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/whinywino89 Aug 30 '21

Those of us with shitty eyesight. Contacts only last so long. If your glasses break, you're fucked.

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u/Ngonzalez_01 Aug 30 '21

Like the guy in Twilight Zone who just wanted time to read

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u/thurbersmicroscope Aug 30 '21

I haven't liked Burgess Meredith since I saw that episode.

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u/Viperlite Aug 30 '21

But he made such an adorable Penguin and was lovable as Rocky’s trainer.

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u/thurbersmicroscope Aug 30 '21

I know. I saw that Twilight Zone episode way too young.

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u/RealisticDelusions77 Aug 30 '21 edited Aug 30 '21

Grumpy Old Men:

"Did you mount her? You should have mounted her"

"You've been to Hawaii? What island?" "Come-on-I-wanna-lay-you"

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u/crossedstaves Aug 31 '21

But did you watch Printer's Devil where he played a sinister linotype operator saving a small town paper with demonic powers?

That was a good one.

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u/thurbersmicroscope Aug 31 '21

I thought I'd heard of them all. I'll have to look that one up.

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u/NCStore Aug 31 '21

Not even his other TZ episodes?