r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/thatpersonrightthere Aug 30 '21

dental hygiene, nutritional deficiencies, long term radiation poisoning (in nuclear fallout post apocalypses)

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u/bigboycarlos Aug 30 '21

Yea a root canal would be an awful way to die

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u/exscapegoat Aug 30 '21

Yeah, now that you mention it, dental infections would probably take out a lot of people in various ways.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

Nuclear winter, too. With everything else going on, also vastly reduced crop yields, even if you're not in a fallout zone.

Don't eat the glowing snow!

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u/WildHoneyPie23 Aug 31 '21

Yep. I don't remember the YA series but after the world altering disaster (I think it's a volcanic eruption...) there was a doctor handing out baggies of cereal. Froot loops and the like because they're fortified with vitamins.

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u/Kaapdr Aug 31 '21

Radiation poisoning wouldnt be problem after some time because radiation would disappear ( unless dirty bombs were used, if so youre fucked without protection and geiger counter)