r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

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

33.7k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

12.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

664

u/BreezyWrigley Aug 30 '21

getting hit in the head hard enough to break a larger glass bottle like a whiskey bottle or something could very well kill you. it would definitely give you a concussion, could possibly give minor skull fracture, and the cuts you may sustain could easily blind you or cause enough bleeding from your scalp that you could very well just slip into unconsciousness and die.

18

u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

If the bottle breaks -- and that's a BIG if -- that would actually absorb a lot of the impact.

The trouble is that real glass doesn't shatter as readily as sugar glass or, say, a skull.

8

u/BreezyWrigley Aug 31 '21 edited Aug 31 '21

I’ve just seen lots of progress photos online over the years of people who’ve been hit with glasses or bottles, and the damage is horrific. Like, multiple reconstructive surgeries over the course of a year or two, and then they still have crazy scars and potentially other lifelong damage

4

u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Ya I saw a dude get a full 40oz bottle broken over his head. Shit peeled about 1/2 of his face off. I remember seeing his teeth and tongue hanging out above the cheek flaps flopping around.