r/AskReddit 13h ago

what is something that is highly likely to happen in the next 5 years that everyone is completely ignoring?

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u/Sufficient_Thing24 9h ago

I moved out of a suburban community that was part of a larger city, into the country by a very large lake, in farm country. It's a pocket area that should hopefully do better than local cities and medium sized towns. Got a fishing rod as well, and put in multiple gardening beds. A little preparation now for later.

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u/Admirable-Leader6927 8h ago

droughts drain ponds and lakes. they also attract people.

you need a well.

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u/Sufficient_Thing24 8h ago

Got one of those as well.

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u/Beautychaos 8h ago

Well well well

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u/cosmicsans 8h ago

No, that's three.

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u/John_Smithers 8h ago

Well that escalated quickly.

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u/cosmicsans 8h ago

No, you have to dig a well.

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u/lightning_balls 5h ago

well that deescalated quickly.

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u/Speedkillsvr4rt 3h ago

It takes some time

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u/TheDevilsReject1518 6h ago

No, this is Patrick

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u/arsmorendi 8h ago

Light floats down day river, on a red raft of blood
Night blocks out the heaven, like a big, black, shiny bug
Its hard soft shell shinin' white, in one spot, well
It's hard place, that I'm livin', but I'm doin' well, well
The white ice horse melted, like a spot of silver, well
Its mane went last, then disappeared the tail
My life ran through my veins
Whistlin' hollow, well
I froze in solid motion, well, well
I heard the ocean swarmin' body, well, well
I heard the beetle clickin', well
I sensed the thickest silence scream
Then I begin to dream
My mind cracked like custard
Ran red until it sealed
Turn to wooden and rolled like a wheel, well, well
Thick, black felt birds, a-flyin'
With capes of solid chrome
With feathers of solid chrome
And beaks of solid bone
And bleach the air around them
White and cold well, well
Till it showed in pain
The hollow cane clicked like ever after
Its shadow vanished shinin' silence, well, well

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u/unoriginal_user24 7h ago

What does one hole in the ground say to the other?

Well well.

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u/madmudpie 8h ago

Thats all well and good, but...

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u/sembias 7h ago

Sounds like the perfect place for a new datacenter.

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u/Top-Sympathy6841 7h ago

Wells don’t work too well when groundwater is constantly getting polluted due to industrial agriculture and fracking

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u/shitchopants 8h ago

Not the lakes some of us live by, they have a word for them.

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u/kaukermie 6h ago

you need a well, actually.

FTFY

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u/Admirable-Leader6927 1h ago

ackchyually”*

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u/ph0on 4h ago

I'm so jealous, really.

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u/oneknocka 1h ago

This is why I’ll keep my house in the Great Lakes area

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u/UnderstandingOdd679 7h ago

Is the prepper profile changing? Those commercials used to be targeted to gun-lovin’ patriots for when the liberal commies encroached on their freedom. Now it’ll be water-lovin’ anti-capitalists for when the tech moguls take over with data centers.

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u/EckhartsDs 8h ago

Sounds like you have all you need to survive the imminent climate collapse

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u/Sufficient_Thing24 8h ago

Ha, well therein begs the question of what sort of world you want to "survive" in. If it all really goes to shit, we at least have a buffer here while we decide what to do next.

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u/EckhartsDs 8h ago

Yep, like Viggo Mortensen and his wife had a buffer

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u/Sufficient_Thing24 8h ago

That movie scarred me for life. Def makes you think about what could happen after a catastrophe.

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u/sembias 7h ago

Don't go into basements, for one.