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Hey folks,

I’m one of three people building something called TribeSafe, but before I pitch you, let me tell you why the hell I’m even doing this.

I did the “normal” shit studied computer science, went to good schools, got into the tech world. On paper it looked great. In reality, it was slowly killing me. I was depressed as fuck, felt like I was just a cog in some giant meat grinder. Every day I woke up more lost, more empty. I stopped talking to people. Lost a ton of weight. I’d just hole up in my apartment, scrolling, reading, thinking about how fake and rotten everything felt.

I started diving into stuff people around me thought was nuts stocking food, learning survival skills, reading guys like John Seymour, Derrick Jensen, and Ted Kaczynski’s Industrial Society and Its Future. It wasn’t just about “prepping” for me. It was about realizing this whole industrial-consumer bullshit machine we live in is broken beyond repair.

The fucked up part? Nobody around me got it. Friends thought I’d lost my mind. Family kept telling me to “relax” and “get a job.” I felt like I was screaming in a room full of people wearing noise-cancelling headphones.

Then, a couple years ago, I met two people here on Reddit who saw things exactly the same way. We started talking. Ended up moving in the same area for a while. We hunted, fixed shit, shared gear, and just… had each other’s backs. No corporate crap, no fake small talk. Real human connection. Those guys pulled me out of a dark fucking hole. Meeting them changed everything. I realized survival isn’t just about guns, food, and gear it’s about who you know and trust when shit goes south.

That’s why we’re building TribeSafe:

A way for preppers, survivalists, and off-gridders to actually find each other

Share real-time alerts when shit hits the fan

Trade knowledge and resources without dealing with random weirdos

We’ve started working on the first version of TribeSafe, and the landing page in my social links gives a glimpse of the concept we’re aiming to bring to life and if you want to stay in the loop, give feedback, and be part of building TribeSafe from the ground up, join our Telegram channel which is in the landing page.

We’re building this together , your voice matters.

Stay dangerous.

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What are some annuals you like to use for shade in addition to their primary purpose?

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