I Feel Fine. A Bit Unprepared, But Fine

I wish I could say that I get my news from legitimate sources but really most of my knowledge comes from the Daily Show, Kathy Griffin and whatever links my intellectual friends from big cities post on Facebook. Also, I am obviously no longer certain what constitutes a legitimate news source. 

When it came to light that viewers of the Daily Show had more knowledge of current events than viewers of Fox News, and in fact the Fox viewers knew less that people who watched no news at all, I decided civilization is on the decline. Not that I have ever reliably process what I see or read on the news anyway. One of the reasons I stopped watching mainstream news is that I can turn anything into a spectacularly weird yet plausible conspiracy theory. If I am not careful I keep myself up at night. 

This one time (may or may not have been with my friend Mary Jane) I got all paranoid and threw out my copy of Catcher in the Rye, into the neighbor's garbage, two blocks away, at night. You know, in case that sort of thing is tracked.

Facebook is really no help at all. For every worthwhile piece of information there are so many wastes of pixels. Facebook has put the antics of the sheeple on full display and has confirmed my worst fears. Whatever happens to society, government or Mother Earth, the masses can be distracted from it with kittens, rapid weight loss and promises that clicking a button will generate cash, cures and fabulous prizes. We. Are. Fucked.

A post to click to a link to a real petition to stop selling portions of Canada's national parks to American developers got about 5 clicks. A bogus hoax of a half dead kid that does NOTHING will get three times that per share. You idiots. Seriously? Nice critical thinking and prioritizing of your keystrokes. You are all cannon/pandemic/zombie fodder. I'm sorry you will die quickly but appreciate anything useful you leave behind. 

I don't like being caught off guard. I find it disturbing. I read instructions from start to finish before I begin a project. I like having everything I need. I learned something from the mice in my drawers. I learned that I don't like it when something I believe will be there is not and in fact has been shredded, eaten and pooped on. I also don't like morons. I am prepping for the worst with these facts foremost in my mind.

And yes, "prepping" is a thing now. There are actually cool people out there who are looking at things and not just thinking "hmmmm I might want to have a plan for when shit goes down..." there are people really doing it! AND a lot of what they are doing, if it was done on a mass scale would have a really positive effect. There is a stress obviously on a continuous food supply, energy, self reliance and building community but also they care about recycling, renewable resources and being a good refugee, hauling your own weight and contributing to your group.

One of my first to dos of prepping for TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know  it in prepper speak) and when TSHTF (the shit hits the fan) is to closely monitor my Facebook friends list for dead weight to cull. Posters of bullshit and non clickers of relevant things will be culled from my TEOTWAKI party invite list. So think before sharing people! You know I throw a great party & this one will have freeze dried food, moonshine & guns!