Does whatever knocked out electricity also transmute all the baking soda in the world into something people couldn't brush their teeth with?
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Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 19, 2012 5:19:22 am PDT #21141 of 30001
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Consuela - Sep 19, 2012 7:25:26 am PDT #21142 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Does whatever knocked out electricity also transmute all the baking soda in the world into something people couldn't brush their teeth with?
True, but I bet dentists are thinner on the ground. And anesthesia. And x-rays, and anti-biotics, etc.
If you have good genes and brush your teeth and floss regularly, you're probably mostly okay for a while. But there's nobody around to repair a cracked or broken tooth, no orthodontists to straighten the kids' teeth, no one to effectively kill the pain of doing what little dentistry can be done. No flouride in the water. The likely diet of whole grains and vegetables is harder on the teeth than ours is. And anyone unlucky enough to inherit bad teeth is going to be in bad shape.
That said, I don't really expect any television show to acknowledge the myriad medical & logistical problems of a post-apocalyptic scenario--it's too unattractive and too much work. They're just looking at the romantic aspects of ruined cities and rebuilding civilization.
I still think the leather low-rise pants are ludicrous: why on earth are all the clothes the exact same fashions we are wearing today? Even after half the planet dies off, fashions change.
Jessica - Sep 19, 2012 7:34:10 am PDT #21143 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
why on earth are all the clothes the exact same fashions we are wearing today?
No electricity = no Lucky magazine?
Vonnie K - Sep 19, 2012 7:38:14 am PDT #21144 of 30001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
What I want to know is, where did the kindly black lady get an inhaler? Her son's yeah, but it's been 15 years since blackout. Nobody is manufacturing new inhalers for asthma without power, and whatever the kid had back 15 years ago is long expired.
But yeah, not as distracting as the low-rise pants and the perfect hair. So irritating. While I did not think much of a Charlie actress, a practical non-fashionista wardrobe and hair in a braid would have made me a lot less annoyed.
tiggy - Sep 19, 2012 7:49:50 am PDT #21145 of 30001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
the kindly black lady is obviously "in the know" though since she had one of those doohickeys and could make her power come back on. so maybe she's connected to people still making things like inhalers.
can't believe i'm talking about this show. it was stupid and boring.
Theodosia - Sep 19, 2012 12:15:12 pm PDT #21146 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Um, maybe whatever magic maguffin killed electricity also killed dental caries?
I haven't even seen the show yet but I can already tell that at least half the fun for me is poking holes in the scenario.
dcp - Sep 19, 2012 2:49:47 pm PDT #21147 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
half the fun for me is poking holes
Watch for the flat-spinning passenger jets with the nav-lights still shining.
Still, it has Giancarlo Esposito, and it is fun to watch what he can do with a character who can be either charming or scary or both.
Consuela - Sep 19, 2012 2:59:23 pm PDT #21148 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Watch for the flat-spinning passenger jets with the nav-lights still shining
Oh, yeah! And from a physics point of view, wouldn't the planes keep going forward for a while, rather than dropping like rocks? After all, they would have had pretty impressive forward momentum...
Also, the way the lights went out in a very orderly progression across the landscape & the globe. That was definitely a case of someone sacrificing logic in favor of drama. Pretty, but stupid.
sj - Sep 19, 2012 3:22:47 pm PDT #21149 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
TCG mentioned that all the nuclear power plants would eventually melt down when the electric cooling systems stop working.
§ ita § - Sep 19, 2012 3:58:52 pm PDT #21150 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I hope I don't get dinged for ahemming, but it seems I haven't had Sy Fy for the week I was gone--did Time Warner get in a fight or something?
Sheeit. I gotta call folk.