The Survivors

[GunnyGene]

People in the modern world (US, etc.) often worry about things like EMP's, Nuclear War, Economic Collapse, and so on, and go to great lengths to ensure their survival. What they are really scared of is losing their current life style - OMG! - No more Twitter and FB. No gas, no fast food, etc., etc. :roll:

Well, if "society" collapses there are people in this world who wouldn't even notice. They will be the true survivors. I'm talking about the un-contacted tribes in S.American jungles and other remote places around the world.

These folks:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7079324/drone-footage-amazon-jungle-tribe/

 

[bogus bill]

Thanks. Thats amazing!

 

[Snake45]

People sometimes ask me what's the difference between the Amish and the Mennonites. Best way I can explain is, "When Iran or the NORKS set off an EMP and knock all the power out, the Mennonites will be just as scared and desperate as the rest of us, and the Amish won't even notice unless someone happens to mention it to them" (in person).

 

[GunnyGene]

Thanks. Thats amazing!

Think about what they have no concept of. I'll give you a hint: Anything since the late Stone Age. No politics. No religions. No grasp of oceans, continents, magnetic poles, ice, electricity, street addresses, and so on. But they know how to survive in their world. :)

 

[wunbe]

So do cockroaches.

wunbe

 

[caryc]

So I wonder if any of them managed to hit a drone with those bows. Those arrows looked more like spears.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

Gunny, I don't worry like some people, but it would be naïve to think those things couldn't happen. People in other countries have nothing to worry about, because the US is the only country they would hit. We are the enemy, not some no name village in some poor country.
We have lost the skills to be able to do that, and most of us don't have farm animals in our back yard to make it for a long run. Our economy is designed for people who live in neighborhood subdivisions. I don't even live out in the country which is a big deal, since you at least have room for some of the eating animals to feed on the grasses. People in those countries die sooner, because they don't have refrigeration or the medicine that goes in the refrigerator to take care of their illnesses, like we do in the "city". The first wave of deaths would be people in old folks homes. For those unaware of what Gunny is talking about pick up the book "One Second After" by William R. Forstchen. It will give you a few things to think about. I'm not a full blow TEOTWAWKI guy, but there are no wells in this subdivision I live in. Lot's of disparity around the country.

 

[GunnyGene]

Gunny, I don't worry like some people, but it would be naïve to think those things couldn't happen. People in other countries have nothing to worry about, because the US is the only country they would hit. We are the enemy, not some no name village in some poor country.
We have lost the skills to be able to do that, and most of us don't have farm animals in our back yard to make it for a long run. Our economy is designed for people who live in neighborhood subdivisions. I don't even live out in the country which is a big deal, since you at least have room for some of the eating animals to feed on the grasses. People in those countries die sooner, because they don't have refrigeration or the medicine that goes in the refrigerator to take care of their illnesses, like we do in the "city". The first wave of deaths would be people in old folks homes. For those unaware of what Gunny is talking about pick up the book "One Second After" by William R. Forstchen. It will give you a few things to think about. I'm not a full blow TEOTWAWKI guy, but there are no wells in this subdivision I live in. Lot's of disparity around the country.

That's a good book. Read it when it came out. The best recent real life lesson tho was NOLA during Katrina.