We see them have backpacks or bags but rarely do we see what’s inside. They definitely don’t have clothes since they don’t change into anything. Maybe food,water,ammo but they should have more. Or sometimes there packs are too light like they don’t have anything

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    Based on Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead right now:

    • 9mm + spare magazine
    • Ruger Mini-14 carbine
    • mini acetylene torch
    • multitool
    • trauma medical kit with at least a couple doses of everything and antiseptic
    • hack saw
    • short rope
    • entrenching tool
    • crowbar
    • couple lock picks
    • binoculars
    • mini lighter
    • gas mask
    • welding goggles
    • headlamp
    • earplugs
    • hairpins
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    Usually they carry some baby that they had during the apocalypse. For some reason people can’t be bothered to raid the abandoned pharmacies for free condoms or birth control pills.

    Hey, did you hear — the zombies are attracted to loud sounds. Better bring some kids into this hellscape so they can scream their heads off and get us all killed!

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      Yeah its supposed to be a ray of hope. Like making sure humanity continues but that’s only good if you already have a base and supplies

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    I don’t think I’ve seen any hard apocalypse content in the same way there is hard science fiction. Even in most zombie content the zombies are secondary to the human antagonists.

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      I think Cormac McCarthy’s The Road may fit the bill a little bit as far as “hard post-apocalyptic”. I can’t say for sure, as I didn’t finish the book. I found it to be too depressing at the time. Which, duh, but it goes to show that the author is uninterested in the power fantasy that often accompanies the genre.

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      I think it depends on the series. Like the walking dead the zombies were a big the art until they learned how to deal with them. Then they became fodder and were only a the art when they had a huge wave of them.

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    Feminine products and Imodium. One of my biggest fears is being kidnapped and not having those things. They let you keep your backpack when you’re kidnapped, right? Chapstick would also be nice.