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If society collapsed, what's a non-necessity you'd be willing to barter a lot for?

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For me, it has to be tea. I’m an incurable tea drinker and after going a few weeks without it, I’d do a lot for a lukewarm bottle.

Also, razor blades. I like to keep my smooth shave.

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Civility [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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:graeber:

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ahshidahfuck [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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a big piece of cardboard painted like the hexbear home page, to go with my lego-based keyboard and live mouse

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whenever you try to post a lib take the mouse bites your finger

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FALGSConaut [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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Do we have to wait for society to collapse for that feature?

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Comp4 [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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Monster Energy drinks. Gotta stay awake during night raids.

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rubpoll [she/her]@hexbear.net
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Any way of shaving. But that’s kind of a psychological necessity.

Truly nonessential? Coffee or tea, even if it’s decaf.

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Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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Nah, shaving is easy. You make soap out of rendered fat and wood ashes, you can make a razor out of damn near anything - Steel, other metals, stone, shell. People have been shaving for at least all of history, and probably back in to pre-history.

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ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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Coffee and bath and bodywork’s soap

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