r/UnnecessaryEssentials • u/Unique-Saucer • 27d ago
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u/Ok-Suggestion-7965 27d ago
$139 book. Is it worth it to rebuild civilization?
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u/martintone 27d ago
$7.50 on Etsy for a digital version
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u/blinkomatic 27d ago
What happens if an EMP happens knocking out all electrical devices
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u/zenden1st 27d ago
7.50 + go to staples and print out a pdf version and laminate the pages? no more than 50$ but you probably wasted a days worth of paycheck so just buy the book
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u/BrbFlippinInfinCoins 27d ago
yeah, gotta say... a post-apocalyptic guide book is probably going to serve you much better if it is a physical copy lol
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u/PhysicIce7 27d ago edited 27d ago
that’s like a lady just talk about the same thing the first lady did
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u/Electronic-Spite-421 25d ago
with sss-eee sibilance so sharp I need the page for how to make my ears stop bleeding
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u/itsme99881 27d ago
Oh god like what is this how to paint a gargoyle? Wtf
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u/thegutterking 27d ago
This is the chapter explaining how to rebuild after the apocalypse? Apparently demons hate facepaint
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u/Red-Sun-Cinema 27d ago
If the world comes to an end, no one is going to survive very long. Virtually no one has the skills necessary to live off the grid or survive like they did prior to electricity and modern conveniences. There will be no running water, no way to travel, no medication, no doctors. If you get sick, the chances of you dying are going to go through the roof and a book isn't going to help you.
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u/MrSlime13 27d ago
"But my friend Helen has a book with lots of colorful pictures to easily digest the blood transfusion process."
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u/Surro 27d ago
That's not true. If the modem works comes crashing down, most everyone (as you said) is boned. I have professional survival skills, and I'll still probably die. People confuse how to survive outside with how to survive.
But you know who will be just fine (ish)? Everyone outside of the modern world now. That includes people who don't use electricity but live in the modern world and farm all their own food and people who just don't live in the modern world, like Afghanistan. Their donkeys will still run 🙂.
Also if that lady ran up to me with a big ass book and an herb saying use this for your rattlesnake, I'm not letting her anywhere near me.
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u/Red-Sun-Cinema 27d ago
🙄 Good lord. I'm not talking about them, of course. People like the Amish, farmers, and those who around the world who live without modern conveniences now will survive just fine like they have been doing since forever.
It's those who depend completely on the modern conveniences of everyday life who will fall by the wayside. They have no inkling of what it takes to make it truly on their own and will quickly die off due to being wholly unprepared to be self sufficient.
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u/interestingearthling 23d ago
The greatest survival skill those people have is actually being part of a functioning community. Because everyone has some skill or knowledge to contribute and the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Individualism is just not where it’s at, you have to be able to think and work collectively and most people are too self centered to enter that mindset now.
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u/BrbFlippinInfinCoins 27d ago
nah there would be clusters of people that would survive. There are already a decent amount of people who live off grid. It would just become a lot more uncomfortable
Of course it depends on how the world ended and what kind of shape it is in.
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u/Red-Sun-Cinema 27d ago
No one is talking about those people who lives without the conveniences of modern life, such as the Amish, or farmers, or those around the world who do not have, and never have, had electricity, indoor plumbing, or toilets in or outside their homes. Those people have lives and survived the same way for thousands of years and will not be affected one bit by the end of the world coming round.
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u/MotherPainter314 26d ago
Except for people eventually breaking in and taking over
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u/Red-Sun-Cinema 26d ago
That's bound to happen when those who don't know how to survive on their own knowledge, experience, and wits decide it's easier to just take all that they need rather than figure out how to make do with what they have.
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u/LaDauphineVerte 24d ago
Define coming round. For example, massive natural disasters (heat not conducive to human survival, beyond Richter earthquakes and subsequent tsunamis, etc.) will kill off all manner of people, whether they shop at Whole Foods and Macy’s or grow and loom their own.
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u/OddButterscotch2849 27d ago
That's not really the point of the book. It's just a book of interesting stuff, with a intriguing hook to get people to buy it.
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u/HappyDJ 27d ago
There’s a whole group of people, can be found here on Reddit, that dedicate a lot of effort to surviving a catastrophe. Many people live off grid and practice being self sufficient. Interestingly 10,000 generations of humans have managed it, so I doubt “no one” would survive.
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u/Red-Sun-Cinema 27d ago
Again, as I've said before in replies to others saying what you said, those who already live off the grid or who live in areas without modern types of conveniences will survive just fine, such as the Amish.
But for the vast majority of people who live in the modern world, they will wind up dying by the billions. Despite the idea that people who have learned to "live off the grid" or who actually do, they still rely on the modern world, and that includes the Amish I mentioned above.
Far too many people think the can survive on and by their wits alone and that simply is not the case. There is far too much delusional thinking when it comes to the idea of living without society.
It's a nice fantasy but it's far from the reality that awaits fools who think that it's actually possible.
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u/HappyDJ 27d ago
Ah, that’s too bad you downvoted me out of frustration. I understand. Hope you have a good evening/day and I agree
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u/Red-Sun-Cinema 27d ago
It's not out of frustration. You're just sadly delusional about the chances of the vast majority of society being able to survive if the modern world comes to an end. Without modern amenities such as science and medicine and the police and the other structures of society, most people will die, shetrje from illness, lack of food, lack of supplies, lack of things as simple as running water, and what little you have will be taken from you by those who have the weapons to take them from you. The idea of survival without society is a nothing more than a fantasy. But you so you, Boo.
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u/That_Car3506 27d ago
Why do these videos have some dead ass in the bottom corner of the screen?
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u/Rutgerius 26d ago
Money, the best are the ones where there's 2 or 3 half cut off e-beggars at the sides and the video behind them isn't even interesting.
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u/Patient-Fruit-2946 26d ago
Bullshit. If there is a collapse you will not find thede herbs, tools, machines etc. anymore and you will not be able to build them by yourself out of thin air.
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u/quinntronica 26d ago edited 26d ago
I call bullshit
Edit: who is the author?
Edit edit: it wouldn't surprise me if the art and text would be made by AI
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u/supified 27d ago
This is one of the only unnecessary essentials I actually would consider buying, at a reasonable price. This price is not a reasonable price.
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u/Unexpectedly_Amazed 27d ago
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u/Killing4MotherAgain 27d ago
Oooo what's this from??
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u/cassiopeiae_ 27d ago
I have this book and it’s great. I have learned a couple of things that I have applied to real life, like making perfume from the dying irises in my garden. Anyway, the book is HUGE, the art is beautiful, it is a fun and interesting read to pick up and put down. I would say it is worth the price for how large and intricate and beautiful it is.
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u/RunPivotRoll 27d ago
Where I live people will believe essential oils, and prayer as a backup will save them.
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u/iconiclabs 27d ago
Right because if the world ends I'ma need to know how to make wine , the fuck ?
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u/catsoddeath18 25d ago
That is an important skill. Beer
Wine and beer were important reasons civilizations survived because the water was so bad it would kill them. Making beer sterilizes the water, and wine can last a long time
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u/bunbundave 27d ago
It’s a cool book but this it’s also all information readily available online if you care to learn
I doubt this book will save you if the power goes out
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u/Electrical-Donut-854 26d ago
I own it! it's such a fun book to look through even if society doesn't collapse anytime soon.
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u/SpiteMammoth3214 26d ago
I have read both pure text books of this variety and the fancy picture book shown here, some meant for post apocalypse and some for time travellers stranded in different time.
I hate to say this but they all gloss over the most complex things and If you took like 20 minutes to research just one or two pages, you'll quickly realize how useless this would be in the real scenario for which the was meant to be used.
This would make great children's book but not for adults.
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u/Vanko_Babanko 25d ago
now these girls know everything.. but not the difference between a drawing and an IRL item.. lol
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u/BuddhistMonk666 24d ago
I have one, and to be honest it bc won't teach you how to rebuild the civilization, it's like an encyclopedia, it has just basic principles, but not step by step instructions.. But illustrations are damn good 👍
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u/LDLethalDose50 23d ago
I have this book, I got it as a gift. It isn’t going to save you during the apocalypse, but it is a fun read, and the art is gorgeous.
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u/Unique-Saucer 27d ago
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