Fallout Viewers Notice Weird Macaulay Culkin Detail, Makes No Sense

Fallout viewers think they’ve spotted a glaring mistake that’s been present since the very first episode of the show, but not everybody is on board with it actually being an oversight.

There are lots of things I think I’d miss if I were suddenly transported to Fallout’s American wasteland.

Toilet paper, FromSoftware games, unsullied mattresses, air conditioning, food that isn’t derived from irradiated animals or humans… oh, and my family, I guess.

You know what wouldn’t be top of my list, though? Shaving razors. I mean, sure, having an electric razor would be nice, but it wouldn’t exactly be high on my list of priorities when I’m more worried about a deathclaw ragdolling me fifty feet with a swipe of its claw.

Apparently, the lack of razors in Amazon’s Fallout TV show is baffling some folks online, though. Why? Because everyone is clean-shaven.

A post on X (formerly Twitter) from someone by the name of @AesirAesthetics has inspired a bit of healthy debate, because a few viewers can’t figure out how some folks are managing to look so smooth in the post-apocalypse.

Can't believe everyone looks so well-shaved in this Fallout Season 2 poster, Amazon

“why is everyone on this show clean shaved and well groomed? don't they live in a wasteland?” reads the post, in reply to a picture of Macaulay Culkin’s character in a promo image from Fallout.

Personally, I think the answer is pretty straightforward. And I’m sort of baffled why some people are even questioning it.

Firstly, just because a big company isn’t producing razors anymore, it doesn’t suddenly mean that you wouldn’t be able to use something else sharp, like a knife, to do the job for you.

Also, and more importantly, several characters in the show don’t shave. The thing is, the main characters, with whom we spend the majority of our time in the show, have good excuses for being clean-shaven.

Lucy (assumedly) can’t grow a beard. The Ghoul, on account of being a ghoul, cannot grow hair.

And, to top it all off, we literally saw Maximus washing his face after shaving in the last episode.

Promo image of Macaulay Culkin in teaser for season 2 of Fallout, Amazon

In regards to Macaulay Culkin’s character, he’s a member of The Legion. Presenting yourself in a superior, hygienic way is part of their whole deal, so I’m sure they figured out how to shave a long time ago.

As the last episode also proved - when a fella from the Brotherhood of Steel could be spotted on the loo - the bigger factions in Fallout’s universe have stuff like this figured out already.

It’s almost as if the lore and specifics of Fallout have been developed and overthought for close to 30 years at this point.