I bought two 16TB hard drives that I intend to fill with the content I generally pull down as I need it. Game roms, books, videos, a backup of Wikipedia(real). I’m already about 80% of the way there with preserving what I want to preserve. The other 16TB drive will be a copy. I can keep it in or around my toolbox at work just in case anything happens at the house, fire or flood, whatever.

I don’t seriously consider content being harder to acquire in the Trump presidency considering that’s mostly the Middle East, India and Romania if SoulSeek is anything to go by, but it gives me peace of mind.

As for spending… what spending?

I’m poor, but I already only spend on utility and literally nothing else. It’s helpful, really. I don’t buy crap and always have money for what I need, but I know I’m the minority, here. I’m always willing to suffer if it means I have headroom, to my family’s constant worry.

I cook constantly. I bake about two loaves of bread a week. My house generates baked goods on a constant basis for everyone around it, and I sell here and there. Flour is cheap, making variety is easy and everyone loves it.

You wanna survive this shit?

• quit streaming anything, pirate everything
• effort is money
• you don’t need it
• only pay bills that can’t be garnished or risk repossession
• name brand means poison
• see an ad? Never buy the product. Fuck em.

Run as close to the grain as possible. Don’t buy their shit. Don’t buy anything they’re associated with and if they try to control something, starve yourself of it. Fuck em. Don’t let the bastards win.