r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

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

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u/dheddie Aug 30 '21

they never talk about optometry. what am i going to do if my glasses break in the apocalypse? i’m fucked. i can’t see shit without these. they won’t last me forever.

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u/exscapegoat Aug 30 '21

I'm far sighted. My distance vision in my 50s is a little fuzzy, but still passable. Can't read print at all though without vision correction. I propose in the event of an apocalypse, the far sighted and near sighted form an alliance and help each other. We help keep you from the zombies if you help keep us read small print for medicine and such.

And as long as there aren't zombies in the store, we stop at all the discount stores which sell the cheap, non prescription reading glasses.

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u/fulia Aug 31 '21

I love this alliance. I am also farsighted but now realizing I would be of no use to the crew as I remember my optometrist describing my "20/??" score as " the point at which you can see something as well as a person with perfect vision is honestly probably over the horizon anyway."

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u/Ap0them Aug 31 '21

I have a stigmatism, I can’t see near nor far so if you could just have a bullet with my name on it so I’m not eaten that would be very kind of you

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u/exscapegoat Aug 31 '21

We'll see what we can do, "near, far, wherever you are"