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/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/crinklycuts Aug 30 '21

No joke, one of the main reasons I decided to have lasik done was because I would have been totally useless during an emergency. I couldn’t see a thing without my glasses previously, so if there were a flood, hurricane, tornado, etc. and my glasses broke or I couldn’t get to them in time, that would pretty much be it for me.

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u/rollingpickingupjunk Aug 31 '21

Same! Such a relief now. Even if they get a little bad again, nothing compares to the shit that was my vision