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.
The makeup is permanent. She has alopecia. And her father wore that jacket as he was wasting away in the last stages of cancer--everything else swallowed him up.
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.
Yeah I think it's more likely that the TV studio will not allow a woman without a perfect bikini line on set.
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.
Unrelated, but it's been recorded that some tribes, to avoid body lice, actively plucked body hair. Some south american indigenous even used oitments and other concoctions made from plants to delay hair growth.
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.
The movie, despite being unrelentingly bleak, actually isn't quite as soul crushing as the book. At least it wasn't for me.
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:
I'll just go ahead and keep vinegar out of my bathing process entirely thank you very much.
Thanks for the clarification, I already do them separate but its good to know and I did learn a new word :)
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.
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 discussion about the cup was also a good one.
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.
Hello, I'm a man in an apocalyptic wasteland that before the cataclysm did nothing more strenuous than adjusting my ergonomic chair at my cubical. Now, for some reason, I am able to hunt water buffalo while fighting off hoards of zombies with hand crafted firearms.
Well, if you survive the first year that's not totally unreasonable. You can get pretty fit in a year.
Me? No, I'm not a raider, I have a regular job at the clothing spike and hair dye factory. We're just down the road from the 17 garages.
In fairness, when is the last time youve taken a shit in a post apocalyptic videogame? Although I still think its cool if things like this are considered.
Fuck. They need to do this. Bladder meter . When it gets full you start losing health. But you have to let your guard down to shit or piss and it takes at least 30s.
Fun fact: the time it takes to empty the bladder is consistent across all mammals. It takes, on average, 20-25 seconds. Species with larger bladders have a higher urine throughput to compensate for volume.
Keep in mind that pretty much ever post apocalyps character would have horrible diarrhea.
Just imagine every sneaking mission in Last of Us, Joel trying his best not to unleash a dirty bomb. Or the courier confronting Lanius atop Hoover Dam, chocolate water running down both their legs.
Honestly, the one thing people should be disputing about post-apocalypse games is why it is people would even be scraping by to survive in the first place. We're social animals and would band together out of necessity, and knowledge and high technology wouldn't simply go away simply because half the population turned into zombies and started eating everybody else.
Just hike to the nearest town or something. Read a book. Build a cistern and some aqueducts or something. People have literally been doing just that for thousands of years so why would it be hard for people to do it in modern times?
You'd have to find people who knew how to do those things. Cisterns, aqueducts, and even farming didn't just happen, they developed over time of people figuring out small things, and passing on the information generation after generation and building on the knowledge slowly. For the vast majority of human history, we didn't do these things.
Take ten or twenty random people from modern society and see how many of them know how to grow plants in a harsh environment and good luck getting one who knows how to work with stone. Just look back into our past, even relatively modern history, how often groups of people who were experienced farmers with passed down knowledge were almost, or actually were, starved out by the environment. Surviving is hard, even for those who have practised it. Modern society has made us forget that. Nature is waiting to own us again, and when she does, it will be brutal and nowhere near as easy as you make it sound. There's a reason we almost went extinct numerous times.
If you could hand pick a group of survivors, sure you could make a community, but you don't get to hand pick. You get who you happen to meet out of those who happen to survive which means random, which means good luck keeping the required skill sets alive.
hello I'm a woman in an apocalyptic society who regularly fends off gunfights and who needs kevlar when I got this lingerie bust
Hello I’m an aging woman in a post apocalyptic wasteland that before the shit hit the fan had a changing biome and an infection once a month but now I have all these cuts all over my body from fighting off raiders that magically heal in a day if I wrap a shit stained shirt around it and can get away with not changing my underwear in over a year and can actually sleep through a full night without any issue or needing to pee. No prescriptions needed.
F,M,K
Women's jackets have number sizes?
Yeah and they mean next to nothing because every brand decides what their numbers mean.
Who doesn't want to look good? Especially in a wasteland. That will get more use than it ever has in today's world.
Menstrual cups OP.
Why yes, some men are indeed, gasp short!
General Kenobi!
Welcome to Lemmy Shitpost. Here you can shitpost to your hearts content.
Anything and everything goes. Memes, Jokes, Vents and Banter. Though we still have to comply with lemmy.world instance rules. So behave!
1. Be Respectful
Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.
Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.
...
2. No Illegal Content
Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.
That means:
-No promoting violence/threats against any individuals
-No CSA content or Revenge Porn
-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)
...
3. No Spam
Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.
-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.
-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.
-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers
-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.
...
4. No Porn/Explicit
Content
-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.
-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.
...
5. No Enciting Harassment,
Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts
-Do not Brigade other Communities
-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.
-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.
-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.
...
6. NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.
-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.
-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.
...
If you see content that is a breach of the rules, please flag and report the comment and a moderator will take action where they can.
Also check out:
Partnered Communities:
1.Memes
10.LinuxMemes (Linux themed memes)
Reach out to
All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules. Striker
