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French tanker wearing a British 'splatter mask' to protect against shrapnel/'spalling' in the tank, WW1, 1918 (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Dystopian as fuck

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No. That is just wartime PPE

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Wodge 7 points 6 months ago

The design is very human.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Pretty much most WW1 combat gear tho.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Very dieselpunk. WW1 was wild.