I know, I know. But it's a game. It just irks me. It used to be rather playable, and now it's not hard, it's just complicated and annoying to the point of half the old players no longer wanting to play it, y'know? Give us something. Give us a few things to ease the burden. Plate armor can be bulletproof, why not. You can healthily live for a week on red meat, why not. Shit like that.
And pawn shops are a good bet for the acetylene torch. I've found two in recent playthroughs. And reloading ammo's a pretty fun part of the game. Haven't done much farming ingame yet, besides weed.