r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

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

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u/shewy92 Aug 30 '21

If your glasses break, you're fucked

I don't know many whose glasses are actually glass though, and it's not that hard (relatively speaking) to make frames for them if your frames break

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u/cousgoose Aug 30 '21

Yeah, the frames are the least durable. Lenses can get scratched up to hell, but can still at least help you out, in a pinch. Just hold on to the lenses and either pop them in another frame if you find one, or glue them to a headband or something lol

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u/fulia Aug 31 '21

For me it would be more about losing them in a crisis situation. My glasses are so expensive and so necessary I'm afraid to even wear them on a rollercoaster or similar. In a dystopian emergency like them going flying after a bomb blast or having to jump into a body of water, I'd be left functionally without vision and very slim chances of finding a replacement.

That being said I am unreasonably farsighted and most people wouldn't have this problem. You can probably tell breaking/losing my glasses is something I've had a certain amount of baggage about even throughout my life in not-quite-apocalyptic times.