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If you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 9 months ago by Nicarlo to c/[email protected]

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If you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Modern cannabis seeds, because if I'm going to be in Ancient Times I still don't want to smoke schwag.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Not a bad idea, but also, you could definitely still make hash out of schwag.

Bringing the seeds would be easier though.

And since you mentioned seeds, let's go ahead and also bring seeds of modern potatoes, tomatoes, definitely chilis like proper habaneros. Salads, perhaps. Definitely modern brewing yeasts! Bananas, maybe? Tobacco, definitely.

There's even yeast strains which produce opiates instead of alcohol (purposefully made with gmo ofc), but I wouldn't be able to get my hands on those.

Also, medication. Lots of modern medication.

But a backpack full is a lot. So, seeds, electronics (full Wikipedia and other such information), solar charger, tons of meds. A few good blades, a gun, and several reliable methods of making fire. Several good modern bowstrings. Gunpowder, if there's room. (Making bullets isn't too hard and modern smokeless powder would be preferable to basic black powder.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Holy shit man!

— Julius Caesar

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Can you imagine what kind of work Carl Sagan could have done if he had access to modern one hit shit?