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[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (10 children)
  • Work laptop (although I use it as my personal laptop too)
  • Kindle
  • Bluetooth speaker (JBL clip 4)
  • Surface Pro 3
  • Folding mouse
  • Folding keyboard
  • prepaid envelope in case I forget to check my knife while flying
  • notepad and pen
  • Umbrella
  • Flashlight (Nitecore T4K)
  • craft hammer w/ flatheads in shaft
  • mini ratcheting screwdriver w/ bits
  • mini tape measure
  • 130w usb-c charging block
  • 10ft USB-C cable
  • short USB-C cable
  • adapters for everything
  • folding lockpicks
  • collapsible chopsticks
  • Folding Allen wrench set
  • sunglasses
  • passport
  • compressible shopping bag
  • 20 Ah power bank w/ 65w output
  • Small folding drone and controller
  • Probably other things I'm not thinking of right now

Edit:

  • Koss Porta Pro headphones
  • 500gb Samsung T7 touch external SSD
  • Surface Pen
[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)
  • prepaid envelope in case I forget to check my knife while flying

Doesn’t list knife. 🤔

Edit: it’s in one of your pant pockets isn’t it?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

It is indeed. Along with my Pixel Buds Pro and chapstick

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

you are ready for whatever comes your way!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

That's my goal! I like to be the guy that when someone needs something, they go "Oh, SaintWacko probably has it." And they're usually right!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Walking around with your passport is a dangerous game.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

If I managed to lose my backpack, my passport is one of the things I'd be least upset about losing

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)
  • Two N95 face mask
  • An USB charger
  • Two USB cords a type C and a mini-B
  • A pen a pencil a very small notepad
  • A rigid sleeve for importants documents (actually the menu from a restaurant near my workplace )
  • A scarf, two gloves, a wollen cap
  • sunglasses
  • no-sun-glasses
  • cloth for cleaning glasses
  • plastic bags
  • flashlight

I hate having to put the labtop from work in here that bastard is heavy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You carrying my bag around? Hehe. I also keep a tablet, and a leash and collar for my dog.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh that was that kind of collar…

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Wait, is this something characteristic of the spectrum?

I love to take a backpack nearly everywhere with 1st basis supplies

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's a stability thing. The autistic brain tends to want a lot more structure around it. Unfortunately, life can often get in the way of this. A backpack can act as a "safety kit". You know you will always have critical resources to hand, and so are less stressed with unexpected changes.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I had no idea that was a thing. I used to take my backback everywhere to the point people asked me if I sold drugs. Apparently dealers often taken their backpacks everywhere cause of that. Eventually I forced myself to stop doing that, guess I was masking that too without knowing

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I think it's more common among us than NTs. Military veterans would probably be another group that has a high prevalence of backpack use.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)
  • Cough drops
  • Ear plugs (a few here and there)
  • Microfibre cloth
  • a lucky charm
  • pocket-size tissue pack
  • an emergency $50 bill
  • an emergency snack
  • an emergency Linux install USB drive

These are stuff then generally stay in the bag between trips. Stuff like a water bottle I add before almost any long trip out.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

An emergency Linux install USB drive?? In what scenario would you imagine you would need that?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Probably one that can live boot and run right off of USB. There's a computer, you might be able to use it without knowing how to log on by booting from that stick. Now you might send/receive messages in a dire circumstance.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Genius. I'm going to make one tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Also, having a live USB is really handy for doing PC maintenance when the installed OS gets borked somehow.

Check out Ventoy, it's a utility that lets you boot up any disk image from usb storage. For me, it condensed a keyring full of single-purpose flash drives down to just one.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Never leave home without one. I’m always amazed others don’t do it as well.

I carry a 5.11 Rush 72. Uually there’s:

  • a camera; Fuji X-S20
  • contact lens cleaner and storage
  • small bicycle pump
  • 2 sunglasses (Oakley M2 & Ray-Ban Wayfarer)
  • sunscreen during summer
  • floppy boonie hat during summer
  • one/two pocket knives
  • a single watch storage case, usually with a watch in it
  • a strip of blood pressure medication
  • two powdered ibuprofen painkillers
  • a bandaid or two
  • a pen

And there’s bound to be something like a roll of candy, a snack, a water bottle, etc in it at any given time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I love those Wayfarers. I have a pair of Foldies (knock off brand that fold into a sort of little cube) in light blue. Polarized sunglasses are the best!

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lol. Read the title and started giggling. Family asks why I giggle, I tell them and they start laughing.

So yes. After losing everything, including the backpack I always have it with me. It's a hard rule - the moment I'm far from it, I need something from it.

The contents are pretty much everything I might need during an average day. Keys, vallet, medicines, a notebook and a pen, bandages, headphones, deodorant.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

oh no!! losing that backpack must've been devastating 😩

i've been using the same backpack since 2001. i can't imagine losing it. it's part of my identity. if i don't have it with me, people ask about it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The worst was when it was stolen, while I was travelling, 3 hours before it was time to leave for the airport. Obviously my IDs, tickets, money, were all there.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)
  • Spare phone charger (USB battery pack before it turned into a pillow)
  • Micro-USB and USB-C data cables
  • Ethernet cable
  • 32G USB drive:
    • 8G partition with bootable Linux Mint (can you guess what I do for a living?)
    • The rest is FAT32 storage
  • A cheap wireless mouse
  • Bluetooth earphones (currently Skullcandy Jib True)
  • Flashlight
  • Sunglasses
  • 300ml bottle, even if empty
  • Several plastic bags
  • Bunch of rubber bands
  • Fork
  • Teaspoon
  • Toothpicks
  • A tacky collapsible cup
  • Tweezers (one with a sharp tip, one flat)
  • Ibuprofen
  • Photocopy of my medical insurance card
  • Sometimes an iFixit Essentials kit (not sponsored)

This excludes the content of my wallet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why is your piss bottle so small?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I drink most of it immediately, no need for storage

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

32G USB drive: 8G partition with bootable Linux Mint (can you guess what I do for a living?) The rest is FAT32 storage

That you specified the partitioning is my favorite part 😆

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
  • Change of clothes for my kid
  • couple of hair ties for kiddo
  • pouch (charging cables, blocks & headphones)
  • kindle
  • wet wipes
  • notebad & pen
  • medical bag (needle, emergency meds, bandaids Powerade packet) -powerbank
  • sometimes pocketknife (depending on pants worn)

Bonus: Cannon T7 with 24mm EF-S f/ 2.8 (when I’m feeling artsy)

That’s it i think.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago
  • chap stick
  • second pair of glasses in another color in case I need to match my clothes
  • wipes for glasses
  • noise canceling ear buds
  • a pen
  • meds
  • charged travel charger with solar cells for recharging
  • plug-in charger with cable
  • laptop with accessories: mouse, stylus pen, backup battery for pen, USB charger for back up battery (can't be too safe!)
  • hoodie
  • whatever else I may need for the specific occasion
[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Sunglasses

Phone charger

Chapstick

Deodorant

Perfume

Glasses wipes

Lighter

Kleenexes

Hand sanitizer

Passport

Pens

Scarf

Sweater

Socks

Notebook

Binder

Work apron

Extra water bottle

Sunscreen

A metric fuck ton of receipts

Gum

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

A metric fuck ton of receipts

I feel this in my soul

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What's up with the receipts?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Too lazy to clean them out. One goes in every time I buy groceries, and I only get rid of them when I clean the backpack every month or so (or when I lose my name tag).

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

In my backpack:

  • 0.75L Water bottle + a smaller one if I'm going far
  • Mechanical pencil, extra lead, eraser, notes and paper (all in one plastic folder thing)
  • Usually my laptop and charger
  • Headphones
  • USB power adapter
  • USB-C cable (for The Phone)
  • Earplugs
  • Multi-tool (Leatherman wave+)
  • Hand sanitizer, multi-purpose cleaner (in a tiny spray bottle),
  • Hand lotion, vaseline, sunscreen
  • Tote bag
  • Bicycle tire hand pump (usually travel by bike)
  • Extra inner tube
  • Tire changing tool
  • Extra bicycle lights
  • MicroUSB cable (for the lights)
  • Gaffer tape, gauze, disinfecting wipes (and whatever else is in my first aid kit)
  • Nalaxone (seen one too many OD's)
  • Small powerful magnet (emergency access through some electronically locked doors)
  • Condoms (as if; emergency water storage lol)
  • Permanent markers
  • A Pen

In my various pockets:

  • Facial tissues/paper towel
  • Two more bicycle lights
  • Cheap folding knife w/ window breaker and seatbelt cutter
  • The Phone
  • The Wallet
  • All weather notepad
  • Another pen
  • Funny shaped Rock (and Stone) that I play with if I get nervous
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

I like this question, yes I travel with a backpack.

  • vape liquid
  • coil making kit, sisors, cotton, stainless steel wire, hobby wire snippers
  • 18650 battery's
  • backup headphones
  • tissues
  • a drink
  • wallet and intern physical cash
  • jacket/jumper
  • hat
  • USB c charger and cable
  • 3 usb 32gb sticks, ventoy, films
  • pocket knife
  • bird seeds

I used to carry some general purpose rope but I dont do that now lol

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago
  • USB power bank
  • multi-tip charging/data cable (C/micro-B/Lightning)
  • bandages
  • ibuprofen
  • nail trimmer
  • small Maglite
  • tiny tin of petroleum jelly (I dont like chap-skick)
  • reusable silverware + chopsticks
  • iPad Pro 10.5 & pencil
  • Samsung Note 8 +512GB card (for music, podcasts, notes, OTG storage)
  • headphones (Moondrop Chu2)
  • pen & pencil
  • sewing kit in a tiny mint tin
  • Dirtywave M8 music tracker (my current obsession)
  • Leatherman Juice Pro + Victorinox eyeglass screwdriver
  • Leatherman Squirt S4
  • cotton bandana & eyeglass cloth
  • combination USB-A/C microSD card reader
  • elastic band(s)
  • OM System LS-P5 field recorder
  • aux cable

I'm sure there's more I've forgotten but there is a cat on me so I am unable to move until he leaves. Sorry, I dont make the rules.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Lets see..

My work bag has:

  • Laptop/charger
  • Faraday pouch w/ work phone and badge
  • Water bottle (covered in stickers)
  • Toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, moustache wax, deoderant, and ADHD meds in case I forget them before leaving for work
  • Chapstick
  • Handwarmers
  • Charging cables
  • Pen and notepad
  • Backup protein bar
  • Mini first aid kit
  • Fidget toy (begleri)

My personal bag gets repacked regularly depending on the outing, but typically has items from the above list plus:

  • Multitool/iFixit toolkit
  • Meshtastic radio node
  • BTECH radio handset
  • Solar battery bank
  • Steam Deck, type-C hub, HDMI and Ethernet cables
  • Flash drive w/ Ventoy, Linux disk images, and PC repair utilities.
  • Portable hard drive w/ media
  • Bluetooth keyboard
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Flashlight (off)

Lighter (10/100 Butane)

makeshift hammer

makeshift crowbar

pocket knife

smartphone (UPS) (80/100 Battery)

whistle

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I chose a purse over a backpack.

  • Vape juice and battery charger
  • Hank of paracord
  • Basic Swiss Army knife
  • Napkins (also in various and multiple pockets, I always have napkins).
  • Plasticware, chopsticks, condiment packets (whatever is extra from carry-out)
  • OBD2 Bluetooth code reader
  • Headlamp
  • Medicine (prescription and OTC)
  • Gum
  • Eyeglasses screwdriver
  • Charging cords (I have a couple of large batteries, but I don't always carry those)
  • Pen
  • Jersey gloves
  • Ear plugs, cheap and individually wrapped, because I ride a motorcycle and will hand them out, and my son is a musician and has friends over and I make it rain earplugs.
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I got panniers for my bike and ever since I have gone off wearing a backpack. I use a tote bag now if im not cycling. Backpacks make my back sweaty.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Backpacks make my back sweaty.

Yeah, I get that. But...they also squeeze you 😀

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Basic first aid or MacGyver first aid stuff.. Multi tool... Nail clipper kit.. Few pens... Lockpick set... tablet... And... A spare charger cable... .. Also my work keys and badge..

I think that it...

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Not on a spectrum I believe, but I can't leave my house without a backpack holding:

  • A universal charger with a splitting cord for all popular connectors, a powerbank.
  • Two pocket knives and one or two boxcutters\scalpels with exchangeable blades.
  • 0.5-1L of water.
  • Usual medications against head, stomack pain.
  • Snacks and a fork\spoon.
  • A book for leisure, a e-ink book and a notebook.
  • A black marker and various pens.
  • A rope I can use to carry multiple things.
  • Carabins for the same reason.
  • More usual options like plastic bags.
  • Spare lighters and a flashlight.
  • A copy of my ID to access services.
  • Headphones and reflective glasses to turn off the surroundings when I need it.

Surprisingly, all of them came up handy in different contexts. Guess, just walking with all these things is a little training.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I use a Maxpedition Prepared Citizen Deluxe backpack. It looks like a JanSport, but it has a bunch of internal pockets. I added extra pouches and velcro pockets, made my own zipper pulls, and modified the straps.

I've gone a little overboard with the contents. Really need to reduce the weight. I've got a couple multitools in there, first aid kit, tourniquet, class III backpack armor, meds and snacks, Flipper Zero, earbuds, magnifying glass, charger cables, batteries, hygiene kit, pens and journal, a couple flashlights, water bottle with a filter, beard brush, and hidden cash.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

What's in the bag? 😟 What was in the baaag??? 🥺 What's in the bag? 😭 WHAT'S IN THE FUCKING BAG?! 😡🔫

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