French tanker wearing a British 'splatter mask' to protect against shrapnel/'spalling' in the tank, WW1, 1918

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Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev · 21 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Dystopian as fuck

NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 2y (3 replies)

No. That is just wartime PPE

Now, when that becomes standard attire for cybertruck owners? THAT is when we enter a dystopia.

PugJesus@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y (2 replies)

It's a very dystopian aesthetic, though. The right mixture of 'crude' and 'industrial'.

Wodge@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

The design is very human.

pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

Pretty much most WW1 combat gear tho.

PugJesus@kbin.social · 13 pts · 2y

Very dieselpunk. WW1 was wild.

kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

WW1 was supposed to be The Last War, shame they made it a sequel

Lepsea@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

The Great War wasn't so great after all

BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y

This looks like a zdzislaw beksinski painting

Tangent5280@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Any evidence that they worked?

Bondrewd@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

A metal mask will probably be better than no metal mask. Almost surely for the eyes.

GarytheSnail@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y

Look at them shutter shades.