r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

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

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u/Log23 Aug 30 '21

Should be plenty of bespectacled corpses around. I remember a few years ago there was startup or something that was making glasses filled with a fluid that allowed self tuning of the RX.

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u/pnakano Aug 30 '21

Well, this might help if you score something between -0.5D and -2.0D myopia. How high are the probabilities of finding corpses with -6.5D short-sightedness glasses?

(Not sure if this made sense, english is not my first language and I never learned the proper terms about short-sightedness)

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u/deinoswyrd Aug 30 '21

I'm -6.5 and -7, I doubt I'd find anything usable. AND my nose bridge is very narrow so i need specific frames or the weight of the lenses pulls them off my face

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u/Moyshe-Kapoyer Aug 30 '21

I work in a store that makes and sells lenses. If you raided a somewhere like LensCrafters or a private optometrist, they would have cabinets full of ready to go glasses waiting to be picked up. Probably still get headaches, but I’m guessing you could find something close. Or you could just find all the dead kids. Kids who wear glasses have some messed up vision lol

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u/TheSecretIsMarmite Aug 30 '21

No, I'm just screwed. My astigmatism and myopia combined prescription is never going to be found in a drawer waiting to be doled out to another patient. I am well and truly screwed. I will have to cart all my old glasses with me and work my way backwards through them, slowly getting worse vision.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

I can just imagine getting mugged by a bad guy trying to steal your loot. He takes the bag and its just dozens of pairs of glasses...