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Alright, despite myself, I have my DVR recording the unreality series "The Colony" so that I can scan through it and see if it ever takes a turn towards being serious.
So far, so bad. The survivors have not procured any firearms or ammunition. In a nation with an estimated 80-100 million small arms and its entire population reduced to some 30 million people total, the survivors have procured bupkis.
They have built a battery bank and charging rig, as well as a water purification system. They've made coffee,
caught some goats and a fish, built a permanent shower after two weeks, (apparently no one has ever seen a solar shower bag), and foraged some oranges.
They have also pointedly underscored that even in their kindergarten level post-apocalyptic world, one would definitely be better off with a stray dog and living like a moving scavenger than to hole up with a bunch of our mentally soft and mostly useless latter day fellows.
This show amply demonstrates that cooperation with strangers in the early stages of post societal collapse is more trouble than it is worth. Banding up later, with bona fide survivors who would possess hard won or sharply honed skills, would be more appealing than carrying the load early for deadweights who just haven't died yet.
Not to be sexist, but the women on the show have proven to themselves to all but pointless to date. Scratch that, the marine biologist made a fish net that actually worked when someone else used it. overall though, not a good showing for the fairer sex.
Gotta say though, the guys have about as much martial skill as Gomer Pyle possessed. Two weeks and they still have a leaky perimeter, no early warning, no effective watch, no intelligence on the marauders, no concentration or vault for their foodstuffs and other valuables to be more effectively defended, no weapon better than a stick or pipe, and no sense of prioritization, so they suck too.
Die colonists, die.
I would have bugged out by the end of week one and taken my chances solo anywhere else.
So far, so bad. The survivors have not procured any firearms or ammunition. In a nation with an estimated 80-100 million small arms and its entire population reduced to some 30 million people total, the survivors have procured bupkis.
They have built a battery bank and charging rig, as well as a water purification system. They've made coffee,
caught some goats and a fish, built a permanent shower after two weeks, (apparently no one has ever seen a solar shower bag), and foraged some oranges.They have also pointedly underscored that even in their kindergarten level post-apocalyptic world, one would definitely be better off with a stray dog and living like a moving scavenger than to hole up with a bunch of our mentally soft and mostly useless latter day fellows.
This show amply demonstrates that cooperation with strangers in the early stages of post societal collapse is more trouble than it is worth. Banding up later, with bona fide survivors who would possess hard won or sharply honed skills, would be more appealing than carrying the load early for deadweights who just haven't died yet.
Not to be sexist, but the women on the show have proven to themselves to all but pointless to date. Scratch that, the marine biologist made a fish net that actually worked when someone else used it. overall though, not a good showing for the fairer sex.
Gotta say though, the guys have about as much martial skill as Gomer Pyle possessed. Two weeks and they still have a leaky perimeter, no early warning, no effective watch, no intelligence on the marauders, no concentration or vault for their foodstuffs and other valuables to be more effectively defended, no weapon better than a stick or pipe, and no sense of prioritization, so they suck too.
Die colonists, die.
I would have bugged out by the end of week one and taken my chances solo anywhere else.
