User blog:FloaterJ/Nitpicker's Nook

OK, I just made a post in a thread about when the big war may have happened. One bit of evidence mentioned was the Earth Day 2050 shirt Jasper was seen wearing in an episode.

This got me thinking. Just HOW does a shirt withstand being worn by I presume multiple people, over the course of 97 years? They must have developed some AMAZING materials for clothing over the 35 years between now (2015) and 2050! More evidence of that: When Clarke and Anya made their escape from Mt Weather, they scavenged some clothing, then in the chase, ran through rough terrain, had to cover themselves in mud when Anya assumed the Mountain Men were tracking them by smell. And amazingly, in the following episode, we see Clarke wearing a jacket that looks like she picked it up at a store that day.

Related to this, how did any of them aboard the Ark maintain clothing over 97 years, and more importantly, produce new clothing? After all, didn't they say there were only a few hundred people originally, when the stations joined together? And as we know, there were something like 2,700 by the time the Ark came down. It is totally implausible that they'd have had enough clothing aboard for that many people. And let's not forget to account for everyone that got floated over the previous years between them instituting that policy and now. Any clothing those people had on at the time is lost and gone forever.

Now, please don't take my nitpicking the wrong way. I only do this with shows I find interesting enough to pay attention to. That's why I notice these things. I nitpick most of my favorite shows. I guess in a strange way, it's a form of endearment for me.