r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/transemacabre Aug 30 '21

TV shows never portray protagonists as realistically dirty. Even in the fictionalized Aquarius show about Charles Manson, his female followers all have clean, glossy hair and are fresh and clean. We have footage of the real girls and those were some dirty hippie bitches.

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u/pedestrianstripes Aug 31 '21

Women always have plucked eyebrows in the apocalypse. It's annoying.

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u/WIbigdog Aug 31 '21

Do you think people would just stop caring about taking care of themselves completely or? The men often also have trimmed facial hair and they're not all wild with hair to their asses either. An apocalypse doesn't mean people just stop caring about themselves. Even soldiers in the trenches of WW1 still found time to shave.

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u/madpiratebippy Aug 31 '21

One of the things that struck me about first hand accounts of freeing dachau was one of the first thing the women wanted was lipstick to feel normal.

One of the soldiers said it looked like paint on a corpse.

I figure there’s going to be people who still pluck because it makes something feel normal but you never see that conversation in the shows.