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“How many times did I say it, Harold? How many times? ‘Make sure that bomb shelter’s got a can opener—ain’t much good without a can opener,’ I said.”
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Yeah this would be some great environmental lore in fallout. You find the shelter and inside are two skeletons and a ton of unopened can food. No can opener though. Evidence of a fight. Maybe a note about how stupid Harold is/was.
Not super believable tbh. Cans aren't some mysterious indestructible material.
i mean if it's in a sealed room i don't see why much of anything would happen to the cans.
iirc there's some sealing compound inside the rim which is the only thing i can imagine causing the seal to break, and other than that i don't really know any way the food would spoil
i guess maybe the metal would degrade from moisture in the air in 200 years? but i'd imagine cans are specifically made out of a resistant alloy..
the point is cans aren't that hard to open. you wouldn't get two skeletons and a bunch of unopened cans relistically.
But if you murdered your husband over forgetting a can-opener, would be kinda messed up to just eat the canned food afterwards anyways
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