I mean, if you’re starving badly enough you can sometimes completely stop having your period. So in a post apocalyptic setting that one could be kind of believable.
You can also be so stressed that you have multiple periods in a month! that would suck during the apocolypse.
I wanted to say ah I’ll just let my period roll down my pants who cares, but then zombies might smell the blood so
Zombies are not that much of a concern; common house flies would deal those quickly.
What should concern you should be the arise of new predators capable of smelling that blood, like feral dogs.
See also reality TV shows like Survivor. Men all grow beards the women somehow still have a perfect bikini I line
Laser is a thing. I haven’t had to worry about bikini lines in about 15 years…
Not sure why you’re being downvoted because yeah laser and electrolysis both exist. I’m sure there is various hair styling too, both men and women to a degree because media, but like also people wanting to be on TV I feel are a demographic more likely to get their pubes zapped into shape.
I live off grid in the woods. Grew a full beard because shaving in the cold and the dark sucks. Always make time to keep the lower regions well managed though.
Also knowing several women that live similarly… They don’t shave their legs but they do keep the rest of their hair very maintained.
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.
Makes me appreciate The Road more cause everyone’s body in that movie SUUUUUCKED
That book had more mentions of the word “grey” than anything I have ever read. I couldn’t stomach watching the movie.
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.
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.
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:
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
One of the nice touches in The Last Of Us was Ellie finding pads when they were in a shop.
That absolutely made the game. I can’t tell you how happy I was to see a character in a post apocalyptic world address their menstrual cycle. Bravo.
The best thing I ever read on this subject in a zombie book:
“Why are you taking the jeans off that zombie?” “100% cotton; after boiled and washed, I can cut it up for pads.”
Can’t remember the rest of the book but this stuck.
Most sanitary are made to be single use. Cutting one and breaking it apart to understand how those are made is an interesting experience.
Reusable, washable pads exist but, to my knowledge, are not that main stream. But should.
I grew up surrounded by women recalling the time before discardable sanitary pads were a thing and every single one remembered using home made cloths made of thick and absorbent cotton, capable of being washed again and again, even for a lifetime.
Soft leather would also be an alternative, being absorbent, durable and washable.
I should have clarified, I meant the pads that she made from the jeans, therefore negating the need to harvest more.
Thanks for the info though, I didn’t know about the leather fact.
Linen (the fabric, not necessarily “bed linen”) is better, it absorbs the blood differently and leaves a cleaner surface for longer, but I am told that linen is pretty rare in the US, and cotton more common. You can put a leather or a synthetic core in to prevent soakthrough. Leather isn’t machine washable (less of an issue in a post apoc world, but I live in a pre-apoc world) so synthetic layer is better. They smell less and work well, and cost little. I recommend to all.
