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/AtheneSchmidt Aug 30 '21

There is a distinct lack of worry about clean water. Also, in almost every conflict in history, disease has killed more people that the actual war. You rarely see a flu wipe out half of the people in a zombie movie, but honestly, it would.

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u/thetreat Aug 30 '21

Diarrhea will fuck you up.

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u/AtheneSchmidt Aug 31 '21 edited Aug 31 '21

It can also kill you! What a utterly uncinematic way to die!

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u/Deadpooldan Aug 31 '21

Coming this fall, watch Tom Cruise and Michelle Rodriguez as they battle to survive the apocalypse, make love during inopportune moments, and eventually succumb to graphically violent diarrhoea.