I’m thinking either Bic lighters or cigarettes, just to trade
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.
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.
Dang it, genie tricked me again
In the zombie variation, might want to cheat the system and ask for loaded guns. Because guns wear out and get jammed sometimes.
Smart move
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
And still, only a small amount of water on Earth is actually drinkable.
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.
Water; for living
Evil Genie: “Granted.” It starts to rain. It never stops.
Like that time it rained for two million years
Ugh i remember
'Twas such a drag, ʕ ͡° ʖ̯ ͡°ʔ
“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
Hugs from a nice person. The apocalypse is going to be really depressing I’ll need the love
Fresh, hot pizza from Ray’s.
Not fresh at the time of the apocalypse. Fresh at the time I seek it.
Of course that would mean I would also get a steady supply of clean water and of all the ingredients required to make the pizza. But that is simply a secondary side effect of having made my choice for the one, single thing.
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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.
Just use water.
You expect the guy who bought cases of toilet paper to worry about wasting it?
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.
I recommend you consider baby wipes and invest in an apocalyptic marketing campaign that praises the variety of usages in face, neck, armpit, crotch and butt wiping.
Along those lines antibiotics would be better.
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.
Ok, well, “uncontaminated soybeans”
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.
Ive heard if you need to survive, potatoes, radishes, and beans do really well.
Personally ive had more luck with radishes and beans. They grow quick in just about anything. I keep killing my Potatos!
You can make pretty nice savoury dishes with watermelon.
Haven’t seen that one yet. I can vouch for a watermelon feta salad, or grilled watermelon with chili flakes, though.
Okay, and this is why we burn heretics
I’m diabetic. I choose insulin.
drinkable water
Sorry to be pedantic, but potable water, but yes, that is the correct choice.
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You first :)
Bottle caps.
Antibiotics.
We all would die so quickly and horribly without them.
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.
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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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.
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.
Hmm, not specifying which one, I see. Granted; it’s always chicken fajita.
Goats. Food, friends and defense.
And…
Transportation.
Yes of course, but also…
Recreation.
