I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade
clean water
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!
But it’s got what plants crave!
I would never have imagined I would witness this becoming our reality but it looks more and more like it.
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.
I’ve heard it phrased “3 hours without shelter in inclement weather”.
Yeah, obviously need the first that that will kill you. We take breathable air for granted. But if you need an infinite supply of clean air, you are probably dead anyway. An infinite supply of water has many uses beyond drinking and hygine – irrigation, power, and cooling come to mind as very useful post-apocalypse.
We can clean up the entire Capital Wasteland!
I was thinking Fallout 4 when I said it. The cans of pure water.
Milk, given an unlimited supply i won’t have to worry about it spoiling. Gives a decent amount of nutrients and water and can use it to make cheese or butter eventually, And is a life without cheese and butter really worth living?
And is a life without cheese and butter really worth living?
Shit you got me there, milk it is!
I’m lactose intolerant… but damn if you didn’t sell me on this OP
You could use the rotting milk to farm insects for protein.
drinkable water
Sorry to be pedantic, but potable water, but yes, that is the correct choice.
Shut the fuck up
What flavor of apocalypse matters a lot. If it’s zombies, ammo becomes critical. If it’s nuclear, ammo is less important and water filtration probably becomes critical. If it’s a gigantic asteroid that blots out the sun, water is easy to find but food is critical.
For an unknown apocalypse, I think I’ll go with gasoline. Not critical in and of itself, but helps a lot more generally with a lot of stuff, being able to power a generator and move camp more easily.
In the zombie variation, might want to cheat the system and ask for loaded guns. Because guns wear out and get jammed sometimes.
What if it’s like impact winter? Asteroid, forever blocked out sun, winter, and vampires.
Vampires…? Uh, garlic. lol
Enough gasoline could blow the asteroid up, preventing the whole thing. Forever blocked sun means no food but with gasoline you can power lamps for the plants. Burn gasoline to keep warm against the winter and burn vampires using gasoline. It is a christian invention after all /s
Gasoline doesn’t seem like a bad choice tbh. Also good for trading if, for example, water is scarce.
Ah, but the question is “post-apocalypse” so avoiding it isn’t really an option. If it were just “slightly pre-apocalypse” you might have a chance to avoid it.
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 :P
Hugs from a nice person. The apocalypse is going to be really depressing I’ll need the love
thank you for being on this platform and being so positive. I enjoy seeing your posts and they somehow give me motivation to keep my chin up and be more outgoing with someone I recently met at the dog park who’s acting curiously shy and different from most people.
That’s a lovely thing to say Fiivemacs thanks so much
I second the sentiment. You and other frequent posters of delightful posts help this place to feel more like a community. It’s also nice because you make me reflect on my own online presence in a manner that provides a positive pressure to be the kind of person I value in my community; I see usernames like yours crop up again and again, and when I find myself noticing that organically, it makes me wonder what kinds of patterns people notice across my own comments — it’s introspective, but in a good way
That’s a lovely thing to say thanks so much ❤️
I’m diabetic. I choose insulin.
Antibiotics.
We all would die so quickly and horribly without them.
Beans. Not only about the most important food source, legumes are also natural nitrogen fixers for soil health.
Will “fully equipped cruize ship” count as one item? Then I can scavenge them for all parts required to build new civilization.
And if it is not, then question to OP, what is the limit for the composite items to stop being counted as one item?
nobody has said rice or potatoes or anything like that. you’re all completely fucked
also cum
also cum
Got that in droves. Ima protein shot dispenser
there could be more cum
Electricity would be tempting. If you have access to water, you can boil it to make it safe. Run a refrigerator to store food. A convenient source of heat for cooking. Stay warm in the winter, stay cool in the summer. Lights for when it’s dark. Use power tools to build things. Listen to music, watch movies, play those old Nintendo games.
Even after some time when your electronics break down and scavenging working ones gets tough, it’s not difficult to build things like simple resistive heaters. Making crude incandescent light bulbs wouldn’t be impossible either.
How about “fully staffed, fully functional nuclear reactors”? All the staff could come in handy for rebuilding like everything
Electricity
Not a single mention of bullets? Seriously?
In an apocalypse, ammunition will be worth more than gold.
Maybe in a zombie apocalypse, but what are you gonna do with bullets in a regular apocalypse?
You may be the only person you’ll ever see for years at a time. You can’t drink them, you can’t plant them, you can’t build with them.
You could probably use them on yourself if you’ve got a gun that they work in, though, especially if that’s the only one item you decided to choose for long-term survival. 😮
The bullets aren’t for the zombies…
They wouldn’t be much of an issue after a year anyway, but ammo will still be extremely valuable, especially if you’re trying to rebuild society. Gonna need something to defend yourself with against invasions from rival gangs.
Gonna need something to defend yourself with against invasions from rival gangs.
Bullets won’t protect you against an intentionally set fire to your home or base. Without laws, it won’t be gun vs gun situation.
That said, it would really depend on the type of apocalypse we’re talking about.
Massive natural disaster? Nuclear? Pandemic? “Zombies”? Global drought? A breakdown of society?
Bullets might be fine depending on the situation. You might not even survive long enough to use them.
Metro 2033 ing intensifies
Heroin. Either build an army of addicts who’re completely loyal to me or I can just off myself depending on how things are going.
Along those lines antibiotics would be better.
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.
