Here’s another installment from the Cranbrook Academy of Art workshop.
Folks, I gotta fess up - I've always had a soft spot for preppers. Sure, doomsday stockpilers get mocked as paranoid conspiracy theorists. But between you and me? Preppers are lowkey futurist visionaries! They imagine potential calamitous scenarios the rest of society ignores and actively practice resilience.
See, preppers come in all shades - from "tinfoil hat" types bracing for civil war to eco-minded homesteaders establishing self-sufficient communes. At their core, they test out living sustainably "off the grid." And preppers invariably stockpile cool gadgets optimized for survival scenarios - tools for an uncertain future. They're pioneers exploring alternate modes of resilient living while the rest of us go about comfortable modern life. Maybe I'm overly romantic, but some preppers seem almost solarpunk before the philosophy existed.
So upon time-jumping to this timeline, I was thrilled to discover "PrepBox Monthly" - a prepper goody box subscription catering to survivalists. Each shipment contains standard fare like hazmat suits, dehydrated meals, starting seeds. But the kicker is a mystery future tech item for off-grid conditions - previous boxes included an algae-powered camp stove and pocket geothermal smartphone charger!
While unconventional, I admire this PrepBox company's creative spirit and desire to equip customers with innovative resilience tools. Unlike those who deny looming crises, preppers acknowledge dangers and try building refuge. So call me crazy, but I wish I could order PrepBox and have it delivered to my back-40 plot in my primeline! My inner survivalist would relish testing their futuristic gizmos in simpler times.
Good point about preppers: say what you will, but they do have imagination.