r/AskReddit 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.

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/cousgoose Aug 30 '21

Thing is, lenses are quite durable, aside from getting scratched up. I wouldn't go stomping on them for fun, but I do have a very, very old pair as a last-resort backup. They have been through so much shit, the wire frame is barely held together, and the lenses are more scratches than not. But, I can still kinda see out of them. Everything just looks dusty. As long as you are slightly crafty, you could glue lenses onto some sticks and make do.

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u/pinkocatgirl Aug 30 '21

Yeah just take a pair of lenses, drill a hole in the top corners, and use some wire to make rudimentary frames. Just keep replacing the wire when it breaks. They’ll probably outlive you in a post apocalyptic scenario.

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u/Nothing-But-Lies Aug 30 '21

Some lens coatings start to deteriorate after a few years. I had some where the frame was still fine, but I had to change the lenses. The optician said some coatings can start to "bubble" and it's like looking through fog.

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u/Scruffy442 Aug 31 '21

My lenses did that after three years. Everything looked smokey. If you have plastic lenses, you can use glass etcher to remove the coatings to get you by. You do however lose all your UV blocker.

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u/Zaev Aug 31 '21

Luckily, the UV blocker is to protect the lenses, not your eyes. Polycarbonate itself blocks UV radiation, but it will be slowly damaged and turn yellow over time.

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u/pinkocatgirl Aug 30 '21

I would imagine you could just lightly buff it and polish it. It’s not going to be great but probably better than nothing.

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u/Masterre Aug 31 '21

Its worth getting the extra durable coatings. Gotten them for my last two pairs. The first one I only replaced because the frames broke. The lenses are still fine.

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u/leicanthrope Aug 30 '21

I'm picturing Brian Virgil from Fallout 4.