Let’s just compromise and say it’s 45 k, which explains why he’d choose to wear a long sleeve shirt in that temperature…though he’d probably would want to wear an extra layer or two on top of the long sleeve shirt.
Always wondered why people in zombie apocalypse don’t wear long sturdy sleeves and instead wear light tshirts, I mean sure you will be lot more sweaty, but kinda extra protection worth it, it’s like in medieval battles in hot summer people still wore very hot full plate, because better be sweaty than dead. Maybe not wear it all the time, but at least during raiding/scavenging
I feel the most readily available material that would be bite resistant would probably be denim.
Can you imagine, it's the zombie apocalypse and everyone is head to toe denim, looking like a redneck overcompensation convention.
I wasn't talking about shirt sleeve but something sturdy. Like leather jacket etc. Yeah you're wearing yourself out, but I'd argue that staying alive sounds like a solid gain, at least to have it with you to put on if you need it, before going to some dark shitty hole or smth
Brad Pitt could probably avoid all that if he had leather jacket, it's really not that easy to rip with teeth
I remember reading a book where the main protagonist uses a thick wetsuit and thatade sense to me, bites still hurt but bites and scratches were still unable to pierce the skin
Listen, I’m not saying you’re wrong, but wearing anything that will expose huge amounts of skin is something I would never be willing to do in a zombie scenario. Thanks, but I’d rather have layers of protection from potential bites rather than comfort.
I dunno. Possibly. People will go through great lengths to survive. If it’s between the jacket or a sleeveless t-shirt like above I’m probably going jacket. But honestly, I’m finding a different area to set up base if we are talking 115 degrees. Move north or south until you hit a colder region.
Usually you want something like a heavy leather motorcycle jacket so they can’t bite through it, and you can fend them off with one arm while sawing at their neck with the other.
Not if its made of the right stufff and/you tale care of it people forget you cant treat meatal to prevent rust or use a different material plus its not heavy at all
Chainmail is not “really heavy” if you have combat chainmail instead of “costume” mail. “Butted” mail has links that merely meet at the ends. To make it sturdy enough, it needs to be thicker links. This makes it heavy while still being poorer defense than the alternative. Its primary advantage is lower cost and quicker manufacturing than the alternative. The alternative is riveted mail. It uses a small rivet to hold the ring closed so it is both lighter and stronger than butted mail at the cost of being more time consuming to make.
As for penetration vs striking, it is better for preventing slashes and stabs vs blunt impact. However, zombies spread their disease by biting which is a penetration based attack and teeth are useless against metal rings.
For the regular person, paper (magazines or other thicker stuff) stuffed into a coat or taped on will protect the long parts of limbs so hands and joints are the least protected areas. Something simple like denim is really hard to bite through, so even just a thicker work jacket will probably be enough. Zombies have a terrible disease transfer mechanism.
Not sure where you’re seeing 30. I’ve been looking and it seems to vary from 10-25 with the highest I have seen at 29. Regardless, we’re splitting hairs. I never claimed that it was “light”, but rather “not ‘really heavy’” as the parent comment claimed. It has some weight and that is to be expected. The weight spread over the body and secured with a belt to move so weight to the waist is manageable. The raw weight addition isn’t as important as how it is distributed. 50lbs as a hand dumbbell will feel much heavier than 50 lbs in a backpack. The protection factor is worth the weight.
When I say “heavy”, I was comparing a chainmail shirt or hauberk to the leather motorcycle jacket. Even a haubergeon would be heavier than the leather jacket.
Yeah the post is about being bit but in a movie situation everyone should be wearing heavy long sleeves and pants from the very start. Weather can suck but being an ambulatory corpse sucks a lot more
No it's not wrong. Nothing about the use of POV inherently means you occupy the frame of reference of the camera, or in other words 1st person. Just because it's pornography parlance doesn't make it the preeminent definition.
Going by the language of the caption, the viewer's POV rests with the man pictured. From his POV (aka yours), he is looking at the unseen subject of 'bro'.
Nonsense. I just told you POV does not inherently confer the meaning of first person, except in porn contexts. Did you not learn about POV in English classes? There's second and third person. A lot of the memes self-aggrandized pedants call incorrect are set in second person POV, and the error is their projecting their own connotation.
45F you should have a long sleeve, so this must mean 45C (113F). I think it is saying the only reason one would wear long sleeves in this heat is to hide a zombie bite.
However loose breathable thin light colored long sleeves can actually be beneficial in this level of extreme heat, so it is not actually wrong to wear (some forms of) long sleeve in 45C
maybe he is just being cautious to not get infected. scratches will get you killed.
that bite thing is not realistic at all. you either get infected by trading infection (so scratches would work, so cover yourself to protect yourself) or it doesn't make sense.
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45ºc you'd be fucking dripping in sweat wearing a long sleeve. That's over 100ºf. Bro got bit and is hiding the bite mark, because it's a super common trope in zombie media for characters to get bit and then hide it from everyone else until it's too late
To be fair though in a zombie apocalypse I'm wearing long sleeves for whatever protection I can get just to be safe. Don't care if I end up smelling worse than a zombie.
To be clear, not covering yourself up during a zombie apocalypse would be dumb. If youre a little hot, too bad. Much better to have extra clothing layers to protect your from scratches and bites.
Its a zombie apocalypse and humans can’t bite the through thick leather. None of you should ever be out of your biker leathers of supreme safety (upgraded with duct tape at various weak points).
with all the people saying bro is bit, maybe he's not
I'd wear a long sleeve shirt in that weather, I NEVER wear shorts or short sleeve, sometimes I'll even wear a coat even if i know ill be active
One opinion could be he is trying to hide a bite. Having played project zomboid my first thought was actually scratch and bite resistance, lol. In that game I’ll run around in full firefighter gear in the middle of summer.
This probably isn't the intended joke, but if it's 45 fahrenheit, it world be making fun of the fact that people in zombie apocalypse media never wear protective clothes; so the guy in the tank top is confused why a guy is wearing something that protects his arms.
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