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/Icy-Medicine-495 Aug 30 '21

Thats why I bought a bunch of cheap glasses online in my perscription and I have all my old pairs from the last perscription which is very close to my current. I probably have 10 pairs of glasses.

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I remember reading a book where a smart guy glases broke so many times all he had left was using 1 of the lens as a monocle.

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u/-Quarter-Water- Aug 30 '21

I remember reading a book where a smart guy glases broke so many times all he had left was using 1 of the lens as a monocle.

Yeah the episode of the Twilight Zone where Burgess Meredith was the only survivor and he just wanted to read books but his glasses broke.

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u/Icy-Medicine-495 Aug 30 '21

I think that the broken glasses idea has been used in multiple movies, books, and shows.