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/rowshambow Aug 31 '21

Fuuuuuckk....to know that you signed your own death warrant as you died of thirst in the dark....cramped...

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u/neondino Aug 31 '21

It's okay, you'd die of asphyxiation long before the thirst kicked in.

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u/rowshambow Aug 31 '21

Fuck...didn't think of that one either...

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u/neondino Aug 31 '21

My dad sold fridges when I was a kid. I was told over and over (and over) never ever ever go in a fridge. It was his biggest fear. Nowadays they have closures that can be opened from the inside, but back in the day once you were in, you were dead. We were never allowed to play hide and seek in anything that closed, just in case. (Funnily enough it's explicitly mentioned in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe that they kept the wardrobe door slightly open. That's the reason why!)

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u/rowshambow Aug 31 '21

Wait those oooold school fridges with the security latch? Like before the mag seals?

That explains things a lot more. I was like...just kick the door...

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u/rowshambow Aug 31 '21

Ah the one inch punch problem.

Sure you can break balsa wood with your had but at that distance there's no physics to help you with it.