SHTF Groups

[Great-Kazoo]

I really like the idea of an "invite-only" and possibly "voted-in" area.

I would like to be able to trust the character of each member. Meet and greets are the best way to get to know people and are much safer than just judging someone by their post count. Any bozo could BS a hundred posts about having common interests, but do you REALLY know who that person is? Could you trust them? Would you want to share your more personal information with them?

Having a private sub-forum would easily limit public access to the perceived tin-foiliness... But in all honesty, it doesn't have to be like that at all. I just want to be able to meet some quality people to discuss disaster prepping and survival. Its not like we're planning a coup or anything!

If we went off that, i am leery of anyone who joined within the last 6-8 months. The last 2 i'm especially concerned with, but hey this is me and i have that right to be real #$%^&* picky

[HoneyBadger]

If we went off that, i am leery of anyone who joined within the last 6-8 months. The last 2 i'm especially concerned with, but hey this is me and i have that right to be real #$%^&* picky

As you should be. This should be a fairly close-nit group.

[Vanniek71]

If we went off that, i am leery of anyone who joined within the last 6-8 months. The last 2 i'm especially concerned with, but hey this is me and i have that right to be real #$%^&* picky

Sucks for me lol I just found out about these forums, but if you are starting a group like that you have every right to be picky and cautious.

[AK47 Ranger]

Yeah, you could be an evil ATF intruder after my Foods, Ammoz and Banana clips.

Sucks for me lol I just found out about these forums, but if you are starting a group like that you have every right to be picky and cautious.

[Vanniek71]

Yeah, you could be an evil ATF intruder after my Foods, Ammoz and Banana clips.

I wish i was ATF I'd have an endless supply of confiscated guns, and a lot bigger bank account than I do now

[Great-Kazoo]

Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
For you married fellers out there, are your wives totally onboard with your prepping or bug out plans? If so, how did you do it?


On board locked n loaded. That's where she's at.

[HoneyBadger]

IMHO, you'd have to be really picky in your member selection for something like that to be actually valuable to people in the way you'd want it to be.

Absolutely.

Yeah, you could be an evil ATF intruder after my Foods, Ammoz and Banana clips.

Did somebody say Bananas?

[FastMan]

Sucks for me lol I just found out about these forums, but if you are starting a group like that you have every right to be picky and cautious.

Easy answer; start a separate sub forum for "noobs" to band together, into a second group. The lifers here already have their friends, their cliques. It leaves the true hearted noobs looking for camaraderie out in the cold. No need for that. Plenty of noobs here to group up and do their own thing, and not have to make the lifers fret about them.

Things are looking dismal out there, Obama may very well win a second term, and keep deficit spending us towards financial collapse. No time for posting a 1000 times and spending two years here waiting to wedge your way into the lifer's trust. Split off, everyone will be happy.

[Mick-Boy]

Easy answer; start a separate sub forum for "noobs" to band together, into a second group. The lifers here already have their friends, their cliques. It leaves the true hearted noobs looking for camaraderie out in the cold. No need for that. Plenty of noobs here to group up and do their own thing, and not have to make the lifers fret about them.

You could do that. Or you could take a little time and get to know people.

The funny thing about message boards is that all you really have to go on is a persons written word until you meet someone face to face. It takes a long time to build a feel for a person. Just like it takes a long time to build a real friendship.

Take some time and get to know some like minded folks. You might find out that you don't even want to be involved with some people. There's a lot more to group compatibility than a desire to prep or be self sufficient.

Or just form a group of complete strangers and hope it works out.

[FastMan]

You could do that. Or you could take a little time and get to know people.

The funny thing about message boards is that all you really have to go on is a persons written word until you meet someone face to face. It takes a long time to build a feel for a person. Just like it takes a long time to build a real friendship.

Take some time and get to know some like minded folks. You might find out that you don't even want to be involved with some people. There's a lot more to group compatibility than a desire to prep or be self sufficient.

Or just form a group of complete strangers and hope it works out.

I have quite a bit of experience with message boards, and the folks who post on them. Here's what I've found out; you can fuck around trying to figure people out by what they write on line for years and never actually get to know the real them, or you can meet them in person and know in a flash. How people come across on line can be so different from how they are in real life.

That's what makes real life gatherings so valuable. This cyber crap is just superficial make believe. People playing roles, trying to show off to the universe, trying to paint themselves larger than they are or actually feel about themselves. You want to hook up and make real friends? Don't waste your time with endless keyboard interactions under the microscope of the world, organize some real life socials, see who you actually like, and who you don't. Be done with it, and get on with it. The end.