Patrick’s Law of Interruptive Conversational Timing

A Law of the Universe The probability that another person will initiate a conversation is directly proportional to the amount of attention required by an audiobook or some other task, and inversely proportional to the amount of time they have remained silent beforehand. Throughout the day, there may be countless opportunities for conversation. The other …

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Wegovy Shortage Makes Users Desperate and Concerned for the Future

Photo by MART PRODUCTION on Pexels.com As I walk down a poorly lit alley, I check my phone to make sure I’m at the right place. The message says to meet “Don” down the alley located east of the address provided. A pale nerdy-looking man appears out of the shadows, carrying an old hard-sided lunch …

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Building a Community Before the SHTF

Photo by Daniele La Rosa Messina on Pexels.com I’ve seen several people post online to various social media groups about starting an exclusive community to live off-grid and survive alone with like-minded survivalists. This might seem like a logical step beyond the basic prepping done by most Preppers/Survivalists. However, every time I see these posts, …

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Using the Infirm after the SHTF

Photo by MART PRODUCTION on Pexels.com In a previous article, Post-SHTF: Charity is Investing, I describe how charity, for the sake of displaying good morals, isn’t a useful survival skill after the SHTF. Survivalists can’t afford to waste resources and should think of charity more as an investment into relationships that may pay off in …

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