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

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[–] burrito@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Pregnant women. Because they're hot and their milk supply is easy to induce.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also the fetus is delicious 🍽😋

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[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gin, I don't plan on surviving in an apocalypse

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You should've said pancakes because then username would check out

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Gin is correct, because there's no such thing as too many pancakes.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Fully-stocked cruise ships.

[–] Cybersec@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

You guys were smart to say water, first thing I thought of when I read the question though was peanut butter.

Paracord. You can weave it into just about anything. Can probably also weave a water filter.

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

A machine that allows me to travel across space-time so I can just nope-out of the universe amd find a new one in a timelime where the apocalypse didn't happen.

[–] e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

AA-batteries

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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 .

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Post-apocalyptic enough for that item not to be 7.62x51?

Lighter is a good choice, but I'm thinking toilet paper rolls for bartering.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

Fully loaded guns. Watermelons (provides nutrition and water) are also a good candidate.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

can I get them all in one lump sum or do I have to use them up before getting another?

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Fuel cans probably.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

A packet of Timtams.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Something like Soylent. You can live off of it for a very, very long time. Enough time to get your garden growing.

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I choose an unlimited supply of cell-phone minutes so I can say "told you so" to all the apocalypses deniers.

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