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And despite barely getting enough food to eat the men are all jacked bodybuilders with 2% body fat in perfectly fitting muscle tees. Nobody gets utis or fungal infections despite not bathing. No one has to deal either poor eyesight or healing loss (especially since they shoot guns constantly without protection) Nobody gets worms or other parasites from eating bad food. Or dies from dehydration due to diarrhea. Etc etc.

It’s almost like the point of these scenarios is fun escapism and isn’t about perfectly simulating an apocalyptic wasteland down to the most mundane and uninteresting parts.

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21 points

Makes me appreciate The Road more cause everyone’s body in that movie SUUUUUCKED

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14 points

That book had more mentions of the word “grey” than anything I have ever read. I couldn’t stomach watching the movie.

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8 points

The movie, despite being unrelentingly bleak, actually isn’t quite as soul crushing as the book. At least it wasn’t for me.

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6 points

Never watched the movie, but the book made me thoroughly fear a post apocalyptic society. Tlou or Twd looks like a visit to Disneyland in comparison.

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Nobody gets utis or fungal infections despite not bathing.

Not bathing is not a problem for humans, skin and hair need time to adjust, but after that all good.

Edit for idiots: Yes you are going to stink to ass and sweat but you are not going to die.

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13 points

Also farmers baths are a thing. A little bit of water, soap, sterilizer in the form of alcohol or vinegar, and rags or baby wipes is all you need to stay clean.

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34 points

Do not mix soap and vinegar. You will just de-saponify the soap and end up with expensive oil and salt. Vinegar is an acid and soap is a base. Use them separately.

Yes, you learned a new word today:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saponification

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See? I never have to bathe because women love my natural body scent. My mom still forces me to shower once a month despite any amount of facts and logic. No wonder I’m still single /s

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I actually had a guy once tell me that he didn’t bathe because “women are attracted to my natural musk” but also that he was “voluntarily celibate.”

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Turns out it’s an unpopular opinion, despite being true

My hair dresser doesn’t like the fact I don’t use shampoos or conditioners, but mostly because he can’t sell me hair products

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It’s almost like the point of these scenarios is fun escapism and isn’t about perfectly simulating an apocalyptic wasteland down to the most mundane and uninteresting parts.

Also, they time travel past going to the shitter, sleeping, most of the journeys etc. So unrealistic that it’s literally unwatchable.

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Right? Just aging will get you an infection at the slightest change in the wind. Slept wrong? Ear Infection. Used those eyedrops and accidentally breathed into the cap before using it again? Hello eye infection. Oops didn’t pee after sex? Hello UTI. Heck didn’t even have sex? Your biome changed? UTI anyways.

Oh and if your infection gets out of hand: not enough doctors and you run a high chance of dying in ER

There’s a reason why the life expectancy shot up after antibiotics were developed. The moment we go back into the apocalypse we’re gonna start dying before 45 again. And more gruesome and painful ways than a zombie attack. Heck that will be considered humane.

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4 points

Made me want to get back into Sons of the Forest. Now those are my people.

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It’s not really fun escapism when it blatantly throws out verisimilitude for the sake of presenting the same trite, cliche propagandized rehashed garbage to us over and over and over again.

I’ll take the realistic apocalypse movie that actually gets the little things right. The little things are what helps sell the big things, like, well, zombies.

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What??

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I said 📢IT’S NOT REALLY FUN ESCAPISM WHEN IT BLATANTLY THROWS OUT VERISIMILITUDE FOR THE SAKE OF PRESENTING THE SAME TRITE, CLICHE, PROPAGANDIZED REHASHED GARBAGE TO US OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

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