You get an unlimited supply of a single item to survive post-apocalypse. What are you choosing, and why?
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clean water
If you are going that route: Rule of 3
3 minutes without oxygen. 3 days without water. 3 weeks without food (I think it is also "3 hours without shelter" but that is a much more environmental factor and feels shoehorned in). And, depending on the apocalypse, clean air can be hard to come by.
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Toilet paper. During apocalyptic scenarios, it's worth is apparently uncountable, so I will be able to trade it and live a life of opulence.
Got that covered .... I'm still going through my excess toilet paper supply I bought during the start of the 2020 pandemic. When people started clearing the shelves of toilet paper, we panicked and bought several whole cases of the stuff. It was completely insane.
I haven't bought toilet paper in five years.
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Water; for living
Evil Genie: "Granted." It starts to rain. It never stops.
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Evil Genie: "Granted." It starts to rain. It never stops.
Like that time it rained for two million years
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Evil Genie: "Granted." It starts to rain. It never stops.
"I've seen drier days on Ferenginar. And we have a hundred seventy-eight different words for rain. Right now it's glebbening out there. And that's bad."
- Quark
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I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade
wrote last edited by [email protected]a thermos of fruit smoothies that is forever cold and will not run out. This kinda work with all kind of apocalypse because foods and drinks is the number 1 thing that would hard to come by, and smoothie is both food and water.
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I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade
wrote last edited by [email protected]Ongoing? Fresh clean salad
. This assumes I can scrounge/ kill/ for other kinds of food. It implies there's a source somewhere, so perhaps I could trace it, for water and arable land. It contains clean water, and while lettuces are not a super food they have C which I can't store and K which is good for cuts. And if necessary I could wipe my ass with a leaf of it . -
What if it's like impact winter? Asteroid, forever blocked out sun, winter, and vampires.
Vampires...? Uh, garlic. lol
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I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade
Iodized salt. I live in iowa, we have planty of water (i can figure out how to filter it), and a great climate for growing food. However our soilis naturaly low iodine and there is no salt around so those are critical nutriants I don't think I could get here.
second would be iron - we don't have any and It is usefur for a lot.
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I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade
You guys were smart to say water, first thing I thought of when I read the question though was peanut butter.
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I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade
Army MREs, the modern ones.
Assuming I'm not teleported elsewhere, the place I live has plenty of drinkable fresh water and other supplies, so the only real concern is having consistent high-quality food available, and MREs are engineered to support people in the wild for several months, if not years. In case of a major war breaking out, so it would contain everything I would need to stay alive, or to trade to other people.
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All you big brains saying water.
My first thought was soybeans, since they're so versatile. Or corn for the same reason. Granted, I don't have any way to process them so I didn't think it through.
But a food source that also provides water would be a good idea. Watermelon is too sweet to be your primary food though.
Food sources don't provide water unless there is water to grow them, and if the water is contaminated that will just end up in the food.
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This really is it. Sure, a high water ratio soup would provide both nourishment and fluids for living, but basic clean water allows for cleaning and the ability to grow food or trade for other stuff.
Plus truly unlimited means you can start your own river to help society recover!
We're putting Gatorade on the crops and they don't grow. Ground is broken!
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I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade
Fully loaded guns. Watermelons (provides nutrition and water) are also a good candidate.
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clean water
Came here to say just that.
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All you big brains saying water.
My first thought was soybeans, since they're so versatile. Or corn for the same reason. Granted, I don't have any way to process them so I didn't think it through.
But a food source that also provides water would be a good idea. Watermelon is too sweet to be your primary food though.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Potatoes are the best. Easy to grow in marginal soil, varied ways to cook them, and they store easily long term in a simple root cellar.
Add in some squash like pumpkins which have the same advantages and you should be good to go.
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Army MREs, the modern ones.
Assuming I'm not teleported elsewhere, the place I live has plenty of drinkable fresh water and other supplies, so the only real concern is having consistent high-quality food available, and MREs are engineered to support people in the wild for several months, if not years. In case of a major war breaking out, so it would contain everything I would need to stay alive, or to trade to other people.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Even modern MRE’s only provide stable nutrition for about three weeks— they don’t provide complete nutrition. After that, you need to supplement it with other nutritional sources.
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I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade
Fully-stocked cruise ships.
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clean water
We can clean up the entire Capital Wasteland!
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I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade
Something like Soylent. You can live off of it for a very, very long time. Enough time to get your garden growing.
