[–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I think it’s meant to impress upon you just how serious their chosen issue is. They have such busy, important lives that they are perpetually on the road. But this issue is so critical that they had to pull over and record a video NOW.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    one thing that drives me nuts is I would like to live more city center and not have a car but it gets to expensive and even if there is some downturn and yu can finagle something it eventually recovers and you end up having to leave. so it ends up not being stable. Like the downtown condos if someone were to gift you one the assesment and taxes alone are a heavy lift.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    I believe cars and driving to be a huge drain on society for many reasons. That's not to say they aren't useful, but yes, we rarely drive and see directs benefits from it. I hope fuel rationing can keep key transport moving, but we'll see.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I think the normal basic prepper stuff applies

    • have a properly stored supply of emergency water to last your household atleast a month. (You will want the correct opaque containers and add water purifier so nothing grows in it, regular bottled water isn't meant for long term storage)
    • Have a stocked pantry of shelf stable dry-goods. Beans and rice are your friend.
    • have methods to power devices off grid or in an emergency.
    • analyze how you use things and plan how you can conserve in a disaster
    • have a way to talk to your neighbors that do not rely on the grid like meshtastic or even radio
    • help your neighbors out as much as you can, grow a community.
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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    The rest of ya'll can get fucked, I hardly drive anywhere.

    EDIT: Get yourself an e-bike or a Moped if you cant live where a bus pass can get you places. And an expensive bike lock.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago*

    You can lose a limb easily with them after tourniqet was used for two hours or more, with proper medical care limb can be saved up to 6 hours after tourniquet was used but most paramedics don't have required skills and drugs. After moving a person to a less dangerous place tourniquet shold be moved (as in place another one lower and closer to a wound and higher one slowly unwinded but not taken off). They are extremely good tool for gun shot and explosive wounds, but should be used only in extreme conditions where you can't get immediate medical help. Also placing on on a joint almost always leads to a limb loss. 🫠

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    also tourniquet in general is quite drastic tool and can lead (according to what i have read, no practical experience whatsoever), in extreme case, to a loss of a limb. so it should only be used when the risk outweighs the gain.

    if the person is bleeding to death, i am sure they would rather lose a leg than die. if the injury can be treated with normal bandage, it should be preferable.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    On tourniquets, you need to make sure that there is nothing in the pockets, it should be perpendicular to the arm or leg and as high as possible. You need to put them in 30 seconds or less, in tacmed classes they give you a minute to put 4 of them (impossible).

    Gauze is extremely hard to use, as in you need to push your fingers into a bullet hole while recipient screams and flails around, you'll also need to learn a special technique that is required to push it correctly or you'll just drop it on the ground.

    You won't be able to use anything he shows effectively without training, a lot of it, with additional training every few months.

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