From what I’m reading, the troubles should start to pick up now; harbors being quieter, truckers not having work, … Are any shortages noticeable yet?
ETA:
Source: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-a-virus
Businesses have been filling their inventories. That’s ending now. Economic pain in terms of job losses should accelerate now. It will still take up to a few weeks before inventories run empty, and the full impact hits consumers. Even a full reversal of Trumpism couldn’t prevent knock-on effects that last into next year.
People don’t really know what to do, except save money, cut back on disposable spending, and watch carefully. Maybe buy some big things early like a laptop or EV now rather than wait for the shock. The big problems are a few weeks to months away.
There are many more things people can do, and many are. The problem is, going 100% prepper is a failing strategy, too. So how far to go? It is a difficult situation.
I was looking at a reolink camera last night.
About $80 on Amazon.
On aliexpress (where the reolink website itself directs you for check out), the same camera is over $200.
Ali vendors were jacking up prices long before the exception removal date and before even some of the tariffs went into effect.
Canadian here… I’m preparing by buying puts on SPY
Hehe same
I’m far less worried about the imminent supply shock to the economy and far more worried about the long term damage to things like the FDA. We’ve decided we’re going to try to go from ~10% vegetarian to closer to 80% or 100% because I simply don’t trust that thing like meat and milk can stay safe to consume. I do have a solid amount of food in my house, and if shelves start emptying I think I’ll be okay for a bit, but that’ll pass. I can’t really leave this country, so I need to be planning for longer term problems too.
We’ve decided we’re going to try to go from ~10% vegetarian to closer to 80% or 100% because I simply don’t trust that thing like meat and milk can stay safe to consume.
Farmers’ markets (or direct from a local farm/butcher) are probably your best bet for what meat you do buy, if you don’t go full veg
While the nation was functioning, meat and dairy would have been regulated by the USDA, not the FDA.
Ive been stockpiling canned proteins like tuna, chicken, clams, oysters, etc. even Spam. They may not be trustworthy in the future, but they are right now, so stack them up.
I can make a cheap but killer soup with a can of chicken, some ramen, and herbs, and i can even grow the herbs myself.
I have this fear that we won’t even be able to trust fruits and vegetables. The most common food contaminations in the news always seem to be unwashed lettuce and such, which makes sense because of fertilizers.
I’ve been preparing for some kind of problem with produce for a few years, I just had a gut feeling so I built a vegetable garden 3 years ago. Also have been planting fruit trees everywhere.
It’s quite crazy to hear that the US is about to force UK and EU to buy more chlorinated chicken, and then hear that US will stop salmonela testing while negotiating this.
Most aren’t even aware that this is coming.
I can’t wait to watch all the Trump-suckers loose their shit when they find out it’s Trump’s fault. If they can actually comprehend it as true, that is.
They’ll just say it’s Biden’s fault…
They’ll say it, but they won’t truly believe it. They’ll know the truth, or at least those that still possess some human awareness. There will always be those that are irredeemable, you can’t worry about them, they’re just lost.
Casual Qur’anic comment, lol. 😅
That is also my knee-jerk reaction, but with Tariffs it’s a pretty direct correlation to Trump now. Hopefully this will be what finally breaks him?
narrator: they did not
A large portion of the rest are in denial. So many people can only learn through the lens of their own experience
As a chronic procrastinator, I ain’t doing shit.
This hits home. I was just here pondering if I’d take meaningful action given forewarning but doubt myself.
Honestly I have a lot of ethical distress over my decision. I’m using savings to power through a couple months hardship here then moving to Sweden to see if my second attempt at college can stick this time. I’m going to buy some essentials like toilet paper, flour, canned tomato goods, while they’re still readily available. Not too much though since I just need enough to make it work while I’m here and I want to limit my panic buying impact
I haven’t actually been living for the past 30 years.
Smart play
Hotblack Desiato, is that you?
I have installed a bidet in case toilet paper gets panic bought again
My company layed off the newest hire, and bought $50k of materials we need for R&D for the next year and a half. Im in the process of buying a duplex instead of a single family as a hedge, so my cost of living will be low enough to survive on my wife’s part time salary if we can keep a renter. I will be planting food producing trees and bushes, and building garden boxes after close, and learning canning.
Look for bareroot trees if you want a better deal.
There will be no drama, as it happened with eggs some weeks ago. I don’t mean it will not be a problem for someone, but media will inflate how people will be affected or not be affected
Dude any good fuckup to the system like Suez Canal or… say, Panama
We saw all this happen just after covid. We saw what market collapse can do in '08. Drama will come.
There will be no drama, as it happened with eggs some weeks ago.
The question is, is this just confident distancing from the overhype and fear-mongering, or is this a head-in-the-sand approach to a severe calamity? Can we know before it actually hits?
Would you rather over-plan for it, or under-plan?
Know your communities, people. That’s the prep you need.
“Where two eat, three can eat also.”
Been practicing cooking lentils, Ben’s and rice since middle of last year.
I understand what lentils and rice are good for, but what on earth did Ben do to deserve being cooked?
Lol, fixed. Sorry Ben!
Huh. What of Bean’s are you cooking?
Dried black beans in an instant pot. Very cheap, very filling, and versatile. I like them in a chili, or Yucatan style black bean soup
Prepare? I’m poor lol
Learn to cook beans and rice from scratch. Stock up on them in bulk. Emergency food packs can be bought from $45 and up depending on how many you have to feed and for how long you’re planning to need it.
I already know how to cook poverty foods from living off £8k a year back around 2016.
I feel that from personal experiencto. I learned while earning 0 at the time. Fortunately I was living in Seattle which has/had some great food banks and food resources for the destitute.
I have read testimonies from other people who have gone through economic/political instability and hardship. What i got out of it is that prepping will help for a week to a month maybe. But after that preppers just feel dumb after that as all that work didn’t mean much long term.
The only thing that universally matters is having community ties. Unfortunately… USA aren’t very community friendly or even have the opportunity to create strong local bonds. As all community events are during work hours so only retired people part take in those.
During covid, having like 2 months’ worth of food was enough for me. I was able to avoid the chaos at the grocery stores, and by May of 2020, instacart had cleared up enough that I could get food delivered to me.
This is different, obviously, but having 2 months of food to avoid the initial chaos and supply shocks of a disaster is still valuable
Boomers ventured out on route 66 and never returned. One generation destroyed community for cheap large screen TVs.
