Sorry but I don’t think you understand that there are people out there that don’t have the spare change to buy an extra fridge, bottle of water, and 20 packets of noodles.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

These shouldn't be "extra" really. It should be food you eat already, so it's basically "Keep your pantry stocked" level of "preparing".

And I get it, money is tight. 3 minutes without air 3 hours without shelter 3 days without water 3 weeks without food

Start with water. You can upcycle 2L soda bottles (Rinse them, and don't think about using upcycled milk jugs). And honestly, most Americans are storing 5 days+ of calories right on their bodies.

After water, buy 1 or two extra canned goods each shopping trip. Or a bag of rice. Or a box of Ramen.

[–] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It just sounds like ideal world stuff.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

Do people generally not have space to keep 7 days of groceries on hand?

I mean, I get some folks are houseless which obvs, they can't do this...

But I am hard pressed to figure how someone can't buy an extra canned good on a shopping trip? That's literally 0.79. 2l bottles of soda aren't things people.buy from time to time? Can't harvest them from recycle buns?

I think a lot of this is looking at the end result, and seeing it to be impossible, because they are trying to eat the elephant in one bit, rather than just one bite at a time...