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From what I'm reading, the troubles should start to pick up now; harbors being quieter, truckers not having work, ... Are any shortages noticeable yet?

ETA:

Source: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-a-virus

Businesses have been filling their inventories. That's ending now. Economic pain in terms of job losses should accelerate now. It will still take up to a few weeks before inventories run empty, and the full impact hits consumers. Even a full reversal of Trumpism couldn't prevent knock-on effects that last into next year.

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[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 7 points 1 day ago

I'm soupmaxxing

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

People don’t really know what to do, except save money, cut back on disposable spending, and watch carefully. Maybe buy some big things early like a laptop or EV now rather than wait for the shock. The big problems are a few weeks to months away.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Know your communities, people. That's the prep you need.

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[–] PeteWheeler@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have read testimonies from other people who have gone through economic/political instability and hardship. What i got out of it is that prepping will help for a week to a month maybe. But after that preppers just feel dumb after that as all that work didn't mean much long term.

The only thing that universally matters is having community ties. Unfortunately.... USA aren't very community friendly or even have the opportunity to create strong local bonds. As all community events are during work hours so only retired people part take in those.

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[–] bblkargonaut@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My company layed off the newest hire, and bought $50k of materials we need for R&D for the next year and a half. Im in the process of buying a duplex instead of a single family as a hedge, so my cost of living will be low enough to survive on my wife's part time salary if we can keep a renter. I will be planting food producing trees and bushes, and building garden boxes after close, and learning canning.

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[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I haven't actually been living for the past 30 years.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

Hotblack Desiato, is that you?

[–] truxnell@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago
[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Learn to cook beans and rice from scratch. Stock up on them in bulk. Emergency food packs can be bought from $45 and up depending on how many you have to feed and for how long you're planning to need it.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 72 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Regardless of whether you think something catastrophic will happen tomorrow, next month, next year or never, it's a smart plan to have an emergency stash of shelf-stable food and drinking water to last 72 hours per person in your household for whatever natural or manmade disaster.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My grandma's spirit would haunt me from the dead if it found out I only had 72 hours of food in my home.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

it’s a smart plan to have an emergency stash of shelf-stable food and drinking water to last 72 hours per person in your household for whatever natural or manmade disaster.

I have plenty of food sitting around, but realistically, 72 hours without food isn't going to be an issue for an non-infant who doesn't have some kind of serious medical conditions. Probably make most people in the US healthier.

I've fasted for over a week for the hell of it, and people have gone much longer. This guy did it for over a year.

Water is a much-less-forgiving resource.

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[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago

This! I don't even live in a disaster prone area, but I always make sure we'd be fine without power/water for a few days at least.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I got a passport, and am wrapping up a degree in nursing.

It's not necessarily my intention to jump ship as soon as I graduate, but knowing that it's an option will be a great comfort.

Other than that, I stopped eating eggs.

[–] mosscap@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 day ago

Come to Canada, we want and need nurses!

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

We always need more nurses in Sweden, I imagine it's the same in other countries too.

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[–] invertedspear@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Already have everything I should need for the next few years besides consumables. Considering buying a few buckets of emergency food from Costco. Other than that, bending over and lubing up because I can’t keep a cactus alive, much less crops.

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[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I feel awful for the genuinely good people living there. But to all of the people that either voted for this or sat back and did nothing to prevent this: I genuinely, sincerely, from the bottom of my heart hope that you fucking suffer like never before.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 22 points 1 day ago

"May you have the day you voted for."

[–] DoubleDongle@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Well, the assholes in charge over here dismantled FEMA, a national disaster relief organization. And there are some pretty Republican regions that regularly need its assistance from hurricanes and other weather disasters.

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[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Not shortages yet, but steep price increases.

I have dropped some items from my normal grocery list because of ramping prices. Eggs and avocados were first, but it's expanding to other things now.

I have some hobby projects I want to do that would require buying new hardware; those prices are going up so that is on hold until further notice.

I work from home 95% of the time and do much of my evening/weekend socializing and hobbies within walking distance of my home, so I could drop my driving and fuel consumption very low.

I bought a $30 renter-friendly bidet kit so I am way less exposed to another toilet paper shortage.

I was going to buy a new car, probably a RAV4 internal hybrid, within the next 1-2 years but that is completely up in the air now. My current car is functional, just old, and I would continue driving it rather than swap to an inferior and dangerous American car like Tesla.

Buy less, budget conscientiously, wait to see what happens. Exactly what Trump doesn't want but which anyone with half a brain cell knew would happen.

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[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago

Honestly I have a lot of ethical distress over my decision. I'm using savings to power through a couple months hardship here then moving to Sweden to see if my second attempt at college can stick this time. I'm going to buy some essentials like toilet paper, flour, canned tomato goods, while they're still readily available. Not too much though since I just need enough to make it work while I'm here and I want to limit my panic buying impact

[–] Unlearned9545@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

I'm an American citizen self deporting.

[–] softcat@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

at the moment not enough to cause panic buying or draw significant media attention. Select goods have begun to creep up in price, and freight industry reports show projected decreases in demand, but not really seeing it yet.

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[–] Zugyuk@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Been practicing cooking lentils, Bean's and rice since middle of last year.

[–] Bunbury 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I understand what lentils and rice are good for, but what on earth did Ben do to deserve being cooked?

[–] Zugyuk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Huh. What of Bean's are you cooking?

[–] Zugyuk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Dried black beans in an instant pot. Very cheap, very filling, and versatile. I like them in a chili, or Yucatan style black bean soup

[–] Photuris@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As a chronic procrastinator, I ain’t doing shit.

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[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I've converted all my investments into girl scout cookies because they (1) are high value And can be traded for goods and services; and (2) can be eaten when no food is available. 😉

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[–] vodkasolution@feddit.it 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

There will be no drama, as it happened with eggs some weeks ago. I don't mean it will not be a problem for someone, but media will inflate how people will be affected or not be affected

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There will be no drama, as it happened with eggs some weeks ago.

The question is, is this just confident distancing from the overhype and fear-mongering, or is this a head-in-the-sand approach to a severe calamity? Can we know before it actually hits?

Would you rather over-plan for it, or under-plan?

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Dude any good fuckup to the system like Suez Canal or... say, Panama

We saw all this happen just after covid. We saw what market collapse can do in '08. Drama will come.

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[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com 15 points 1 day ago (8 children)

We're not. All of the panic I've seen is on Lemmy. I haven't seen it anywhere else, even reddit.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Huh. Haven't actually seen panic on Lemmy. I only see it on social media accounts of economists and logistics people.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Damn experts, what do they know?

[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Not surprisingly, Vance said words exactly to that effect during the vice-presidential debate. No one can say that they did not see this coming.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 day ago

The sentiment on r/wallstreetbets is that "we're cooked", but the market is still "running on hopium" that Trump will fold.

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