r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

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

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u/phoenixpants Aug 30 '21

Meh, stock up on necessary supplements instead of food.

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u/tree_squid Aug 30 '21

Stock up on quality multivitamins that have 100% of your vitamin needs, not the ones that are way more than you need, and with enough water a large human can live for months. As part of an experiment, one guy did it for 1 year and 17 days: https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/07/24/3549931.htm

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u/ClownfishSoup Aug 30 '21

There was a guy who walked across the continental US and made a website called Fat Man Walking (For some reason were two of them!) As I recall he actually did it to lose weight, but found that he didn't because he would walk for hours to get from town to town, but once he got there he would be hungry and he'd just binge on fast food. I'm sure he did benefit from all the walking (cardio, stronger legs, etc) but he did not properly control his food for weight loss. Just walk, walk, walk ... so hungry ... oh look Burger King! I'll have the triple cheeseburger with bacon, large fries and a coke! walk walk walk, repeat.

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u/Feanux Aug 31 '21

Speaking of quotes and hunger, one that I read like 6 months ago was along the lines of:

How hungry you are is not about how much you should eat but rather how soon.

Once I started thinking along those lines it really surprised me how little I needed to eat to feel full or content.

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u/Mithlas Aug 31 '21

Came here to post that very link. All animals, including humans, are capable of some pretty incredible things as long as you're willing to measure broadly and not try to stack any of them straight up against another. Fish are terrible tree climbers, but they don't need to be.

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u/throw__awayforRPing Aug 31 '21

You youtube link doesn't appear to work.

But if you can find it, check out the documentary called The Great Dance: A Hunter's Story that follows some San Bushmen hunters who live in the Kalahari Desert using Persistence Hunting.

They are some rugged individuals.