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You get an unlimited supply of a single item to survive post-apocalypse. What are you choosing, and why?

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    Condoms, in case we need to repopulate the earth

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    I don't think condoms are going to help you with that buddy.

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    • princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zoneP [email protected]

      If it's a gigantic asteroid that blots out the sun, water is easy to find but food is critical.

      Well, no, (liquid) water would be quite scarce 😛

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      And still, only a small amount of water on Earth is actually drinkable.

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      • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zoneH [email protected]

        I don't think condoms are going to help you with that buddy.

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        I think he's opting out, or trying to prevent it altogether

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        • M [email protected]

          also cum

          Got that in droves. Ima protein shot dispenser

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          there could be more cum

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          • C [email protected]

            Wait so why didn't you just pick beer?

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            That's a good question

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            • chocolatefrostedsugarbombs@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

              But it's got what plants crave!

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              No silly that’s brawndo! Gatorade just isn’t there yet you see.

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              • not_rick@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                We can clean up the entire Capital Wasteland!

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                Aqua-pura for sale!

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                • C [email protected]

                  I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade

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                  Sorta depends on the apocalypse but for most I will take the airline bottles of a high end vodka.

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                    I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade

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                    Flour. Maybe rice. Something of that nature. The only alternative option that's even close to food might be fuel, depending on the nature of the disaster.

                    Water is everywhere outside of deserts, and there's enough raw materials for a thinned population to recycle for a long time. Food and medicine is what separates the living from the dead, and medicine isn't a single item. Edit: Although antibiotics or water treatment tablets are probably the closest approximation.

                    Pleasantly surprised to not see more throwing star-type answers.

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                    • R [email protected]

                      I’m lactose intolerant… but damn if you didn’t sell me on this OP

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                      You could use the rotting milk to farm insects for protein.

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                      • B [email protected]

                        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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                        Hmm, not specifying which one, I see. Granted; it's always chicken fajita.

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                          I mean, they are chock full of all sorts of preservatives to extend their shelf life, but they also have things like toilet paper and wipes, spoons and forks, heating pads, and various other things, and they can be eaten cold if there's some reason not to start a fire.

                          That being said, you can live a very long life eating only MREs. It's not like if you only ate them for three weeks you would die. You might have some malnourishment, and you might desperately long for something else, but it wouldn't be the nutrition issue that would kill you. They are designed to keep people alive in situations where bullets are an occupational hazard.

                          But if I have an infinite supply of them and they are fresh, then when I encounter people that are starving I can trade it to them for bullets or knives or I can just give them away. Could probably save a lot of lives by being a food producer capable of keeping people alive.

                          The largest risk I would face would be growing tired of the assortment.

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                          Yeah, not sure what OP's talking about. Any diet involving a reasonably fresh, large assortment of ingredients will keep you going until you die of old people stuff (maybe early, if it's really that bad).

                          If you eat only hardtack or only rice, that's when deficiencies become a concern. We're really quite hearty animals.

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                            I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade

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                            Potable water is good, perhaps wheat berries or ibuprofen would be good too.

                            As for an unorthodox answer, I'm going to say survival guides. Most people have some idea of how they might survive, but it couldn't hurt to have a resource to fill any knowledge gaps.

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                              I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade

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                              Genies in a lamp

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                                I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade

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                                Beans. Not only about the most important food source, legumes are also natural nitrogen fixers for soil health.

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                                  I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade

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                                  Ok so some people are asking what type of apocalypse but I feel that's mostly irrelevant because you said it's a post apocalypse scenario. The apocalypse has already passed.

                                  So there's kind of two options. One is where I would be the sole survivor on the planet, and the other is where there's still pockets of survivors out there.

                                  Most post apocalypse situations involve other people surviving, so I'll start there.

                                  You didn't put a limiter on what the item could be, whether it had to be realistic or not, and how this supply would come to be. So I'll give three answers, each with different degrees of what I'm assuming your intention behind the question is.

                                  The first would be an infinite supply of non tricky, non malevolent genie lamps. Infinite wishes baybee, this trumps pretty much everything.

                                  Something more fantastic but more reasonably grounded would be computers, with a complete set of data on human history, art, music, science and schematics, with instructions on how to rebuild society in a more equitable way, translated into all languages possible, with a pictogram of how to charge it up etched on the outside. Pass those suckers around, rebuild society, got infinite of them, everyone gets one and it has the windows space pinball from the 90s on it just for fun.

                                  But since you said lighters, to play with the idea of things that exist, I'm gonna go with tents. Probably those onion shaped ones that are designed to be permanent housing, or yurts. Sure water and food are important but without shelter you're fucked, and I could house everyone.

                                  Now if it were an apocalypse where I'm the only survivor, I would want an infinite supply of one thing.

                                  BACKUP. GLASSES.

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                                    I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade

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                                    A) Something to trade (rely on others)

                                    B) Something for ME to survive on (rely on nobody)

                                    C) Something to rebuild (everyone relies on me)

                                    I generally lean towards rebuilding, but it really depends on what apocalypse we're talking about here. Zombie? Nuclear war? Asteroid? Nazis? Waterworld?

                                    So, assuming I can survive enough, I'd pick rebuild critical tech like rubber or a way to forge steel or a critical chemical. Think, "Doctor Stone".

                                    But if I need to survive like a water world or a desert world or a zombie outbreak, what I pick is going to be pretty fucking different. Cigarettes don't mean shit if there's no water. Water don't mean shit if that's all you have. And none of that matters if you're stuck in a world with aerosolized zombie infection that results in smart running zombies that fast heal.

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                                      I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade

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                                      Mainly maps, but also other informative reading materials such as natural medicine, almanacs and other foraging guides.

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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.

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                                        Can't believe I had to scroll this far to finally see the first item to disappear in every real apocalypse I've been through. Plus it's man's greatest invention. Just ahead of the Hubble space telescope.

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                                          I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade

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                                          Not a single mention of bullets? Seriously?

                                          In an apocalypse, ammunition will be worth more than gold.

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