The bag dump is the most honest format in the EDC community. A pocket dump shows what someone wants you to see; a bag dump shows everything, including the cables, the spare battery, the half-used pack of something, and the item that has clearly never been touched.
The bag dump posted to r/EDC this week follows the standard layout: the bag itself, a knife, a light, a pen, a wallet, a phone, keys, and the supporting items that make the rest work. What is worth noticing is the ratio of tools to consumables. Most working bags carry more consumables than tools, because tools are durable and everything else runs out.
That ratio is the difference between a display and a system. A bag built for photographs tends to have one of each category and no redundancy. A bag built for use has two lights, because one will be flat when it is needed, and a charging cable that lives in a specific pocket so it can be found in the dark.
The knife in a bag dump is usually the most over-specified item in the picture. Bag knives do not need to be light or discreet, because they are not in a pocket, so people carry larger blades and fixed blades that would be impractical on a belt. That is a sensible use of the format: the bag is where a bigger tool makes sense.
The rest of the loadout is a study in personal failure modes. Everyone's bag contains the thing they forgot once and never want to forget again, whether that is a bandage, a granola bar, or a USB-C adapter. That item is usually the least photogenic thing in the picture and the one the owner would replace first if it went missing.
Verdict: a bag dump is more useful than any gear list, because it shows the redundancy and the consumables. Copy the structure, not the specific items.