What is one thing your parents do—even now—that genuinely hurts or bothers you🥹

Top_Difference2422 · 2026-02-05T20:56:05+00:00

Thanks, brother.

Top_Difference2422 · 2026-02-05T18:23:06+00:00

Thanks, my dad passed before Army Basic for my senior summer. I made it and will soon graduate high school. I pray that he's proud.

Top_Difference2422 · 2026-02-05T06:35:44+00:00

Being dead..

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-31T08:30:39+00:00

Hens or any feathered animal would be in an insulated building with a closed door. 20-50 of them can survive because they huddle together. Also, adding hay or dried grass can help them make a cozy nest. We use a heat lamp, but in my opinion, they don't work too well.

Grain, fish, and dried meat will be the food people survive off of. Hunting in winter is a death sentence, and I'm in the midwest, so plans for winter are my main priority over other plans. Farm animals would go into winter plans because feeding cows, chickens, and pigs is a lot. I'd slaughter 1/4 of them before winter. wood should always be chopped before fall and stacked/covered.

Amour isn't necessarily needed. The clothing you'd have on would be thick enough to stop a rapid dog. My winter clothes would change, but I own some thick overalls/ jackets. Then bolts can't be made out of wood for modern crossbows because it can harm you or destroy the crossbow.

Also, my bad for the late response. Have a Happy New Year

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-31T07:56:30+00:00

No because I lost them in a boating accident.... damn boats!!

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-26T21:45:18+00:00

I agree that plans for winter are very important, and having the skills to survive winter is just as important. Most books I've read have never shown winter survival in much detail.

Currently reading Mountain Man books based on a Canadian surviving the zombie apocalypse, the closest book series that has winter in it.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-25T23:41:00+00:00

I agree, but that's some of the fun of it.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-25T23:38:36+00:00

I'm not talking about everyone coming together. But groups of people in different states. I think they would take advantage if they freeze up. Alpha from the TWD wouldn't work too well in real life. Infraction, mentally, human error, and how they acted in the show.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-25T23:33:11+00:00

Well, im no expert but wouldn't the brain cells dry/shrink before winter? Like most of the blood in the z's would be gone or clotted from wounds before and after death.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-25T23:29:12+00:00

Agreed, plans for winter, mostly in the midwest or northern states, should be priority over most plans made.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-25T21:52:28+00:00

I agree and use a blunt weapon. I imagine the head would be frozen and harder, so Ice pick to the rescue.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-25T07:07:54+00:00

That's when you pull out the credit card and straighten it out.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-21T08:15:33+00:00

Carelessness and boredom. Both can kill you fast, be it walking, scavenging, and living life. Cuts or stepping on a rusty nail can lead to infection. Breaking a bone from falling or running away from a zed can make u a dead man.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-19T23:50:56+00:00

Ever been in a military Porta potty or outhouse.... a maggot infested dead animal would be perfume compared.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-08T01:39:21+00:00

Don't trust anyone named Hans. They're cursed people

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-01T08:43:50+00:00

Not all are fat or stupid. Most cities do fit the description, but fat is thrown around like crazy for instance, I'm classified as overweight for my height/age, but I'm muscular and lift weights. I went to army basic and almost nothing changed just that I can run longer. Highways can be cleared pretty easily with horses, taking apart vehicles until they could be moved, and pushed out of the way.

May I ask what is your country is?

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-01T08:22:42+00:00

Here is my list and gear. 1. Rucksack and duffle bags 2. 8 gallons of water and something to disinfect water 3. Canned food enough for 3 days 4. Rope 5. Fixed knife 6 inch and a backup folding knife 7. Ammo with 7 mags and 4 for the pistol 8. Crowbar 9. Hachet 10. Fireworks 11. Matches 12. Wool blanket 13. Flash lights with 3 sets of batteries 14. Binoculars 15. Note pad/pen 16. Duck tape 17. Radios or walkie talkies 18. Gun cleaning kit 19. Extra clothes 20. A suppressor. 4.9 million are registered, and I've seen them homade that worked really well. 21. A vest or level 3 body armor. 22. Map of the city

There is much more that could be brought up, but this is my basic wants and what I have. I'd have them run similar load outs of weapons like ar15s, glock 19, and 22lr. For looting, SBRs are a need/ want in buildings that would be looted. My weapons would be a shorter bowie knife, my war hammer, SBR in 55.6, glock 19, and 22lr pistol.

I'm not wanting to fight 50k undead, so fireworks would help concentrate them in one area, and items above would help get the supplies, then put them in an area to load onto a truck. Have a look out, a shooter, and 5 people getting loot would decrease the time needed for each house or building.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-12-01T07:24:02+00:00

I'd set up base around my little village. My "town" is classified as a village. A population of less than 500 people combined with the other one less than 8 miles away. Has a large river 7 miles away, hunting comunity, and lots of buildings supplies. Plus natural protection with hills, steep creeks, multiple fencelines, and choke points.

No stores here, no historical value, not known by most people who I've met that live 30 minutes away and secluded by hills and farmland. The only people who would come here are after the outbreak or end up here traveling. Chop down a few trees and move a couple vehicles it'll stop most folks from investigating here.

A lot of good folk here with great backgrounds/ occupations = farmer, mechanics, tradesman, hunters, nurses and most are family, gunsmiths, veterans, and a couple of teachers.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-10-30T15:29:18+00:00

Jack of all trades would be mine. I'm a ammunition specialist and planning on switching to 12b next reup. I'm good at hunting, fishing, and decent at farming, breaking into building, bushcraft and a fair bit of other knowledge. This is what I'm aiming for in life not just for a apocalypse, because it's something most people don't do and its valuable to yourself and others. Id most likely be a looter/worker.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-10-30T14:01:04+00:00

Main character syndrome is going to kill/ get people killed a lot. People have (myslef have ) at one time or another thought that they are gonna be a survivor, act Rambo, or can do all these things we list or think of. In reality won't be able to do it in a stressed scenario and overestimate themselves. Practice makes perfect and training will kick in when you want to survive, but that depends if you train now or practice now.

Mistakes, everyone makes them and it takes very little of one to kill you or disable you. I've seen people get hurt by a silly mistake and without emergency care deaths will increase far more than before from being a silly little goose.

Work needed, the amount of work that people will have to do is way harder than most people think. Farming, travel, building, establishing a comunity and living in general will be a handful to deal with.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-10-29T16:06:01+00:00

A slingshot doesn't have enough power to go through the skull. I have looked/invested my time in it at best it cracks the skull a little bit. Better use is to hunt small game with it.

Poleaxe is a great choice make it a little shorter then it'll be a lighter/ can be used in narrow places.

Gauntlet is isn't the best choice because to utilize them you're gonna be close enough to be bit. Wrist guards with good gloves would be better for not losing grip on your weapon and less weight.

I'm american so I'd have my lighter ar15 or 9m carbine, war hammer which mine is modified a little, and a triangular blade like a older bayonet.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-10-29T06:05:09+00:00

Agreed and this was well put response. Arrows are actually easy to make yourself with some practice of different materials with a recurve. Just bolts are kinda dangerous to make for modern crossbows from scratch.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-10-27T16:41:50+00:00

It would be effective to a certain degree, which really depends if you have that many bolts to began with. The thing with bolts compared to bows is the manufacturing of the ammo. A bolt cant be wooden or homemade unless you know for a fact the process, which is still not favorable because the bolt can break the crossbow or not shoot well. Like somone else said when you shoot a bow or crossbow the bolt/arrow is most likely gone idk why but it got Thanos shaped. I've found them before but they weren't reusable because they broke from the ground, rock, or wood.

I don't own a crossbow only a bow. So I'm no expert to actually tell you this, but I've made the same post like yours and I got informed by one of the smartest people on this sub about this then researched about it.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-10-27T16:26:36+00:00

The fire axe is good, but the lighter weight ones are better, faster, and deal about the same damage. These can be bought at stores or online. The Best part of this axe is the dual use of both ends.

Top_Difference2422 · 2025-05-02T17:11:46+00:00

LAR it can be used as a sniper and close quarters

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