Man-imals
Man-imals, Definition: When men and woman turn into animals due to some external event.
I was watching the news and two stories about man-imals caught my attention. The first was about the Myanmar cyclone. It turns out that once a food store opened up there were fights and disorder by those attempting to get some food or portable water. This is understandable as the conditions there are horrible. The second story concerns a gas station here in the states selling discounted gas at $3.55/gallon (discount huh?) anyway, when the employees started telling folks in line (which wrapped around the block) that no one else will receiving the discounted price fights broke out! Seriously? If people are fighting over discounted gas what is going to happen when the S really hits the fan?
Be VERY leery of your fellow citizens. History has shown us that humans revert back to an animal like state rather quickly when times get tough. Go read Lord of the Flies again if you don’t believe me. Do not underestimate the desperation you are going to encounter when a major event hits town. People are going to be irrational and violent and it will happen quickly. People that may have been your friends when times were good will step right over you (or worse) if it comes down to you or them. NEVER under estimate a starving man-imal or a man-imal trying to get food for his/her family!
Your goal should be sufficient preparations that allow you to stay in placewhen the SHTF. You should have everything you need. Resist the greed or paranoia that you need just a few more things. If you venture out among the man-imals then you risk a violent confrontation that will leave someone injured or dead.
-SP
Filed under: SHTF, suburban survival | Tagged: gas discounts, rationing, riots, Violence
You are totally right. I the Sh*t truely hits the fan you may be forced to deal with such madness. There is a online book called “lights out”. It is a bit far fetched and the writing is ok. But it is free and shows some Manimals at work. Also A great book “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy (same guy who wrote no country for old men) shows manimals at their extreme.
If things are back sitting it out at home on the couch with a pump shotgun is the best method. Of course there are some reasons one must go out but being well enough prepared to (after gathering the loved ones and getting home) sit it out for at least 72 hours is essential. A full week is a whole lot better then that.
Agree. When the SHTF you are better off staying low key and hunker down until the initial craziness passes.
Australians (picture) are some of the craziest, most whacked out weirdo’s on the planet, bar none. Violence and violent crime in Australia has surged massively in recent years, and come SHTF it will be, without a doubt, one of the worst places to be on earth.