Shami-Amourae]

I'm probably in this category even though I'm a single male:
1. Food Storage Moms

[Ponce]

I must be number 11..........the tp collector..........HEYYYYYYYYYYYYY, to each its own.

V

[Jerrylynnb]

I am your basic "armchair survivalist" - I sit in my old age recliner all day, staring at my big screen PC monitor (like right now), and get my mind all prepped and ready for "the big one", whatever that is. I got it all worked out upstairs here, in the old noggin', about how I can survive just about anything, except, I never actually get off my butt, go the the store, and purchase all the items I dream up that might be useful when the internet goes down.

Last year, we had a bitter cold spell and a loud clap of thunder hit a main power line to this tiny little cross-in-the-roads of a town I live in - we were without power for 2 days - I live in a very old house that used to have natural gas stoves for heat (75 years ago), and I lucked out and found one and hooked it up and then sat in front of it for two days because it was friggin' cold in this house. I got cabin fever - you couldn't go anywhere in the car because the roads were iced over - it was too damn cold to go for a walk. I just sat there staring at the fire in that old floor stove and dozed off, getting more sullen all the time.

I was just about to go off the deep end when the power finally came back on - of course, the first thing I did, even before resetting all the clocks, was get online and check out the survivalists websites - 'gotta keep my mind on track there, fellows.

Bottom line - if the event of any hiccup in our normal services, I'm doomed. I won't last a week.

[Neuro]

I can subscribe to all of the above more or less, including arm-chair-survivalism... I think I will survive, and probably most important is to have a flexible mindset when crisis strucks!

[palani]

No 12 ... The Rationalist. One who survives by the martial art of word definitions, who senses energy directed toward his person in the form of hostile words and uses balance and control to re-direct those words back to the hostile sender. In the process no blood is spilled but the hostile element is reduced to a quivering gelatinous mass of frustrated rage incapable of further aggression.

[Spectrism]

I would tell you but I follow the No 13 principle.... OPSEC.

[Hitch]

I just sat there staring at the fire in that old floor stove and dozed off, getting more sullen all the time.

You survived though, and kept yourself warm. I think a lot of us can relate to your post though. One idea I could offer, is books, that works for me. When I've been cooped up inside for long periods, usually from the flu or something, I read for hours. If I'm into a good book, I can't put it down. Ever since I was given a kindle as a gift, I read even more. In fact, I'm actually thinking of building a farade cage, getting a second kindle and keeping it updated and safe from EMP. If all the electronics go out, I think I could deal with it and adjust, but the kindle would keep me from getting cabin fever.

[Dogman]

All the above and perhaps all of non, main thing is to be flexible in thoughts and actions. Boils down to what ever works for the individual and circumstances at the time.

[Neuro]

You survived though, and kept yourself warm. I think a lot of us can relate to your post though. One idea I could offer, is books, that works for me. When I've been cooped up inside for long periods, usually from the flu or something, I read for hours. If I'm into a good book, I can't put it down. Ever since I was given a kindle as a gift, I read even more. In fact, I'm actually thinking of building a farade cage, getting a second kindle and keeping it updated and safe from EMP. If all the electronics go out, I think I could deal with it and adjust, but the kindle would keep me from getting cabin fever.
First of all a Faradays cage doesn't have much impact on EMP's. Second with an EMP where would you get electric to charge your Kindle? Third, why don't you invest those money in real books instead. You could probably buy them for as little as 50c each at a flea market or a garage sell, or even less. After you read them you could use them as kindle for making a fire...

[Dogman]

First of all a Faradays cage doesn't have much impact on EMP's. Second with an EMP where would you get electric to charge your Kindle? Third, why don't you invest those money in real books instead. You could probably buy them for as little as 50c each at a flea market or a garage sell, or even less. After you read them you could use them as kindle for making a fire...

Har, har.

Thing abt real books is bulk, which is massive vs a electronic reader where you can carry a whole frigging huge library in your pocket.

I used to tote all my books with me when moving and they would fill entire walls with shelves. I now only keep the ones that are not electronic and my reference library anymore and they still fill up walls of shelf's.

Tho you have a point abut fires, and keeping warm, tho for me to burn a book I would have to be dam desperate to do so.

;)

[Neuro]

Har, har.

Thing abt real books is bulk, which is massive vs a electronic reader where you can carry a whole frigging huge library in your pocket.

I used to tote all my books with me when moving and they would fill entire walls with shelves. I now only keep the ones that are not electronic and my reference library anymore and they still fill up walls of shelf's.

Tho you have a point abut fires, and keeping warm, tho for me to burn a book I would have to be dam desperate to do so.

;)
Sure, but he already has a kindle. If he wants to save one in the case of an EMP, he should dig it down in a couple of meters of dirt, or put it in a thick leadbox in a root cellar, together with a solar panel so he can charge it, after the fact. A Faradays cage doesn't stop Gamma rays!

[Hitch]

First of all a Faradays cage doesn't have much impact on EMP's. Second with an EMP where would you get electric to charge your Kindle? Third, why don't you invest those money in real books instead. You could probably buy them for as little as 50c each at a flea market or a garage sell, or even less. After you read them you could use them as kindle for making a fire...

Everything I've researched and read a faraday cage would work with protecting electronic devices from an EMP. Why do you think it wouldn't?

Second question is that I would use solar panels to charge the kindle, I already have everything I need, but I would put an extra charge controller in the faraday cage. That would fry in an EMP, but the panels would be fine (I think). Third, I've already maxed out with paper books. I have paper copies of all the books I truly need, and no space to put any more.

Like Dogman said, the kindle is like having a whole library at your fingertips. It is something I really enjoy and the one electronic device that if the lights go out can keep your mind and time occupied. It's very relaxing to me to read. Reading keeps the mind sharp. TV dumbs people down. Reading is so important to our health and development, imo, it's worth it to take steps to protect that.

edit: someone posted a great point, folks don't loot bookstores. So, there should be plenty of paper books lying around anyway.

[Neuro]

Gamma rays is what knocks out the electronics, only thing that stops them is meters of dirt and thick heavy metal. A solar storm would knock out the grid and the electronics connected to it, it wouldn't effect hand held electronics, only the long electric wires. A Faradays cage is a wiremesh that would protect you or what's in it from lightning, it wouldn't stop the gamma rays of an EMP...

[Horn]

Survivalist #369 here, already died went tu ahuum!

ps the mangos are awesome this time of year

[Dogman]

Gamma rays is what knocks out the electronics, only thing that stops them is meters of dirt and thick heavy metal. A solar storm would knock out the grid and the electronics connected to it, it wouldn't effect hand held electronics, only the long electric wires. A Faradays cage is a wiremesh that would protect you or what's in it from lightning...

A Faraday cage if made right would protect against a emp.


You do have a point about the radiation, but also I would fear if the gamma radiation was to those kind of levels that reading would be the last thing on a persons mind. Unless the user was also buried under all that protection the question and reading later becomes moot.

Faraday cages are good for emp spikes depending on how tight the mesh (tighter the higher frequency the protection) is or made of solid metal. They may protect somewhat against radiation but not much. Thick shielding ak earth/metal/concrete/etc, and the more the better for radiation is the rule of the day, for your electronics and yourself.


;)

Edit: Hitch you can protect yourself if you convert your boat into a submarine, sea water makes excellent shielding.

Lmao!

Sorry can not help myself.

[Dogman]

Survivalist #369 here, already died went tu ahuum!

ps the mangos are awesome this time of year

Ever use them green in cooking?

They did in thailand!

[Horn]

Ever use them green in cooking?

They did in thailand!

That's only inbetween seasons with chile sauce, right now they're 2 dollars a 1/2 dozen, or mango soup on the ground.

[Santa]

A live aboard submarine. That would be interesting.

[Neuro]

A Faraday cage if made right would protect against a emp.


You do have a point about the radiation, but also I would fear if the gamma radiation was to those kind of levels that reading would be the last thing on a persons mind. Unless the user was also buried under all that protection the question and reading later becomes moot.

Faraday cages are good for emp spikes depending on how tight the mesh (tighter the higher frequency the protection) is or made of solid metal. They may protect somewhat against radiation but not much. Thick shielding ak earth/metal/concrete/etc, and the more the better for radiation is the rule of the day, for your electronics and yourself.


;)

Edit: Hitch you can protect yourself if you convert your boat into a submarine, sea water makes excellent shielding.

Lmao!

Sorry can not help myself.
I do think electronics are more sensitive to x- and gamma-rays than biology, but yes you do have a good point if the EMP isn't straight above you or you are not within a few hundred kilometers from it, probably your metal box would protect against an EMP, and if you're right under it it'll probably fry you with your kindle unless you sit in a lead box in your root cellar...

[Dogman]

I do think electronics are more sensitive to x- and gamma-rays than biology, but yes you do have a good point if the EMP isn't straight above you or you are not within a few hundred kilometers from it, probably your metal box would protect against an EMP, and if you're right under it it'll probably fry you with your kindle unless you sit in a lead box in your root cellar...


You do have a point about electronics, especially what is made today. The dies are getting smaller and the component density's are greater with thinner connection traces. So an atomic bullet could blow circuits.

So far as protection all you have said is good !

Or a home built submarine could work !

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[singular_me]

did anybody do the quiz???

I went through the long questionnaire... score: am a nutball conspiracy theorist.

[Dogman]

Link to the quiz.

My score: Jason Bourne


http://thedailyprep.com/official-prepper-profile-quiz/

[Dogman]

did anybody do the quiz???

I went through the long questionnaire... score: am a nutball conspiracy theorist. Humm, imagine that ;D

http://gold-silver.us/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7539&stc=1

[Horn]

I'm a Pro at something!

[Dachsie]

Guess I'm a combo - Right wing conspiracy type / Primitive Skills hippie type. The two extremes.

But in reality, I just abstract and read about fascinating survivalist skills and do small hit-or-miss things like setting bottles of water on my deck and buying cases of Fukushima tuna. I carry in my car peanut butter, plastic tarps and water in case I get stranded out in the wilderness overnight.

[singular_me]

yeah and Lew Rockwell type

but for me too many black and white questions, especially about guns... so from my perspective it is biased. Assuming that survivalists MUST systematically have weapons is ridiculous.

Also I wished it has 3 or 4 questions about spirituality with interesting choices... another bias



Humm, imagine that ;D

http://gold-silver.us/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7539&stc=1